Angelina Jolie Says She Gets Upset With Silly Journalism, But Only She Can Fix That
Angelina Jolie has been talking to the press more lately than she has in some time, all part of her and partner Brad Pitt’s media blitz for their new film A Mighty Heart, which opens in theaters on June 22.
The film was produced by Brad’s production company Plan B, and features Angelina in the starring role as Mariane Pearl, a journalist and slain wife of fellow journalist Daniel Pearl. Daniel Pearl, who worked for the Wall Street Journal, was investigating “shoe-bomber” Richard Reid in Pakistan, when he was kidnapped and killed in 2002. His story was riveting, and made all the more tragic as his murder was captured on film and made public while his wife was pregnant with their first child.
Angelina was handpicked by Mariane Pearl to play her in the film. Pearl had to be convinced by studio heads to adapt the memoir she wrote (also title A Mighty Heart) which detailed happier times with Daniel and the events leading up to his horrific death. Mariane has stated that while she was approached by several Hollywood types about her book, only Brad Pitt had actually read it - and having Jolie’s involvement most certainly sealed the deal.
Pearl and Jolie became friends (prior to any plans for the film) after Mariane read an interview with Jolie where she spoke about adopting her son Maddox and how that had changed her perspective on life. The two have been close since.
Now, with the film’s premier in Cannes, and the world premier in just weeks, Jolie has been prompted to speak to the press not only about the film, but about her life with Brad, her kids and their life through the eye of the paparazzi.
On NBC’s Today, Angie sat down with Ann Curry to discuss ii all. Much of the interview, which can be seen here, focuses on the film and Jolie playing a person who isn’t just a “real” individual, but also a friend of hers. Curry attempts to make some side-by-side comparisons between Jolie and Pearl and their life in the media, but Jolie is quick to point out that while there are flashbulbs to contend with, her life has not been marked with tragedy — and in fact — she is quite lucky to have a loving family that she can enjoy during her private times away from the spotlight.
What struck me as “intriguing” in this interview, which was mostly predictable, was Angie’s summation of the difference between journalists like Daniel Pearl and celebrity journalists. Jolie readily admits that journalism as a profession (and as is portrayed in the film) can be a heroic quest, but that when the media focuses only on “silly stories” about her, that’s what truly bothers her.
Well, we all know what she’s talking about here. Let’s face it, half of the celeb magazines are filled with “silly” stories about her and her life as “Brangelina.” As much as I wish I could pounce on every story in a tabloid, some are just too ridiculous to even cover. Even I have standards, lax as they may be. But here’s the problem: Angie continues to skirt around the “real facts” that dog her and her life with Brad Pitt. And until she faces those demons with some semblence of truth, she and Brad will likely be forced to deal with “silly” stories about them forever. One had to make genuine attempts to heal a rift before people can accept them at face value.
Angie, when pressed on the issue, denies she had an affair with a married man. Unfortunately for her, she isn’t telling the truth, and therefore the two sides of Angelina Jolie will always be an issue.
Angelina may be the warmest, most generous celebrity out there, but deep down she knows she did something truly rotten, she fell in love with a married man, and in turn, allowed him to fall in love with her. Whatever the complications of his marriage might have been, Brad Pitt was in fact already in a relationship to Jennifer Aniston, when he and Angie began the process of their relationship.
Just for clarification purposes, I am no fan of Jennifer Aniston. I could care less if he was married to Princess Di or Tara Reid, but the fact that he and Angie blatantly lied about their relationship to the public (and that this was strike two against Angie for being a man-stealer) sticks in some people’s mind. She knows this, Brad knows this and you and I know this. Does this take away from all the good she has to offer? No, she has a lot to offer. But if she wants to really change her image and re-invent herself in a way that will wash away her sins, she must come clean.
People can and will forgive almost anything short of murder, but what people hate almost universally is the endless game of deception that Brad and Angie play. To be forgiven, you must be forthcoming and ask for forgiveness. For those die-hard Angelina fans who think she has nothing to be forgiven for, well now, that’s just silly. Surely Angie and Brad want people to see their movies, help with their causes and contribute to life in a “meaningful way” like they are always promoting. I would imagine they would like the rumors and speculation about their relationship to subside and to finally be embraced by the other half of the world who eyes them suspiciously and with hateful anticipation.
Only they can change that, and the fact that they refuse to is a glaring example of how much they feed off of the tabloid world and use it to “enrich” their lives. You truly can’t expect the masses to contribute to your wealth while you continue to ignore the enormous elephant in the room that is standing on your face and crapping on your carpet.
Fess up, say your sorry and move on — ‘cuz I am sick of being sick of you both.
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I agree, but just jen said, and it was in the news long time ago way before Angelina is in the picture. Brad and Jen separated and Brad no longer staying in the same roof with Jen. For Jen, as she qouted, After they separated she considered it that they were divorced. And Jen could careless what Brad doing. So, therefore Angelina did no steal Brad from Jen because Brad was in his way out of the marriage but not just legally yet. Brad and Angelina should come out that they both fell in love and Brad is no longer with Jen and that should be understandable and acceptable.
