Angelina Jolie and her older brother James Haven‘s bond is everlasting.

The Oscar winner’s solely sibling made uncommon feedback about his relationship together with his sister and her children—Maddox, 22, Pax, 20, Zahara, 18, Shiloh, 17, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 15—whereas reflecting on how Angelina has been doing within the years since breakup up with Brad Pitt.

In actual fact, when 90who10 podcast co-host Jessica Entner referred to Haven as a “protecting brother” on the Dec. 31 episode, the 52-year-old made it clear that is what it in the end comes all the way down to. “That is the place it began,” he defined, “with the safety of her, after which within the course of her youngsters—my nieces and nephews.”

“I simply need to be there any time, very very similar to my mother,” he mentioned, referring to his and the actress’ late mom Marcheline Bertrand. “Any time I am blessed to be of their presence, I need to be of their presence.”