Angelina Jolie & Dad Are "In Contact"

Actress Says They Have Spoken For First Time In More Than Six Years

(CBS)  Angelina Jolie and her father, actor Jon Voight, have taken the first steps towards reconciliation.

"We've decided not to be public about our relationship. I will say we have spoken ... and hadn't spoken for six and a half years," Jolie told Vanity Fair in a new interview. "Which is good. Or it needed to happen. We don't really have a relationship, but we're in contact. And wish each other well."

"I think it's best that, if we try to have any relationship in the future, we do it quietly," she added.

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Voight and Jolie's mother, Marcheline Bertrand, were divorced in the year following their daughter's birth. Jolie had a rocky relationship with her father in the years that followed. In 2002, she legally changed her name, dropping Voight and using her middle name, Jolie, as her new last name.

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That same year, Voight said in a television interview that he believed his daughter needed help for what he called her severe emotional problems.

In the Vanity Fair interview, Jolie recalled seeing Voight's film "The Champ" as a child.

"I freaked out," she said.

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The actress was also asked about her father's Oscar-winning role in the 1979 film "Coming Home."

"Actually, I've never seen it," she said. "Because that was when my father left my mom, and the woman who he cheated on her with is in the film."

Jolie did not name the woman in question.

In the past, Jolie has shot down rumors that she began her relationship with her current partner, actor Brad Pitt, while he was still married to actress Jennifer Aniston. She has pointed out that she would never repeat what she says her father did to her mother.

As for marrying Pitt, she said that they're in no rush to tie the knot.

"People have made a lot out of it that we're not (married)," she said, "but we both have been married before, and it's very easy to get married, but it's not easy to build a family and be parents together. And maybe we’ve done it backwards, but we certainly feel married."

Married or not, articles about Pitt and Jolie sell a lot of magazines. She said that most of what's written about them are just "silly, made-up stories."

"I would never [read the tabloids], because I have good friends I would be reading about and I don't want it even in my head ... a negative fairy tale about somebody I like," she said. "Over 95 percent of what's said about us is entirely untrue."

[Mercedesccc]

I think it is good she took "time away" from her father. Of the world hurting us sometimes the worst hurting comes from our own families. A toxic relationship needs to be mended before it affects all areas of your life. Obviosly Angie made a wise, if painful decision, to separate herself. And instead of spewing uglies about her father, inspite of such horrid things he said about her, she concentrated on the positives of her life and dedicated herself to HERSELF, her children and her awesome union with MY BRAD 8-D I wish them all the best. They don''t put each other on pedestals they just enjoy, love and respect each other.... warts and all.... isn''t that what its all about in the end?

[tcurry73]

I am happy for their family. I know that they will enjoy every moment. I think that they made a good decision to not marry yet. If this is what works for you, and it does, then continue on.

[lil_d3vil]

I had to shake my head at this statement..

"As for her "doing the same thing her father did" - you have no idea how she and Brad Pitt got together. Moreso, he did not have a family with children."

It was people from the set of the film Mr & Mrs Smith who first reported the two hooking up, and yes we dont know the full story and never will, but the fact of that time still remains..
Brad was a MARRIED man. It shouldn''t matter if he had children or not.

[lil_d3vil]

She needs to forgive her father as she herself chose to do the same thing which started the row between them in the first place. She couldn''t get over that Voight left her Mom for another woman. Yet it was she who was the other woman when she hooked up with Pitt {a married man} during the filming of Mr. & Mrs. Smith.

How sad for them both that they chose to act so immature, as I am sure Jolie would have felt horrible if her father had died before their reconciliation and her children would of never got to know their grandfather.

[peacedreamer-2009]

Why is the media so focused on this woman. She''s one of the most boring people in the world. So she talked to her dad. So what? Did she do it for the publicity, as it seems she did?

I wish her the best and great health, happiness and prosperity to her whole family. But really, does everything she does have to be a media event?

[briansgirl2]

Well, we don''t really know how Brad and Angie got together, but they did. I have seen interviews (Oprah) of Jennifer discussing her and Brad''s break-up, and from what she says, it was not pretty. Sometimes, God takes you out of bad situations, and puts you right where you belong. Maybe this break-up was best for the both of them. He is now happy, and from the look of the smile on her face, so is Jennifer.

[keithle1]

She''s a woman. That''s all she is. Doesn''t have any special or extra female body parts. Not a great actress.

People don''t think about what''s right or wrong when they''re in love. Assuming it is love & not just s e x u a l desire. They''re not concerned with whose feelings are getting hurt, what''s best for the children, etc. They''re not thinking calmly & rationally. Stuff happens. People cheat on their spouses/bf/gf. It''s part of the makeup of human beings.

The more makeup she wears, the more boring she looks. Less is more for Angelina.

[coronalu]

Again, perfect example of how we try to justify things, it should not matter if Brad had any children or not and if a couple has problems, these problems are not going to be handled by having an affair. Again, I wish for them the best, but we have got to quit putting these people up there, how would like it if she was the other woman in your husband''s life?

[sjw1253]

I find two of these comments very interesting.

First, it is very easy to know what the tabloids are saying without reading them... I never buy or read them - but just by watching Entertainment Tonight or any other entertainment news shows - I hear rumors about lots of people I have never heard of. I am sure that she has people who mention things that are being said and it is very easy for her to disregard these kitty litter liners...

As for her "doing the same thing her father did" - you have no idea how she and Brad Pitt got together. Moreso, he did not have a family with children.

I have no idea what the circumstances were between Jennifer & Brad at the time that Angelina and he got together - but I see what they have as a very special relationship. I hope they survive all of the challenges being parents and lovers are thrown at them.

There is no ideal relationship - but they have a wonderful family and she appears to be a great mom. No one really knows - but I do know the challenges of raising a child alone and I also know the challenges of having a relationship with a father that leaves when children are young for another woman.

My B.F. (bio-father) and I cannot have a relatinship because he cannot respect the man that stepped up to the plate for him for the roughest time for a parent (while they are under 18)...

[coronalu]

She states that she would never cheat like her daddy did? Really!! It''s amazing how we can look at someone else''s faults and sins and look at them so unforgiving and we can turn around and do exactly the same thing and oh, well, what we do is really nothing at all. Sure, Angelina is a beautiful woman and I wish her and her family the very best, but please, look at yourself and remember that people that live in glass houses should not throw rocks.

[louklou51]

Sometimes it just takes time to heal any wounds that may have occurred between father and daughter. May things work out for both.

[jennasmith2]

if she never reads the tabloids, how does she know what is said about her?