Brad Pitt Defends Angelina Jolie, Says She’s “Supergirl”
Brad Pitt, perhaps tired of seeing his mate smeared in the tabloid magazines, shot back with some criticism of his own when he ran into a reporter for the Daily Mail while at a hotel with some friends. Us Magazine, one magazine who’s given Jolie a fair bit of criticism for her seemingly addiction to adoption has the story:
“You know what it’s like to be on the cover of every magazine, having your personal life dissected with all the lies, all the rubbish?” he asked the writer, taking a swig from a bottle of beer. “It’s hell. Certainly, pick on me — but why pick on Angelina? That’s so low. She’s such an amazing woman - like Supergirl, in every way.”
Pitt, 43, quickly apologized: “I’m sorry if I seem to be taking my frustration out on you.”
It’s good that someone is defending Angelina, as she seems to be gaining more detractors lately than allies - and this for a woman who’s been on a one person crusade to rid the role of orphans — by adopting them. A man who claims to have known Brad for years, Jim Cruse wasn’t so kind about the journey Angelina has taken Brad on:
“Brad always said he wanted a family. But you should be careful what you ask for. He got four kids in two years, all under the age of six. It’s no picnic.†Cruse also took issue with Jolie’s attitude that she can “have it all†and balance being a working mother, a loving partner, and a U.N. ambassador. I don’t think she’s ever really been content,†says Cruse. “ If you ask me, this thing about her ‘wanting it all’ is just another way of saying she’s never happy. The truth is that she makes no excuses for who she is. She thinks of herself as a survivor.”
Yikes! Perhaps we aren’t reading Brad’s message correctly. Maybe when he says Angie’s a “Supergirl” he’s talking about the XTC version of “Supergirl.” Here’s a little food for thought from Andy Partridge and the boys about ’supergirls.’
That’s really super Supergirl
How you saved yourself in seconds flat
And your friends are going to say
That’s really super Supergirl
How you’re changing the world’s weather
But you couldn’t put us back together
Super Supergirl
How you stopped the universe from dying
But you’re never going to stop me crying
Super Supergirl
I’m here in your Fortress of Solitude
Don’t mean to be rude
But I don’t feel super
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Comment by Eric Olsen — April 16, 2007 @ 6:39 pm
It’s weird how much these comments from Brad remind me of an interview with him I read during the post leaving Jen, pre-honestly fessing up to running around with Angie craziness. Basically, he was bitching and moaning about how the press was filled with all these mean horrible stories that were causing great injury to his (still then) wife Jen.
Of course, in retrospect, all those stories, which reported Brad publicly complaining that Jen wasn’t birthing him no babies him fast enough but now that she’d finally quit her job of 10 years and cleared her schedule and was ready to become a dutiful mom-wife, he was throwing her over for a ready made family with Angie, turned out to be TRUE!!!
Here’s my problem with Angelina, regardless of whether the stories about her weird treatment of her children and her obsessive compulsive desire to build her own version of Disney’s It’s a Small World ride are true. Plenty of stars bitch about tabloids and the weirdness of fame, but in almost all of her articles, what Angie bitches about is acting.
She speaks so disdainfully about acting and how she just does it so she can fund her real, important role as…what is it that she does, exactly, aside from drifting around the world collecting foreign babies? It’s an insult to anyone who has ever paid money to see one of her movies. It’s like she’s saying: This is a bs job and Hollywood is stupid enough to pay me assloads of money and you people are stupid enough to buy the tickets and I’m not even going to pretend to hide my disdain for you, but I will happily sell my picture to this tabloid (which you are stupid enough to buy) so I can go back to my real job as Supergirl.
Tom Cruise is totally whackadoo, I would not want him anywhere near me or my family, but you know what…the man loves his fans, he always signs autographs, he always speaks respectfully of the people who buy tickets to see his movies. Fame giveth and fame taketh away, and people don’t like being made to feel like idiots for admiring the stars they admire. If you act like people are idiots for liking your work, then they will stop liking your work.
Comment by Kati Irons — April 16, 2007 @ 11:28 pm
I wonder how much time the super famous and super rich actually spend raising their adopted kids?
Comment by Eric Berlin — April 17, 2007 @ 1:03 am
Some a lot. Those are the ones whom you see with their kids and then there are the ones you just don’t see.
People like Angelina Jolie, not so much, but certainly more than Britney Spears does with her kids.
Thank goodness Paris and Lindsay don’t have kids or they would have shriveled up and blown away long ago. Partying takes up a lot of time yo.
And Kati, I couldn’t agree more. I made the exact same comparison to Tom and Angie a few posts back. But instead of comparing their love of acting it was their apparent love of their adoptive children over bio children. Tom, whacky or not, loves them all the same. Angie? Not so much.
Comment by dmdo1016 — April 17, 2007 @ 7:08 am
“She’s a very kinky girl
The kind you don’t take home to mother
That girl is pretty wild now
The girl’s a super freak
The kind of girl you read about
In a new-wave magazine
…
That girl is pretty kinky
The girl’s a super freak
She’s a super freak, super freak
She’s super-freaky, yow
Super freak, super freak
She’s a very special girl”
Yeah, super…
Comment by The Domestic Minx — April 17, 2007 @ 8:51 am
I completly agree. I admire Angie very much .Just look the responsiblity she took. She is a young mother of four.Three of them adopted. She is Un ambassador and A working mom. It is not easy.
They just obessesed in bashing her in things that allegely happen years ago.
Comment by bety — April 17, 2007 @ 10:55 am
In my opinion, I think Brad fell in love with Angelina but he didn’t know well about her.
I’d marry a man like Brad right away if I were her but she’s Angelina Jolie. She’s an unique person, I’d like to put it that way. Anyway I’m happy for Brad because he has Shiloh now. I’d like to say to both Brad and Angelina that it’s okay. It’s okay to love someone although you get hurt. At the end you’ll learn something. Shy to admit, I thought that these people were perfect for each other. But I’m just a fan and it’s their precious life so they should do what’s best for them. I learned that even if someone like Brad Pitt asks for your hand, when you’re not ready, you lose the opportunity. I think Brad did his best so there won’t be regrets. I hope he raises Shiloh. He really seems to love her, it’s palpable. Otherwise, I’m worried if Shiloh might be neglected. I hope Shiloh spends her life with her loving father.
Comment by It's okay. — April 18, 2007 @ 11:29 am