Brad Pitt flew to France alone to get away from Angelina

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Another tabloid, another Brangelina split story. This one centers on a trip Brad Pitt took to France last week. Brad flew to Marseilles alone, leaving Angelina and the kids in New York. In Touch Weekly even has a quote from an airport employee, “What could he be doing in France that’s so important that he couldn’t be with his kids?” Thank you, humble airport employee, for chiming in. Now I’m wondering if every airport employee thinks it’s somehow sketchy when someone is flying alone. Like, “Why is that man carrying a briefcase and flying to Chicago? Doesn’t he have children?”

So, why was Brad flying alone? According to In Touch, the formal reason was to check on renovations to their castle. Of course. That’s the excuse I always use. Nevermind that they’re only renting the French castle, so Brad doesn’t really have the right to make renovations. Why ruin a good cover story?

But of course, Brad really left town because he “needed time away” from Angelina. You see, things haven’t been great between Angelina and Brad. The tabloids know this because “the couple hasn’t been seen together publicly since February 25”. Because that’s how it works in tabloid-ville. If you haven’t been photographed together for a few weeks, then you’re splitting up.

After having a heated argument with Angelina Jolie shortly before Easter, Brad flew thousands of miles away to Marseilles – alone.

“What could he be doing in France that’s so important that he couldn’t be with his kids?” airport employee Marie LeGrand, who spotted Brad on April 9, tells In Touch.

According to a friends, Brad’s excuse to Angelina was that he needed to check on renovations being done at Chateau Miraval, their $70 million mansion near Aix-en-Provence. But privately, Brad confided to the friend that he needed space “and time away from her.”

As In Touch has reports, Brad, 45, and Angelina, 33, are fighting so much that they aren’t even sleeping in the same bed. And the couple hasn’t been seen together publicly since February 25, when they took their kids to see The Lion King in New York City. “That must be very confusing for the children,” Dr. Gilda Carle, author of the new e-book 99 Prescriptions for Fidelity tells In Touch. “All of this instability is unhealthy. They need to see their parents together.”

Brad is becoming more disconnected from Angie every day. She’s been busy filming Salt in New York, but in the rare moments she is home, “She scream nonstop at him,” a pal reveals.

Brad resents her because he’s been playing Mr. Mom to Maddox, 7, Pax, 5, Zahara, 4, Shiloh, 2, and twins Vivenne and Knox, 9 months, for the last six weeks. “He’s absolutely burned out,” his close friend explains. “And he’s tired of picking up the slack for Angelina.” But Dr. Gilda says that running away is never the answer: “They have to communicate their feelings” before it’s too late.

[From In Touch Weekly print edition, April 27 2009]

One of my biggest peeves about tabloid reporting, and for that matter, the “medical” community, is the habit of bringing in a “doctor” to chime in about what’s wrong with a celebrity they haven‘t treated. It’s unethical for the doctor, and perverse and cheap for the tabloid. And did anyone else pick out the flaw in this good doctor’s logic? Dr. Gilda Carle says about Angelina and Brad not being photographed together, “That must be very confusing for the children… All of this instability is unhealthy. They need to see their parents together.” So, if Brad and Angelina aren’t photographed together by paparazzi, their kids must not be seeing them together anywhere. A-plus, Dr. Gilda, you moron.

Obviously, this isn’t the first time the tabloids have all joined together to declare an end to Brangelina. The biggest pile-on was the summer of 2007, when every tabloid was declaring the couple were splitsville. As it turned out, they were fine. Is the split actually the case this time? My opinion is no, but I’m sure a lot of people will buy into it hook, line and stinker.

Here’s Brad Pitt at JFK airport on April 8th on his way to catch an Air France flight. Images thanks to BauerGriffinOnline.

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  1. lilred says:

    Geez…people do travel separately.
    They aren’t joined at the hip or anything. I suppose If they had taken the kids it would have been fodder for the “the kids are unsettled and need a stable home” folks. They just can’t win.

  2. V says:

    Wow…please tell me that in these hard economic times that NO ONE is actually spending money to read these rubbish??? They just want to see them out and about and I hope that Brad and Angie do NOT give them that satisfaction. This is just absolutely ridiculous. I said it before, someone needs to get sued so the others can take heed. Brad and Angie are single-handedly keeping the tabloid community afloat. They might as well profit from it. Ugh!

