It feels like this rumor/story has been dusted off and “reported” about a million times over the past few years. The origin for this week’s dusted-off rumor is Radar Online, which… I mean, I love Radar because they provide some fun, silly and often stupid gossip, but I don’t believe Radar got a legitimate tip about Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie and seemingly no one else got the tip. Once again, it’s being reported that Brad and Angelina are planning on adopting a Syrian refugee. Angelina has met so many refugees and so many orphaned children from Syria, and her initial instinct (allegedly) was to adopt three brothers.
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are expecting! RadarOnline.com has learned that after much discussion, the child have decided to move forward with the adoption of a Syrian orphan, adding one more to their brood of six.
“On one solo trip, Angelina met three Syrian orphan siblings,” an insider revealed. “They were all brothers. The middle child could speak some English. Angelina was heartbroken to learn the three of them had seen their father taken away by Syrian soldiers, and their home was also bombed. And they lost their mother in the bombing.”
“The oldest of the three was very quiet but never left Angie’s side during the visit,” according to the insider.
Angie wanted to adopt all three, but when she got back to the United States, and told Brad about it, he said no,” the source explained. “Going from six children to nine was just way too much, and Brad was concerned about how it would impact their other kids. But Angie didn’t put up a fight. She knew it just wouldn’t work.”
But they compromised at adopting one. The source added, “It has been a very long process to adopt the Syrian orphan. The red tape has been almost impossible at times. It could take at least another four to five months before the child is brought to the United States.”
I would imagine the red tape to adopt a nationless orphan would be crazy. Which is why it’s so difficult for people to adopt refugee children. Angelina knows that too. For the record, I’m not making fun of the instinct to want to care for the millions of refugees – so many of them children – pouring out of the Middle East. I think most normal, compassionate people watch those news reports and would love to bring those children home and take care of them. But it’s much, much more complicated than that.
Also – Angelina made a video encouraging citizens to vote in Myanmar – go here to see.
Photos courtesy of Joe Alvarez, WENN, Fame/Flynet.
No. Just no.
There are NO legal international adoption procedures for orphans from the Middle East. There is NO legal way to adopt a child who is a refugee. There is NO paper trail. If they bring a child home from Syria, it will be child trafficking.
Also? What kind of ass takes a middle child away from his siblings when they’ve already lost everything else?
Exactly what I came to say- I obviously don’t know Angelina, but I am certain that she would not be comfortable adopting a nationless orphan without any official procedures involved. I’m not saying someone with her fame & money couldn’t make it happen, but she wouldn’t do it unless it was Hague approved.
She’s spent the last decade (?) visiting refugee children, and I’m sure she’s wanted to take them all home, but it’s not going to happen like this.
I wouldn’t be blaming Brad and Angelina about this. They have no control over stupid rumors that regularly go around about them adopting more children. This rumor has gone around before, and just like this one will be, it was of course bogus. Blame whoever starts these fabrications up to make money.
Maybe the kind of “ass” who wants to help a child in a hellish situation in any way possible. I don’t think these three little brothers should be separated either, but her heart is in the right place.
With the horrible conditions of the refugee camps, children can’t possibly be in healthy situations. Why is it so difficult to adopt? Wouldn’t it be a welcome relief for some of these children to find homes, and free up resources for the next orphaned child?
I’m sorry if I sound very naive, I’m genuinely curious. I would love to adopt some day if I’m able.
It would be an open door for child trafficking, and it would be just plain wrong imo. What would be a welcome relief for those kids would be being safe with their parents or their family, not being sold out of their culture.
I’m totally against international adoption.
It is difficult to adopt refugee children because of the chaos caused by civil war. Just because they appear to be orphans does not mean they really are orphaned. No government in the world wants to be seen as allowing children to be cut off from their biological families, even if they arguably would be better off in adoptive or foster homes elsewhere.
Try to put yourself in the biological families’ shoes for a minute. It is not unusual for families to be split up as they try to get to a safe haven. Many parents willingly allow their children to travel unaccompanied with other relatives, friends, or smugglers if it means the kids have a decent chance at survival. Plus, people in many countries who are trying to escape don’t always just up and leave in a big family group, lest it attract unwanted attention. It is much less likely to attract notice when people slip away one by one, planning to meet up elsewhere in the future. But the best laid plans often go awry, and refugees do not need the fear of losing their parental rights on top of everything else. And while it is wonderful that many people want to adopt, foster, and/or help these kids get to safety, there is something to be said for attempting to reunite families and keeping them together, even in refugee camps.
Angelina Jolie already learned the hard way with Zahara that not all orphans are genuine orphans. I doubt she would risk adopting a Syrian child under the current circumstances.
Thanks for your answer. I was indeed assuming that the children would be genuine orphans! Of course things aren’t so black and white, and children should definitely not be separated from their biological families.
We can’t deny though that there are many orphans from families that have been completely destroyed by the war, and that perhaps could use a safe place to be.
I hope you don’t believe this BS?
Because they’ve been trying to push this story since last year and each time the child changes. First it was they were adopting a little boy, then it was adopting a little girl, then it was a newborn, then it was a three year old and now it what three children. The only common theme is that the child is from Syrian.
I don’t think it said they would take one of the brothers, just a Syrian refugee child. Since they can’t have 3, just one, I thought it implied they would find a different child.
“But they compromised at adopting one. ” This is a very vague statement because it does not say whether they would find a different child or not. With the direction of the article it implies (the article not Angie or Brad) that it would be one of the three brothers. That being said (my opinion on it), Angie is very family oriented and I highly doubt she would split up siblings by taking one of them and not the others. I think this story is BS.
+1 kat
I don’t see either parent being willing to separate three brothers. Also I believe having adopted internationally & through her activism Angelina is aware this is not legally possible.
