Everyone is going to roast me for this but I think Brad and Angelina are actually good parents.
Maybe it’s holiday goodwill, or too many holiday cocktails but I am changing my white trash view Brad and Angelina’s parenting. Call me a sucker but I’m starting to think they actually be for real. Or at least, as real it can be for Hollywood.
I saw a story in Life & Style about a recent holiday shopping trip for the family. As their movie star peers shower their offspring with expensive gadgets, the Jolie-Pitts (or Pitt-Jolies?) purchased bunch of craft and art stuff:
On Dec. 8, the couple visited one of their favorite NYC stores, Lee’s Art Shop, on 57th Street, with Maddox, 5, and Zahara, nearly 2.
The store closed its fourth floor, otherwise known as Toy World, while the power couple and their tykes decided what to take home, an eyewitness tells Life & Style.
“They were really interested in the creative kits and projects and the things they could do together with the children,” says the eyewitness. “Angelina got down on her hands and knees to examine things with her kids. You can tell that she’s a wonderful mother. They were looking at activities that could expand the kids’ minds and things they could do as a family.”
Yeah right!!!! call me cynical but isn’t that the same day she went to view the architectural wonder as a supposed ‘present’ for Brad? The paps were all over her and she thought ‘while at it, I could slot in some kids shopping, that will go down well for good publicity.
I know AJ looks stupid, but she is not as stupid as she looks, she knows the public hates her and she wants to cultivate a new image, thus all this do gooding, the consesus is that most of us see through it, and I hope you posted this to get a response from visitors to your blog site now that there is little news. I mean why go around showing off your very few good works? Many celebrities like Oprah clooney speilberg e.t.c have done more charity than her but do not go on and on about it!
It would take her single handedly capturing Bin laden for the public to change its views, her interview with Diane Sawyer yesterday was a PR disaster and if she was clever she should retract that Vogue magazine interview that leaves her looking like a sick, sad psychopathic,homewrecker who should be in a mental assylum.
Every day Brad looks more and more stupid, like Affleck in Bennifer1 and I can’t believe he has no friends to tell him this. He will wake up and leave when he catches HIV from this whore!I am sure she has slept with those UN officials and orphanage bosses, old habits die hard!
I am sorry but am not falling for it. Is Z lame?
I once read that she doesn’t allow the children to eat any sugar, and doesn’t keep sugar in the house. (That was when she just had Maddox and was just getting Zahara)
What we see in others and hate is often the very same things we also see and hate in ourselves.
Ouch! ‘Love’ – that was really nasty. And I hate to break it to you, but not everyone hates Angie like you think. Certainly everyone is entitled to their opinion, but people do want to know intimate details about her, and she is doing good works, being very selfless with her time and money. Maybe she could be more quiet about her humanitarian works, but I think people ask because they want to know, and, let’s face it, they are two very beautiful people and the media is all over them all the time. I don’t think the media follows Oprah or Spielberg in the same way, no matter what they are promoting; I also don’t think her interview made her look sick or psychopathic, I think it illustrates that she is introspective and knows she has parts of her psyche that she needs to improve on. I thought it was much more interesting than J. Aniston’s “You can look like me if you do yoga, it’s so great” article in Self magazine recently. But again, opinions vary, and you certainly welcome to think whatever you want.
lyric, amen.
I don’t get the hate for this couple. They do seem to be caring, loving, attentive parents. So what’s the problem? They both seem like very compassionate people.
It is on record that Angelina is phoney and a liar who will manipulate anyone to get what she wants. She once said she would never give birth, but when it was time to trap the loser, she did not hesitate.
I agree with Love, when Angelina talks about not trusting any body , even her mother, even her fellow loser Brad, it is scary, she does not even hug, and yes she has been to a mental institution before in 1999, and I think she should go back and finish her doze.
I cant remember any kind works initiated by Brad, to me he looks like a tag along for Angelina.
And the problem Anastasia is that Agelina the hollywood whore schemed for a married man, paraded her rejects before him and Brad the pathetic loser fell hook, line and sinker.