It seems like both Brad and Jen was not trying to work it out at all so what the fuss? The minor problem was that BRad and Angelina did not come clean about relation; perhaps their love will be misjudged and will not be acceptated by most of people. She did nothing wrong to Jen. Brad walked out from their relationship and Jen let him go. Lets drop the issue whose who is in fault. It seems the tabloids is pointing fingers to only one person, which is Angelina. No one can steal anyone husband/wife if he/she does not want to be stolen.
Comment by estrell — May 23, 2007 @ 11:53 am
I agree, but just jen said, and it was in the news long time ago way before Angelina is in the picture. Brad and Jen separated and Brad no longer staying in the same roof with Jen. For Jen, as she qouted, After they separated she considered it that they were divorced. And Jen could careless what Brad doing. So, therefore Angelina did no steal Brad from Jen because Brad was in his way out of the marriage but not just legally yet. Brad and Angelina should come out that they both fell in love and Brad is no longer with Jen and that should be understandable and acceptable.
It seems like both Brad and Jen was not trying to work it out at all so what the fuss? The minor problem was that BRad and Angelina did not come clean about relation; perhaps their love will be misjudged and will not be acceptated by most of people. She did nothing wrong to Jen. Brad walked out from their relationship and Jen let him go. Lets drop the issue whose who is in fault. It seems the tabloids is pointing fingers to only one person, which is Angelina. No one can steal anyone husband/wife if he/she does not want to be stolen.
Comment by estrell — May 23, 2007 @ 11:53 am
This was a great article.Brad and Angelina should have come clean from the start. Instead by not doing so the “triangle” continues on today.As for her being honest about things and having nothing to defend herself against…-why didn’t they let the press ask them questions when they were promoting Mr.and Mrs. Smith… All of this could have been avoided..Interesting that everybody didn’t “buy” what Angelina was selling with Ann Curry on the Today Show…Glad some people see through them…
Comment by carolina — May 23, 2007 @ 12:58 pm
It is so refressing to read an article like this one that promotes such honesty. I agree that Angie is kidding herself if she thinks the public is going to buy her innocent act. She has proven over and over to be a liar. I saw the interview where she declared that Shiloh was an accident. She made it very clear. Now she is in another interview decarling the opposite. What is with her? Doesn’t she understand that by doing this, she looks much worse to the public. I will never understand why. I will never understand why Brad would be so foolish. Angie is starting to show some true colours and I doubt it will be very long before she takes the fall for what she’s really like. We all know that she seduced a married man and deliberately took advantage of the fact that his marriage needed some TLC. Shame on Angie for that. She can prance around the world, donate every cent she has, adopt a million needy kids, try over and over again to cover up the truth, but it’s obvious who she really is. I used to be a big fan of hers. Not anymore! Oh and for the record, any person with any intelligence knows that Angie changes her stories just to hurt Jen. Maybe there is some truth to all those rumours out there and that’s why. Brad looks and acts like her gimp and he’s becoming increasingly uglier by the day. So is she!
Comment by Tammy — May 23, 2007 @ 1:07 pm
I totally agree with this article. I can’t stand the bull** she sells. I don’t care so much about the love triangle but about the lies. And it’s not just the “I’d never get involved with a married man” lie. It’s everything. She spins absolutely everything to make her into whatever image she wants. She’s a media genius, I will give her that. But in a despicable way. The same way GW Bush is a media genius.
Comment by hughes — May 23, 2007 @ 2:02 pm
My comments is the same to the publicist that AJ is dedeitful and she’ll never change that because that’s what make her a famous being unpredictable!!!
Comment by Grace — May 23, 2007 @ 2:49 pm
Brad is a cheater, Angie is in denial and needs professional help. Who orchestrated that African beach photo op? Brad has AIDS in case anyone was wondering.
Comment by Josh — May 23, 2007 @ 3:16 pm
I truly disagree with your article. First of all, though you as a journalist may have standards, most other tabloid journalists out there do not. Have you read what kind of stories they circulate about Angelina’s life? They have no standard, no shame and most of all no sensitivity to whatever this woman is going through in her life, good or bad.
Second, it is only your opinion that Angelina is “skirting around the real facts†and chooses not to come out clean w/ the public. Only Angelina knows what those real facts are, and certainly, we as outsiders cannot plainly assume that we know the “truth†and therefore, assume that Angelina is lying or holding out on facts.
I don’t know how many times Angelina has tried to send a message out to the public, fan or not, that she lives her life to her standards alone, in way she feels is good to herself and her family. I admire that she does not feel the need to have the public eye grant her permission to live a certain way or to approve of her lifestyle.
Who are we to ask this woman to reveal the private details of her life? And who are we to this woman that we feel she needs to ask us for forgiveness or approval of what has happened or is happening in her life? If the media were to focus on the present & not the past, will everyone then see the goodness that Angelina has done? She has a past; we all know that, but what matters is the present. Angelina has grown to be someone I believe is a great role model for a lot of young people out there, an great example to show that despite having such a dark past, you can still pull your life together into something positive and unselfish & do some good in this world. And for that, I will always be a fan.
