Angelina Jolie reveals why she sold the first photos of twins Vivienne and Knox

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Angelina Jolie has revealed why she decided to sell the pictures of her newborn twins Knox and Vivienne, now 16, in 2008 to People and Hello!

magazines.“It’s a strange thing to have to do or to do, but it was kind of the better option, but also it was for their safety,” the actress said about the decision during the Santa Barbara International Film Festival on Wednesday. “It was that somebody was coming for it and it was a safety concern as well.“It was just better to control it in a safe place, in a safe way,” Jolie continued. “And do something good with it, obviously, if you can.

That’s much better.”The “Maria” star, 49, and her then-husband, Brad Pitt, donated the money they received to their charity, the Jolie-Pitt Foundation.Along with Knox and Vivienne, Jolie and Pitt, 61, have Maddox, 23, Pax, 21, Zahara, 20, Shiloh, 18.Later in the panel, the “Eternals” actress also discussed whether or not she felt her children would follow in her footsteps, nothing that she didn’t think that any of her kids had an “affinity” for movies. “No.

I don’t know, that’s not my doing,” Jolie admitted. “I always wanted them to be around film because I wanted them to know as a part of — it’s such a wonderful family, to be creative, to be an artist, to be … They’re not interested.“They really don’t like any of the celebrity part of it, especially Shiloh hates it,” she added. “I think in a very healthy way they don’t … It’s not a normal thing.