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Insiders say this A-lister’s super-discreet dating life has brought out her \u2018wild\u2019 side again<\/p>\n
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Angelina and Pablo Lorrain on the Maria red carpet<\/p>\n
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Her divorce from Brad Pitt in 2016 was perhaps one of the most drawn out and toxic splits Hollywood has ever seen \u2013 so it\u2019s little wonder that Angelina Jolie has shied away from dating for the last eight years. <\/p>\n
As a mother of six children, it\u2019s clear the actress, 49, has also been short on time to canoodle with any potential suitors, and has instead focused on \u2018healing\u2019 from her two year marriage to Brad. <\/p>\n
However, with recent pictures of Angelina – who was voted the \u2018Sexiest Woman in the World\u2019 by FHM magazine in the early noughties – looking dazzling as she appears to have a spring in her step again, sources now tell us that she is very much back on the dating scene. <\/p>\n
But don\u2019t expect any PDAs, as the insider says the once-burnt star is keeping her top-secret dates under wraps \u2013 planning to meet with \u2018a few different\u2019 guys in discreet hotels . <\/p>\n
An insider says, \u2018People assume Angelina\u2019s just been holed up working and raising her kids, but she actually has more of a social life than people realise. <\/p>\n
#She\u2019s hyper aware that anyone she dates is going to be put under a microscope so she\u2019s purposely kept things very, very private, but she has been meeting up with a few different guys. <\/p>\n
\u2018She\u2019s discreet; her usual M.O. is to meet up with them in hotel rooms so that they can keep it completely under the radar.\u2019 <\/p>\n
The past eight years for Angelina have been marred by court battles with Brad, 61, before their divorce was finalised in December last year. <\/p>\n
At the time, Angelina\u2019s lawyer described her as \u2018exhausted\u2019 but \u2018relieved\u2019 that she could finally have closure on her marriage.<\/p>\n
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Insiders say she’s ready to put herself out there again<\/p>\n
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Their shock split happened in 2016 following an alleged altercation between Brad and the former couple\u2019s eldest son Maddox, then 15, on the family\u2019s plane just a day before Angelina filed for divorce.<\/p>\n
While the accusations were kept largely under wraps at the time, they were explosively revealed during Brad and Angelina\u2019s dispute over their French vineyard in 2022, when Angelina\u2019s lawyer alleged that Brad \u2018grabbed Jolie by the head and shook her\u2019 before he \u2018choked one of the children and struck another in the face\u2019.<\/p>\n
In 2017, Angelina bravely spoke out about prioritising her children she shares with Brad – Maddox, 23, Pax, 21, Zahara, 20, Shiloh, 18, and twins Vivienne and Knox, 16. <\/p>\n
She said at the time, \u2018We all have our difficult times, but as a mother you also have a responsibility first and foremost towards the kids.They are going through their formative years and everything else comes second to that.\u2019 <\/p>\n
Now the source adds, \u2018It\u2019s true that for a long time after she and Brad split she had no love life to speak of, she was just so focused on making sure the kids were alright and sorting out the wreckage of the divorce. <\/p>\n
\u2018But it\u2019s been nearly a decade and that side of her wasn\u2019t going to stay dormant forever. She\u2019s feeling and looking great and with the kids all so grown up now and doing their own thing her love life is something she can actually make time for again. <\/p>\n
\u2018She\u2019s done so much work to move past the trauma [of her divorce] and be able to trust again and she\u2019s finally feeling healed enough to enjoy some adult companionship.\u2019 <\/p>\n
The once-wild star – who wore a vial of ex-husband Billy Bob Thornton\u2019s blood around her neck and who Brad Pitt previously described as a \u2018bad girl \u2013 delightfully so\u2019 \u2013 appeared to have become a shadow of her former self following their split.<\/p>\n
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Brad and Angelina’s divorce battle has raged for eight years<\/p>\n
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Yet the finality of their divorce appears to have sparked a new rebellion for the Maria actress, who in January served her revenge on Brad when she revealed her plans to relocate from LA, where she revealed she \u2018has to be\u2019 because of the divorce stipulations, as soon as the Vivienne and Knox turn 18 next summer.<\/p>\n
And now the source says that, with her 50th birthday approaching next month, Angelina finally feels ready to unleash her playful side again. <\/p>\n
\u2018She\u2019s not looking to rush into anything serious right away, this is about rediscovering a part of herself that she had to put on pause for a long time,\u2019 the insider says. <\/p>\n
\u2018For now it’s all very no strings attached fun, but she is open to all the possibilities and would love to have a life partner again, but only if the person adds to her life in every way.\u2019 <\/p>\n
However, after being married three times \u2013 to Jonny Lee Miller from 1996-1999, Billy-Bob from 2000 to 2003 and Brad \u2013 the source says Angelina won\u2019t settle for \u2018less than she deserves\u2019 and has a \u2018checklist\u2019 of requirements for anyone looking to date her. <\/p>\n
\u2018She\u2019s incredibly cautious about whom she lets in, she\u2019s not going to date someone unless they are fully vetted,\u2018 they say. <\/p>\n
\u2018That means being introduced by people she knows. But that doesn\u2019t mean she\u2019s only dating Hollywood types, she has a huge network of people that she knows in all walks of life.\u2019 <\/p>\n
In 2021 she was briefly linked to The Weeknd and, more recently, Angelina\u2019s team have been forced to deny any romance with British rapper Akala, whose girlfriend is also believed to be a close friend. <\/p>\n
But the source says humanitarian Angelina would \u2018prefer\u2019 to find someone removed from the Hollywood industry she has spoken out against. <\/p>\n
\u2018She isn\u2019t ruling out dating another actor but ideally she would prefer to settle down with someone in a totally different world so that way there\u2019s not any weird competition,\u2019 they tell us. <\/p>\n
And the source says that while she\u2019s not yet ready to introduce anyone to her children, who she is \u2018fiercely protective\u2019 of, Angelina is relishing in romance again, a part of her life she\u2019d kept under lock and key for a long time. <\/p>\n
They say, \u2018For now she\u2019s taking things very slow and just enjoying having some romance in her life again after all these years. <\/p>\n
\u2018You can see that it\u2019s brought a new lightness to her and she seems to have finally shed all the pain and anger from her divorce that was weighing her down.<\/p>\n
\u2018She\u2019s got her glow back and is finally coming out of her shell. She\u2019s entering a new decade of life feeling empowered and hopeful, it\u2019s a beautiful thing.\u2019<\/p>\n
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