Comment by Rae — May 23, 2007 @ 3:45 pm
You are so objective in your writings, that I would never have guessed that you an not a fan of Jennifer Aniston. I am a big fan of hers. Your story expresses my feelings exactly. I would like to like Brad and Angelina, but I am so sick of them, their incessant publicity (most of it self generated, I feel) and their blatant lies. I guess they think we are ignorant fools. I do agree with another poster that a lot of what Angelina reveals, bit by bit, of her affair with Brad, is meant to hurt Jen. I think Jen has handled this more than two year long garbage in a very classy manner. Thank you for your fine story. You do know that Angelina will never admit she did any wrongdoing, she will never apologize or ask forgiveness. She will continue on this same path. Brad has no back bone.
Comment by Karen — May 23, 2007 @ 3:46 pm
As for the Jennifer, Angelina and Brad love triangle. I think it’s getting really tiresome to keep having the media play this out over and over. It has been over two years; I think it’s time to give it a rest. Angelina & Brad have both claimed & continue to claim that they did not carry on a relationship until it was imminent that Brad’s marriage to Jen was over. As a wife, I can believe this because I believe that if there are no problems in a marriage, no one, not even the likes of someone like Angelina can come between a marriage, unless there is already something wrong. Jen herself has admitted in one of her interviews that there were already problems in the marriage, career & baby issues. Marriages can end, whether between normal, regular couples or celebrity couples, it is not something that’s out of the norm especially in today’s society. What’s different about Brad & Jen’s marriage is that when it ended, Jen used the media as a tool to attract supporters, and her “pity party†was born. Angelina & Brad have been attacked by her supporters and even got some fellow celebrities taking sides against them. Similar accounts happened between the marriages of Jude Law & Sadie Frost, when Jude started dating Sienna & Julia Roberts’ husband, Danny was supposedly still married w/ his ex-wife when he fell in-love w/ Julia, yet you do not read countless attacks about them in the media. Why? Because neither Sadie nor Danny’s ex did not go out there in the media to tell-all and gain pity for what they’ve been through. Normal people go through divorces in real life and move on, like civilized adults. It happens, and I commend the ones who choose to accept & move on. I think Jen and her followers just couldn’t accept that her marriage ended, one she portrayed as such a fairytale relationship, considering she even landed Brad for a husband. And I think out of embarrassment she did what she did, to make sure she got even w/ both Brad & Angelina by destroying them in the public eye. Jen needs to realize this and let go, it has been over two years, face it, it ended, it’s over and he has moved on, and yes, w/ someone more beautiful, more famous and etc.. Only then will she be able to put her past behind her & move on to finding true love again.
Finally, you say Angelina & Brad could end this whole public mess by coming forward, I say Jen could’ve avoided the whole thing. Jen once accused Brad of “missing a sensitivity chipâ€, I say to Jen, look in the mirror and see that you’re missing a chip as well, “pride.â€
And please, stop writing about this couple and tying Jen to them. It’s been 2 years!!!
Comment by Rae — May 23, 2007 @ 3:54 pm
Excellent article.
This defines what’s wrong with the galloping Global Third World Nanny Angie Jolie and her journalism savvy ambitious partner Pitt.
Yes, they do good. But it is so tainted, so manipulated, so contrived and always always aimed at getting the masses to make them richer.
Granted, a public life put to good use as a communication for solutions is not in itself a bad thing. But I am one of many who is so sick of their ego ego ego.
Comment by Jonns — May 23, 2007 @ 4:38 pm
I saw the interview where she declared that Shiloh was an accident. She made it very clear.
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Except she DID NOT ever make that clear and never said that. She said she was the one who got “knocked up” and had the baby, meaning she was the one who changed. That does not mean Shiloh was an accident.
As for telling “the truth”. If anyone should do it, it’s going to be Brad. Brad is not going to do it. He’s never talks about his EXes. He just has and will never do it. Fault also much lay on Jennifer Aniston for that infamous smear article from Vanity Fair. She is the one who started “pity jen” bandwagon with her blatant lies such as saying Brad never wanted children.
I do also see what you are saying. It would be refreshing to see Brad and Angelina just come out and say “No I’m not ever going back to Jennifer.” But they don’t want to respond to tabloids or talk about her. I love Angelina, but in her last article (Vogue) she didn’t even refer to Jennifer as Brad’s wife, but his friend. I wouldn’t hold my breath that it’s ever going to happen.
Comment by ann — May 23, 2007 @ 4:40 pm
Nanny Jolie and Brad Pitt are ambition driven and using children like props on a stage. The masses are their idiots.
Jolie is cunning. Brad is a journalist.
Comment by Melissa — May 23, 2007 @ 4:41 pm
Brad and Jen were also married as Friends, i.e. Hollywood talk for when your career is everything your choices are who helps that the most.
Jen was TV. Brad thought she was next best after Gweneth (big screen royalty) didn’t work out. Then there’s Angie. Brad is her waspy physical chemistry type. They should’ve just admitted: We fell in love and Brad was still legally married. The fact that they did NOT shows exactly the portrait of who these two are.
All the Good in the press is who they want us to see. It may be their message, but it doesn’t fly. It’s tainted. It’s bullshit. It’s ego. It’s money and glory. They are politicians.
