The 32-year-old actress lost her mother, Marcheline Bertrand, last January after a battle with ovarian cancer. Jolie explained that her emotional struggles following the death have caused her to lose weight, and that she is not trying to be thin, reports FemaleFirst. Jolie said, "I have always been lean and this year I lost my mother and I’ve gone through a lot. The thing that’s disturbing is that instead of people saying, ‘This looks like a person that’s actually dealing with something, probably from emotions.’ They say, ‘Does she fit into skinny jeans and look thin?’"
The star added that she would like for people to try to understand that she is not trying to be thin, but that she has had an emotional year.