Angelina Jolieis one proud mom.
On Monday night, the actressattended the premiereof her new movieMaleficent: Mistress of Evilalongside five of her six children, while her oldest child, 18-year-old sonMaddox, isoff at college in South Korea.
In an interview withExtraat the premiere, Jolie, 44, said that her son is doing “great” while studying biochemistry at Yonsei University , and added that the two are reuniting in Japan this week.
“He’s good,” she shared. “But he’s flying to meet me in Japan. So I am two days from my hug.”
When asked if she was counting down the minutes until the hug, she replied, “Yes … He’s great. I know he is solid, he’s fine, but I need it.”
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“When your kids are a certain age, you go through stages, and you want to make sure they’re safe and you want to make sure they understand certain values … and then you get to a place where you’ve done a lot of that and you feel that they’re good and you also want them to know joy, and it brings back a part of you that is fun and alive and silly,” she toldExtra.
“You have it in waves when they’re little, but when they’re older, they want to know you because they need to get through life and all the hardships in life, and they need how to weather those punches,” the actress continued. “So you don’t just teach them how to survive it, you teach them how to thrive and manage it, so that takes a different level of spirit.”
Jolie was seen dropping Maddox off at schoolin a video shared to Instagramin August, in which she told students she was “trying not to cry.”
She was also seentouring the campuswith officials in photos that showed her and Maddox arriving at Yonsei University.
(L-R) Knox, Angelina Jolie, Vivienne, Pax, Shiloh, Zahara and Maddox.Monica Schipper/Getty
In a recent interview withEntertainment Tonight, Joliespoke about watching her six kids grow upand start heading off to college.
“I just sent one off… I’m so proud of him,” the actress said of Maddox. “I’m so excited, I feel like my world expands as their world expands. I learn so much from them and I love this stage.”
“[And] it’s going to be different for different kids,” she added. “Maddox was so ready.”
Maleficent: Mistress of Evilhits theaters Oct. 18.
source: people.com