If Angelina IS SO “FORGIVING” AND *loving* and Saintly Mom … if she points out Mariane Pearl as the perfect example of someone who should be blinded by hate but isn’t…why doesn’t she get off her boney hindquarters and forgive her father Jon Voight?
Inconsistencies. Lies.
Comment by TL — May 23, 2007 @ 4:47 pm
lol..i almost died laughing when someone in a previous post actually said that this article was in fact a good article. are u f’ng kidding me? i understand commentary and opinion pieces, but when a piece is laddened with bias and un-supported accusations then it becomes nothing more than a good laugh! oh god..nice try.
Comment by dana — May 23, 2007 @ 5:07 pm
Ah, I’ve always enjoyed reading twisted, caty, biased ‘articles’ based on Jolie and Pitt. Makes me laugh so hard how ‘journalists’ personally attack someone they’ve never met, talked to or lived with. I love that.
Ah! AJ to come clean? My ass! You’ll wait all your life for this to happen, love. They’ve got nothing to prove, nothing to declare to anyone and to the haters. They’re happily in love and will continue to make people jealous, envious and strikingly full of hatred. Lol, the author of this ‘article’ sounds like such a sanctimonous hipocritical christian and he/she/it surely never comitted any crime, never fancied a married man etc. Oh, I praise, you, you’re such a saint!
Oh, since some people are so sanctimonous, blaming Brad Pitt for sleeping with Angie even before his divorce was ‘legalised’, wasn’t Jenifer Aniston also sleeping with Vince Vaughn around July- August 2005? The divorce was finalised in Ocotber, right? Would you consider that an affair too? Ah, I love double standards.
Aj doesn’t care about tabloids or ’silly’ journalism. In the AC interview, she was upset about her mother and Daniel Pearl’s death not about how nasty people are toward her. I’m glad she didn’t play the JA game by ‘coming clean’. Brad and her got nothing to apologise for and they will never do such a stupid thing. Their love and their kids is obviously what count the most in their life, not the opinion of haters. Continue to despise her as long as you live, it’ll never change what she is; a defiant rebel who doesn’t care about what people think of her.
Comment by Sakarsmo — May 23, 2007 @ 6:32 pm
This is so typical of jealous women who feel threatened by the goddess that is Angelina Jolie.
If you had written a piece about Julia Roberts snatching a married man, Laura Dern having a baby for Ben Harper while he was still married, maybe then I might have taken your writing a bit more seriously, but seeing as your moral indignation is only geared towards Ms Jolie, that makes me think that you are a joke.
In case you have not noticed, Ms Jolie is not like me/pity me Anniston. Jolie could care less what you and other catty jealous women think, and that more than anything else is why you guys cannot let it go. You and people like Leslie Bennet wanted her struck with scarlet letters, but instead, she and Pitt have prospered while Anniston’s career is camutose. Karma is a bitch ain’t it. Anniston has got the pity of nonentities like your self while Jolie has the respect of world leaders and policy makers, I doubt she cares what your opinion is. As for them coming clear, be careful what you wish for, because Pitt my speak up and expose Anniston for the fraud that she is.
I love Jolie for staying true to herself and in the midst of all the madness, has managed to live an authentic life on her terms and I admire her spirit.
Comment by Unbelievable — May 23, 2007 @ 7:32 pm
Um jackass, I have written a story about Julia Roberts stealing a married man - and who the hell cares about Laura Dern - as for those who want to crap all over Aniston, go ahead. Like I said, I don’t care one bit. My issue is Jolie’s perceived saintly image, it’s built on total BS.
If she would admit she’s a whore and say “my bad” then we could all move on.
You Brangeloonies are like freaking rabid wolverines. Go get your rabies shots and shut your face.
Comment by dmdo1016 — May 23, 2007 @ 8:01 pm
For shits and giggles lets say Ange and Brad didnt get serious until Jen and him separated (which was in Jan 2005). Let me ask you why is it then that she changed her kids last names within months of this separation? YOU DO NOT make serious decisions like that unless the two of them were having at least an emotional affair while he WAS married. They didnt just decide in March 2005 (when jen filed for divorce) that they would start dating and then next thing you know he’s flying off with her so she can adopt Zahara and then she’s moving in with him that July?? WTF? Who dates someone for a few months and then changes the kids names? SHE is a liar. They were totally having an emotional affair while he was married. She’s obviously justified it in her mind. Therefore she has nothing to own up to. BUT aside from those lies, what really gets me is that these two dont even look remotely happy together. A photo speaks volumes. They never smile in any photos together even when they are posing for them! AND I know she’s all out to change her image but what happened to this women -she use to hang off of billy bob with her tongue in his ear on the red carpet but now you barely see her smile or show affection towards Brad aside from the typical hand holding! Who is she really? AND why hasnt she slapped a tatoo bearing Brad’s name on her yet?
Comment by Michelle — May 23, 2007 @ 8:25 pm
To all the Jolie freaks who have made their way over here, get a freakin’ life. Jolie is the one crying all week long to Ann Curry on the today show. Poor, pity Angie. “Oh woe is me… WAH, WAH, WAH. I’ve had such a hard year. My mother died, but yet while pretending to care I was in New Orleans instead of by her side. WAH, WAH, WAH. People attack me.” The woman’s pathetic.
