Angelina Jolie: Maleficent teaches girls ‘they can be warriors & soft & feminine’

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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt were in New Orleans this weekend for a fundraiser for Brad’s Make It Right Foundation. I’m including a couple of the photos we do have, and you can see more here. Angelina wore black, of course, and the biggest Louboutin heels I’ve ever seen on her. Anyway, Angelina is still in promotional mode for Maleficent. She gave a lengthy interview to The Daily Mail this weekend, which you can read here. Some highlights:

Casting Vivienne as Prince Aurora: “It had to be her. Because at one point I look at this kid and say, ‘Go away! I hate children.’ But the good news is that there’s nothing I could possibly say that wouldn’t make her laugh; I could be mean to her and she still just wanted to hug me.”

The kids won’t pursue acting career: “No, it’s fun if the kids have cameos but it doesn’t follow that they are going to act. We’re not pushing them; they’ll be what they will be.”

Managing two careers with six kids: “Brad and I take turns working and we back each other up, so we make sure our children never go without. And we’re able to do that with our careers. When I’m working, he’s picking them up and dropping them off at school. We got stuck on the last movies – I was directing Unbroken and he was making [Second World War film] Fury, and they overlapped. That’s the first time that has ever happened, which was not fun”

She’s aware of her privilege though: “I never want other women to feel as though I do so much and it’s all amazing – it’s not and I don’t. I have a really great partner, who is a great father, and I have a career that allows me to take time off, and my children are allowed to come to my place of work. My children come first and Brad and I pick projects that are a priority because the balance of our home life takes precedence. We sit down and work out the next few years.”

The kids, loving Brad as a father: “With them I’m a kid again and I’m soft and loving because that’s what they bring to my life. I still get very emotional when I watch Brad play with the children – he’s so naturally devoted and joyful around them.”

Her double mastectomy: “I didn’t know how it would be received. But I felt that the important thing was that I wanted to speak to other women. I wanted to speak to other daughters of women like my mother. I wanted other women to be aware of something that they could take on and protect themselves from. I felt that I’d learnt something about my health, and I felt I’d made the right choice for my family and I simply wanted other women to know that there was that choice.”

Tabloid rumors: “Brad is great. We’re great. All the other stuff, it’s nothing to do with us. We ignore it because it’s nonsense.”

Her new BFF William Hague: “William Hague is a good guy. I see him when all the cameras are gone and there are no reporters in the room; I see him with victims of rape and speaking on behalf of the citizens of his country. I hear him speak about injustice, and he’s a compassionate, strong man. I’ve spent half my life committed to understanding what is happening in the world and I see that there are people who really dedicate their lives to learning about countries and cultures and to improving things, and they work so hard – William Hague works so hard. He’s very straight in his approach but he’s emotionally connected, too.”

The feminism of Maleficent: “I hope the girls, especially, will see the importance of having a sense of what’s fair and what’s worth fighting for. They’ll see that they can be warriors at the same time as being soft and feminine and feeling deeply, with all the complexities that women have.”

[From The Daily Mail]

She talks a lot about loving Maleficent and always being drawn to the darker characters. She also says that she and Brad love nothing more than to have dinner with the family or watch a DVD together. Most of the stuff we’ve heard already in her ELLE interview, but it’s nice that Angelina seems to be in a different place in her life – I think she really believes in this film, and I think she and Brad are probably better than they’ve ever been.

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  1. Dani2 says:

    Her stories about Vivienne are so cute. *sigh*

    And I love William Hague too, I get a really sincere vibe from him.

      • Dani2 says:

        Well damn, thanks for showing me that Heidi, I had no idea, and the article is supposedly from 2012? Why has it not been more reported and looked into? I guess I shouldn’t be too surprised, privileged white males can get away with just about anything.

      • Cecilia says:

        Yeah…what a guy.

      • Wait, so is the victim saying Hague is the one who wouldn’t allow his county checked up (for sexual abuse allegations), or is the victim saying all of Parliament was in on it???

      • LAK says:

        Heigl/Dani2: That report, despite the baiting headline says quite clearly that the inquiry the enquiry was restricted to 2 areas. The Victim is outside the areas under investigation. The recommendation for areas to investigate came from welsh officials and backed up by Parliament, so how is it WH’s fault if the people on the ground suggest the areas to be investigated???!!!!!

        More importantly despite the area restriction, the victim *was* allowed to make his case to the enquiry, BUT the sitting judge said his case was in the ‘realms of fantasy’. William Hague wasn’t the judge.

