Brangelina’s older kids are hellraisers, according to the British tabloids. The four oldest – Maddox, Pax, Zahara and Shiloh – were apparently running up and down the corridor of The Dorchester Hotel in London while their parents attended the BAFTAs, then went out to dinner with friends.
The British papers are playing the whole “out to dinner” thing as a snub for the official post-BAFTA dinner. Brangelina did not attend the official dinner, opting for cheap Indian food with Robert Downey Jr., Claudia Schiffer and her film director husband Matthew Vaughn. Vaughn used to be Guy Ritchie’s producer, and he and Brad know each other from their work on Snatch.
Brad Pitt and his wife Angelina Jolie returned to their London hotel from the Bafta awards to find four of their children running amok, it has been claimed.
The Hollywood couple went back to London’s Dorchester hotel on Park Lane on Sunday night to find that other guests had complained about the noise, according to The Sun.
Their children Maddox, seven, five-year-old Pax, Zahara, three and two-year-old Shiloh allegedly ran up and down the corridors for more than an hour outside the family’s suite while under the supervision of a nanny.
Pitt, 45, had been nominated in the best actor category at the Baftas for his role in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button while Jolie, 33, was in the running for best actress for Changeling.
The couple, who both missed out on awards, had earlier tried to keep a low profile at the Dorchester by shunning its Michelin-starred restaurants and opting for a curry nearby instead.
They went to the Noor Jahan, an Indian restaurant in South Kensington, where diners can expect to pay just £20 a head.
Shauyab Ahmed, part-owner of the restaurant, said: “They booked a table for 12 at 7.30pm and were a bit late arriving, but that was OK.”
“The other customers loved it and were very happy to see them.”
They were joined by former supermodel Claudia Schiffer and her film director husband Matthew Vaughn, as well as actor Robert Downey Junior.
From The Daily Telegraph
It sounds like jet-leg combined with that punch-drunk giddiness that kids feel when their parents are away and they’re so tired, they’re crazy. I still get like that sometimes! But I don’t run around hotels (any more). It might be good if Brangelina sat down with the kids and explained the difference between running around a home and running around a hotel.
The dinner sounds like a lovely night with friends. Meanwhile, people at the Dorchester probably couldn’t get to sleep because the Jolie-Pitt kids were raising ten kinds of hell. What in the world was the nanny doing?
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are shown at the BAFTA Awards on 2/8/09. Credit: WENN
How can you explain the difference between home and a hotel when a hotel IS your home? *sigh* That said, kids are kids, the nanny should have been more respectful of other guests, my kids have annoyed plenty of people when they were little… sounds like they are normal kids.
Angelina needs to fire that nanny! That is just irresponsible of her, she risks losing one of those kids in the hand of a loony that might want to kidnap one of them.
The nanny SHOULD have taken them to a park or public area. But if this went on for over an hour, why didn’t anyone ask them to stop? I once let my toddler blow off steam running up and down a hall in a professional building while my other child was at an appointment in an office suite on that hallway. I didn’t realize how much the noise carried until, after about 20 minutes, a woman came out and literally screamed at me. If she had stuck her head out right away and said something like “Excuse me, that noise is disturbing me” I would have stopped immediately. As it was she got all riled up about something that could have been prevented. So I am only mildly sympathetic to the complainers. (My daughter still talks about that scary lady, four years later!)
ZOMG hellraisers. The nanny needs to sit on the naughty step.
whaaa???!!! i’ve never understood who in their right mind ever lets their kids run around like that in a public place (hotel or professional building to top it off!) there is never an excuse for that, if your child is that energetic and hyper, then it is YOUR responsibility to entertain and rein them in. a little common sense goes a long way…
It’s easy to roam the world with babies in tow–they’re very portable–but the older those kids get, the harder it will be to maintain their lifestyle of constant travel.
Don’t these kids go to school? But maybe education isn’t a priority for AJ and Brad — did they even graduate from high school?
Aj graduated from high scholl at16 and Bp attened college, he has only a few credit shy of receiving his degree in journalism…
Why blame the nanny? Maybe Joile and Pitt don’t want her to be a disciplinarian, “just watch the children, let them be creative and free spirited etc”. Some parents are lax when it comes to that, it’s no different just because they’re celebrities.