  3. Wow says:

    It makes more sense for him to go alone because Angelina is still filming and the kids are more than likely enrolled in some form of school.

    I doubt there is anything bad going on in that relationship. Its just more convenient for him to have made the trip alone. Traveling with that many kids is no easy chore.

  4. Zoe (The Other One) says:

    This is a crock.

  5. V says:

    lilred====well can’t you see the obvious that Brad and Angie are siamese twins? D@mn them for having to travel separetly to go take care of sh!t. WTF is this world coming too?

  6. Maritza says:

    Big deal he is travelling alone, good for him. He deserves some time alone. That’s why they pay the nannies to do their job. He doesn’t have to be with the kids all the time.

  7. Sauronsarmy says:

    I love when they use those “body language experts”. ZOMG they aren’t smiling in this picture! They’re totally breaking up!!!1

  8. Jojo says:

    The Dr is saying all the fighting and sleeping in separate beds is what is very confusing for the children and causing an unhealthy instability.

  9. Chiara says:

    For my personal amusement :). If it sells they print it.

    (Looks like they’re still selling 🙂

  10. Larissa says:

    Hi?

    Brangelina again?
    yadda-yadda-yadda

  11. Teresa says:

    I agree with WOW and Zoe.

  12. cee says:

    Why can they just leave them alone. Brad and Angie have a great family and all these stories say that Angie was screaming. Excuse me but can anyone ,other than people who believe that she is her movie roles, picutre Angie screaming at Brad. NOT!!!!!! Brad has said a million times she is the sweetes, she has the biggest heart. WHy do the tabs try so hard to make a bad story.

  13. kap says:

    I’m a fan but something does seem to be up with them. Her going to NY with the girls while he “allegedly” had the boys in Vegas (no pictures, just eye witness accounts) was a little strange. Neither of them look happy these days. I’m not hoping for this. For the kids sake I hope it’s not true, but can’t shake the feeling that something is up. There was a rumor about a month ago that they’re both lawyering up, too.

  14. lol says:

    “Brad resents her because he’s been playing Mr. Mom to Maddox, 7, Pax, 5, Zahara, 4, Shiloh, 2, and twins Vivenne and Knox, 9 months, for the last six weeks. “He’s absolutely burned out,” his close friend explains. “And he’s tired of picking up the slack for Angelina.” But Dr. Gilda says that running away is never the answer: “They have to communicate their feelings” before it’s too late.”

    Funny how they don’t say this when Angelina is at home and brad is working. If he can’t handle his children he shouldn’t have become a father.

  15. lol says:

    kap, that rumor of them “lawyering up” is from a site that says Angelina wants to date Obama. Do you believe that, too? 😆

  16. vicsmith says:

    Can you imagine the battle if the “lawyering up” is true? Brutal. Hope for the kids sake it is a crock.

  17. really says:

    Why do these blog writers dismiss Every bad/negative rumors about Brange but believe negative rumors about everyone else?

  18. Nony says:

    How is that theory going that when she films a movie, she’s the bad guy?

    The rags do always seem to come down a lot harder on her than on him..

  19. anna says:

    They haven’t been seen together for almost 2 months ZOMG!!

    All this means is that the biggest stars on the planet CAN go unphotographed when they want to. EVEN in New York City.

  20. kap says:

    No,I don’t. Thought I heard it from Casablanca’s site, but he was probably getting it from the one you refer to. As I said, hope it’s not true for the kids sake.

  21. Kait says:

    Maybe it’s me but I can’t see Angie screaming at Brad really. I can see her doing the quiet, controlled voice that conveys just how royally pissed off she is, but I can’t really see her screaming.

  22. PJ says:

    Maybe he’s looking for a French kid to adopt.

  23. ash says:

    “hey angie can you quit filming Salt and come with me to France real quick? thanks.”

    dumb tabloid story.

  24. Ryo says:

    How can they “not look happy these days” when we haven’t actually SEEN them? Seriously, we see Angelina on set and a set of pictures of Brad in an airport. Do you expect him to be throwing confetti as he walks? It’s just more tabloid bullshit. It’s kind of sad actually, how many crap stories pop up when they’re not promoting something. Of course when they are promoting something their words are getting dissected by every blog out there so it’s a lose/lose.