        VC: He is not blaming parliament, only accusing one MP and saying that by not investigating his area, William Hague is covering up for the MP. William Hague’s office then supplied information of how they chose the area to be investigated which was taken on the recommendation of Welsh officials, had to get parliamentary approval (don’t forget that includes Welsh MPs), before signing his approval. An enquiry isn’t something taken without consultation. Whilst I feel sorry for the victim, it sounds like he is looking to blame the wrong people because he was dismissed by the sitting judge.

        Dani2: how can William Hague be practising white male privilege when the victim is white and male??

  2. Lollipop says:

    I just wish one of those actresses would mention the ton of help they get from nannies, etc.
    Her arms and legs look thinner than Emma Stone’s in those pictures.

    • Kim1 says:

      I would rather see thin arms than fat ones if given a choice.

    • tinyjones says:

      Jolie (and Brad) have mentioned their nannies and the help they have in several interviews…oh, and you sound so unbiased and nonbitter body shaming her about being slender.

  3. feebee says:

    I’ve never really been that drawn to Ms Jolie and the whole “love” triangle thing just got so obnoxious (I think it’s finally petering out now) that I sort of steered clear most of the time but if I had to choose a woman to be a role model, Angie would be one I’d go to.

    She had her wild child phase and crazy antics and even some dangerous ones and came out the other side… I mean I know she still has s^!t going on like all of us but she has strength and softness, dark and light, had the wild side but look at her humanitarian efforts. She speaks with intelligence and thought.

    It’s hard to believe she is truly a product of Hollywood but promising to realize it’s possible for great people to emerge and thrive.

    • Andrea1 says:

      THIS!
      Especially THIS
      She had her wild child phase and crazy antics and even some dangerous ones and came out the other side… I mean I know she still has s^!t going on like all of us but she has strength and softness, dark and light, had the wild side but look at her humanitarian efforts. She speaks with intelligence and thought.
      Very well stated 🙂

    • Sal says:

      +1 Very well said!

  4. bettyrose says:

    I like that she acknowledges that she has a blessed life and isn’t a “typical” mom. AJ works hard, she hasn’t just had everything handed to her, but I respect that she doesn’t act like anyone could do what does if they really tried.

    • Andrea1 says:

      +10000000000

      • DaSariH says:

        I saw a recent interview of her saying that she is “fortunate” enough to have a job that only requires her to work for 3-4 months then have the rest of the year off to look after her kids and travel. She was basically pointing out in that interview how easy their job as actors are compared to regular moms out there who has to work 9 to 5. A complete opposite of what Goop is saying.

      • Annaloo. says:

        SO unlike that sanctimonious head of organic bleached straw. Goop, take notes!

    • HH says:

      That’s the part that really struck me. She acknowledged her privilege in a very humble way (if that makes sense, haha). This interview was great.

  5. Andrea1 says:

    ” When I’m working, he’s picking them
    up and dropping them off at school. We got
    stuck on the last movies – I was directing
    Unbroken and he was making [Second World War film] Fury, and they overlapped. That’s the first time that has ever happened, which was not fun”
    Yeah I like that she states it was not fun.
    I love what she says about the privileges she has. It is a good read.
    I believe they are really good with each other and stronger than people give them credit for.

  6. Abbott says:

    She’s the anti GOOP. I can get behind the feminism she’s selling.

    • Andrea1 says:

      🙂

    • Chem says:

      Shes quite smart. You get the sense that she understands nuance. I have a big issue with this statement though. “be warriors at the same time as being soft and feminine and feeling deeply”. Where she uses “feminine” as a synonym for soft or emotional or I dont know what.

      “feminine” simply describes how women are. And some women are soft and emotional but many more are bad asses who take on the worlds bs every damn day, and win. To use it as another word for “softness” is exactly what keeps girls from pushing out of the stereotype. And its especially annoying when you think about what meaning she must then be attaching to “masculine”. Probably courage, intelligence and strength (again, all traits found in plenty of women). I would hope that this was a silly slip of the tongue that she now regrets, because otherwise she just dropped a notch in my book.

      • Emma - the JP Lover says:

        @Chem, who wrote: ““feminine” simply describes how women are.”

        I think she means it as women should simply enjoy ‘being’ women at times, and all the mystery–soft/vulnerable/emotional/silk/satin/perfume/lace and badass/leather (stiletto heels and whip optional)–that entails. 🙂

        I don’t think “feminine” just means “a woman” … I believe it’s something much more than that, and I’d like to think that’s how she meant it.