Where does it say she plans on taking one from the three brothers group? Surely there is many more choices of children needing adoption. Phew.
Of course this is ridiculous, why can’t people get it clear about adopting refugees. Not only is it not possible, there’s no way Angelina and Brad would bring 3 children at one time into their family, because it would be so disruptive to their family dynamics.
Angie has said over and over, that IF, they ever adopt again, they would have to think about how it would affect their children.
I have to ask how many times does this BS story have to be shut down? They shut it down, the head of the UN shut it down and government officials from Syrian have shut it down.
Can they move on and come up with something better, I mean there are many other countries out there that the tabloids can choose from.
+1000000000
Yeah like addressing the issue that the countries who are arming the Syrians have taken in very few refugees. US of A I’m looking to you.
Sometime back in April, I think, I remember reading a post on this site, about how someone had stolen their love letters. I thought: how terrible. How terrible, that kind of violation.
Every damn thing about this couple is “allegedly” no one has a clue on whats really going on in their lives….thats one of the things I really love about them… so I’d advice the media to leave them be! Last week according the tabloids they were splitting, there came the news they were seeing a counsellor on shiloh being a transkid,then the report that brad was worried about angie’s weight….. sigh this people have their lives on lockdown the media knows nothing about them. We only know something if and when they want us to know!
They look freaking hot and sexy together….thanks for the first picture 🙂 😉
I just came to say thank you for that header photo. That’s one of the hottest looks on her, EVER. She has the “I just got laid” glow. Forever reminding me why I would turn in my (mostly) straight girl ID badge for her any. Day.
The story? Sounds like Radar trying to cash in on the recent interest in the Syrian refugee crisis. Ew.
Wonderful. I hope it is true. They obviously love children and they can afford it.
“Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are expecting! RadarOnline.com has learned that after much discussion.”
When it says something like CNN has learned I might be more inclined to believe it.
i thought they said that they’re not going to plan for more kids (bio or adopted) because the older ones are going to be tweens and teens soon. and they need even more parental attention/involvement in their lives.
Yeah, I just don’t see them adding to their family. They seem to be pretty happy/stable with the six they have.
Also, Brad is 50. I’m sure he’s in great shape and a very youthful 50, but that is on the older side to be bringing a new kid into your life, if you want to be around and involved for teenage years, college, etc.
I could see them making a massive donation to one of the organizations helping out with the crisis, but actually bringing a kid into their home? No.
This is BS story as usual from Radar.In real news Paramount released a trailer for Brad’s movie ” The Big Short”.
Now that makes me wonder if there’s been a correlation between film promos and the recycled adoption stories? Hmmm😏
Uh, no.
Brad and angelina have nothing to do with these stories!
These rumours come out on a monthly, sometimes weekly basis, not just when films are released!
As far as I know, Angie very wisely doesn’t have PR reps anymore, and I’m assuming the same for Brad, unless it’s the film studio who plants these items?
Wait…I thought it was Nicole Kidman who’s expecting a boy…
Or was it…she’s adopting a boy…? She’s doing this to honor her deceased dad.
Or was it for Keith…?
Golly! I wish these rags would get their Oscar winners straight. [/snark]
Its not ethical to adopt a child displaced from an ongoing war. Orphans may have living siblings or relatives. Its just not realistic.
There are three reasons why this story is compete and utter BS:
1) Syria does not allow intercountry adoptions under any circumstances.
2) Syria only allows domestic adoptions if the adoptive parents are Muslim.
3) No country permits the adoption of refugee children since it is impossible to determine if they are free for adoption or not.
Can we please lay this ridiculous story to rest once and for all?
I would like to know more about their adoption regulations. Is there a website resource you can reference?
I hope so. I would, if that were a thing. In the past, families had to house soldiers in times of war (results varying in horrifying ways) — so I don’t see why we wouldn’t be able to harbor refugees fleeing the chaos of other wars.
There is a lot of red tape and whenever Angelina visits any country there are always adoption rumours. I have nonsensical belief she wants a middle eastern / south Asian child as that would bring a new ethnicity to their family. But as many of these children are from Muslim countries they don’t allow adoption in the western sense. It’s more of a custodianship you love and raise the child as your own, and are their parents but they have a history with the biological family too. If the child has an inheritance it is theirs and not of the adoptive parents or other non biological siblings. If I’m wrong please correct me.
I think she has a very selfless side to her and it balances out with brads selfish side, I find that side of him is what made him and hen click.
Selfish? I think you mean sensible.
Jen
For all the reasons already stated above, I agree that this is not likely going to happen. Even if Angie and Brad discussed wanting to help or adopt a Syrian child, they know full well the problems and risks.
It would also be hard on their brood of six already. Not to mention, how would older refugee children who have already been through so much adjust to their peripatetic and paparazzi lifestyle? More than anything, these children need stability and some sense of homeland now.
There is no way she is adopting one sibling, knowing how tight she is with her own brother and the way her kids interact. She’s not an idiot. And sounds like legally she couldn’t even if she wanted to. This article is lies. But I always like to see pictures of my dream girlfriend.
They would more likely today see the value of supporting a community and its children rather than taking a child away from his or her culture. Even infants notice the big change in sights and sounds and smells and food etc. around them when plucked from one culture and set down in another. It must be like being abducted by aliens. Many children adjust, but some have considerable difficulty getting past that early trauma. They’ve been pretty lucky with their kids.
She already has 6 kids that she doesn’t even take care of herself anways. Its just more nannies to hire if sh adopts another bunch of kids. This woman collects kids as if they are dogs, and her fans are stupid to believe she doesn’t have PR. Of course she does. What nonsense.