  25. n says:

    guess these 2 must fight — he’s mentioned it in the past when he was speaking about how short life is — too short to be fighting with her.

    some couples like to fight. it keeps the fireworks in the house.

    how long has this think lasted so far?
    maybe it’s getting old for them. who knows? one thing is true — staying a couple is not easy for anyone.

  26. debra77 says:

    Boy this site is slow.. this story made the rounds almost 2 weeks ago.

  27. wrenee jordan says:

    this is a piece of crap… Brad loves angie and for anyone to spread rumors about somebodys relationship that aren’t true we all knows what that means………..they don’t have their own to judge.lol

  28. Mairead says:

    Now now Debra, you know as well as I do that trolling for silly Brangelina stories comes second in Kaiser’s duties after guarding Empress Z’s Holy High Altar of Pinkness 😛

    The Empress is a tough task-master you realise 😯

    I just have one observation on the story – I can’t believe that they’re the real names of the people quoted in the article.

    Marie laGrande – name altered to protect the dim?

    And I know for a fact that the name on Dr. Gilda Carle’s birth cert is “Captain F***king Obvious” 🙄

  29. Anne says:

    French press said he was there checking on modernization renovations to Miraval as family will be there this summer, also while there he did some publicity/interviews re IB for Cannes, then left Friday nite to spend Easter holiday with his family. Also said they have bought a lot of furniture for Miraval. This was reported by same site he gave twins birth info to, very reliable journalists, not a tabloid. Every time they are not seen this same tab lies are repeated year after year. How sad to me that anyone would believe anything in a tabloid that does not even know where they are living in the NYC area. LOL

  30. kris says:

    A-plus, Dr. Gilda, you moron.

    Haha!

  31. lol says:

    Kap, I visit his site pretty much daily and I’m pretty sure he hasn’t said anything about lawyering up. I’ve only read it on the one site that also says Angelina wants Obama, Angelina wants to put a restraining order on brad, Angelina wants to divorce Brad, and the funniest lie he’s come up with is…wait for it….brad got a sudanese refugee pregnant. 😆

  32. martin says:

    I agree with the 2nd poster these tabloids need to be sue by these stars to make them stop with the lies.

  33. Bodhi says:

    My husband & I don’t fight; when one of us is pissy, the other calls ’em out & we talk it out. My folks don’t fight & neither do my in-laws and both couple have been married for more than 30 years. Fighting is not necessarily normal

  34. to kap says:

    kap, Just Jared had pixs of Brad in Las Vegas 2 months ago in Feb with their 2 oldest boys while Angelina had the girls (and twins) in NYC for a few days prep for SALT. Brad and the boys flew in on a Wed from LA and out a day later back to LA. Later was said that he went there to arrange a casino nite fundraiser for Cannes in May for the Dafur charity he and Matt and George support. The tabs know nothing about this family, they make up stuff all the time especially if they are not seen for a while, this happens every year. It is almost impossible to sue under US laws, poor very sick Farah Fawcett had her medical records stolen and sold to the National Enquirer by a hospital worker who is now in jail but her lawyers told her it would be wasted money to sue that filthy tab.

  35. Rita says:

    How would any tabloid know if this couple was fighting when they don’t even know where they are living? How could anyone believe tabs know what is happening with these people? Couple of weeks ago tabs said they were living in the NYC Waldorf Hotel in separate rooms or beds or tents or splitting or whatever. Recent sightings have supposely seen them on the North Shore of Long Island, Brad taking the kids to school, Brad Angie and the kids at Borders, and so forth. Paps are chased on Long Island they are not welcome to harrass people like in LA. Paps and tabs are just mad and lying because no money pixs for weeks. Good for Brad Angie and the kids.

  36. Tanis says:

    Brad said in interviews last year that he and Angelina do not fight. He also said how much he loves her and their kids. Angelina also said in interviews last year how much she loves Brad and their kids, and that she does not like to be away from him. I would rather believe their own words than those of rags that routinely lie about everyone and everything. The only tab I ever read is People because they have articles that have real people saying what they want to say in their own words. Any tab that has unnamed sources and unnamed bystanders, or paid medical people making analysis by gossip, signals LIES to me. This family has been together now since 2005, when they manage times out of the public for weeks the tabs repeats the same lies about them year after year. How anyone with any intelligence can fall for the same lies all the time is beyond my comprehension.

