ANGELINA JOLIE - JOLIE ANGRY OVER WEIGHT FOCUS

JOLIE ANGRY OVER WEIGHT FOCUS

Angelina Jolie has said she lost weight last year due to problems in her personal life, adding that the media's coverage of her problems worried her.

Speaking to Grazia magazine, the Tomb Raider star said she had to deal with difficult emotional issues this year such as the death of her mother. She criticised the media for reporting on how weight loss would affect how she looked rather than empathising with the star.

Jolie told the magazine: "The thing that's disturbing is that instead of people saying, 'This looks like a person that's actually dealing with something, probably from emotions,' they say: 'Does she fit into skinny jeans and look thin?'"

The actress, who is raising four children with partner Brad Pitt, added that people needed to understand that celebrities' problems with weight were not all related to image concerns but also due to difficulties in their personal lives.

Jolie added that Pitt was a great support during the grieving period and had spent many hours talking with her about her mother's passing.

The 32-year-old was recently nominated for a Screen Actors Guild award for her role as the widow of slain journalist Daniel Pearl in the film A Mighty Heart.