Angelina Jolie Opens Up About Motherhood

Angelina Jolie just dropped the sweetest mom confessions, and we can’t stop gushing! Hollywood’s ultimate power woman may be an Oscar-winning legend, but when it comes to her six kids—Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, Knox, and Vivienne—she’s a straight-up supermom. In her recent chat with Good Morning America, Jolie didn’t hold back on what really makes her heart sing. Spoiler alert: It’s not the Oscars. “Motherhood is my happiness,” she revealed, adding with all the feels, “Take everything else away from me. Nothing else matters.”

But don’t think it’s all picture-perfect family dinners at Casa Jolie. Oh no, Angelina let slip some hilariously relatable moments, like how her early opera practice for her upcoming role as Maria Callas was… let’s just say, less than Grammy-worthy. “My kids had to endure it. It was a nightmare before I got kinda good,” she joked. And can we talk about Maddox and Pax stepping in as assistant directors on the Maria set? Angelina gushed about how “amazing” it was to have them on board. Though, FYI, none of the Jolie-Pitt kids are rushing to follow in their mom’s Hollywood footsteps. Shiloh, she says, is “extremely private.”

Cue the heart eyes for the moment Angelina shared her approach to parenting. She’s all about letting her kids be their true selves, saying, “They need to say, ‘Here’s who I am, and what I believe.’” It’s the kind of wisdom that makes you want to call your mom and say thanks. From hilarious opera meltdowns to fiercely guarding her family’s privacy, Jolie proves once again that she’s the queen of balancing mega-star status with down-to-earth mom vibes. Now, if only we could score an invite to one of their family karaoke nights!