Lasagne notice that the magazine you are reading is called Self magazine, so it is about self and it is her life just because your ex husband runs away with a pretend do gooder does not mean you have to rush into adopting, besides Brad married her for 5 years knowing this so what happens when he talks to a soldier and decides he wants to be in the army? Uhmmm he runs off with a colonel to Afganistan or Iraq?
Note that jen contributed alot to the Katrina victims.
Brad is a wimp and atleast now Jen can see him for who he is, am sure she is glad now that she had a lucky escape!
“Is Z lame?” OK…what can I say to that? I think it’s obvious they both love their kids and are attentive parents, no matter what you think of them as individuals. You see what you want to see.. I didn’t think her interview was a PR diaster or that she looks or acts psychotic but I don’t think she’s a saint or a perfect person. Obviously, she doesn’t think that either, which is healthy. Whatever she says seems more sincere and far less trite than “life is tough, get a helmet”.
Angelina is flawed but gorgeous and interesting and intelligent. She could be doing anything she wants yet she’s dedicating time and money to other people who don’t give a shit about Hollywood. They give a shit about not starving. She’s out there making life interesting for herself and for her family and for us. JA is flat as her hair.
Ana that crack about Brad becoming a soldier was so funny, am still clutching my stomach!
I do not Know why a fuss is made if these people buy toys, come on, I think they have bought toys before for the children. They, for their publicity staged this, this is hollywood man, you have to promote your movie by hook or crook.You will be surprised at what PR gurus come up with.
Do not be shocked to find that Brad’s PR told him’you are gonna look bad after the divorce, do charity’, and wham, he hooked up with AJ they are not dying of love from their own admissions!
Happy holidays every one!
Dear Love:
Obviously you are off of your paxil to have written such a rage filled post. I encourage to refill your prescription immediately. It is funny that you describe her as a psychopath and then proceed along a path that could only be described as truly psychotic.
What I saw was a woman being interviewed and being peppered with personal questions, which she handled as gracefully as possible. I certainly would have told off Diane Sawyer when she asked those personal questions. But then that’s me. Angie chose to answer and at the same time stop future questions on the topic. If you were put off by the answer blame it on your personal sensitivities and not on Angie.
I continue to be amazed that women in today’s world continue to villify another woman as you just did. I hope fr your sake, you can come to terms with whatever it is that is bothering you.
Brad hooking up with charitable Angelina only to look better after his divorce (****) is, by far, the most interesting theory I’ve heard. Clearly, theirs is a PR union. 😉
What if Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were just shoping for toys and crap?
I mean, do we really need to find some Uber-Excuse for everything they do?
Allright Ana, I have read the ‘army’ comment over & over, and I don’t get it. Yes, I am aware I was reading ‘Self’ magazine, and introspection is a wonderful thing for both Jolie and Aniston. I don’t have a problem with Aniston, I am sorry for the hurt she must have been caused in her divorce. I also think that we are not privy to every detail, despite the intense media scrutiny. Who knows the details? Perhaps Pitt told Aniston what was to come with Jolie when he was with her in Anguilla, before the divorce became common knowledge. I find that people all over the world want to defend one of them, and therefore attack the other, when they are both fine, intelligent women who have both accomplished a great deal. The bottom line is this: Pitt and Aniston were not happy together for some reason, and now things are different. If you were married, and discovered that you were unhappy and might be able to find happiness elsewhere, would you not try to make yourself happy? I am not condoning divorce or extramarital affairs, but at some point you have to realize that you and only you are responsible for your happiness and mental health. I also don’t believe that the Pitt-Jolie relationship is all about PR – think of all the shit they went through initially just to be together! And I find that in many of their pictures they appear to have genuine feelings written all over their faces. I like that Angie is flawed; I find her much more ‘like me’ than golden-girl Aniston, but that’s OK, a lot of people identify with Aniston.
Also, I agree with An Intelligent Woman, women should support other women, instead of attacking them. And trillion, AJ does show a lot more depth than JA, in my opinion as well.
And what does the ‘Is Z lame?’ comment mean? Are you referring to Zahara? I read somewhere that she has rickets, so if that was what you were trying to say I hope you are ashamed to have said such a thing. She’s just an innocent kid. And if that’s not what you were trying to say, well I have no idea, and you are a nonsensical shitbag.