As for Jennifer’s Vanity Fair interview, again GET OVER IT! She had a right to defend herself against the lies perpetrated against her by her own husband and his slut. If anything, the ass got off early.
Comment by ESQ — May 23, 2007 @ 8:31 pm
^^ “got off easy”, but you get the gist. They’re both scum.
Comment by ESQ — May 23, 2007 @ 8:32 pm
Did you know that Courtney Cox hooked up with Michael Keaton while he was a married father of one, and then lived with him 2yrs before his divorce was final?
Sheryl Crow? Lance Armstrong was a very married father of 3 while with her. He went back to his wife or a spell, but when it didn’t workout, he returned to “his mistress.â€
Laura Dern was with Billy Bob Thornton prior to his divorce from his then wife Petra (who incidentally has never had a nice word to say about Laura, but interestingly enough thinks well of Angelina).
After publically accused Angelina of stealing her fiance, Laura Dern dried her tears by moving on to a very married musician and father of two, Ben Harper who is now HER husband. Funny thing about that is, their oldest son was all of 5mths old before Bens divorce from his FIRST wife was final.
You know what’s the most interesting thing about all of this? Jennifer Aniston call them all her best friends, and theres even a nice photo of all four celebrating a birthday a few threads down.
Now my question is, “what makes all of these woman any better than someone who you’ve mantled a “****?â€
Based on what really was learned as a couple who at that time was on the outs (Thornton-Dern), how does Angelina marrying a man who obviously wasn’t THAT engaged make her a ****?
Based on even his ex-wife never accusing him of being unfaithful, AND, her bestfriend…..the aformentioned cheater Courtney Cox…..saying she doesn’t believe Brad was a cheater, how does that information translate into ****?
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Comment by likethatmatters — May 23, 2007 @ 11:01 pm
What I love about the whole situation (btw, this was very well said and I agree with you) is how everyone knows exactly what happened and how it happened. Usually when you seperate from a spouse there have been rumblings of problems for a few months. Who knows when Jennifer and Brad “fell out of love”? Who knows what was said, why and how? We don’t know that.
Just as, who knows how often Angelina was by her mother’s beside during her drawn out battle with cancer.
The chicken or the egg? Do the tabloids make such assertions that push the public to make even more assumptions about this situation, or did the public make up their mind and the tabloids have just given them what they want? It’s a dirty dance here, people buy the trash, so why stop printing it?
The only person Angelina AND Brad need to apologize to is Jennifer, that’s it. I know we want some watershed, something to let us stop speculating, but they don’t have to come clean and that’s what drives people crazy. We want closure to something that we’ve just watched happen vicariously, so we some how feel a part of this triangle.
So who knows, only they do!
Comment by Ellinorianne — May 23, 2007 @ 11:01 pm
I’d like to explain my lack of respect for Jennifer’s public persona. About the VF Interview: I believe Jennifer took pains to prepare herself and her friends for that VF interview. I also believe that Jennifer and her publicist have more than normal say about the article’s contents and how things should be phrased. After all, Jennifer’s VF interview was one of the most important in her professional career and everyone, who cared about celebrity - and even those who didn’t really care, wanted to read what she had to say. So, I’ve no doubt that Jennifer carefully prepared for the interview and had greater than normal say over what would be written. Let’s see why Jennifer turned me off in her interview.
(a) I can understand the VF interview if Jennifer had come out swinging all on her own. As a woman, I really understand what is meant by being a woman scorned (been there, done that:)). So had Jennifer come up openly and honestly saying that she was pissed off and angry with Brad, I would have respected her for it. But she didn’t. She used her friendly mouthpieces to say the things that she didn’t want coming out of her own mouth. The best one was “That brad was the one who wasn’t that keen to have kids.†Give me a break. She signs up for at least 2 movies RHI and Derailed of which she is the co-star not to mention FWM and the other 3 movies that were in pre-production with Plan B - of which at least 1 or 2 might be in post production had they remained in Plan B and she gets her friends to say she really wants babies?? No, using her friends to speak for her was a very very calculated public manipulation move on her part. Yes, I can understand why you might want to manipulate the public but the underlying assumption is that her fans and the public are DUMB. I don’t appreciate being thought of as DUMB, even if I might be DUMB and I certainly don’t respect someone for assuming that their fans are DUMB. Meanwhile, time has revealed the truth - Brad has 4 kids in 2 years and has publicly declared how much he enjoys the children and how he wants even more - a soccer team (including a couple of reserves too may be??)
(b) has Jennifer ever taken responsibility for her role in her break up? In the VF Interview, she said “if you are responsible for 2% of the blame, you have to take responsiblity for that 2%â€. Do you honestly think that she used the number 2% coz it popped up in her head to say 2% or was she trying to manipulate the public into thinking that she was only responsible for 2% of the blame for the break up. Remember, she would have plenty of time to prepare for this interview. it was a very important interview. She could have said “in a 7 year relationship, its impossible to allocate the blame. You can only say that both sides are to blameâ€. She didn’t even have to say that she was 50% to blame. But she deliberately said 2%. Does she think members of the public don’t know a thing or two about the power of suggestion??
