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Actors Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's daughter Zahara Jolie has shared an emotional tribute to her mother during an Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority event at Spelman College, where she enrolled in 2022, highlighting their "unique" and deeply personal bond, according to E! News.
Zahara, 21, accompanied by Angelina Jolie at the event, reflected on the significance of her relationship with her mother while addressing fellow attendees on the importance of mother-daughter connections. "It felt challenging to find the words," Zahara said in a clip from the speech shared on X. "Not challenging because I don't value it, but because my mom and I have a unique, almost kindred relationship that can be hard to put into words." Recalling her adoption in 2005 from Ethiopia, Zahara said the love she shares with her family is a "found one," according to E! News. Angelina and ex Brad Pitt adopted Zahara during a trip to Ethiopia at the time--the college student noted the love she and her mother share is "a found one." "I was adopted at six months old and given some of the most special and loving people as my siblings," Zahara continued, "with a mom who raised us on the value of helping others, being kind and always striving for growth as people," according to E! News. She further credited Angelina Jolie for shaping her outlook on life, saying, "I am grateful to have had a role model show me what it looks like to be a decent human being." Zahara also acknowledged the challenges of growing up under public scrutiny, noting the difficulty of maintaining privacy while building her identity at Spelman College, away from her siblings Maddox, Pax, Shiloh, Knox, and Vivienne. "With the addition of the public life that we live, it can be difficult to find those special and intimate moments without being overwhelmed with the many eyes that are on us," she said. "This has never stopped my mom from being curious about all that I am learning in and outside of my classrooms at Spelman," according to E! News. Concluding her speech, Zahara lauded her mother as "the most selfless, loving and understanding woman" in her life. "She is the most selfless, loving and understanding woman that I get to call my mom," she said. "I think back to a quote I saw years ago that said 'I am a strong woman because a strong woman raised me.' Thank you, Mom," according to E! News. (ANI)
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