Angelina Jolie has often said that she’s not much of a cook. Which a lot of people can relate to – but it sounds like she’s unusually bad at it. Apparently the actress wasn’t just being humble – Brad Pitt recently said that the best thing Angelina’s ever made for him was cereal. Which makes you wonder if that’s all she’s attempted, or if her other efforts were truly disgusting.
Don’t expect Angelina Jolie to whip up a fancy dinner for her six kids and beau Brad Pitt.
In the new issue of chef Jamie Oliver’s eponymous magazine, Pitt, 44, admits the best meal Jolie has ever cooked for him was “cereals,” according to the U.K. Guardian.
The entire Q&A will appear in the famous cook’s first issue, which hits WH Smith stores on Thursday.
Pitt and Oliver have been pals for a long time. The actor flew Oliver (and his wife, Jools) to his and Jennifer Aniston’s L.A. home to cook for his 40th birthday in 2004.
The Jolie-Pitts had a low-key Thanksgiving weekend in New Orleans. Pitt was spotted riding his motorcycle around town, while Jolie took their 7-year-old son, Maddox, shopping.
[From Us Weekly]
Brad, on the other hand, seems to be reasonably adept at whipping up a meal. In addition to mentioning her own lack of culinary skills, Angelina has said that Brad makes the majority of the kids’ meals and is always worried about their breakfasts.
Despite having six children with partner Brad Pitt, the ‘Wanted’ actress admits she has never been able to master any culinary skills.
She said: “I don’t cook – it’s the one thing I can’t do!”
Angelina insists Brad is the parent responsible for the cooking, admitting: “When I get away from filming and doing interviews, I join Brad and the children to have breakfast or lunch. Brad is always thinking about the kids and what to feed them for breakfast. For him it’s the most important meal of the day.”
[From Female First]
It seems to me that generally one parent takes over the majority of the cooking responsibilities in most families. However I do find it a little hard to believe that Brad cooks all that often, unless it’s something he really loves to do. As a family of eight – plus a pretty big staff – I’m sure they have a chef that does most of the cooking. Though the idea of Brad Pitt whipping up some pancakes is pretty cute.
Here’s Brad and Angelina at the ‘Changeling’ premiere at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York City on April 10th. Photographer : Tina Paul. Images thanks to WENN.
Meh. I dont have a large family or a fleet of helpers but my boyfriend does our cooking, I’m miserable at it.. to the point where I burn water. I think its cute how they compliment each other in such a way 🙂
how do you burn water? lol
You put it on the stove and turn the fire on then start dusting your living room forgetting about the water in the pot which then boils dry O.o
Oh, I have burned water. You do that by putting it on the stove to boil, and forgetting it until it’s all boiled away and the pan is smoking.
I really am quite an excellent cook. But somehow I think I’ve reached my expiration date on that. I hate having to cook now. I was grousing around about having to cook a turkey on Thanksgiving worse than if you put me on the rack. Having the Sarah Palin video in my mind didn’t help much. Nor did it help with the eating of the turkey. But if the ingredients for a gourmet meal are in the fridge, along with a package of bologna, I’ll probably slap the bologna on a slice of bread and fold it in half, rather than actually have to cook.
Sorry for repeating your recipe for burned water, SeVen, I was typing while you were posting. lol
Oh she has cooked up a lot of things in her time, i’m sure.
If you have to cook for a family as I do, then eventually you get better at it. It’s trial and error.If Angelina were in an average family and they were coming home hungry every night, she would do it adequately. She makes a lot of money and it isn’t essential that she cook really. But that’s okay – I’m just saying this is what people with average incomes have to do – they have to cook for their families.
Well she can’t be good at everything. Nice to know she’s human. And I can relate. I do not cook nor do I really know how.
if i had their money, i wouldnt be cooking even if i COULD cook! i mean, i dont cook now…but… 8)
i can never understand the concept of “not being able to cook”… it ain’t rocket science… you can’t stick a chicken in the oven and time it? weak!
Well, it’s not as if any of us thought Brad was with Angie for her cooking skills. But I bet she can make “mom” things like microwave Mac & cheese, or throwing some tater tots in the oven.
I’m a pretty good cook too, Syko. I only enjoy doing it for people if they’re not uptight about everything being perfect. You know? Sometimes $hit gets burned, sometimes something’s undercooked and you have to nuke it in the microwave. Big whoop. I’ve never made anyone sick.