(c) she said that Angelina was not responsible for the break up - which I believe - (see comments on long term separation of rich couples below). But she allowed Leslie Bennett to keep in her article, comments which were downright derogatory of Angelina. Her blood wearing, pseudo humanitarian, multi adopting ways. If you want to say Angelina broke up your marriage - say it. Don’t do it the back door way. If you are angry that Brad has moved so swiftly on to another woman, say it. No, Jennifer won’t say it but she’d let ms Bennet say it for her. She could have asked for that comment to be taken out or modified but of course, she didnt.
(d) she says she’ll love Brad forever. Hello, please, The VF interview completely slagged Brad. if you are angry, say you are angry. Say you are disappointed.
In interview after interview after that, she alludes to this break up. Up until October 06, she was still yakking about how yoga helped her overcome her break up, holding poses with tears pouring down her cheeks. It’s even after the Break Up movie is released. Sheesh. Can you blame anyone for thinking that she’s been milking that break up from Brad? How negative is she?? She can’t even say that yoga has really helped her through a stressful movie career when she was doing films back to back and there was enormous interest in her personal life. How it kept her strong physically and mentally to cope with the stresses in her life. Tears pouring down her face?? Bah!
Some people have been coming on line and saying that its weird Brad isnt’ with Angleina for the latest adoption. Some of the Brad and Angelina antifans are predicting a break up. Well, all I can say is that if being apart is a sign of break up, then people should take a good look at Jennifer and Brad in 2003 and ask how many days they were actually together that year, long before Angelina came into the scene. These antifans are right - long periods apart between couples who are well able to afford the travel, is probably a sign that all is not well in a relationship. Just consider what happened to Jennifer and Vince - 2 month apart before Jennifer flies in to visit Vince and what dya know? they break up.
Now both Brad and Jennifer are well able to travel first class to see each other. travelling first class is like - luxurious on Virgin Atlantic, trust me. But Jennifer had to “force†herself to visit Brad in Malta after weeks of absence (her own words by the way). And Brad obviously couldnt be bothered going to visit his wife either (see, equal responsibility, like I said). Really a good solid marriage there - wouldn’t you say??
I find Jennifer particularly insensitive when she talked in 2003 about getting to the point when she can reach out to her mother and it took her until her break up with Brad to do so. I don’t blame her for wanting to cut her mother out of her life. Some parents are toxic. But to me, its simple, don’t go to the press and talk about how you nearly ready to reach out to your own mother and not do it for more than 18 months or 2 years later. Assuming that a mother who was present in your life, throughout your childhood and into your teenage years has some genuine feelings of love for her daughter, how must she be feeling waiting for the phone to ring and hear her daughter’s voice after reading those comments in 2 high profile magazines. Please, let us not compare it to Angelina’s situation with her father. A parent who is more noted by his absence in her life then her presence. Such a parent doesn’t love his children very much is all I can say. And Angelina herself, has been absolutely clear - she isn’t interested in reaching out to her father - period.
Personally, I think Jennifer said what she did about being nearly ready to reach out to her mother because she wanted to look good to her fans. Never mind that it could and probably did hurt her mother.
To me, the recent events display Jennifer’s continued manipulative behaviour with her fans and her public -right up to recent events with her break up with Vince and her denial that she is dating a camera man but non denial that she is dating Keanu reeves (hahahahaha). If she is manipulative now, then I’m sure she was manipulative in the past as well - manipulative of her ex husband Brad. Given present day behaviour, given her past interviews, I have no reason to conclude that she didn’t use to be just a manipulative with her husband as she has been with her fans and her public.
Comment by PityMe_YeahRight — May 23, 2007 @ 11:07 pm
My two cents:
I think people who dislike Angelina so much (aka “haters†but I’ll go with the word “critics†for now) are people that are thrown off by the different facets of her personality and life.
Angelina is not perfect and both fans and critics alike agree that she has had a “tumultous†past. People who today call her ugly names such as sl*t. wh*re, hypocrite, etc. tend to be those people who are incapable of taking who she is now and reconciling it with her past or other facets of her life. You will see this in the way they refer to her past actions/other parts of her life (like the vials of blood, not speaking to her father) and such to discredit all the good that she is doing or all the admirable traits she has. For example, to the critics, its unfathomable how a person who makes a living out of the glamorous Hollywood can be so at home in some of the most seemingly desolate places in the world pursuing charity work. They would rather believe that Angelina has ulterior motives rather than believe that a person is capable of straddling both worlds comfortably. They are confused that a woman who has the steel to withstand the cruel world of Hollywood can have such a soft heart for the down trodden.
Similarly, to critics, it is impossible that the once rebel wild child can turn into a loving mother and generous and kind-hearted human being. They would rather people stay rooted in reckless and destructive behavior rather than have them learn from their mistakes, grow and become better people.