Sheesh, Anon — There are times when kids will be kids, they have to be SOMEWHERE, they do make some noise and they do wiggle and have bursts of energy. They do sometimes have to be in hotels and doctor’s offices and airports. I can’t help it if I was stuck in a professional building with a toddler, I didn’t let her run loose, just let her get some steam out in a hallway since she was too wiggly for a doctor’s waiting room! No matter how many snacks, toys, books, distractions you provide there are times when they just have to move. I didn’t think letting a kid run back and forth on a carpet was such a big deal. I made a mistake and so do other people. My kids are famously well-behaved at their schools (are assigned to other kids to calm them down) and even attend school board meetings for hours at a time, BUT even they once were toddlers.
I am always cautious of whether I am disturbing other people or not. You have to teach kids as soon as they can walk and talk to be respectful of other people. You can’t them to turn 18 and be respectful. If children are causing a rucus, it’s the adult’s fault.
those kids are brats. no discipline, no school, free to do whatever whenever
I agree with the first post – these kids of no idea of what is home vs what is a hotel vs what is a temporary house while mommy and daddy work vs an actual permanent home, if they even have one. And the way it’s written it makes it sound like there’s only 1 nanny. I know Brangelina like the claim they do it all on their own or whatever crap they try to feed to people, but if they seriously thought one nanny could handle that many kids just so they could keep up their appearances as “hands on” parents, they’re freaking idiots – and the other ppl staying in the hotel had to deal with the reprocussions.
What?! I thought they didn’t have nannys and did everything themselves?!!! I’m outraged!
Normal behavior by children, unfortunate abnormal behavior by parents who insist on treating their children as accessories.
I used to send my three year old and then four year old daughter out to the backyard to run in big circles and scream. It helped her blow off some steam. But I didn’t do it in a hotel.
I’ve used babysitters, never had a nanny, but I wouldn’t expect my babysitter to allow my kids to run up and down hotel corridors for an hour, disturbing people.
IF this story is even true, that is.
meme: this kids sound like, guess what, KIDS
every parent has had a child disturb the peace more then once, no different here. If it was such a problem, why didnt the hotel say anything to the Nanny? Like some of the moms stated above, they let their kid let out some steam not realizing if it truly is disturbing anyone, an easy mistake. The hotel just kept their mouth shut not to impose their expensive customers and once they were up outta there decided to sell the story. Jezz
what a dumb comment sauron-when parents go out to dinner, they usually hire a babysitter…what would you suggest they do when it is time to go out? they never claimed to do everything themselves and it has been well-documented that they have a few nannies and teachers who travel with them. they never tried to deny that. such snarkiness.
I would love to be an adult with a memory of running a muck around the Dorchestor hotel…
I agree with Nag
yes texasmom , kids will be kids as you said, but it is common sense that in a professional workplace you do not let your children run wild and disrupt people. i agree with J-Lin that the sooner you teach your children to be respectful of others the better, not just for them but for society as a whole. i know that children can be a handful, (believe me i do!), but you lead them by example and letting them run like that is teaching bad manners and saying to them that it is an acceptable way of behaving, as well as telling the people around you that you do not respect them or their place of work.
Come on, it’s very healthy to let one’s kids run around once in a while.
And why not in a posh London hotel ? Doesn’t hurt anybody, just reminds people who are too full of themselves that young humans still do exist.
We know of adults who have peed on the red carpet, and trashed many hotel rooms – and now we should be shocked because of something as innocuous as a nurse letting 4 kids behave as such for just a short hour ?
I’ve lived in a flat, the neighbor’s kids once had a football game inside their room for hours while the parents had dinner in the next room, I asked them to stop at 10 pm, big deal !
“ZOMG” maybe Brad & Angie need to step up as parents & teach the kids some rules. I’ve read other times that the children have run of the house at home(s) but these two morons think it’s funny.
Yeah the nanny was there, but there’s probably so much she could do if the kids are used to running the show.
I’m sure I’ll get the usual crap from the B&A loonies asking me if I know them personally (uh,no. Do you?)so how do I know what their kids are really like, blah, blah, blah.
