Angelina Jolie Embraces New Chapter as Her Children Grow Up and Move Out: “She’s Learning to Let Go”

Angelina Jolie‘s grown-up kids are striking out on their own — and the mom of six is nearing a nervous breakdown as she faces an impending empty nest, tipsters tell GLOBE.

Angie, 49, recently revealed that she gave her New York City apartment to one of her three sons — without naming names — and now the ritzy residence is a crash pad for the rest of her brood whenever they’re in the Big Apple.

But the Maleficent movie witch recently warbled, “The other day, I said I was going to pop by, and he was like, ‘Can you just give me a day to clean?’”

While Angie appeared to make light of the remark, a source close to the scrawny star squeals she was “devastated” by the brush-off!

“It really hurt that he didn’t want to see her,” the insider confides. “She tried to laugh it off, but it was a knife in the heart — and one more reminder that she’s no longer the center of her kids’ universe.”

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The Oscar-winning Girl, Interrupted actress — who shares kids Maddox, 23, Pax, 21, Zahara, 20, Shiloh, 18, and 16-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne with ex-hubby Brad Pitt — had once complained about being stuck in Los Angeles because of the pair’s child custody arrangement.

“She would love to move them all to New York and get a place big enough for all of them, but she can’t do that for at least another two years — not until Knox and Vivienne turn 18,” the insider explains. “So she’s feeling very isolated and really struggling to adjust.”

Angie previously gushed that her children are the “closest people to me and my life — and they’re my close friends.” And according to the mole, now that her fledglings are spreading their wings, the Tomb Raider gal is in a downward spiral!

“The kids have grown up and become more independent and moved out — or are close to moving out — and Angelina isn’t handling it well at all,” the insider blabs.

“They’re spending an increasing amount of time away — and she’s desperately lonely.”

The Maria movie soprano hasn’t had a long-lasting public romance since leaving Fight Club hunk Brad in 2016 — and it took eight years before every detail of their bitter divorce was settled!

“Instead of creating a new life for herself, she focused solely on her kids,” the source says. “Now that they don’t need her in the same way, she’s totally lost!”