The critics’ problem with Angelina is that she breaks stereotypes and has a way of making things neither black nor white but something in between. Therefore, to these critics, Angelina’s very existence threatens their world order or something. It makes it harder for them to pigeonhole people. In a way, the critics are very limited in the way they want to view the world. Critics are baffled when they look at how Angelina values family and then are confused by her not talking to her father. To them, this seeming inconsistency is hypocrisy on her part but they don’t stop to consider the possibility that there may be a common thread there that may reconcile the two aspects of her, such as, perhaps what Angelina values about family units (nurture, support, unconditional love) is something that her father destroys when he’s in her life (by being judgmental, belittling her publicly, being inconsistent etc.)
The critics are disillusioned that the seemingly fairy tale ending with Brad didn’t happen for Aniston–people’s favorite girl-next-door–but did for Angelina. They would rather believe that a match based on “prom king and queen†criteria is a better foundation for a relationship than a match based on shared values, outlook, goals etc.
We can cite many other things but really it seems to boil down that the critics are uncomfortable with things that do not neatly fit into a particular box, especially at first glance. They can’t handle that Angelina, one of the people doing the most good out there in the world, is not a homely, timid plain jane virgin who lives life sensibly/cautiously and conforms to everyone’s expectations but is instead a drop-dead gorgeous woman that has spunk, lives life to the fullest and generally shrugs off other people’s opinions on what she ought to do, say or think.
Angelina is complex and I think that’s what makes the critics hate her. Critics want to simplify her and reduce her to a one or two word adjective. but she is not susceptible to being summed up like that.
So to the critics, I suggest you stop trying and simply let her be. Angelina will not conform to the Victorian view that the only two types of women are virgins and wh*res. That attitude drove so many women insane with repressed emotions and desires back then and people that want to cling to that world view will suffer the same fate. The modern world is complex and it follows that the successful modern woman should be similarly complex to adapt to it. Hence why Angelina is where she is today.
I’m tired of pontificating now…
Comment by My 2 Cents — May 23, 2007 @ 11:12 pm
Hay, lucky dude, now your site looks a bit better by attracting some intelligent people post here and with those Angelina-bashing biishes are out of the way.
Honestly, comparing them with the new posters, aren’t they dumb and dumber? Call me cruise, you just sound like one of the biishes.
Hahaha…..
Comment by likethatmatters — May 23, 2007 @ 11:16 pm
I’m glad that the above posters know all the ins and outs of the Pitt/Aniston marriage…Must have been crowded in that bed/house with all you guys….Bottom line is no one knows what happened but it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to put things together…Adopting children together only a few months after B/J marriage breaks up.Vacationing on an African beach within a month of the break up.Not answering any questions as you do your PR work for your movie but you’re already living together.Yes-Jolie and Pitt are saints and always have been truthful and Jen is lying /evil!!! Boy have I got some land to sell you.
Comment by caro — May 23, 2007 @ 11:19 pm
Brad and Angelina said they didn’t start their relationship (as opposed to friendship) until after legal separation.
Jennifer and her Bestfriendforever Courtney Cox said that they believed Brad didn’t cheat on Jennifer whilst they were married (and “they” here refers to Brad, Jennifer and Courtney Cox don’t you think??)
Jennifer said that after the legal separation Brad was a FREE MAN and could DO whatever he liked.
Whilst all parties might be lying, I must ask a simple question - why would Jennifer and her bestfriendforever lie about Brad not cheating on Jennifer (and courtney) whilst they were still married? Why, or why?? Because Jennifer was being kind? LOL.
No, I don’t think Jennifer was being kind. I think Jennifer was being manipulative, as usual. She couldn’t say that Brad had cheated on her because she wanted to protect herself. What do I mean? Jennifer never had any proof that Brad cheated on her with Angelina, none. They weren’t together often enough for her to make such a claim. Also, because Brad showed enough commitment to the marriage to try and salvage it in the months after M&MS was filmed, which he probably wouldn’t do if he was already F**king Angelina. And probably because had Jennifer actually come out and said that Brad did cheat, then Brad would probably come out swinging - and point out to some hometruths that would hurt Jennifer’s career, like how she signed up for 3 more movies (despite having 3 in Plan B designated to her), despite protestations of babies after Friends. Like how, the time apart during the filming of Troy was a trial separation. Like how, whilst Brad wouldn’t cheat on Jennifer (show me the proof darlings), Brad had lost respect and faith in Jennifer after repeatedly promising and failing to live up to her promise to start a family. All Brad had to do was point to a childless relationship and the 3 movie contracts.
And please, I’m not saying any person, MAN OR WOMAN, doesn’t have the RIGHT not to have a family. But I do believe that when two people marry, and there is an expectation to start having a family within a certain time frame, that time frame needs to be respected by both parties. If it were the Man who doesn’t want children and the woman does, my advice to my women friends in that situation is unequivocal - Give him 6 months, failing which, you should leave him, coz honey, your eggs aren’t getting any younger. Now being a feminist, I believe it is also the right of a Man who wants to have children, and whose wife does not, to walk out as well.
