From a poor orphan boy in Cambodia, Maddox became the adopted son of a Hollywood star, experienced a rich, happy life and attended a prestigious university.

After nearly 20 years of adopting a Cambodian boy, Maddox, the reason why the Hollywood star became the boy’s mother was revealed.

Angelina Jolie with her two adopted sons of Southeast Asian origin: Pax Thien (right) and Maddox.

In 2000, Angelina Jolie filmed the movie Tomb Raider (Secret of the Ancient Tomb) in Cambodia and she began to fall in love with this land. The famous actress decided to visit an orphanage to adopt a child. There, Angelina met Maddox and began to carry out the procedures to bring him back to America.

Thanks to the enthusiastic help of her partner Sarath Mounh – who runs an NGO in Cambodia, Angelina Jolie easily became Maddox’s legal adopter. However, in an interview in July 2021, Sarath Mounh shared that he was not sure that Maddox was an orphan.

Rare images of Angelina Jolie when she came to Cambodia to meet and adopt Maddox.

Sarath Mounh commented that Maddox was a more intelligent and smiling child than his peers. This is the reason why Jolie paid special attention to this boy when the mother and daughter first met.

“When Angelina Jolie visited the orphanage and saw Maddox, he smiled at her and stood up instead of crying like other children. Maddox’s smile touched Angelina’s heart and that’s why. why she chose Maddox,” Sarath revealed.

According to Mr. Sarath, Angelina Jolie overcame many legal hurdles to be able to adopt Maddox 20 years ago. “At that time, cross-border child trafficking was very bad in Cambodia. A lot of legal issues needed to be resolved and Jolie didn’t want to make a mistake.

In 2000, Angelina Jolie filmed the movie Tomb Raider and this is also the time when she had a fateful meeting with her adopted son Maddox.

As a friend and colleague, I signed up to adopt Maddox as my child, then I signed a legal document for Angelina to receive Maddox from me,” he said.

In the filing, Maddox is recognized as Sarath’s third child. This man then signed a document for Angelina to adopt Maddox. With the help of Sarath Mounh, Maddox went to the US to live with Jolie and became one of 6 children of a world famous star.

Maddox boy’s life has turned a new page. Maddox also regularly visits his homeland and is taught about the good traditions of Cambodia.

Angelina Jolie has done a great job as a mother to Maddox for nearly 20 years.

“We Cambodians are proud and happy because Maddox grew up in Angelina’s full condition. Others don’t have that opportunity. So I hope Maddox will come back here and understand more about the culture of our Cambodian people. himself,” added Mr. Sarath.

Over the years, he became a great companion of his mother, with his adoptive mother set foot in many lands around the world, participated in volunteer activities and witnessed the ups and downs in the life of Hollywood stars. On top of that, Jolie does not consider Maddox as an adopted child, but considers him as her own son.

In 2017, Angelina Jolie and her 6 children went to Cambodia to participate in the premiere of the movie she directed and two adopted children as assistants – First They Killed My Father , but could not meet Sarath.

Angelina Jolie always encourages her adopted children to learn and appreciate their roots.

The actress shared: “Returning to Cambodia after nearly 17 years, I feel like Cambodia is a second home. My children have a close relationship with the children here, many of them are their best friends. Maddox. I’m glad to be back where I was born.”

The Sun recently revealed that filmmaker Elizabeth Jacobs is working on a documentary to uncover the truth about adoptions in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The film is titled The Stolen Children . stolen child) and mentions Angelina Jolie and Maddox.

Currently, Maddox is a university student and attends university in Korea, a culture that makes him very curious and loves to explore. The school Angelina Jolie’s eldest son attends is Yonsei University, one of Korea’s oldest universities. The school is rated as one of the three best universities in the country along with Seoul National University (Seoul National University) and Korea University (Korea University).

Rare photo of Maddox with adoptive parents Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt before the couple’s divorce in 2016.

Of the six children of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, Maddox is the only one who is of age and does not need parental guardianship. In the battle for custody of children after the divorce between Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, Maddox has the right to choose who lives with him and the boy always sided with his adoptive mother.

For Hollywood stars, Maddox is extremely important. She once said about her adopted son: “It was my first child. He made me a real woman”.

She affirmed, this Southeast Asian boy made her change herself, become gentle, move away from the rebellious life and live more responsibly. After Maddox, Jolie adopted two more children and gave birth to three children with Brad Pitt.

Maddox appeared when Jolie had just gone through two failed marriages and made her realize her maternal instincts.

Maddox’s bright smile, lovely, innocent look prompted the famous actress to have a special affection for this boy at the orphanage.

Maddox came to Jolie when she had just finished her second marriage and the boy became a “buoy” to save the famous star’s life from the hopeless and rebellious days.

Over the years, Jolie has always supported her son in every decision in life, this boy also absolutely respects and loves his adoptive mother. Maddox became Jolie’s support in the “noisy” divorce from Brad Pitt that lasted nearly 5 years.

In 2016, on a flight from France to Los Angeles, USA, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt had a heated argument. Maddox protected his mother by standing in front of Brad Pitt.

The Hollywood actor and his eldest son then collided and the Los Angeles Department of Child Protection and Family Support was forced to intervene to determine whether Brad Pitt was violent with his child.

Maddox became her adoptive mother’s little companion before she met and fell in love with Brad Pitt.

The famous actress has a special relationship with her adopted son of Cambodian origin.

Although Brad Pitt was found innocent, the father-son relationship between him and Maddox also cracked. It is known that both adopted sons – Maddox and Pax Thien always sided with Angelina Jolie in the noisy divorce.

Last March, it was reported that Maddox was willing to testify, giving Jolie positive information in the battle for custody of the children. However, the court refused to testify of the children, leaving Brad Pitt to temporarily win, having custody of 5 children like Angelina Jolie. This information made the Dark Fairy actress angry and frustrated.

However, at the end of July 2021, the judge in charge of adjudicating the custody of the Hollywood star couple was suddenly stripped of rights and canceled all judgments, Angelina Jolie temporarily became the sole guardian of the Hollywood stars. child.

After the divorce, Angelina Jolie is temporarily taking custody of the children.

Source: petrotimes.vn