  37. K-Ci says:

    Calm down, Kaiser. The status quo will still go.

  38. Jill says:

    LOL I remember the tabloid assault in 2007 very well. That was when they said Brad was going back to Jennifer and taking Shiloh with him.

  39. Amy says:

    I don’t understand why people believe tabloids. Their stories never make sense. Saying they brokeup because they haven’t been photographed together is stupid. Other than redcarpets events Brad and Angelina are barely photographed in the first place. Except for set pictures Angelina hasn’t been seen at all. Brad only a couple of times with the kids. I also don’t get why the tabloids basically say Angelina is a neglectful workaholic for doing a movie for the first time in a year but say nothing of Brad who did 2 films in a year. Who goes to France for 2 days just to get away from somebody? Wouldn’t it make more sense for Brad to go to LA or New Orleans to do business instead of a foreign country to do nothing?

  40. hermit crab says:

    angie + brad = disaster. Wake up. these 2 are total narcissists. sooner or later, the “rumors” will prove to be true. Ange needs a new conquest, someone she can take away from a rival. that is how she operates. same with julia. they have to prove they are more attractive, cuz they’re terminally insecure, as are all narcissists. get a clue. these are not normal people, so stop acting like they are.

  41. lucky star says:

    Aren’t most celebs narcissistic, though? You don’t become famous and stay there because you are the unselfish type. Some of them are functioning narcissists (able to get out of “me, me, me” mode to save a relationship), while others are beyond hope. Neither one of the Pitts have good track records in relationships so far. But, Angie does keep in good contact w/her exs. So, if they split, I don’t think it’ll get that ugly.

  42. eternalcanadian says:

    *yawn* so what else is new in the brad-angelina saga? nothing. next!

  43. heima says:

    is there a migration and/or a transplant of brains from just jared to celebitchy.com?
    why in the world every positive story about those two jerks is true (and is as unfounded as the bad stories if who says this story is a friend or an unknown insider) and a bad story is unthinkable and blasphemous?
    people, couples fight everyday, why should they be special?
    just because they are beautiful, rich and famous and you worship them they can’t argue or be separated for a while?
    that’s just stupid.

  44. Larissa says:

    @heima: agreed!

    some people think they are so above the truth, it just makes me laugh! they see movies, red carpets interviews and all of a sudden they know EVERY single trait of their fave celebs personalities and their intimacies!
    Not saying the tabloids are right, but c´mom, only a minority of stupid and ignorant people take gossip seriously
    to the point to get offended by it!
    That´s what people read in waiting rooms before getting their canal treated! Disposable reading, that´s what it is!
    For what I care, Brangelina could kill eachother with a stample….lol

  45. danyelle says:

    They are not together anymore, it will be annonced this year. You will see.

  46. Jill says:

    Kap, just for the record, Ted Casablanca has been predicting Brad and Angelina’s imminent separation every week since 2005.

    If you want to know how crazy the rumors are getting, there is a website called iuc.com or something like that that is devoted to Angie-bashing. Among their recent gems is that Angie is planning to run for president in 2012 and is asking Bill Clinton for campaign advice.

  47. jennifer says:

    I HAVE to know what a stample is!!!

  48. maritza says:

    I found this article about Angelina and Brad and I wonder if it’s true? http://www.showbizspy.com/article/184157/angelina-jolie-offers-brad-pitt-90m-for-custody-of-kids

  49. Enonymous says:

    Hey celebitchy, why did you take down my comment (which was perfectly acceptably and not at all rude in any way) when it was already posted? Have you heard of freedom of speech. That was not cool what you did.

  50. Jane says:

    Brangelina Story + Kaiser = Bias.

  51. twokids2 says:

    Oh, I wish it was true. I would love to see Angelina getting dumped for once. But I am pretty sure Brad will never dump her. I don’t know if he has ever felt like dumping her or not, but he will NEVER leave those kids. I have to give her credit for how she managed to have lots of kids to keep Brad. Now, both of them have to live the rest of their lives together not standing each other. Well, that’s what they deserve…each other.

