"When you have a big family, you want them to have privacy, peace, safety. I have a house now to raise my children, but sometimes this place can be … that humanity that I found across the world is not what I grew up with here," Jolie said.
After leaving LA, Jolie says she plans to "spend a lot of time in Cambodia" and visit her family members "wherever they may be in the world."
This isn't the first time that Jolie has mentioned her desire to be in Cambodia.
In December 2023, she told The Wall Street Journal that she has another home there .
"It's part of what happened after my divorce. I lost the ability to live and travel as freely. I will move when I can," Jolie said.
If Jolie follows through with her plans to leave LA , she'll join a long list of celebrities — such as Sylvester Stallone, Kelly Clarkson, and Mark Wahlberg — who have made the same move.
Several former residents that Business Insider previously spoke to cited rising crime rates and the high cost of living as factors that contributed to their decision to move away from California .
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