Angelina Jolie breaks silence on divorce from Brad Pitt

Angelina Jolie is opening up about her difficult year, from a Bell's Palsy diagnosis to her split from Brad Pitt.

In a Vanity Fair cover story, Jolie revealed that in addition to high blood pressure, she developed Bell’s Palsy, a condition resulting from damage to facial nerves, which caused one side of her face to droop, the USA Today reports.

“Sometimes women in families put themselves last... until it manifests itself in their own health," Jolie, 42, said, credited acupuncture for a full recovery. Vanity Fair did not elaborate on the cause of the nerve damage.

Jolie, who underwent a hysterectomy in 2015 and a double mastectomy in 2013 after learning she carries a gene mutation that put her at high risk for breast and ovarian cancer, also said she has been dealing with more gray hair and drier skin. "I can’t tell if it’s menopause or if it’s just been the year I’ve had," she said.