Angelina Jolie’s Father Once Said Daughter Has “Mental Problems” & Begged To See Grandson, Maddox Leading To A Family Rift: “I Have Failed & I’m Sorry”.

Angelina Jolie’s Father Once Said Daughter Has “Mental Problems” & Begged To See Grandson, Maddox Leading To A Family Rift: “I Have Failed & I’m Sorry”
By Anushree Madappa.

Jolie was their second, following her older brother James Haven. A year after Angelina Jolie’s birth, her father had an affair, leading to her parents’ separation.

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Angelina Jolie shared a tumultuous relationship with her father, Hollywood Icon Jon Voight, with much of their squabbles playing out in front of the press.

Fractures in their relationship began to show shortly after Angelina Jolie reunited with her father both on and off screen when they were cast in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), where they played father and daughter.

Jon Voight deepened the rift with his daughter after he went public about their estrangement in a 2002 interview with Access Hollywood.

During the interview, Voight pleaded with Jolie fans to get his daughter some help for unspecified “mental problems” further sharing that he’s not allowed to see his newly adopted grandson Maddox.

Angelina Jolie and her brother were raised by Marcheline Bertrand, who quit her acting career to focus on her children.

Jolie has often spoken out about Voight’s absence from her childhood, which led to their estrangement.

However, their relationship appeared to be on the mend after Jolie was cast beside him in the 2001 movie.

In a 2002 interview with Access Hollywood, Voight alleged his daughter had “mental problems” and was preventing him from seeing his adopted grandson Maddox.

Voight claimed Jolie began showing signs of mental illness as an infant, adding he was “brokenhearted…because I’ve been trying to reach my daughter and get her help, and I have failed and I’m sorry.”

Voight also alleged that when he reached out to help his daughter, she told him, “You can’t help me! You can’t help my pain!”

Voight said when he tried to approach his daughter at a party, “her manager blocked him and said, “She doesn’t want to see you.”

Voight claimed because of his estrangement, he hadn’t yet seen his grandson, Maddox, noting, “That is the greatest pain. I’d love to help out with the baby.”

In case you need a reminder, Angelina Jolie is a talented multi-hyphenate. She’s a filmmaker, Tony-award-winning producer, writer, and humanitarian; and, oh yeah, an Oscar-winning actress.