All I know is that Brad looks more stupid every day. Period
Wow, you complain about hate yet you personally attack other posters? What is that about?
And as for Brangelina being real, I’m sorry – am I the only one being more put off by Angelelina since she started to “share”? Checking into a hotel in order to study French because at home the kids are constantly COMING OR GOING from school? Who sends out a 20 months old baby to school? Or Shiloh is having A MOMENT? That’s your (then) 4/5 months old baby we’re talking about here! How’s that being real? I’m not even going to discuss that she spent a few months in France this year, well aware of that upcoming role… Or that her mother is in fact French. C’mon people – they tried to put a work-commitment spin onto the fact that the woman couldn’t be even in the same house with her brood while she was suffering from a cold. Did nobody pick up on the line that Brad let her lie in so she could get REST because she had that interview? What does she do after a day of real filming? Check into a hospital? And don’t get me started on the arts and crafts. Interestingly all they are holding in the picture are stuffed animals and a book. Why are they showering the kids with toys before x–mas anyway? Ah, yes, I forgot: because normally they make sure that the kids are NOT COMFORTABLE. Please! Isn’t it bad enough that they have no sense of stability in their young lifes with all that traveling? Who wants to explicitly deny their kids being comfortable? I’m not a big fan of allowing a five year old an x-box, but then taking it away for months on end in order to play with sticks and stones – no!
Their kids are special because they’re fearless running into the ocean? Obviously even reading a book on kids/parenting is asking too much of these instant-family-makers! ALL kids are fearless (until they get hurt or, well, drown) that’s what parents are there for, to instill a natural instinct of danger. Sure, I could watch my child experience the heat of the stove, but why not simply child-proof the damn thing & let my kid know that it might otherwise get hurt?
Also, am I the only one who thinks that there might be less love for Zahara? Brad seems to be (almost always) the only one carrying her – when it would make so much more sense that he gets the heavier kid. Maybe I’m overrating these remarks but the description of dramatic & loud did not sound like a loving mum – no matter how much she tried to make a point of how she wrapps Brad around her finger. Shiloh is constantly being left at home too. Angelina still not being able to tolerate any other female, even her own daughters?
Yeah, I have too much time on my hand…
Why are people wasting time arguing over someone who’s actually out there making an impact on the world? Regardless of their reasons, they’re doing more than anyone else in their positions. I understand why people bring out their claws for people like Paris Hilton or Lindsay Lohan, who do absolutely nothing but beat off to being famous, but why does everybody harbor so much animosity towards this couple? Regardless of whether or not they’re doing it for PR, they’re still DOING SOMETHING, for Godsakes. Can’t people just see the good and happy for once?
Can the site moderator check if any of these posts by supposed different users were actually logged with the same IP address?
It’s just a theory.
i cant boleave its women doubding the love of angelina for her daughters pergaps you are like that to youre own girls it is known angelina and her mom have a good relationship the same she is going to have with her daughters something i cant say about aniston is more of a sin to hate youre mother besides if angelina woulndt want another woman near brad then she wouldnt allow him to cary the girls besides they are babies children not women so youre statemen on her was ridicules and made no sence
FF, thanks for asking, I did check:
Love, Ana, and **** all have the same IP. River has an IP that only differs in the last two digits, meaning it’s probably a different computer at a school and that Love, Ana, **** and River are all the same person. Lame.
A troll with multiple personalities. I can understand flamers and trolls but this is a new low. Must be a sad, sad person…
You guys are bunch of stupid people!!!You dont even now this guys and you’re judging them like they’re your next door neighbor.Bunch of idiots!!Just focus on your life.Stop hating.You’re just jealous.
I’m not a big fan of how these two hooked up, however they both seem to be loving and devoted parents. Let’s hope they don’t screw THAT up.
one thing that angie has been clear about is that fact that she doesnt announce most of her humanitarian works…..the ones she puts her name to are the ones that are in dire needs of public recognition..
I thought the train of thought between posters was a bit too similar. Not to mention that they’re all probably the same person who’s made it their business to repeatedly voice their loathing of Brangelina for the last five or so items regarding them – often bringing the sum of comments up to far above the usual.
