Now it’s Angelina Jolie‘s turn to tell her side of the story. The star and former one half of the world’s most famous couple, spoke candidly to Vanity Fair about her health issues and talked about how her family is coping in the aftermath of her divorce from Brad Pitt.

Angelina Jolie said in the interview with Vanity Fair that she was diagnosed with hypertension (high blood pressure) and Bell’s palsy, a medical condition which can cause temporary paralysis of the facial muscle.

According to Jolie, the Bell’s palsy, which she says she has now successfully cured with acupuncture, caused one side of her face to droop. This is because Bell’s palsy is a form of temporary facial paralysis resulting from damage or trauma to the facial nerves.

“Sometimes women in families put themselves last,” she said, speaking about her diagnosis, “until it manifests itself in their own health.”

In 2013, Jolie underwent a double mastectomy and reconstructive surgery after testing positive for the BRCA1 gene, mutations of the gene increase a woman’s lifetime risk for developing breast and ovarian cancer. In March 2015, she had her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed.

The decision was triggered after blood tests, taken while she was filming her melodrama By The Sea, suggested that could have cancer. When further tests revealed this was not the case, Jolie said that she dropped to her knees in relief, before making the appointment to have her ovaries taken out.

“I went into the actual surgery happy as they come. I was skipping. Because at that point it was just preventative,” she said.

In the interview, the actress, director and UN goodwill ambassador also opened up about her separation from Brad Pitt, and the effect it has had on their six children.

“Things got bad,” says Jolie. “I didn’t want to use that word. . . . Things became ‘difficult,” she explained.

“They’ve been very brave. They were very brave,” she added. When pushed for more details, Jolie said, “We’re all just healing from the events that led to the filing . . . They’re not healing from divorce. They’re healing from some… from life, from things in life.”

Jolie and Pitt were married in 2014, and split last year. Jolie filed for a divorce, in September 2016. The terms of their divorce are still being negotiated.