PICTURED: Angelina Jolie’s daughter Shiloh hobbles on crutches after actress shared details of hip surgery… but there’s no sign of daughter Zahara, 15, who has been ‘in and out of surgery’ for months
- Angelina Jolie, 44, revealed that two of her six children have had surgery this year in a Time magazine essay for International Women’s Day on Sunday
- She wrote that her eldest daughter, 15-year-old Zahara, and her younger sister was were both operated on
- The actress said only that the younger child had work done to her hip
- She said she was impressed by how the family came together in the difficult time
- Did not mention her ex Brad Pitt, but according to new reports he has been at his daughters’ bedsides
Angelina Jolie’s daughter Shiloh was pictured hobbling on crutches on Sunday, hours after the actress revealed two of her daughters had undergone surgery.
The 13-year-old carefully propped herself up with the medical supports, on an outing to buy flowers with her mother and sister Vivienne, 11.
In a Time magazine essay published Sunday in honour of International Women’s Day, Jolie wrote that both her eldest daughter, 15-year-old Zahara, and her younger sister were operated on.
‘I have spent the last two months in and out of surgeries with my eldest daughter and days ago watched her younger sister go under the knife for a hip surgery,’ the 44-year-old Maleficent actress, a contributing editor for Time, began her essay.
Recovering: Angelina Jolie’s daughter Shiloh hobbles on crutches after actress shared details of hip surgery in new pictures taken Sunday
Keeping them safe: Angelina made sure her daughters watched out for traffic
Family outing: Angelina and daughter Vivienne, 11, carried bunches of flowers after the florist trip in Los Angeles
According to new reports the surgery was the reason Angelina’s ex-husband Brad Pitt missed the BAFTAs last month.
He cited a ‘family obligation’ as his reason for asking co-star Margot Robbie to pick up his Best Supporting Actor gong for his role in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time In Hollywood. According to Page Six, he has been at his daughters’ bedsides as they recover.
Jolie, who did not name Shiloh in her essay, wrote that she was impressed by how the family came together during this time of pain.
‘They understand that going through medical challenges and fighting to survive and heal is something to be proud of,’ Jolie wrote.
Healing: Shiloh was seen on crutches as she wore a NASA hoodie, shorts and Converse sneakers while picking up flowers with her mother Jolie on Sunday in Los Feliz, California
Support: The young teen used her crutches to navigate the sidewalk, with her mother and sister at her side
Jolie, who stars in the upcoming film Those Who Wish Me Dead, has bravely admitted to her own operations in the past – including a double mastectomy and having her ovaries removed as a preventative measure to ward off cancer.
But this time she spoke out about her children’s procedures.
‘They know that I am writing this, because I respect their privacy and we discussed it together and they encouraged me to write,’ she explained.
‘They understand that going through medical challenges and fighting to survive and heal is something to be proud of.’
Helping mom: Angelina praised Vivienne for ‘helping the nurses’ in her essay
Famous family: Angelina also has three sons with her ex-husband, Brad Pitt
Family values: The actress wrote that her three sons were ‘supportive and sweet’
Thoughtful: The trio stocked up on flowers; Angelina said her girls had been ‘brave’
Describing how her children bonded, she wrote: ‘I have watched my daughters care for one another. My youngest daughter [Vivienne] studied the nurses with her sister, and then assisted the next time.
‘I saw how all my girls so easily stopped everything and put each other first, and felt the joy of being of service to those they love.
‘I also watched them their face fears with a resolute bravery. We all know that moment when no one else can help us, and all we can do is close our eyes and breathe. When only we can take the next step or breath through the pain, so we steady ourselves and do it.’
Difficult: ‘I have spent the last two months in and out of surgeries with my eldest daughter and days ago watched her younger sister go under the knife for a hip surgery,’ the actress began her essay. She is pictured with children Knox, Vivienne, Pax, Shiloh, Zahara and Maddox (from left to right) at a movie premiere in February 2019
The mother also brought up her other children – sons Knox, 11, Pax, 16, and Maddox, 18.
‘Their brothers were there for them, supportive and sweet,’ she wrote.
‘But on this International Women’s Day, writing from the hospital, I find myself focusing on my daughters for a moment, and all that I have learned from them and other young girls I have met around the world.’
Scary: While Jolie never said what Zahara was going through and she did not explain why the younger daughter had hip surgery, she did suggest it was serious as she wrote that they were ‘fighting to survive’. The family is pictured in Paris in January 2018
Family first: Angelina Jolie revealed that two of her six children have had surgery this year in a Time essay for International Women’s Day on Sunday
The actress, who prior to Sunday was last photographed in early January while on a shopping trip with her daughter Vivienne, then focused on the power of women in honor of the holiday.
‘Little girls’ softness, their openness and instinct to nurture and help others, must be appreciated and not abused,’ she stated.
‘We must do much more to protect them, in all societies: not only against the extreme ways girls’ rights are often violated, but also the more subtle injustices and attitudes that so often go unnoticed or excused.’
‘So my wish on this day is that we value girls. Care for them. And know that the stronger they grow, the healthier they will be and the more they will give back to their family and community.’
And Jolie ended on a message of empowerment.
‘And my message to girls is, fight on, little ladies. Your care for each other will be a large part of your way forward,’ she wrote.
‘Hold your nerve. Know your rights. And never let anyone tell you that you are not precious and special and, above all, equal.’
Oscar man: Meanwhile, Jolie’s ex-husband Brad Pitt (pictured at the Academy Awards in February) was seen at a Thundercat event this weekend with a mystery woman
Whenever her kids have been injured it has become news. In 2014 Pax reportedly broke his leg in Thailand and Shiloh broke her arm during a ski accident in December 2017.
But there has been no word about recent injuries.
Meanwhile, her ex Pitt was seen at a Thundercat event this weekend with a mystery woman and pal Alia Shawkat.
The star was busy earlier this year campaigning for an Oscar, which he received for Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood.
Doing good: Jolie is a Special Envoy of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. She is pictured in Hlaing Thar Yar Township in Yangon, Myanmar, in 2015
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