      • Lemonsorbet says:

        I also interpreted Angelina’s comment the way Emma describes it. Not just with Hollywood, but our Western society as a whole, there aren’t many great role models for girls these days. Buffy (TV series, not the film) was one. She kicked ass but had her femininity intact too.

  7. @Biting Panda says:

    As a working mother, with a working husband, who is also a very hands on parent, I appreciate her acknowledgment that the juggle isn’t easy.

    What I didn’t appreciate the the omission of the tons – TONS – of help they receive from their nannies and likely personal assistants. Because, as authentically as they may or may not live their lives, I have a hard time believing it’s just the two (or one) of them scrambling around for shoes, lunches, lost stuffed animals, and potty breaks before they can leave the house as a family.

    • Kim1 says:

      There are hundreds of pictures of Jolie’s assistant,nannies,nannies,bodyquards,,etc.Zahara and Pax teachers are extras in Maleficent. They have tons of help but the help goes home.So maybe Brad and Angie take care of breakfast and before school activities. They have housekeepers,chefs,etc so they more time to spend with their kids since they don’t have to do laundry,vacuum, dust,mop,grocery shop,etc.

      • I’m wondering if they just have their teachers now–no nannies. All of them are old enough to be in school–kindergarten, at the very least?

        And I have mixed feelings about celebs and nannies. I mean, with AJ, I don’t think she’s ever really hid their nannies–generally I see them in pap pics at airports and tarmacs, as part of a huge group. I don’t know if not mentioning the nannies, every single time they ask you about how you raise your kids, is a bad thing. Because if you do that, then people will say (as they already do in the case of AJ and BP) that the nannies raise the kids. But if you don’t, then you’re accused of saying that you do it all–which I’d believe more in the case of AJ and BP, specifically because they do take turns working….so it’s not SO far out to believe that they only have teachers who are with them for half the day….

        But I’m also wondering this–if I was a celeb nanny, I don’t think I would want the celeb to talk about me, even in an abstract, vague way. No one would know who I was–unless I got caught in a pap pic and one of my friends/relatives recognized me–but I don’t know. I just wouldn’t even want to be in that sort of thing.

        Like I remember that story about Brad supposedly cheating on Angelina with his assistant (or PA, whatever) on the set of WWZ. Basically the story came up because the assistant was a pretty brunette. And I remember some of the comments, after the story came out (and there was another story about how she was still his assistant in spite of the rumors)…and people on this site were saying that they were definitely having an affair, because she was still his assistant after a few tabloids printed affair rumors. Really? I felt bad for that girl–especially since (as far as we know) it wasn’t true. She had her name and her image dragged in the mud, simply for being a pretty assistant, who got along with her boss (of the moment)….and you always hear rumors about nannies and celebs boinking them…

    • Emma - the JP Lover says:

      @Biting Panda, who wrote: ” Because, as authentically as they may or may not live their lives, I have a hard time believing it’s just the two (or one) of them scrambling around for shoes, lunches, lost stuffed animals, and potty breaks before they can leave the house as a family.”

      Angie has said they enjoy spending time with their kids. Brad has said he is lousy at packing the kids’ bags when they travel because he always forgets someone’s favorite toy, blanket, or stuffed animal. But Angie, he said, is incredible because she remembers everything when she packs the kids’ bags.

  8. TX says:

    Love all of this. Also, Goop, take note: this is how to discuss your life as a privileged actor/mom without upsetting people.

  9. Nina says:

    And another spectacularly unintelligent comment from AJ. I am not even sure to be understanding what exactly she is trying to say here; it’s extremely poorly thought out and worded. She is trying to resolve a non-existing conflict of traits, equates femininity with softness and uses “warrior” as an…adjective of sorts? or as a trait? This woman is a walking cliché and what she says usually are borrowed phrases without much substance. I believe she never even finished highschool? Maybe it is time to read up a bit….she is a very simple woman, which is not a bad thing, but she should refrain from giving non-scripted interviews.

    • FingerBinger says:

      I don’t think it’s an unintelligent comment. It’s just her over analyzing this movie.

      • Nina says:

        Fingerbinger, you are giving me a false dichotomy here. It is not either or. One can overanalyze without making logically poor comments with minimal content. And it is not first time she does it. She should permanently shut up and just pout on pictures with refugees and grunt in action films. This way she will still attract attention to good causes and make movies to support her lifestyle. But please, no more interviews!

