Angelina Jolie has opened up for the first time in public about the 'difficult' breakup of her marriage to Brad Pitt and the effect it has had on their six children. The Hollywood star is in Cambodia with the kids (pictured right) promoting her new film and appeared to tear up when asked about her personal life during an interview. 'I don't want to say very much about that, except to say it was a very difficult time and we are a family, and we will always be a family,' she said, visibly emotional (center). A bitter custody battle initially played out in the media after Jolie filed for divorce from Pitt (left) last September and sought full custody of their children following an alleged incident on board a private jet as the family returned to Los Angeles from France. But the celebrity couple eventually reached an agreement in early January to seal the custody documents as they endeavor to resolve their issues and reach a divorce settlement. On Saturday, Jolie made her first official appearance (right) in Siem Reap, Cambodia, for the premiere of First They Killed My Father, about life in Cambodia under Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge as seen through the eyes of a child. She was joined by her children Maddox, 15, Pax, 13, Zahara, 12, Shiloh, 10 and eight-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne.
'I am coping': Emotional Angelina Jolie speaks for the first time about 'difficult' split from Brad and insists 'we'll always be a family'
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