I know six young kids are alot to take care of, but this is what Jolie-Pitt wanted now they can deal with it. It’s called discipline. Part of the job of being a parent. Before you point your guns at me, PLEASE show me an article, anything that proves me wrong. Did they not leave one of the palaces they were renting in a complete mess because the holy kids did whatever they did whenever they wanted to? No, I don’t remember the f***n place, but don’t give me any of the “I never heard about that” shit. If you’re a fan, you’d have read the same things. When Shiloh was born, B&A left the hospital room a complete disaster. There were pictures of it floating around for awhile.
I have two kids so yes, I know what it’s like to take them to a hotel, it’s fun, they’re excited, but there were rules they had to follow. No it wasen’t easy but I’m the adult, they’re the kids & that was it.
And why the hell are the kids not in school? Are they home schooled?
Maybe it’s because I’m Italian.. but kids are kids. Kids are brats when they want any toy under the sun, when they want all your time, when they want to be told they are perfect the way they are. For everything else, they are just KIDS.
It might be normal behaviour for children but when you stay at the Dorchester you expect to have the right not to have other people screaming brats inflicted on you.
A note to parents: No-one gives a flying fukc about your precious miracles. They are not cute. They are not adorable. They are not clever. They are YOURS!!!
One of my favorite childhood memories is of the time I was babysitting my little brother and sister in a fancy hotel in England while my Mother went to the theatre. We ordered room $$$ervice, my sister sat out on the roof and threw crayons at the guests below and my brother ran out in the hallway completely starkers and when we went to chase after him we all got locked out and had to go down to reception and ask to be let back in. My mother was horrified, we were thrilled with ourselves! we all laugh about it now. Sometimes a little chaos is good for you! My 10 month old daughter wreaks daily havoc on my life and I love it.
Yikes! Well, I agree that “kids will be kids,” but there’s a fine line between letting them run their crazies out and disturbing the neighbours.
But the people who are up in arms about Brad and Angie’s parenting skills… Come on. Clearly the children were under a nanny’s supervision at the time, so it isn’t exactly fair to blame the parents. My kids are as good as gold, but when grandma or the babysitter are around, they’ll do anything to test the limits. The nanny was at fault here, not Brad and Angie.
Meow Xia! Was your comment directed at the Jolie-Pitts or us?
I’m not a kid person and am not amused by the “kids will be kids” comment.
If I was paying major $$$ to stay in a fancy hotel, I would be PISSED if kids were screaming and running around the hallway. I’d begrudgingly tolerate it if they were in their rooms screaming but in a common area? No, that’s unacceptable.
Xiaoecho said it really well.
Daisy…..not directed at anyone in particular, just ‘parents’
I get it Xiao, and this harkens back to the story about Kate Hudson’s parents flying in first class and leaving the kids in coach to be supervised by flight attendants and likely be a general pain in the ass to other people.
The people in this hotel paid a lot of money to be there and have the right to a peaceful stay. That is the FIRST thing a hotel should provide.
Also, we’re not talking about some dinky room in Motel 6 or HoJo’s here…I’m sure their suite was massive with plenty of room for kids to play in. They didn’t need to be running amok in the corridor.
Every one loves to criticize their parenting skills (even though we have no idea what they are like). Hello, kids are kids, they run and play and yell, and they should. That’s part of being a kid. Sounds like some grumpy old fart who hates kids was the one who complained (was Aniston in London?) They are home schooled because of all the attention they get just trying to get in or out of the school building with the paps lined up taking their pictures, as well as for security, I’m sure.
LMAO… man, it’s even their fault when they’re not even there. Seriously folks, LET THE ANIMOSITY GO! You’re beginning to sound really irrational.
I worked a second job as night auditor in a nice hotel a few years ago. The hotel is just across the street from the casino so parents left their children… COMPLETELY unattended alllll the time. The worst of all were the pre-teen/early teens, running around every floor, screaming, talking loudly, rough housing.
Please stop acting like Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are the only ones who’s kids misbehave when they’re left with a babysitter!
I don’t believe this story. It amazing how fiction is taken for reality these days, almost none of the news is real anymore. So, unless it’s seen in real time like the pilot who landed that plane on the Hudson, 911, ect… it could be made up. Future historians will have to discern fact from fiction.
