The Sun is making a big deal out of the fact that Angelina Jolie and Maddox once ate crickets while they were at a restaurant in Cambodia. Impoverished Cambodians began eating crickets out of necessity during Pol Pot’s tyrannous regime in the 1970s and they’re now a delicacy in the country. They’re said to be quite good fried up with oil.
WACKY ANGELINA JOLIE has fed INSECTS to her adopted son Maddox.
The actress, 31, and partner BRAD PITT bought the five-year-old a plate of crickets — a delicacy in the tot’s native Cambodia.
She said: “I recently took Mad to Cambodia and it was the first trip there where he really understood it. We took him to a restaurant in the middle of the night and he had his first plate of crickets.”
The high-protein bugs — reminiscent of TV’s Bushtucker Trials — are popular in the South East Asian country. They are often served with guts intact.
Angelina has previously eaten cockroaches and bee larvae and wants to learn how to cook them at home.
The Sun even has a list of “foods” Angelina can serve her kids, like Cockroach-au-vin, Egg-fried lice, and Flea cheeses pizza. Maddox is Cambodian and if people eat crickets there and he wants to try it, why make fun of Angelina or call her weird? If I was in Cambodia I’d eat one. They’re not live so it’s not all Fear Factor or anything.
Here are some pictures of The Brangelina family in a toystore in NY. I want Angelina’s outfit – she looks so chic in that white jacket with black boots. Pictures from SimplyBrad.
yeah, seriously, why make such a big deal? if anything, people should be more concerned about what nicole richie is consuming, because she’s the one who can actually harm someone driving the wrong way on a freeway…
So what? big deal he ate crickets, it is a ghetto family, the do eat some really nasty things, get better things to write about!
Gosh, in other parts of the world people eat seaweed, fungus and snails! I don’t think eating bugs is very nourishing but if it’s not going to poison him, I don’t see what the big deal is.
Whats up with Zahara? I mean whats the deal with her legs, is she lame or what?
I had a cooked cricket once. It was good, fried in butter and garlic with a little salt. I mean, we eat shrimp, lobster and other crustaceans — they’re pretty closely related to insects in the grand scheme of things.
Lee- She’s a baby dude. All babies are bow legged like that.
Yeah right, those bows are pretty weird, like lame or something. Bows??? My ass!
I don’t see the big deal with this at all. People from all cultures eat different things. I’m glad they have an open palette and an open mind to different foods.
It is so ‘American’ to criticize others’ food choices as weird.
It’s actually a British source that’s criticizing this cricket-eating thing. Remember little Zahara had the bone disorder rickets, so that could be why she’s bow-legged, or it could just be that she’s not too steady on her feet yet.
Thanks Celebitchy for adding that. Regardless of her leg shape she a an adorable baby. If I could just add something- I’m not trying to get down on the Brangelinas- but you know Mia Farrow did all of this years ago- she has adopted several refugee children.
Her legs do look f*$&ed up. And she also looks like she is wearing sandals or flip flops–nice, they are all bundled up and the kid’s got on sandals.
Ok morons time for a biology lesson. Zahara had rickets (caused by a lack of vitamin D) and is prevalent in thrid world countries where Zahara was born. Malformed bones (bowleggedness) is one of the symptoms. She could like ly grow out of it since most kids with bow legs do. Or she could grow up to be a sexy bowlegged movie star – see Sandra Bullock and Halle Berry.
First, not a big deal with the crickets. I personally think it’s disgusting, but I know many parts of the world eat things like that.
Second, I’m sure if something was wrong with Zahara’s legs that Brad and Angelina would do what they could to get her the medical attention she may need. Leave the poor kiddo alone.
In America, some stores sell them mixed with chocolate and they’re great.
I’m sure most five year olds comsume much worse things in the back yard.
Jess, LOL. Ain’t that the truth?
Who cares?
There is a lot of ignorance in the world. We are so into ourselves that we always have the audacity to critique other food choices
In one of my biology classes back in highschool, we once cooked and ate some crickets. The general consensus was that they tasted like bacon.
Certain insects are supposed to be a really good source of protein, too.
Kudos to Angelina for trying to instill a sense of cultural heritage in Maddox. Everyone eats different stuff in every nation, at least she’s giving him something considered extremely nutritious. I’m more upset that more parents of adopted children don’t try to help their kids understand where they come from.