  52. truth-SF says:

    twokids2, what makes you think that Angie had all those kids to trap him, when it was clear since Brad was married to Jen, that he wanted at least 7 kids, and Jennifer responded with “he would be lucky if he gets 1 or 2”. B&A only have six now, so i’m sure he won’t think about quitting until he has his 7 or more.

  53. Jill says:

    Okay folks, this is how I see it.

    I’d estimate that 85 to 90% of the people who actually purchase or subscribe to the tabloids are Aniston fans. The tabloids are in deep doo-doo. Some of them may fold before the year is out. They are desperate to please their customer base and stay in print. So they give them what they want to read. And what they want to read about is rumors of Brad and Angie’s imminent break-up. Never mind that these rumors have been periodically recycled several times a year ever since 2005. The tabloids couldn’t care less what kind of lies they print, as long as the lies continue to sell their magazines.

    These are people who wake up every morning praying that today will be the day that brings the wonderful news that Brad and Angie have split up, and cry themselves to sleep every night after that doesn’t happen. So any rumor of trouble in Brangieland has them slobbering with joy. So what if the rumors are built on sand or fabricated out of thin air; people will believe what they want to believe.

    Meanwhile, Brad and Angie are living their lives with their children and probably laughing their heads off at all the lunacy in tabloidville. But don’t tell that to the Aniston fans. Why take away their last hope?

  54. twokids2 says:

    Truth-SF, I reached that conclusion after hearing AJ saying in an interview that she would NEVER be pregnant, that she will ALWAYS adopt, and then PUFF she gets pregnant with BRAD’S liquid. How convenient, isn’t? Yes, Brad always wanted kids, so that’s why she gave them to him…TO TRAP HIM!!!!
    Surely he will never abandom them.

  55. debra says:

    twokids2

    I’m sure you want to believe that Brad was trapped by Angelina. Truth is this man wanted this woman. Wanted her so badly that he traveled the world to pursue her. She said very early in her career that she wanted to adopt and would only adopt.. Then she met a man who she saw as a great father and changed her mind. She did not get pregnant by her self. Brad was there every time to help.And I am sure he had a great time doing so. She said during the Changeling PR that she AND Brad decided to try and get pregnant while she was filming. So again if there was a trap Brad walked into with eyes opened wide. Hell he even helped build the trap. Stop this silliness of trying to say that Angie has kept Brad with the children. He obviously loves this woman very much. I see him happy and content with her and their kids. All their kids. So deal with it and stop all the Brad got trapped stuff. IT DID NOT HAPPEN. And children to not keep a man with a woman when he wants to leave. Look around. Men leave their children everyday. Women at least grownup women know that having his child does not mean you can have him too. Grow up..

  56. heavenasia says:

    I agree Debra and anyways Angelina did say that being with Brad changed her whole perspective bout becoming a biological mother.

  57. Josephina says:

    Debra–

    Bravo, very well said… and thank you.

    Twokids2–

    How did you miss all of the interview excerpts of Brad before and during his relationship with Angie where he repeatedly shares his monotonous point of view of having lots of children?

    Did you miss the interview last year where Brad states that it wasn’t until he was with Angie that it felt like a “natural” progression to have children? In the same interview he described with marriage to Jennifer as running its course and coming to a “dead end.” This interview was completed shortly after Jennifer Aniston made comments in either Vogue or Vanity Fair that Angie’s comments were “uncool.”

  58. Jill says:

    twokids2:

    A grown man over 40 doesn’t get “trapped” in a relationship unless he wants to get trapped.

    If you thought you never wanted to have a biological child and then you fell in love with a man who loved you and very much wanted a biological child, would you change your mind and give him a child? Most women would.

  59. Zoe (The Other One) says:

    Are we STILL talking about this?

  60. Pufft says:

    The short of it: with no NEW Brangelina pictures (together), the tabs have to make up stories about the couple to sell their product. It’s no secret, anything with Brangelina sells faster than sliced bread.

