ANGELINA Jolie has been seen out on numerous occasions with rapper Akala, leading fans to believe they’re dating.
Photos have captured the pair traipsing around the world together despite sources denying they’re an item.
Most recently, Angelina, 49, and Akala, 40 – birth name Kingslee James McLean Daley – were spotted leaving a hotel together in Venice.
Angelina is there to attend the Venice Film Festival on September 7.
They appeared to be in a deep conversation as they walked side by side – Angelina donning a floor-length gold Grecian dress while Akala rocked gray pants and a matching jacket.
The sighting added fuel to the rumors that they’re dating, as they’ve appeared to be traveling together quite a bit lately.
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In November 2023, the duo was seen leaving a restaurant in Milan, where Angelina was filming the upcoming biopic, Maria.
Six months earlier, the Academy Award winner and her rumored beau were seen again at the Calabash Literary Festival in Jamaica.
Akala joined Angelina and her daughters Zahara, 19, and Shiloh, 18, for the event, setting off chatter that a romance was brewing.
On Thursday, sources close to Angelina told TMZ that she and the British rapper aren’t dating and are just friends.
They also claimed that Akala has a girlfriend, Chanelle, with whom Angelina is friendly.
The insider said the trio have known each other for years.
In Touch previously reported that Angelina and Akala had been romantically involved for a year.
However, sources now insist that Angelina is focusing on her family and not dating.
Last month, Angelina’s son Pax was rushed to the hospital with a head injury after a scary electric bike accident.
The 20-year-old reportedly crashed into the back of a car while riding around in Los Angeles.
Brad Pitt’s Troubled History With his Children
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Brad shares six children with his ex-wife Angelina Jolie.
2002
Angelina adopts her first child, Maddox, on March 10.
2005
Brad accompanies Angelina to Ethiopia to adopt her second child, Zahara, on July 5.
In December, Brad began the process of becoming the adoptive father of Angelina’s two kids.
In January, Angelina changed the kids’ names to Jolie-Pitt.
2006
After staying quiet about their relationship, Angelina gave birth to a daughter, Shiloh, shared with Brad, on May 27.
2007-8
Angelina and Brad adopt a son, Pax, and welcome twins Knox and Vivienne a year later.
2014
Brad and Angelina married at their château in France on August 23.
2016
Angelina filed for divorce from Brad on September 19.
The same month, Brad was accused of being physically and verbally abusive toward one of his children.
Brad also began attending Alcoholics Anonymous
2020
On Father’s Day, Pax wrote on Instagram: “You time and time and again prove yourself to be a terrible and despicable person. You have no consideration or empathy toward your four youngest children who tremble in fear when in your presence.”
2022
During a legal battle over their vineyard, Angelina claimed that Brad had grabbed and shaken her on a plane ride, and strangled one of their sons and struck another in the face.
2024
The couple’s oldest son and daughter, Maddox and Zahara, stop using Brad’s last name in their day-to-day lives.
Vivienne also chooses to go by Jolie for her first major Broadway credit.
The day she turns 18, Shiloh makes a legal filing to officially drop Pitt from her last name.
He was released from the Intensive Care Unit earlier this month and, according to People, is experiencing “complex trauma” over the incident.
Angelina shares Pax and her five other children, including Maddox, 23, and Knox and Vivienne, 16, with her ex, Brad Pitt, 60.
The exes have been embroiled in a nasty divorce and custody battle, and the kids have appeared to side with their mother.
Brad has a complicated relationship with his children, which became even more apparent when Vivienne dropped her father’s surname from the Playbill while starring in The Outsiders on Broadway.
In May, Shiloh went a step further and legally filed to remove Brad’s last name from her surname.
A source told Us Weekly that Brad is “devastated” by his daughter’s decision.