Angelina Jolie and her dad Jon Voight have shared a strained relationship over the years. However, it seems their relationship is on the mend now. Angie’s children have started spending more time with the legendary actor.
After many years of hostility between the father and daughter duo, it appears that Voight and Jolie share a more amicable relationship at present. The hostility, reportedly, started when Voight and Angie’s mom Marcheline Bertrand parted ways.
Angie has openly voiced her criticisms against how her dad had handled matters then and has been always empathetic towards her mother’s sufferings. The duo had reconciled briefly while shooting for Tomb Raider where Voight was the actress’s on-screen dad.
However, Jolie stopped communicating with her actor father soon. It was around the same time she had filed for divorce from Billy Bob Thornton, her then-husband after adopting Maddox, her first child.
Angie shared a statement via E! News about her decision to sever ties with her father. She kept her words while dating Brad Pitt and having five more kids with her then-husband.
However, it was reported that Pitt had urged Angie to connect to her estranged dad in 2010. Thereafter, the two of them started taking positive steps, albeit cautiously to rebuild their relationship.
After what had happened in the past, many people thought it would be tough for Angelina Jolie and her father Jon Voight to reconcile. However, the father-daughter duo proved to the world that they could overcome large obstacles in their relationship.
The Maleficent actress revealed briefly about her dad’s newfound bond with all his grandkids in an interview given to Vanity Fair in 2017. Jolie admitted that her father understood that her children need him at this time.
She even did a therapy meeting where Voight was also present. The actress had imposed a rule that her father should not just make his grandkids play with him. He has to be a cool grandfather who should be creative and read books and tell them stories.
Apart from abiding by his daughter’s desires, the actor has also accompanied Angie and his grandchildren at various public events such as at the premiere of the movie Maleficent 2. Voight was full of praises for Angie then and said she was a strong individual with a rare persona.
The actor is not only proud of his daughter’s professional accomplishments but also adores the fact that she is a doting mom to her six kids. So, any outlet that claims to know the real equation between Jon Voight and his daughter Angelina Jolie could be wrong, Gossip Cop reports.