Vivienne Jolie Shares Eating Disorder Treatment Through Art

Jolie shared her account in a statement titled “The Tulip Field.” “Like many, I have struggled with mental health. I have also struggled with an eating disorder,” she wrote, adding that she was hospitalized at the beginning of 2026. A source close to the situation told Page Six that it took “a lot of strength and courage” for her to speak publicly, and said she hoped the disclosure might encourage others to seek support.

Jolie credited fellow young patients and hospital staff with helping her feel less isolated. Their warmth, she wrote, “broke down the walls I had built so high.” She recalled laughing and crying, being honest and feeling more like herself, and said other patients taught her to be strong when she was at her weakest. She called the stay “the worst and best time of my life.”

Her exhibition, “The Tulip Field: A Gallery on Patience of Patients,” ran from November 2 through November 8 at Forager Crafts in Los Angeles. The paintings draw on memories of sadness, laughter, safety and bravery. Jolie said there were no photographs from the hospitalization, so the artworks preserve those memories. Their titles came from journal entries she wrote during treatment. One, “Vitals,” included a handwritten note dated May 14, 2026: “I feel guilty for needing to be in the hospital this long.”

Jolie, the daughter of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, has also worked in theatre. In 2024, at age 15, she volunteered as an assistant on the Broadway musical “The Outsiders,” produced by her mother. Earlier in November, a court granted her request to legally remove Pitt from her surname; she is now legally known as Vivienne Jolie, according to Page Six. The former couple, who separated in 2016, have six children.