The Brange can come to my house, I’ll cook for them! 😛
I’m with her. At least she can afford to pay people to do it for her. Thankfully, my fiancee likes to cook. I’ve tried multiple times. The only things I can cook from scratch are banana bread and soup. Anything else I make is from a box and under heavy supervision from the sig. other.
She said: “I don’t cook – it’s the one thing I can’t do!”
Uh… the “one” thing? Please. Yeah, Saint Angelina can do ANYTHING except cook. She’s a multi-faceted Wonder Woman…
I wish my mother had never seen a frying pan or a stove lol She couldn’t boil water without the pan going dry. Someo women are not made for the kitchen and Angie is one of them big deal. I can cook like no tomorrow lol but have sisters that have kids beg that beg them NOT to make dinner.
You put it on the stove and turn the fire on then start dusting your living room forgetting about the water in the pot which then boils dry
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LOL, I actually did that, and burned the shit out of the pot. I had to throw it out.
Roro – I thought I was the only one who noticed that ridiculous comment from AJ. I’m sure we could come up with a great list of things that she can’t do! I’m still picking myself up off of the floor!
Why is this ‘news’?
Cereal is my speciality too! 😛
The first wife couldn’t boil water and her mom was a classically trained chef so… I feel for ya, Brad.
Why is it news? Just to annoy you, Baholicious.
devilgirl:
December 1st, 2008 at 8:31 pm
Oh she has cooked up a lot of things in her time, i’m sure.
Naughteh, devilgirl, very naughty! 😆
Mmm burnt water… nom!
@baho – I’ve no idea. It’s a pretty well-known fact that Angelina doesn’t cook at all. But I’m just waiting for the hyperventilating Voices of ProWomanhood to bleat on endlessly about how it’s “karma” that Brad ran away from a happy home with hot-and-cold running chicken salad to a souless, loveless ice palace with only Sugarpuffs to keep body and mind together. 😉
Once again – I’m with you Baho – on why is this news!
this is important why? just another tabloid attempt to paint her as a bad mother.
I know a lot of people don’t like her – but this is really getting ridiculous.
She and Brad can’t win no matter what they say or do. They donate to charity and they are criticized that it’s not enough money or it’s going to wrong charities, they should adopt US children, they should work less. People who criticize for these issues are simply lacking any news. And let’s face it – they are not ‘journalists’- they are ‘tabloids’.
Angie treats her own lack of cooking skills as a joke. She said in an interview that she told Brad she wanted to cook him some eggs and he said “DON’T!!”
Brad ran away from a happy home with hot-and-cold running chicken salad
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Now you know you are wrong for that. 😉
ROTFLMBAO!
Typical Brangelina overshare. This woman has no manners. I begin to think that neither does her domestic partner.
Nutrition is very important, and for young children in particular. She could use her status to promote healthy balanced nutrition for children – whoever cooks it, her, BP or cooks. Especially when child obesity is becoming as much of a problem as starvation. Instead – it is all about her (and BP). Ah well – healthy eating habits and responsible, functional parenting do not sell movies or tabloids….
I love cooking and being in the kitchen. If I suddenly got tossed into a world where I would have “staff,” I still wouldn’t give up cooking. If Brad likes cooking in that way, it’s not a far stretch at all to think he might make a special point of making some of the meals himself.
I’ve never understood “I can’t cook,” either.
It’s simply following directions. There are many meals you can make by reading the simple recipe instructions and following them.
Now…I’m not saying everyone should be great cooks. I’m just saying that “I can’t cook,” is a cop out. It’s code for, “I don’t like to cook, and I have no interest in trying.” Trust me, if you had to, you could feed yourself from your own kitchen. /grin.
A lot of people convince themselves they “can’t” cook, and then suffer anxiety when faced with a situation when they actually HAVE to get in there and make something. I say don’t put that kind of pressure on yourself.
It’s not that you can’t. It’s that you don’t enjoy it…so you aren’t especially good at it…and would rather not.
And that’s okay.
FYI, whoever’s interested:
Brad Pitt is on the cover of the January issue of Architectural Digest. The cover story is an article about MakeItRight. Here is a link with the cover photo.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/01/brad-pitt-high-from-new-o_n_147477.html
Aspen, good for you. You have a talent for it. It’s not all about following directions. My mother was a good cook. I wouldn’t wish my grandmother’s cooking on my worst enemy. You either have a talent for cooking or you don’t.