  61. Cheyenne says:

    The tabs are bad enough but some of the web sites are completely off the wall. Case in point: http://www.ianundercover.com, posted by some guy named Ian Halperin who claims he is an award-winning reporter for The New York Times. This guy is a certifiable nutcase. His most recent post about Brad and Angie is there would be a big announcement the Monday after Easter that they had formally split. He’s posted numerous updates after that didn’t happen. He also said that Brad and Angie were secretly married in an unnamed foreign country two years ago, that Billy Bob Thornton is suing for full custody of Maddox (the child he never wanted in the first place), that Angie is demanding Brad take a DNA test to prove he is the father of Shiloh and the twins due to the impending custody fight, and that a “stunning Somali woman” (unnamed) is four months pregnant with Brad’s child. Oh yeah, and Angie wants to be the first woman president of the United States so she is planning to run in 2016 and is asking Bill Clinton for advice in running her campaign.

    This bullshit would be laughable if it weren’t for the fact that thousands of people are ready to believe it.

  62. chasm says:

    I think these “doctors” should be reported to the AMA. If you’re smart enough to get through med school, why are you wasting your career on celebrity commentary? such a sad comment on our culture!

  63. twokids2 says:

    From my point of view…he was trapped!!!
    I said he wanted children and she gave them to him and by giving them to him SHE TRAPPED HIM!!!
    It’s not that different as what many other women do, only that this is public, that’s all. And by having lots of them she makes it harder for him to run away. I also said that he WILL NEVER leave those children, as he loves them.
    For me, is is a tramp. But again, that is my opinion. I respect that for you she is a saint. That’s all, a difference of opinion.

  64. Erica says:

    It’s no mystery why ‘Brangelina’ have not married. I predicted long ago (as if anyone cares) that Brad was in way over his head and that the union would not last. IMO, Angelina wanted a baby machine and she got one. All Brad does is follow her around like a puppy or hired help.

  65. Raunnie says:

    It is in Brad and Angelina’s interest for them to be featured by the tabloids, it maintains their popularity, even when they are not doing projects. Same goes for Jen Aniston and John Mayer. If the tabloids did not feed the interest, these people would fade away. On the other hand, that cool lady Susan Boyle deserves Brangelina-Johniffer like attention because she is a genuine talent; her amazing performance will lead the way for undiscovered talent to be found. Susan Boyle has more beauty than Christscreamstra Aguilera, Faith Shrill, Shitney Houston, Taylor Pain, or Celine Dion and on and on combined.

  66. Josephina says:

    Twokids2-

    Are you a mother? If so, the father of your child/children, is he considered “trapped” as well?

    How about ALL of the Hollywood actresses that had babies with the man that they live with? Are they all trapped too? Here are some examples:

    Nicole Kidman
    Halle Berry
    Naomi Watts
    Salma Hayek
    Demi Moore
    Julia Roberts
    Isla Fisher
    Cate Blanchett
    Susan Sarandon
    Reese Witherspoon
    Uma Thurman

    Some of these women are married, divorced and/or with their baby’s daddy but not married. Do the fathers of these chldren seem “trapped” to you?

    Or is it because you see Angie as a tramp, you do not see her worthy of love? Is that it? It is clear that Brad loves Angie AND their kids, period. It is also clear (please read earlier posts) that Brad and Angie made a JOINT decision to have and raise adopted AND biological children TOGETHER.

    I do not see Angie as a saint. She cannot be because she is human and we are all sinners. I think she is an uncommonly and strikingly beautiful woman. I find her goodwill and global perspectives close to outstanding. I see Brad and Angie pursuing their lives together and building a large, beautiful, multi-cultural family. It definitely is not your average story of falling in love and having 2.5 kids.

    Their love story is quite intriguing, which is the reason why I believe so many stay tuned.

    Is it possible to have problems in a relationship? Absolutely…but don’t we all deal with turbulence in our relationships?

