Many believe she changed it because of a falling out with her father and fellow actor, Jon Voight.
In 1971, Voight married Marcheline Bertrand, and their second child, Jolie, was born in 1975.
However, just a year later, they separated, and their divorce was finalized in 1980.
Voight subsequently admitted that his infidelity had caused the marriage’s end.
Bertrand solely raised Jolie and her brother, James Haven, who also dropped Voight from his last name.
It set her dream of family life ablaze.
But she still loved being a mother."
An old family friend even toldExpress, “Jon Voight was a terrible father to her back then.
He cheated on her mother.
She told me Jon had emotionally abused her.”
Voight told Access Hollywood that he wished Jolie would get help for her mental health issues.
The Hollywood icon also shared why he believed his two kids weren’t too fond of him in aPeopleinterview.
He believed that these feelings of resentment had strengthened after Marchelin Bertrand’s passing.
Fortunately for the actor, he finally metJolie’ssix kidsin 2010, after Brad Pitt reportedly helped with a truce.
Voight shared his feelings with theDaily Mail: “That one moment changed my whole life.
It gave me back my daughter and my family.
Being reunited with my Angie is very precious to me.”
While one meeting couldn’t have fixed the long rift, it seemed like the start of a reconciliation.
The father and daughter were reportedly on talking terms amidst her divorce from Pitt.
However, Voight has healed his relationship with his son, James Haven.
