Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's Daughter Vivienne Reveals Eating Disorder Battle

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's daughter Vivienne bared her soul through art while revealing she was hospitalized for an eating disorder earlier this year.

The 18-year-old opened up about her private health battle as part of her Los Angeles art exhibition titled "The Tulip Field: A Gallery on Patience of Patients," displayed from November 2 through November 8 at Forager Crafts.

"Welcome to The Tulip Field," Vivienne wrote in a statement at the exhibit via Page Six. "Why is it called The Tulip Field, you ask? Like many, I have struggled with mental health. I have also struggled with an eating disorder."

She recalled, "At the beginning of this year, I was hospitalized for my ED. I was angry, sick, and very alone."

Vivienne, who is one of Jolie and Pitt's six children, revealed that with time she embraced the people and the environment at the hospital. (In addition to Vivienne and her twin brother, Knox, the former couple also share kids Maddox, Zahara, Shiloh and Pax.)

"Eventually, however, the kindness and warmth of the kids and staff at the hospital broke down the walls I had built so high," she wrote. "I have never laughed or cried harder, never been more honest or more myself."

Vivienne noted that it was the other kids at the hospital who helped her find her strength.

"The other kids there taught me how to be strong when you are at your weakest," she continued. "It was the worst and best time of my life and I am better for it."

Vivienne shared with artgoers that the exhibit was meant to document her time at the hospital and how it transformed her life.

"The Tulip Field is what I call the hospital and the paintings here represent moments in time spent there," she wrote. "Moments of hopelessness, moments I couldn't stop laughing, moments of safety, moments of bravery."

The Maleficent actress explained that there were no photographs taken during her hospitalization, so the artwork is a way to depict the feelings and emotions she experienced along with the other patients.

"These are our memories, our purest memories, preserved," Vivienne added. "The title of each painting is a sentence I took from journal entries I wrote during my time at the hospital, from passages I felt best fit the paintings."

One painting, titled "Vitals," showed a tulip in a hospital room getting their vitals taken. It featured a handwritten note dated May 14, 2026, that read, "I feel guilty for needing to be in the hospital this long."

A separate piece titled "Sleph's Star," depicted two tulips staring up at a gold star. The handwritten message read, "We all went to the deck last night."

Us has reached out to reps for Jolie and Pitt for comment.

Vivienne's exhibit opened the same day Us confirmed that a judge in Los Angeles granted her petition to legally change her name from Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt to Vivienne Marcheline Jolie.

Vivienne is the fourth of Jolie and Pitt's children to drop the Fight Club actor's moniker since the couple split in September 2016. The exes were married two years and didn't finalize their divorce until December 2024.

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This story was originally published November 13, 2026 at 10:44 AM.