Jon Voight couldn’t be extra proud as he celebrates his daughter Angelina Jolie and granddaughter Vivienne after their gorgeous success on the 2024 Tony Awards.
The dynamic mother-daughter duo have been the driving pressure behind the musical play The Outsiders, which received 4 prestigious awards, together with the coveted Finest Musical Play.
“I'm so happy with Vivienne,” John, 85, instructed TMZ on Sunday. “I'm so happy with Angie as a result of she actually tries to encourage every little one to be who they wish to be.”
Angelina, 49, has six kids along with her ex-husband Brad Pitt, 60: Maddox, 22, Pax, 20, Zahara, 19, Shiloh, 18, and twins Vivienne and Knox, 15.
John praised his daughter's efforts, saying “I'm certain Angie has contributed rather a lot, together with the actors, and Angie is a good director.”
The Oscar-winning actor additionally revealed how Vivienne initially received Angelina concerned within the manufacturing. “Vivienne learn the e book after which went to San Diego to see the pre-Broadway play model. She went 4 occasions and he or she mentioned, 'Mother, you need to see this,'” he defined.
This current success comes in opposition to the backdrop of a traditionally tumultuous relationship between John and Angelina.
They’d a couple of falling outs, most notably reuniting briefly in 2001 whereas filming Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, however Jolie ended the connection once more shortly after. “We don't speak a lot anymore,” Angelina instructed Vogue in 2002.
The strained relationship between father and daughter is believed to be resulting from John's infidelity throughout his marriage to Angelina's mom, Marcheline Bertrand, and their subsequent divorce.
Regardless of a reconciliation between them lately, tensions flared as soon as once more when John publicly criticized Angelina's feedback on Israel, calling them “lies” and defending Israel's proper to self-defense.
Amid these household issues, Vivienne's participation within the Tony Awards ceremony stood out as a noteworthy second, particularly as a result of it coincided with Father's Day.
Vivienne determined to drop her father's surname, Pitt, from her playbill credit. foreigner Additional highlighting the altering dynamics inside the household.
Upon arriving at Lincoln Middle for the Tony Awards ceremony, Angelina and Vivienne had a cheerful second on the purple carpet, posing for images and laughing and joking.
The looks comes after it was revealed in Might that Vivienne had opted to make use of the identify Vivienne Jolie as an alternative of Vivienne Jolie-Pitt in The Outsiders playbill.
The choice mirrors an analogous choice made by Vivienne's older sisters, Zahara and Shiloh, who additionally determined to make use of solely their mom's final identify publicly.