Angelina Jolie: 'Brad Pitt and I aren't chained together'

Angelina Jolie says fidelity isn't absolutely essential in a relationship.

Jolie, who is raising 6 children with Brad Pitt, says she and Brad try to give each other some freedom.

"I doubt that fidelity is absolutely essential for a relationship," Jolie, 34, tells Germany's Das Neue. “Neither Brad nor I have ever claimed that living together means being chained together. We make sure we never restrict each other.”

Adds Angelina: "It’s worse to leave your partner and talk badly about him afterwards." Jolie, who has been married twice (to actors Billy Bob Thornton and Jonny Lee Miller), is one of the most popular and controversial celebrities of her generation.

Over the years, Angie's frail appearance has fueled innuendos of an eating disorder and drug abuse, and her relationship with Pitt has come under intense scrutiny.

Refuting rumors of a split, Brad and Angelina were photographed Dec. 20 having lunch at NYC eatery Cafe Metro with their 4 older children in tow. The family is in town while Angelina shoots more action sequences for the spy thriller, Salt.

Witnesses say the 5'7" Jolie looked super-skinny as usual, but nothing like the emaciated anorexic whose weight is rumored to have plunged below 100 pounds.

Angelina and Brad have been a primary gossip target ever since they got together in 2005.

Most recently, tabloids suggested that the Pitt-Jolie's demanding family life had made Brad "fat" while simultaneously causing Jolie to become emaciated. However, both Angelina and Brad looked like their usual selves on their recent Manhattan outing.

Pitt, who flaunted a rippling six-pack in the epic drama Troy (2004) and in Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2005), has reportedly cut back on his workouts as he spends more time with his kids.

Meanwhile, Jolie--who immediately bounced back into shape after both her pregnancies (in 2006 and 2008)--stays fit by doing Pilates on a Nintendo Wii console and following a healthy, low-calorie diet. Angelina and Brad also have a high-tech gym at Chateau Miraval, their posh estate in the South of France.

Pitt recently wrapped production on the drama The Tree of Life, while Angelina can be seen next in Salt, which comes out in July.

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