I don’t like to cook, and I have no interest in trying.
But if you asked my family, they would tell you I can’t cook.
She should at least know how to cook something right? You don’t cook cereal unless it’s oatmeal. She probably can’t cook because she doesn’t eat anything. That’s the crux of the argument, I wager. If it were up to her, she probably would eat nothing but McDonald’s veggie burgers once a week, if that!
Can’t, won’t… whatever. I hate to cook, I always burn shit because I get bored waiting around for stuff ot boil or broil or whatever. That is why I court men who not only CAN cook, but LIKE to cook. I’ll do the cleaning up afterward, so it’s not exploitative. Anyways, the fellas don’t come around me for my cookin’.
You go, Cletus! 😆
I know quite a few people who simply don’t cook. My boss, for one – but she has a househusband who’s a great cook, we had our firm party at their house this year and the baby back ribs were to die for. And her mother cooks Thanksgiving dinner, and that’s it. Before retiring she was the head of a large government agency for this region of the country and wasn’t interested in cooking.
I think when people say they “can’t cook”, they mean can’t put together great meals. Anyone can do Easy Mac or hamburgers. I would imagine Angie can too.
I don’t know why this seems like disgusting oversharing to the trolls.
I love to cook. so much so that I plan on personal cheffing on the side once I become an RD.
I have never understood the “I can’t cook” thing. IMO, it’s utter bullshit. A cop-out, as someone previously mentioned. Get over your anxiety and get in the kitchen! I have been cooking for years and taken so many culinary classes and even I fuck things up sometimes.
This is why you should own a dog. They are breathing garbage disposals who love burnt or overspiced food.
Aside from posing with three-out-of-six-children-max, she doesn’t seem to be good at very much besides sex. Her acting certainly can’t be her strongest attribute, because she’s really not very good. Whatever. If Brad and the kids are happy, why should we know this tidbit?
I can’t cook AT ALL. My husband isn’t much better, but he can fend for himself so it’s cool. Oh, and luckily, the kids LOVE buttered toast and yogurt, so we’re sailing along for now.
why is this news.. oh yeah maybe Angelina just like to irritate those small number of people who don’t like her. It’s like sticking needles repeatedly on these haters skin… it doesn’t hurt to much but irritating hehehehhe love it that these haters feel this way.
BTW the thread is about Brad saying Angelina can’t cook why does it turn into Angelina oversharing and bragging that she can’t cook???? WOW the power of JOLIE she’s always on the haters mind.
Obviously, the poster who wrote that Angelina is not a very good actress seems to forget that she already has an
Oscar! The same poster apparently has not seen The Changeling. Angelina is excellent in it. Eastwood made the right choice in casting her in that part. I saw the movie a few days ago with a reluctant friend, and he was impressed by how good Angelina is in this movie.
Lin, one thing I’ve noticed about trolls in general is that, as a group, they aren’t very bright.
🙄 It’s not like they don’t have a million people helping them with things like that.
I think haters are actually the certain AJ fans on this thread who incessantly make demeaning comments about those who do not share their adoration.
Why not try sticking to the topic of the post instead? If you have a point, surely you do not need to belittle others in order to argue it.
Well said, Nina.
Is this supposed to make AJ seem more down-to-earth or something?
Aside from posing with three-out-of-six-children-max, she doesn’t seem to be good at very much besides sex. Her acting certainly can’t be her strongest attribute, because she’s really not very good.
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According to her ex, she is not even good at sex as she wants every one to believe.
This is part of their ‘see we are like you only better’ phase.
Obviously they have a chef, but for some reason, they would like every one to believe that they don’t have any help including nannies. See it makes them seem superhuman. In short, better than you even though they are like you.
Yea…she has an Oscar. For acting like herself. I.e. a crazy person in Girl, Interrupted. At the time, it wasn’t such a stretch.
Anyway, I did catch that comment “It’s the only thing I can’t do!”. Really? You can do brain surgery Angelina? Perhaps it was just hyperbole but she should really stick to just telling the boring truth: she doesn’t like to cook.
I would imagine she was joking when she said, “It’s the only thing I can’t do”. You people take her too seriously.
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Could not have said it better myself!