      • kri says:

        I think she at least tries to think before she speaks, unlike Woodchuck and her Sunny Vadge terrorizing forests everywhere. Although I am not a crazed fan, she does seem to care about things, and she does frequently talk about some of the horrors going on in the world. I can respect that. And yes, they have tons of help. I saw them a few times in New Orleans. They had two females (nannies, I presume) and three security guys.

      • I guess I see it differently. I look at her comments in the context of the original Sleeping Beauty movie. I never really liked it as a kid, and probably only watched it once or twice, before forgetting it entirely. For me, basically NOTHING of interest happened until Maleficent turned into the dragon; other than that, the movie was just completely boring to me. I especially hated Aurora, because she didn’t do ANYTHING but look pretty and go to sleep for a hundred years.

        So I looked at her comments as (like she said), saying you can be both. A feminine young girl, like Aurora was, and be a little bit like Maleficent–someone who was very, very strong. Too often, I think people want to put women in these boxes. Silly things–like if a woman likes to wear heels, stockings, skirts, then she must hate going out to bars and drinking cheap beer.

        And also think about the context of the character of Maleficent, from the film—I get the feeling that Maleficent was a rather ordinary, beautiful, soft fairy who, because she was in love with a king (who was knee deep in a war that he was probably losing until she came along and used her powers to help him), BECAME Maleficent–the powerful fairy. Someone who was both very feminine and very powerful (I seriously love the costume for the ‘good’ Maleficent)….she didn’t see that side of herself until it was needed.

        Also–Maleficent’s story is about being in love, and then being betrayed by the person who said that they loved her (whether or not he loved her at all, or just threw her under the bus when he had to choose)….so her character is most likely afraid to be vulnerable again–which is why she’s always dressed up in black, and looks more regal and imposing, than soft and open (when she had her wings)….so I suspect that in the end, Maleficent will find *that* in herself again…to be how she was when she was fighting for the man that she loved…

      • doofus says:

        “unlike Woodchuck and her Sunny Vadge terrorizing forests everywhere”

        I know it’s off topic, but that made me laugh.

      • Lupita says:

        She should permanently shut up and just pout on pictures with refugees and grunt in action films. This way she will still attract attention to good causes and make movies to support her lifestyle. But please, no more interviews!
        Nina I think its you who should see a therapist. Your comment on jolie’s humanitarian efforts is So demeaning. Smh

    • videli says:

      Poorly worded, you said?

      • Nina says:

        @KRI – I agree with you: she seems to care and to try to think before she speaks. In that she is a good role model. However: the brainpower and the schooling are simply not there and the result is pitiful, irritating and sets a bad example to the young.

        @Videli – being passive aggressive? Maybe it’s time to talk about it to your therapist. It’s my third language, back off. How many are you fluent in?

      • Blossom says:

        Nina I don’t know what your whole comment says about you. But its just sad.

      • videli says:

        Nina, I’m fluent in six, and, yes, I’ll be talking to my therapist.

    • Gossipfun says:

      You can not speak for everybody. I for one would like to read and watch her interviews. . Obviously, there are millions like me, as the law of supply and demand. I do not like the royals, but I do not call out for them not to do interview because I know others like to read about them. I respect individual choice. I will not read or watch a person that I am not interested in.

      • Andrea1 says:

        @Gossipfun who said “I will not read or watch a person that I am not interested in”.
        Thanks Gossipfun.

      • Nina says:

        Blossom – you use “sad” as a negative adjective. And use your own opinion as perception of reality, without any backup or explanation. I hope you have no kids. The way you express yourself is not only passive aggressive and judgemental, but also kind of silly.
        And before I get jumped on – no. Of course formal schooling is not a must and has its limitations. Having said that: competitive programs (in particular graduate and post-graduate level) teach one how to be coherent, how to organize thoughts and how to sound at least minimally logical. AJ’s interviews are phenomenally lacking in all the above, which unfortunately indeed goes above the heads of millions….

      • Dani2 says:

        @Nina LOL you are such a troll, stay pressed, you bitter soul 😉

        @Videla I hope you don’t let this internet troll’s comments bother you, the way you responded shows that you’re a mature person who knows how to have a civilised conversation.

      • moot says:

        @Nina: First of all, half of Hollywood didn’t graduate high school. Most celebrities sound like twits the moment they open their mouths without a script to read from. That’s not news.