Comment by lylian — May 24, 2007 @ 12:12 am
Wow, Dmdo or whatever you called yourself, what a childish way to reply to people criticizing your pack of rubbish. It hurts eh? How does it feel to be critisized? Who cares about Laura dern??? WHO CARES ABOUT Angelina Jolie? YOU DO, obviously or you wouldn’t write such a pack diarrhea about her like you did instead of focusing on other celebs, ‘cos you’re so green of hatred. You could choose to ignore her but it so kills ya ’she’s stolen’ somebody else’s husband’. Oh, hollier than us, I salute you! I want to be as clean as you are, DMDO, you who’s never sinned in your whole sanctimonuous life.
Jolie IS NOT A SAINT, we all know that. She’s had wild teenage years like most of us, and surely just like you are now having; turbulent 20s during which, some will insist she once, passionately french- kissed her bro, and now she’s more mature and she’s changing, settling down. It happens mostly to everybody. But people accuse her, comlain she wants to be a ‘Mother Theresa’. Ah! I bet most of them wanted to see her in rehab by age 25 and it never turned out that way. Wanna call her a whore? You do that, buddy. I bet it’ll make her disappear from the surface of the earth. I actually thought this was a column written by a ‘journalist’ but you’re ain’t one, perhaps some sort of blogger or a pubescent boy/girl learning Theology and journalism… errr nay, tabloidism at school.
Comment by Sakarsmo — May 24, 2007 @ 4:55 am
WOw! Oh so Wow, My 2cents, simply beautiful. Your post is a masterpiece. I love it. Spot on, mate. I couldn’t have said it better myself. Perfect gold!
Comment by Sakarsmo — May 24, 2007 @ 5:24 am
It’s really quite sad and desperately pathetic how involved some of you people are in the lives of these three nitwits. I write about it because it’s topical and for a celeb web site — it’s my job. Some of you defending Angelina comment all over the place with presumed “facts,” convoluted conclusions and bizarre justifications about some woman you don’t even know because clearly it matters to you in some way that can only be described as unhealthy.
Go outside, get some fresh air, engage other human beings in thoughtful conversation and above all, get a life. Brad, Angelina (and Jennifer for that matter) really don’t care about you or what you think anymore or less than what I think. I do it for a living, you do it to live.
There is a difference.
Comment by dmdo1016 — May 24, 2007 @ 7:21 am
Ah at last, dmdo! A more mature response! Oh yeah, we’ll go outside, get some fresh air, engage other human beings in a very thoughtful conversation without the need to tell them to shut their face if they disagree with our arguments and we will enjoy our lives. Time to go to the gym for me. Don’t want to end up as an overweight bitter blogger.
Comment by Sakarsmo — May 24, 2007 @ 8:37 am
Holy crap! The defensiveness for Angelina is unreal. You dont have to big a huge fan of Angie or Jen to realize that Jen was humiliated by her ex and Angie. Show some compassion for the underdog! Anyone who has ever been dumped and replaced so quickly would be able to empathize with Jen. IT’s not about Angie being some vixen. It’s about Jen be publicly dogged. And stop with the comparisons between courtney, laura dern, and sheryl. I’m sure they didnt go around insisting in interviews that they would “never be with a married man”. That’s where Angie is full of sh*t. AND depsite the garbage that might’ve been going on in Jen and Brad’s marriage , cheating is never an option. AND all of you who say that he didnt have time to cheat with Angie - I have this to say: get your head out of your a**. They did a movie together… they had plenty of time to “get to know each other”. AND that’s why we all saw the photos of them on the beach in Africa 2 months after his separation from his wife. Jen says she wants to believe he didn’t cheat. If it makes it less painful for her then let her think that. BUT anyone with half a brain could put 2 and 2 together. Emotionally cheating or physically cheating- what’s the difference? Angelina might be the nicest and most fun person in the world - but it doesn’t take away from the fact that she has zero morals. She’s probably using brad just b/c she needs a good father for her kids. She never talks about how in love she is with him .. she always states that the relationship with him is about the children !! Sounds like she adopted him for her kids just like she adopted Pax for Maddox.
Comment by Michelle — May 24, 2007 @ 9:45 am
With all the problems in the world, why do you all waste your time analyzing the lives of actors/actresses who wouldn’t give you the time of day if you ran into them in the “real” world. No wonder these arrogant, conceited actors make the big bucks and use the public for their own means. Instead of admiring people you don’t know and will never know, why don’t you do something useful in the world? Surely you can help feed the homeless, contact your representatives to make the government work better, or at least volunteer in the schools to make our world a better place instead of wasting your time gossiping about trivial, useless crap. Who cares about actors/actresses?? And if you do, maybe you should ask yourself why. It’s pretty pathetic.
Comment by Denise — May 24, 2007 @ 10:46 pm
Hey Denise,
Why are you even on this sight if it’s so beneath you?It’s obvious even you’re curious to see what’s going on in the celebrity world or you wouldn’t be here. So ask yourself why are you reading this stuff… I’ll tell you why, it’s because there’s something lacking in your life ( big mouth). If you want to psycho analyze people go get a degree. And if you have a degree, go out and get some real patients!
Comment by Michelle — May 25, 2007 @ 6:43 am
I love Angelina!!!!!!!
Comment by Mary J — August 18, 2007 @ 8:04 pm