  67. debra says:

    People love to bring up Angelina’s past.cutting which she did when she was 14 years old. Drugs late teens.. And even though I did not like her relationship with him.. She was married to BBT. and Married to Johnny Lee. I would love to know the name of all the men she is proven to have had a relationship with while she was a SINGLE WOMAN not the men the TABS say she was involved with.. like millions of other women who date and yes sleep with some of the men they are with. This is no different the Drew, Cameron, Jennifer, Halle, and countless other women who enjoy the company of men. I don’t hear them being called tramps and so forth. If you are single you can be with anyone you want to be with. That is the freedom of being single. She was married to two of the men she was involved with. Both marriages happened when she was under the age of 25. Yes she was very young. Drew has 3 marriages under her belt.. Halle two. Sad that all the other women I mentioned have had more proven relationships then Angelina. Yet they are considered as pure as the driven snow. I am a fan of hers for many reason. And I don’t consider her a Saint. I consider her a woman who has been honest about her life. Maybe too honest since her honesty and truthfulness has been used against her. We know so much about her life because she has shared it. Narrow minded people find it difficult to accept that she has made life changes because they could not see themselves doing so. But she and Brad seem to have found in each other their other half. No they are not perfect. But I for one love the imperfectness of them and for me that the draw. I appreciate that she is showing young people that the choices and yes mistakes we make when we are young does not determine what our lives can be. We can GROW UP and become aware of more then just ourselves. She is an example of someone who has done that. NOT a Saint.. Just a HUMAN BEING who deserves the right to change and not have her past thrown in her face all the time.

  68. Camille says:

    Well said Josephina and Debra! I couldn’t have said it better myself and I couldn’t agree with you both more. 🙂

  69. RAN says:

    “Just a HUMAN BEING who deserves the right to change and not have her past thrown in her face all the time.”

    Um… Debra.. use those words when you’re criticizing Jennifer Aniston for saying she wanted babies – or for whatever bandwagon of insults you jump on over JA. You’re the first one to put down JA for changing her mind or being “human” – not to mention the criticism heaped on her when she changes her attitude about things/life in general. Sounds a little hypocritical to me.

    Josephina, not to engage you, but… those women you list ARE practically pure as the driven snow – compared to Angelina Jolie. Most of them went about their lives in a clean and decent manner. Call it what you will, but AJ has made her bed and people don’t care for her. People don’t hate her because she lives with BP, people hate her because she’s sanctimonious and is just as much a pr machine as every other Hollywood actor/tress – yet she pretends otherwise.

  70. To Ran says:

    Call it what you will, but AJ has made her bed and people don’t care for her. People don’t hate her because she lives with BP, people hate her because she’s sanctimonious and is just as much a pr machine as every other Hollywood actor/tress – yet she pretends otherwise.
    …………….

    You’re using the word ‘people’ very loosely. You mean, JENNIFER ANISTON fans HATE her because blah, blah, blah, yet she pretends otherwise.

    Yes, JA fans are people too, but you’re making it sound like AJ has more haters than fans, when in fact, it’s the opposite.

    I think she, all of hollywood and the average Joe (me included) has accepted that you can’t win them all over. People are always going to hate in a crowd of admirers.

    And don’t generalize. YOU hate her because ‘she’s sanctimonious’, while others merely hate her for BREATHING.

  71. heima says:

    I’m not a jennifer aniston fan but i can’t stand angelina jolie and above all i can’t stand brad pitt (even before the golden combo called brangelina), therefore your opinion, To Ran, is a little incorrect.
    i can’t consider myself a hater, i use to read those gossip articles because they are funny, and most of all the funniest thing is the way the worshippers get mad when the gossip is bad.
    it is funny, but when the fans turn to loonies is really really creepy. same thing as for the haters.
    i’m here to make fun of them because IMHO they are just ridiculous, and I can freely assert that RAN is right when she/he says this:
    “People don’t hate her because she lives with BP, people hate her because she’s sanctimonious and is just as much a pr machine as every other Hollywood actor/tress – yet she pretends otherwise. ”
    amen.

  72. To Heima says:

    So, you’re basically saying you fall under the ‘I hate her for merely breathing’ category, right?

  73. Mave says:

    Brad fly, fly, fly far far away!

  74. RAN says:

    Quit switching your name like a coward. At least Heima and I use one name and stick to it.

    No, I am neither a fan of JA nor a ‘hater’ of AJ. In fact, I actually used to be fairly interested in AJ before the Billy Bob Thornton and macking on the brother incidents. The fact of the matter is as I stated it – call it generalizations if you will. However, I will point out that you are a bigger coward and a person who generalizes to assume that people who don’t like AJ are ALL JA fans. Get your facts straight.

  75. To Ran says:

    Silly me, I thought it would be redundant to address Heima as ‘To Ran’.

