Angelina Jolie’s daughter Vivienne reveals health battle

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s daughter Vivienne has revealed that she was hospitalised earlier this year while battling an eating disorder.

The 18-year-old artist opened up about her mental health struggles for the first time through a deeply personal introduction accompanying her latest art exhibition in Los Angeles. She described the difficult period as one that left her feeling angry, unwell and isolated.

Vivienne, who now uses the professional name Vivienne Marcheline, revealed that she was admitted to hospital at the beginning of 2026 for treatment of her eating disorder.

In her emotional statement, she explained that the kindness and support of fellow patients and hospital staff gradually helped her overcome the emotional barriers she had built around herself.

Describing the experience as both the worst and best period of her life, Vivienne said she had emerged from the difficult chapter as a stronger person.

Her exhibition, titled The Tulip Field, is inspired by her time in hospital. She used paintings to preserve memories of her treatment and the relationships she developed with other patients.

The artwork depicts Vivienne and fellow patients as tulips, reflecting moments when they supported one another, shared meals and found comfort in each other’s company.

She explained that the paintings represent different emotions and experiences, including hopelessness, laughter, safety and courage. Their titles were taken from sentences in journal entries she wrote during her hospital stay.

Vivienne also described the exhibition as a way of preserving memories of a period that profoundly affected her life.

The exhibition comes as the teenager continues to develop her artistic interests. She has displayed and sold her paintings at several art fairs in Los Angeles in recent months. Her twin brother, Knox, has also been spotted helping her set up her artwork.

Meanwhile, Vivienne has recently made headlines after legally dropping her father Brad Pitt’s surname.

A Los Angeles judge approved her petition to change her name from Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt to Vivienne Marcheline Jolie last week. She is now the fourth of the former couple’s six children to legally remove Pitt’s surname.

Her older siblings Shiloh, Maddox and Zahara have also taken steps to distance themselves from the Pitt name. Knox and Pax are the only two children who have not publicly filed legal paperwork for a surname change.

Vivienne had previously used the name Vivienne Jolie in the programme for the Broadway production of The Outsiders in May 2024, where she worked as a producer alongside her mother.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie share six children: Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh and twins Vivienne and Knox. The former couple married in 2014 after meeting on the set of the 2005 film Mr. & Mrs. Smith.

Their relationship ended following a 2016 private plane incident and subsequent allegations of abuse, which Pitt has denied. He was never criminally charged, and the Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services cleared him of physical abuse allegations.

Their divorce was finalised in 2024 after an extended legal battle. Pitt has since been in a relationship with jewellery designer Ines de Ramon.

Representatives for Angelina Jolie declined to comment on Vivienne’s hospitalisation, while representatives for Pitt were approached for a response.