        Second of all, you go around calling off everyone for being passive-aggressive while you come off aggressive-aggressive. Ease up. This is a gossip site. You made a controversial comment on a thread for a much-beloved celebrity on this site and you expect no blow-back and only agreement? You said what you wanted to say and made your point well. Now, just let everyone else respond without getting ragey that we’ve misunderstood your point. It’s perfectly fine to let people have their say, too.

    • Soulsister says:

      @Nina – I believe she never even finished highschool?
      ————————————————————————————————
      Actually she graduated when she was 16 and then spent some time in film school in New York.

      However clearly from your comment you seem to think that all people who don’t finish high school are as thick as sh*t. You would actually be quite surprised to know that some people might not finish high school but are still quite intelligent and also might self educate themselves late on in life. Education doesn’t and shouldn’t stop when you leave the gates of an institution. It should be an on-going life process, which is something Angie has fully grasped and might be something that you should try considering how ridiculous your post sounded.

      • Andrea1 says:

        Wow Nina why are you being So harsh and saying someone should go and see a therapist. Your whole comments here sounds So ridiculous and very demeaning and am glad am not the only one who agrees on that
        @Videli nice come back.
        And I honesty do envy you for speaking six. Am battling on my third (french) have been on it for 21 months now and its not easy at all So I say kudos to you

      • moot says:

        @Soulsister: I agree. I’ve gone to university with people who couldn’t write a complete paragraph or speak a completely coherent sentence. They managed to graduate college, too, without improving significantly. Shocking, I know. But these people do slip through our increasingly Swiss cheese educational system.

        Actually, by comparison, I don’t see what Nina is complaining about here. It sounds about normal for any celebrity.

    • ClaireB says:

      I’m sorry to say you don’t make much sense yourself. A woman can be a warrior and feminine and soft, referring to a character that is just deemed “Evil”, when she’s much more than that is the movie coming out. That what she says. There’s nothing nonsensical about that. And please, the over-patronizing statement “she’s very very simple woman which is not a bad thing” is just infuriating.

      • Nina says:

        @videli – yeah, hun’ – probably you count Spanish, French and Italian as 3 separate ones 🙂 not like it matters, but just sayin’. Europeans do that. Like Swedish-Danish-norvegian, or the Slavic languages…lol

      • Blossom says:

        Nina
        What does my comment have to do with motherhood?
        And yes I am a mother to 6year old twin boys and I have one on the way too 🙂 I bet you motherhood has been a blessing to Me. It is very challenging but also worth every bit of it 🙂
        And oh you need to watch it! Quit attacking people all over its not good for you and doesn’t speak well of you either!

      • paranormalgirl says:

        God, @nina, you come off as a pretentious being. So sorry that you have to face each day being so much better than everyone else.

    • Kim1 says:

      Simple solution don’t read her interviews
      BTW she didn’t do interview with Daily Fail tabloid she did interview with GMB .

    • teri says:

      Lupita I couldn’t agree more with you.

    • Sal says:

      Um, she finished high school a year early. Most of her interviews are very eloquent. And did you read her article on her double mastectomy? Very well-written. This is a woman who graduated high school a year early and writes Op-Eds, is a UN Special Envoy (a step up from Ambassador) and is a member of the exclusive Diplomacy invite-only Council of Foreign relations. She is anything but simple. She is a very smart, eloquent well-educated woman who comes across as well-read and very sincere.

    • April says:

      Nina is right. How can everybody, including one of the writers for this site, jump on Jen Lawrence for her generalizing statements on gender a week or two ago, and totally dismiss the obviously generalizing statements made by Jolie today? It’s hypocritical and dimwitted.

      • She isn’t generalizing. She’s saying that girls need to see that they can be feminine and powerful at the same time–that they don’t have to be one or the other, that they need to stand up for what they believe in…that’s not a generalization.

        A generalization would’ve been…’all girls are feminine and warrior-like’….

      • Sal says:

        Did you even read the interview posted by Celebitchy? Because if you had, you would have seen that Angelina was breaking down generalisations, not making them.

    • Jayna says:

      You have to be kidding. I have worked with plenty who graduated from college who are not eloquent or even that bright-sounding. Angelina, when she is involved in different humanitarian efforts around the globe, has always become very informed about it. When she wrote the screenplay for the movie she directed, it didn’t come out of her imagination. She had to become very educated on the subject to do it justice. I am quite sure she is more educated on many subjects than you. You don’t have to go to college to be intelligent and to be a well-read person who is interested in and knowledgeable on many subjects. She is an intellectually curious person who is smart and is continually educating herself.

    • lenje says:

      Sorry, disagree. I think she’s well spoken.