To the mystery person with issues:
Okay, you’re stung that Brangelina isn’t publicly called out on what you believe is their great ethical wrong. But when you’ve said it five times every item – WE GET IT. And what’s more when you do it under different user names WE CAN STILL TELL THAT IT’S YOU.
At this point you might want to resolve whatever issues you’re conveniently projecting onto Brangelina, deal with them – and get over it. You’ll feel better, as I’m sure, will we.
Look at it this way: even if they did split up, the media circus behind them that doubles it’s sales everytime they get a by-line isn’t going anywhere. Deal.
They’re physically attractive, people overlook their multitude of shortcomings – it’s called celebrity, and it’s why we’re all here.
Nobody’s calling it fair.
I just wish them the best. It really shouldn’t matter when they go shopping. She does alot for those who really don’t have much. I don’t care if it’s an act or not, she’s doing it. People always change their minds about having kids once they’ve found the right person. Just because ur man left you for someone else doesn’t mean you have to hate everyone that’s done this. Just get some theraphy and get over it..move on..it’s finished. I’d like to add, the baby is so cute.
Wow. Whoever that person was has SERIOUS issues. I can’t imagine being able to write that much, in that much detail, about my hatred for people I’ve never met. I can’t even rouse myself to waste that many keystrokes on Paris Hilton, someone I truly loathe and think is a waste of space on earth.
From now on, we should just save this person the effort and have a cut and paste that goes like this:
“Angelina: homewrecking whore, probably hates her children, all about publicity
Brad: stupid or whatever
Add in horrible comments about kids depending on how hateful you are feeling today.”
ROFL. Does that about cover it, haters? Dear God, get a life.
Mother Angelina and Saint Brad. So what?
“Mercy can be of two kinds. It can be very egoistic, then it only appears as mercy but is not; unless mercy is absolutely egoless it is not authentic. And the difference is very subtle: from the outside there is no difference at all but one can feel the difference inside.
If mercy arises out of your bliss then it can never be an ego trip. If you share your bliss you feel thankful to the person who receives it, you feel humble. Bliss never makes anybody egoistic; on the contrary, dropping of the ego is the basic requirement of being blissful. Unless one drops the ego one is never blissful. Bliss happens within you like a light, and mercy is the radiation of it. When your bliss starts reaching to others it is mercy, compassion.
But the false and the pseudo coin which is cheaper to attain is also there. And that’s what so many religious people go on doing–the Christian missionaries, et cetera. Their mercy is not out of joy, out of ecstasy; their mercy is a means. They are using mercy as a means of attaining something in this life or in the other life–but it is not an end.
The person who is merciful towards the poor, the starving, the ill, and is using it as a means of attaining heaven, of attaining God’s grace, is exploiting these people. In fact this type of man will never like the world without the poor, without the ill, without the starved, because where will he show his mercy then? And how will he attain to paradise:–his whole ladder to paradise is lost.
So these people who go on serving the poor and the ill are the people who would like the poor and ill to remain forever. They would not like the world to be really happy because the happy person does not need your mercy. They would not like the pain to disappear totally, the suffering to be gone forever–then who will need you? Then you will feel absolutely futile. That was the meaning of your life; you were dependent on those people.
…I don’t teach any service to the poor and I don’t teach any service to the ill and the starved. I only teach bliss, and if out of bliss service comes, it is beautiful. If out of bliss you start serving people, that is spontaneous; there is no goal in it, it is unmotivated. And when it is unmotivated it is beautiful.
Just recently Mother Teresa got the Nobel Prize; everybody is praising her–and the whole thing is stupid! HOW she has contributed to world peace I am unable to understand. By serving the poor of Calcutta, the beggars and the widows and the orphans, how has she served world peace, the cause of peace? The poor of Calcutta are not the cause of world war. By serving them, by helping them to continue to live, the world war is not postponed. And by serving them the poverty is not destroyed either.” — Baghwan Shree Rajneesh …And it goes on from there.
Yeah! Let’s all stop helping out the less fortunate!