BTW I am none of the Anon’s above with numbers or without; think I’m going to have to register and get an icon to differentiate LOL
Who knew an hour of kids being kids could result in so much finger-wagging. I hope, considering the comments here, that some of you were actually GUESTS of the hotel on this night of unprecedented mayhem, and your outrage is coming directly from disturbed sleep. Cos otherwise…damn…
@diva – “Please stop acting like Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are the only ones who’s kids misbehave when they’re left with a babysitter!”
But they are, Diva. In the entire universe. You must try and keep up. 🙂
When you’re spending big bucks to stay at a luxury hotel, the last thing you want to hear is 4 screaming rugrats running up and down the hall. I’m sure Brangelina rented a suite big enough for the kids to rollerskate in.
jeez, considering the $$$$$ some rag would pay for photos, i’m slightly skeptical that this is true. where are the pictures — cause if this is true, there’s no way it wouldn’t be documented.
There’s polite and then there’s uptight. English,ahem,uptight? NO!!! Just b/c their culture is reserved,doesn’t mean children cannot play. Was it daytime or nighttime? Did anyone ask them to quiet down and they refused? [ie,nanny ignored requests]. These all factor in.
This is a ridiculous ‘story’ that is non-news. Kids are not ‘hyper’ by design…cra* media and videos and sound byte toys make them that way. But they are full of life and excited to be alive by nature. I’m so tired of adults being so non child friendly and freakin’ uptight. OOOOOhhhh,your adult office work is SO important,and so much more REAL and RELEVANT to the world/life than a child playing.
I have an 8 yr old who is likewise admired for his demeanor and abilities,yet he is also extremely physical and active. There’s being aware of others and polite,and there’s living your own life based on your own needs at the time. [should we sequester children? I personally find it better that they didn’t take the children to a restaurant-now THAT bugs me-toddlers crying at a restaurant].
how rad would it be to have shiloh come running at you if you were staying in that hotel?! i agree with kap – kids will be kids. just because brangie are in the spotlight, doesn’t mean their parenting skills need to be criticized.
Arg! I REMOVED my restless toddler from a doctor’s reception area where people were working to an empty hallway in a professional building that other offices share and let her run back in forth by the elevators on a carpeted floor . . . eh, forget it, I surrender, I’m a f&ckwit mom and my kids are brats. I understand now that all the other parents just don’t leave their houses at all, it’s just me and the Brange out there.
The point I tried to make originally is that if someone is disturbing your peace, if you don’t ask them to stop you shouldn’t complain so much when they’ve stopped! I lived through this with some neighbors. One didn’t like the other one’s noises and asked me to join a police-calling campaign about the noise. So I asked her if she had spoken to the noisy people? Nope!
wow. froth down.
I’m with Bros and Sissou, etc…
The kids were wound up with the time change and all. They CAN’T go to a park without hiring an army of security and then getting criticised for all the pap madness, etc. And it was at night, imagine the scandal (“ZOMG! They ABUSE their children!!!!”)
Would totally get criticised for breaking anything in the suite. So the babysitter lets them run off some steam in the hall where they can’t hurt anything or themselves.
Besides, if this were true, there’d be an accompanying interview about those evil, hate-filled little Brang-Rats, terrorizing the uptight, ahem, I mean, upright guests, released by a traumatized bell hop named Chip…
“there’s no way it wouldn’t be documented.” Who would take pictures of their kids running up and down the halls? This is the Dorchester, not the Holiday Inn. People who stay there usually have some modicum of respect and decency.
Anyway, don’t let your kids go running up and down hallways in hotels. It’s annoying. There is no such thing as a “short hour”. An hour is a long ass time to hear kids running up and down halls. The nanny is a moron. She should have taken them to the lobby or outside or had them run around in the room. I’m sure they were in some huge suite, so they probably had plenty of room to run around.
I didn’t have to be there to be annoyed with this kind of behavior. Other, stupid, parents are going to see this as an excuse to let their kids run amok and then say “Well Brad and Angelina let their kids do it”.
Like, Xia said: “No-one gives a flying fukc about your precious miracles. They are not cute. They are not adorable. They are not clever. They are YOURS!!!”