  10. Sarah says:

    Compare and contrast Angelina’s comments about her life as a working mother with Goop’s comments about how it is easier to have a 9-5 job. Angelina gets it.

    • Blossom says:

      The woman totally gets it she grew out of her dark side and became an awesome woman.

    • Sal says:

      Yes, Goop was my first thought when Angelina said that about her life. I have always loved that Angelina is so down to earth.

  11. serena says:

    *fangirling like crazy*

  12. Pumpkin Pie says:

    I would love to meet her one day, she is one celebrity I would love to meet. She seems so genuine, smart, kind. She makes a difference.

  13. I guess I see it differently. I look at her comments in the context of the original Sleeping Beauty movie. I never really liked it as a kid, and probably only watched it once or twice, before forgetting it entirely. For me, basically NOTHING of interest happened until Maleficent turned into the dragon; other than that, the movie was just completely boring to me. I especially hated Aurora, because she didn’t do ANYTHING but look pretty and go to sleep for a hundred years.

    So I looked at her comments as (like she said), saying you can be both. A feminine young girl, like Aurora was, and be a little bit like Maleficent–someone who was very, very strong. Too often, I think people want to put women in these boxes. Silly things–like if a woman likes to wear heels, stockings, skirts, then she must hate going out to bars and drinking cheap beer.

    And also think about the context of the character of Maleficent, from the film—I get the feeling that Maleficent was a rather ordinary, beautiful, soft fairy who, because she was in love with a king (who was knee deep in a war that he was probably losing until she came along and used her powers to help him), BECAME Maleficent–the powerful fairy. Someone who was both very feminine and very powerful (I seriously love the costume for the ‘good’ Maleficent)….she didn’t see that side of herself until it was needed.

    Also–Maleficent’s story is about being in love, and then being betrayed by the person who said that they loved her (whether or not he loved her at all, or just threw her under the bus when he had to choose)….so her character is most likely afraid to be vulnerable again–which is why she’s always dressed up in black, and looks more regal and imposing, than soft and open (when she had her wings)….so I suspect that in the end, Maleficent will find *that* in herself again…to be how she was when she was fighting for the man that she loved…

  14. Sal says:

    Reading the article it appears it wasn’t just his decision, in fact it was advisors and the entire parliament gave it the go ahead. And it wasn’t his fault that the choosing of 2 areas to focus on meant someone else missed out. Terms of reference for an inquiry are always going to have boundaries. They can’t cover every topic in every state or every county or every country. Why doesn’t the victim push for a separate inquiry, one for his county? This is such a bogus claim, which is what that article basically states, if you read it. But no surprise haters who clearly didn’t even read the article which basically exonerates Hague are using that as some sort of proof of something. I think people read the headline and no further.

    • tinyjones says:

      Thx Sal.

    • LAK says:

      SAL: I said the same thing upthread without realising that someone ie you had pointed it out.

      Also, within the body of the article, it states that this particular victim was allowed to state their case to the enquiry and the sitting judge concluded that it was in the ‘realms of fantasy’

      When I clicked on the article, especially given it’s the telegraph, I thought it had substance until I read it. The headline is click bait and the article is the opposite of the headline.

      The people above really didn’t read beyond the headline, as did the person who posted the article to accuse William Hague.

  15. Jayna says:

    It’s the first thing I was going to write, and then I read others had already commented on it. Just once mention the great help you have, cooks, nannies, maid, but most importantly for the children, cooks and nannies I hear a lot of other celebs mention how involved they and their spouse are but they always make sure to mention they are also blessed with a great nanny or nannies, but most are like Angie, rarely, if ever, a word when talking about caring for the children and the logistics of taking care of six kids.

  16. jonB says:

    Let’s hope it doesn’t teach them to be a cheater

  17. gio says:

    Does sound try hard at times, this jolie

  18. LAK says:

    She’s perfect casting for MALEFICENT. I remember when this film did the development rounds, all I could think was that she was the only choice for it. When they eventually got round to her, and she signed, my first thought was, Doh!’

  19. Maggie says:

    So preachy and contrived. This woman needs to get over herself.

  20. fd says:

    Contrast this with the nonsense goop spouts about how much harder her job is than an “office job”:
    “I never want other women to feel as though I do so much and it’s all amazing – it’s not and I don’t. I have a really great partner, who is a great father, and I have a career that allows me to take time off, and my children are allowed to come to my place of work. My children come first and Brad and I pick projects that are a priority because the balance of our home life takes precedence. We sit down and work out the next few years.”