Angelina Jolie, Akala shut down relationship rumours

After a yr of a number of sightings collectively, Angelina Jolie and rapper Akala had been alleged to be in a relationship.

Nonetheless, the 40-year-old rapper has put the rumours to relaxation by an surprising transfer at a Christmas social gathering this week.

Akala arrived on the Rosewood London lodge’s Christmas social gathering with Chanelle Newman, who he launched to the opposite company as his “girlfriend.”

Chanelle, who’s a movie producer, is reportedly pals with the Maleficent actress herself.

Though the pair has been underneath courting speculations, their friendship is solely platonic, as a supply instructed Folks Journal.

The trio “all work collectively” with Akala’s accomplice all the time accompanying them to “each occasion,” added the supply.

This comes after an In Contact report reported in Might that Angelina and Akala have been in a relationship for “greater than a yr.”

The Woman, Interrupted actress was noticed leaving a Venice lodge with the rapper throughout Venice Movie Competition, which added gas to the hearth of romance rumours.

Nonetheless, the insider clarified, “She and Akala will not be courting. She is pals with him and his accomplice, Chanelle, who was additionally there.”

They additional added that the duo has been pals for “a number of years” resulting from their shared “ardour in relation to social and humanitarian causes.”

They’ve seemingly labored collectively on “a number of collabs through the years that target world points like human rights. Angie speaks very extremely of him.”