I love kids but I despise parents who don’t look after them properly or leave them with responsible handlers. My babysitters (two older ladies) would NEVER put up with that crap. I was quiet and well behaved at friggin 4 at their homes. This little pack of brats should be able to play quietly with each other or run around INSIDE their hotel room without the nanny going bonkers.
Have an old black lady watch them. They’d behave then.
Paying major $$$ to stay at a fancy hotel does not guarantee silence. Trust. I have stayed at plenty and noise happens — elevators, other guests, kids, cleaners, blah blah blah. Its a hotel room, not a sound proof chamber.
Reports in the UK newspapers deny the story about the Jolie Pitt children running wild.
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Does anyone even care if a story is real or not anymore? I guess not, carry on…
LOL
texasmom I don’t think you did anything terrible. All of us have made a little noise at some point in our lives and I always try to remember that before complaining about neighbors, coworkers, etc.
The Dorchester has its fair share of drunken businessmen and tourists. Its no Zen garden.
Xiao- thank you so much. you are truly the voice of wisdom in the post! 😉
Actually, Anon pointing out that the story
isn’t even true
but the lot of you who just can’t pass up the opportunity to blame Jolie and Pitt for all the misbehaved children in the world,
DON’T CARE that it isn’t true
is the true voice of wisdom.
It’s one thing when kids act up in the grocery store or on a plane, etc., they are kind of stuck there. But it’s not acceptable to let your kids run around the hallway in a hotel, it’s just not. And as someone has pointed out, they likely were in a huge-ass suite. It would piss me off to have to listen to kids screaming if they were in their own room but I’d deal and wouldn’t complain to the hotel. But if they are in a common area, I’d complain.
LOL Not Blonde!! “Have an old black lady watch them. They’d behave then.” That is so darn funny…
All kids act up at hotels if they are left unattended, it’s what they do. I’ve worked at more than a few as a desk clerk to understand this. Found a 13 year old girl duct taped to a chair by her ‘friends’ once during a Christian youth event once.
Edit function- how I miss thee- once, lol.
OK so kids will be kids and yes letting them run around to let off steam seems a good idea BUT at 7.30 pm I dont think so, these kids or some of them should have been having either a quiet time or indeed already in bed, but as the parents were out enjoying themselves they obviously see that its natural for the kids to be doing the same
Kids going ape in a public area is really irritating, especially depending on the time. I know that kids will be kids and none of us were pure angels all the time when we were kids (just like none of yours are now), but there are limits, like Sissou up to about 10pm is my limit after that it’s just taking the piss.
And someone else on the Xia bandwagon – parents have to think that their kids are wonderful, the rest of us not so much.
But the bit of the story that really got me was the meal… only THEY were “snubbing” the BAFTAS? Robert Downey Jr was just going for a meal with 11 other friends including Schiffer and the husband, but those two were “snubbing” by dad?
A room full of industry arse-kissers (same with any industry) or a gang of mates, which just happens to include Robert Downey Jr – is that even a contest?
“Brad Pitt and his wife”
???
Maybe the reporter needs to get a fact checker on staff.
Hotels bring out the inner wild monkey in all small children. That’s why I either stay at kid-friendly hotels or detached cabins/cottages. I don’t want to make others suffer. Before having small children I hated hearing it myself.
The Jolie-Pitts not only can afford to rent a secure private residence, but you’d think with their connections they could have gotten one free for a night or too. Why stay at a hotel?
i doubt that the story is true but lots of people have pointed out the obvious-chidren need a home. they don’t dream of traveling the world and meeting bono and robert downy jr. they don’t dream of living in mansions and having 5 nannies and a soccer team family. child development psychologists wall say the same thing–they love routine, they love making friends and lots attention from their parents.
Wow, lots of hate. So let me try and bring some reason.
A&B travel with a large entourage, security, nannies, teachers, etc, they probably have the entire floor booked, so the children running around, if they did, would only be bothering their staff. Seriously doubt just one nanny would be looking after them, more than likely security will be around plus others.
Finally kids will be kids, yes they may annoy you but grow up, they are only children for a short time, let them enjoy it.
It is Brangelina and the nanny’s fault, you can’t stay at a place that costs ~$4000/night and treat it like it is a zoo.
