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Angelina Jolie reveals son Maddox is following in her piloting footsteps during barefoot ‘Tonight Show’ appearance

Angelina Jolie’s son Maddox is following in his mom’s footsteps.

While speaking about her other potential career paths, the actress said on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” Thursday that she is a licensed pilot — and so is the 23-year-old.

“Maddox is training to be a pilot, too,” Jolie shared before clarifying that “he actually is a pilot now.”

Angelina Jolie and Maddox at White House in April 2023
Angelina Jolie revealed her son Maddox is a pilot.REUTERS
Angelina Jolie on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" Thursday
The actress raved about the 23-year-old’s accomplishment on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” Thursday.The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon/Youtube

The Oscar winner, 49, went barefoot for the interview after breaking her toe the previous day.

“I tried to find a comfortable shoe, but I just decided to not [wear any],” she explained to Jimmy Fallon during her first late-night TV appearance in a decade.

Maddox’s love for planes is no secret, as Jolie previously gushed to People that he had inspired her to become a pilot in 2004.

“Every time Mad sees a plane, he’s amazing,” she said at the time. “If I could actually fly a plane by the time he’s 4, I’ll be like Superman to him.”

Angelina Jolie
The Oscar winner got her license to fly in 2004.ITV
Angelina Jolie and son Maddox
She previously said that Maddox inspired this decision.Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images

The “Girl, Interrupted” star told the same magazine in 2017 that Maddox was “practicing flying,” showing himself to be “quite capable” and had even “go[ne] solo.”

On Thursday, Jolie also spoke briefly about her and ex-husband Brad Pitt’s other five children and their desire for privacy.

“They really really want to be, especially Shiloh … private [and] not photographed,” the Golden Globe winner said, calling out her 18-year-old specifically.

Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt and Maddox at Super Bowl in February 2010
The little one was “amazed” by aircrafts.Getty Images
Angelina Jolie and Maddox at "Maleficent: Mistress of Evil" premiere in October 2024
By 2017, he was “practicing flying.”Getty Images for Disney

She and Pitt, 60, are also the parents of Pax, 21, Zahara, 19, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 16.

When Fallon joked that could be difficult considering “everyone’s so famous around them,” Jolie noted that “it wasn’t their choice.”

She added that “some of” her brood is interested in working “off-camera, behind the scenes.”

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie with kids in Japan
Jolie and ex-husband Brad Pitt have five other children.WireImage
Angelina Jolie and kids at October 2021 "Eternals" premiere
She addressed their desire to be “private” on Thursday.WireImage

Jolie, notably, has recently worked on the “Outsiders” Broadway adaptation with Vivienne, as well as “Without Blood” with Maddox and Pax.

In November, Knox joined his mom for a rare red carpet appearance at the 2024 Governors Awards in Hollywood.

“Angelina felt so proud having Knox by her side,” a source told Page Six last month, noting that “he typically prefers to stay out of the spotlight.”

Angelina Jolie on Nov. 24, 2024
Jolie emphasized that fame “wasn’t their choice.”Nick Zonna/ipa-agency.net/Shutterstock
Angelina Jolie and kids at September 2024 "Maria" premiere
She has, however, worked with a few of her kids on recent projects.ZUMAPRESS.com / MEGA