- Angelina Jolie grew up in a small apartment and didn’t have much despite having a famous father.
- She attended Beverly Hills High School but was in a continuation section for “bad kids” and wasn’t allowed on campus.
- Jolie never cared about her father Jon Voight’s fame and was irritated by questions about their relationship.
Angelina Jolie Got Annoyed Talking About Growing Up In A “Little Apartment” Despite A Famous Dad
Angelina Jolie was solely raised by her mom, away from her dad, Jon Voight’s glamorous life.
Angelina Jolie has made quite a name for herself in Hollywood and in humanitarian work — far from her father, Jon Voight who was not invited to her wedding to her now-ex-husband Brad Pitt. The Maleficent star was only a year old when Voight divorced her mother, Marcheline Bertrand.
In a 1999 interview, a 24-year-old Jolie opened up about living in a “little apartment” despite having a famous dad who slammed her for spreding lies online. The Salt alum looked annoyed, explaining why she and her brother, James Haven “didn’t have much” growing up. Here’s a closer look at Jolie’s life before fame.
Angelina Jolie had to find the right words to express her feelings about Vivienne Jolie-Pitt’s first acting gig alongside her.
Angelina Jolie Lived In A “Little Apartment” Despite Going To Beverly Hills High School
During a press tour for her film, The Bone Collector, Jolie was asked about her time Beverly Hills High School which was portrayed in the hit series Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990-2000). The interviewer described the school as an “amusing place,” which the Oscar winner thought was a misconception. “Not at all, really. I was there two years and then in my third year, I went to this continuation section where they usually put the bad kids,” she said.
“But I kind of volunteered to go,” Jolie clarified, adding that it wasn’t as glamorous as the show depicted. “I wasn’t allowed on campus. And I was in the back room near the oil where you come up the backway, and you go in a few hours, and you leave,” she said. “I was in the basement section of Beverly Hills High.”
“A lot of people think I grew up with a lot of money and a famous father,” Jolie said of her tough high school days. “But we were in a little apartment and didn’t have much.”
The Tomb Raider star also revealed that not everyone in that school was well-off. “It’s actually very tough for kids to go to that school because there are a lot of kids that don’t have the computers, and have the cars, and have everything,” she explained. “There’s a lot of underprivileged kids that are somebody’s aunt lives in Beverly Hills and so they get to go for the education but they can’t wear the clothes that, you know.”