Those guests have a right to be mad. I have 3 kids and have been through my kids misbehaving at doctor offices etc… but certain places you cannot bring kids or if you choose to bring them, they need to behave and respect other people.
I agree with above readers who commented that the poor kids probably don’t know the difference between home and a hotel anyway.
…. and this is shocking news why? The world is their Chucky Cheese. The end is coming…it’s just one big headline away. These two and their brood will be in the same hood as the Serial Hatcher chick, they’ll be neighbours and the offspring can form a gang and take over the world. Muwaaahahahaha!
Yeah, it’s all so the nanny’s fault..maybe she’s TRYING to get fired? Maybe they’re trying to get on SuperNanny so Jo can train both AJ and Pitt in the Naughty chair…just don’t say “Naughty”, Jo, AJ won’t know it’s supposed to be punishment.
ROTFL
These poor children don’t know what is a home, and they are being raised to be selfish.
They never got to develop socially with their age group peers, and don’t know what it means to be respectful of other people.
It’s not their fault.
Every child who would have been treated as an accessory you can use for photo ops would be a spoiled selfish brat.
You can’t blame the children for being raised in a dysfunctional environment.
Can you imagine just this week they had to “visit” 4 countries and their mother left them and went to Myanmar.
Even when the parents are “not working” they are not spending time with them and spend their entire days doing press in Japan, England etc.
In the evening they are not even putting them to bed and go out early.
blah blah blah get a life Ned
totally with you xiaoecho. too many people nowadays think everyone should find their kids adorable and put up with their screaming and running around.
I dread to think how dysfunctional these kids are going to be in 10 years…
I think it’s funny at the exaggeration of people thinking comments are ‘hateful.’ It is merely complaining. Any complaining is hateful? That’s news to me.
I don’t care whose kids it is. This has mostly become a broader topic now. I don’t care what hotel you stay at. If you let your kids scream down a hallway for an hour, you’re an idiot. I’m not blaming them, the nanny would be at fault if this story is even true. Generalizating here.
If I’m staying at a hotel with my significant other, and I hear a brat/brats screaming outside my door for a length of time while I’m trying to make that sweet love, it kills the moment, to say the least. That’s not counting napping/sleeping. There is never an appropriate time for that in a hallway. Let them play by the pool and do that shite.
“the nanny would be at fault”
Really?!!!???!!!
I think there are PARENTS that are supposed to be responsible to the upbringing and behavior of these kids.
Why do you blame the nanny? She is not supposed to replace the parental responsibility of raising 6 children under 8.
How on earth can one nanny take care of 2 babies, and watch a toddler and additional 3 children all at once?
Did you ever consider that the nanny might be poor- really needs the job and the parents are cheap and selfish and throuw all the work on her?
Did you ever consider she might be exhausted while the “parents” are resting, pampering all day, attending award shows and then going out for dinner?
You people are unbelievable to blame the nanny.
What if the nanny follows the instructions of the parents to “let the children be” or that the children are so crazed from spending so much time on airplanes that the are out of control without the parents even being bothered- since it’t the NANNY’s job to take care of the kids, no matter what.
Rich people are sometimes so selfish and create impossible situations for nannies.
Stop blaming the nanny. She is NOT the parent.
When did they get Married? I dont think so. Brad said he will ride this out for as long as it is good… ha
we could solve the problem by having adult hotels and kid hotels…kind of like chuck e cheese, but with rooms. then they could scream all damn night and the only people who would lose sleep would be other parents. we should have adult-only section in airplanes too…i always get stuck in front of the screaming baby or the ADD kid that must kick my chair for 5 hours straight.
Xiao- I’m a mom, and I agree with you. Obviously my daughter is precious to ME, but I never expect other adults to share my view. It annoys the crap out of me when people’s kids are out of control in hotels, restaurants, etc.
Why do people keep making this mistake in the press: they’re NOT married. Kind of undermine credibility after that even if you don’t want it to.
yeah brad’s not aging well is he? which is weird, since it wasn’t that long ago he was looking very young… that dress is phenomenal… thoughs he really needs to eat a sandwich… shrill is a very demeaning term… he couldn’t think of any other way to describe her?
I thought I read somewhere that the kids have been in something like eight countries in eight weeks. That’s enough to make an adult mental. When will life stop being about B&A?