Sure people do charity for ulterior motives such as publicity or good kharma or whatever. So what? It doesn’t change the fact that they save lives. It’s kind of stupid that Jolie could have bought more designer clothes with her money and no one would say a thing, but if she donates that money to charity then everyone jumps on her for being a publicity whore. Who cares if she wants the publicity or is suffering from a sort of rich upper-class guilt? She saved two kids from an impoverished lifestyle, did some work for the UN and in the process drew attention to the causes she’s supporting. How badly is that going to affect the lives of the needy?
and she donates 1/3 of ALL of her income to charity….i bet the “tons” aniston donates doesnt even come close to that…considering how much more angelina gets paid per film…
Yeah..Brad and Angie are the best parents. The horrific mother that I am, GETS UP AT 5 AM ON FRIDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING TO GET DORA DOLL ON SALE.
How can I compete with Brad and Angie who don’t have to stand on line to pay for stuff like the other horrific parents.
Arts & crafts equal good parenting. Hmmm, I’ll have to remember that.
Eh, Brad and AJ are plain old media whore’s. Take away the camera’s and they’d be clawing each other’s eye’s out.
Brad was teetering on Weinyville before Angelina- she just tipped him over the edge to full fledged Weinydom a la Tom Cruise. I think his draw at the box office is fading which is fine because he never was a real great actor anyway. Does it annoy the crap out of anyone else that for every woman he attaches to he matches her hair color and style of dress? Notice he hasn’t come forward with any statements. I don’t care for Jolie but at least she has the balls to come forward and try to stick up for herself or make an effort to save face. Here’s an idea: How about actors act- period- and we don’t hear anymore shit that they do outside of the studio. GEESH! Everything is a PR event- it’s really sad.
Personally, I don’t think that everything is a PR stunt. These people are in a position where they are constantly trailed by paparazzi, and anything that they do will be photographed. If you have kids, you go to toy stores.
I’m quite surprised at the amount of hate going on. It seems a totally overblown. Entertaining to read, but overblown nonetheless.
Julie,
I think that people, particularly women, project their own issues on Angelina (it’s never really been about Brad). Unfortunately, women love to tear other women down, particularly when they’re outspoken, independent, beautiful and don’t try to please anyone.
Katyalia, I wouldn’t read into him carrying Z all over. I think Angie is just using Brad is the care taker now. He’s there so Angie says I’ll take a rest. Maybe she want to see if he’ll wear out quicker. Wait until she brings in another kid. HE’ll be finished.
I don’t really blame them for not taking Shiloh out, with all the press and all. They don’t seem to be like the Cruises and making an attempt to show her.
Hey, as a single mom I can tell you that if and when the occasion arises to have someone give me a breather (while sick, before a big interview, etc) it’s a blessed relief. Not because I don’t love my children enough, but because sometimes you’re a better parent if you can take a few hours of space when you need it. Recharge. If a normal suburban H told his W that he’d hold down the fort while she took a weekend to rest at a spa, all her friends would think he was amazing and she was a lucky woman – NOT that she was a bad mother for wanting the weekend to herself.
About the Love MPD poster, I think her husband must have cheated on her and she’s now overly sensitized to seeing divorce after infidelity glamourized. She’s filled with loathing and wants an outlet – I know that a lot of wives with wandering husbands have focused on AJ as the poster-child for homewrecking. Nothing she ever does, no matter how humanitarian and charitable, will help them to see reality through the filter of their own pain.
As for me I agree that one of the benefits of having a highly publicized charity IS the publicity it brings – put a pretty face on a needy cause and people naturally read more about it – it seeps into their awareness in a way it never would otherwise. It gives free publicity to a cause that could never, ever afford to advertise for their needs. So what if it makes the celeb look good at the same time – if they’re doing something wonderful for someone who needs it, this is an accurate view of their actions.
And Oprah does advertise quite a few of her charities for just this reason. She’s dedicated entire shows to her work in hospitals in Africa where women go to have tumors treated that arise from babies at a young age themselves. And so many other things.
I like this new view of B and A. I think she looked as normal as she ever has in her recent interviews. She speaks of each of her children as an individual and encourages their identity with each of their cultures. I don’t get much of a sense of Brad at all, but that’s okay since I’ve never been impressed with him to start with. He’s just one of those men who needs a strong woman to guide him – unattractive to me, personally, but some women love this type and he seems to involve himself with them – so it’s all good. I’m happy for them and for their children.