Angelina Jolie’s brother James Haven secretly married his partner Romi Imbelli over the summer amid his superstar sister’s messy divorce from Brad Pitt.
Haven, 51, who kissed Angelina on the red carpet at the 2000 Academy Awards, married The Real L Word star in a ceremony on August 12 in Laguna Beach, California, with family in attendance. close friends, including Father Jon Voight, according to just jared.
Jolie, who this week settled her eight-year divorce from Pitt, was said not to be present.
Romi shared loved-up snaps from the big day on Instagram writing: ‘In 2024, I married my best friend of 23 years.
‘The details of our story are too personal and complicated to share now, but I am writing them all down in my book. Our wedding day was intimate, just us and our parents as we exchanged vows, with plans to have a larger celebration later.
‘After 5 months of much crying, healing and reflection, we decided to resolve our issues and are now planning a special day with my daughter.
Angelina Jolie’s brother James Haven secretly married his partner Romi Imbelli over the summer amid his superstar sister’s messy divorce from Brad Pitt.
Haven is pictured with Angelina in 2000.
Jolie settled her divorce from Brad Pitt this week – pictured of Jolie and Pitt in 2009
‘I feel liberated and ready to return to my husband and our home in Los Angeles. Everything that has happened in the last few months was part of a greater plan and I trust in God’s timing. I will always carry 2024 deep in my heart. Life is too short. Go out and live it.
‘Tomorrow is the day my dad was born. He met Jamie 23 years ago. I believe that he is watching over us from heaven and smiling at us. Jamie proposed to me at my father’s grave. There is no guarantee of tomorrow, so give it your all today.’
Romi also paid tribute to James and Angelina’s late mother, Marcheline Bertrand, writing: “Today, Jamie’s mother sings for us as we celebrate together in heaven.
“We are both learning to accept someone’s love, this was a special and private day in these photos. I look forward to celebrating with my loved ones next year. Happy new year.
Romi starred in the reality show, which followed a group of lesbian friends in Los Angeles, from 2010 to 2012. She is credited as Romi Klinger.
In January 2024, Haven made extremely rare comments about his relationship with the Oscar-winning actress.
Appeared in an episode of 90who10 podcast in which she delved into how she had focused on caring for Angelina’s children following her years-long separation and divorce from Pitt.
James, who was last photographed in public with his father Jon Voight in October 2022, admitted that he considered it his duty to “protect” his sister’s six children amid the tumultuous divorce and the resulting negative publicity for the former fighters.
Haven, 51, married The Real L Word star in a ceremony on August 12 in Laguna Beach, California, with close family members in attendance, including father Jon Voight, according to Just Jared.
Romi shared loved-up snaps from the big day on Instagram writing: ‘In 2024, I married my best friend of 23 years.
James is seen sharing a controversial kiss with his sister in 2000
The conversation turned to James’ connection with Angelina in recent years and questions about how he had responded to their very public breakup.
“That’s where it all started, it started with protecting her and then her children, my nieces and nephews,” James said via too fabulousindicating that he and his sister began a new stage in their relationship after their separation.
“There are years of massive training, they are becoming young adults in their early 20s,” he continued, referring to his children.
“It’s crazy to think that, but yeah, I think it’s very natural (to feel protective) and I just want to be there,” James continued. ‘Very similar to my mother. Every time I am lucky enough to be in his presence, I want to be in his presence.”
He attributed that feeling to a lesson he learned from his late mother Marcheline Bertrand.
“(It’s) a quality I inherited from my mother, even though cell phones weren’t as prevalent as they are now, but let’s go back to that idea that she always said, ‘You’re the center of attention,'” he shared . ‘I prepared my life to be able to be present in any situation. In the formative years, the young adults they will become, I want to be there for them, or her, whatever is going on.’
Although James has had small roles in film and television over the years, it was his connection with his younger sister that first raised his public profile.
He often accompanied her during awards season leading up to her Beset Supporting Actress Oscar win for 1999’s Girl, Interrupted.
But the two were dogged by rumors inspired by their too-close bond and public affections, including their habit of kissing on the mouth on the red carpet.
Angelina and James sparked controversy in 2000 when they kissed on the lips just after she won her Oscar.
While accepting her award, Jolie confessed, “I’m in shock and I’m so in love with my brother right now.”
‘He just hugged me and said he loved me, and I know he’s very happy for me. And, um, thank you for that.’
James later said that the event was “misinterpreted” amid the breathless coverage of it.
Angelina also tried to downplay criticism of her public displays, calling the kisses just an example of “brotherly love.”
The two later blamed the provocative displays on the stress of having their mother in the hospital at the time of the awards season campaign.
Bertrand had been diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 1999 and, despite her initial hospitalization, lived for several more years with the disease.
The actress died in 2007 at the age of 56.
James seemed happy to talk about his connection with his sister, although he spoke mostly in vague terms.
However, he indicated that the two hoped to collaborate on some sort of projects in the future, although it was unclear if they were film projects or something else.
“We have very mutual interests, especially if it’s focused on how to help kids or things like that,” James explained. “And I know there’s going to be a lot of things in the future that we’ll probably be working on that we’ve never done publicly, like together, but I think there’s a lot of things in the future that I think we’ll do together.” .’
James had a steady string of small roles in film and television beginning in the late 1990s, although many of them were in films starring her sister or second husband, Billy Bob Thornton, to whom she was married from 2000 to 2003.
In recent years he has largely stayed out of the public eye, and his last on-screen role was in Easy Silence, a 2013 short film.
Her sister Angelina has continued to have a varied career as an actress and occasional director, while also working as a human rights activist and special envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
On Monday, Pitt and Jolie officially settled their divorce, ending a contentious legal fight that lasted more than eight years.
However, one major sticking point remains unresolved: their $62 million dispute over the French castle and vineyard they once co-owned.
The former couple, known as ‘Brangelina’, signed their divorce papers this week.
Jolie’s lawyer, James Simon, told DailyMail.com that the actress is relieved to have closed this chapter.
Now that his divorce from Jolie is finally behind him, Pitt is happier than ever with his girlfriend Inés de Ramón, but wedding bells are not in his immediate future; (Inés and Brad in September)
“Frankly, Angelina is exhausted,” Simon said.
However, he recently expressed his discontent with the film industry and shared his desire to get away from Los Angeles in an interview with WSJ. Magazine.
“Of all the places in the world, Hollywood is not a healthy place,” he said at the time.
Both James and Angelina have had a tempestuous relationship with their father, Jon, including several years when they were separated from him, but their close appearance at the wedding shows that they have mended their relationship.