    And, excuse me for naturally assuming you’re a JA fan. You brought up her name on a post that had ANSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with her. You felt the need to defend her against the likes of Debra – or the fact that you knew Debra doesn’t like JA to begin with – just screams JENNIFER FAN to me. My bad.

    If your support for AJ was so flimsy to begin with that you confuse a peck on the lips with ‘making out’ (or macking out – your choice) than it wasn’t there to begin with.

    So, in actual fact, you a Jen fan that changes spots to suit the weather. Dear say, I feel more sorry for JA having you as a fan than AJ ‘supposedly’ loosing you as a fan.

  76. RAN says:

    Whatever loser. How does one respond to someone who doesn’t even have their own identity. Once again, I never said I was a fan of either person. You’re obviously obsessed and a bit crazy. Nice commentary though… I typically know how to avoid the looney bin, just not which looney to avoid (IE – you).

  77. To Ran says:

    Here’s a tissue for you to wipe off the saliva around your mouth. Why are you foaming on me like a mad dog? Clearly I hit a nerve.

    I know your kind all too well. You go on the defense with name calling (looser? Looney bin? Is that the best you can do?) when someone calls you out and challenges your opinion. I’ve dealt with your kind before, the kind that is unable to string together a cohesive paragraph and intelligent come-back when red in the face.

    Would it have made a difference if I told you that I normally go by the name of Cactus? Because, if you haven’t already noticed, RAN, over 90% of posters on this blogsite use aliases.

  78. Josephina says:

    RAN-

    I comment on a post when I see a disturbing amount of hate/slander aimed at someone and it usually cannot be justified. It is bad enough to have a negative disposition toward another human being. What’s worse is when you are seeking the company of others to join in your witch hunt and you disguise it as “sharing an honest opinion.”

    Defamation of someone’s character is cruel behavior and no laughing matter. Some of you feel that this is nothing more some light-hearted banter, a joke. If you saw a child behave this way, it would be apparent that he/she needs to stop. When an adult does it, he just appears as he is, wicked (double-minded.)

    RAN, you have expressed your opinion as cleanly as possible, but it is still a rotten thought. Sanctimonious? That’s rubbish… Humility and compassion are much more suited words to describe her character. She has seen extreme poverty and human suffrage in a manner that most of us will never get to see nor understand. These experiences have affected and influenced who she adopts and how she leads her life. She knows that the misguided hate aimed in her direction is irrevelant compared to the REAL hate that exists in the world.

    Her global experiences have clearly humbled her. Angie has achieved a multitude of highly acclaimed and very aggressive accomplishments at a young age. She is still moving strong as a mother, life partner to Brad, and humanitarian/refugee activist.

    Your comments are similar to one admiring the beauty of a Bentley; then, you approach and comment about the dent on the side.

    The other actresses that I listed in the above post? Well, NONE of them have achieved what Angie has achieved. This type of extraordinary luck and favor only comes from being blessed and living life in a certain way.

    What I admire about Angie is that she gives back to one community, the global community (and not just the U.S.) She maintains a focus on the forgotten people of the Third World Countries. Her global perspectives are exemplary and should be copied. That is, of course, if you have the courage to love of ALL kinds of people and not just the ones that are just in your neighborhood, your extended family, or who look like you.

    Can any of you raise a child that is not biologically yours? How about a child that is outside your race or culture? Angie’s desire to raise biological and adoptive children together as a family is based on love and not on a bet to collect kids all over the place.

    Angie’s fame has been put to good use: she brings attention to our undeniable tolerance to extreme hate, violence and human suffrage around the world. Regardless of the size or nature of her role, she plays it with strong determination. There exists a higher order involved, and some of you are too spiritually bankrupt to undertand.

    When you become more spiritually in tune with how the universe wants you to serve, then and only then will you be able to understand the likes of Angelina Jolie. Based on the choices you make in your life, you may or may not get there.

    Until then, most of what she does will seem outside your realm and be deemed “crazy” or “freakish.”

  79. Hieronymus Grexx says:

    I went across the street to the deli to eat a sandwich once, I guess that means I hate my wife according to the logic of this headline.

  80. celandine says:

    Yeah Josephina, yeah! I’m sure AJ cares about the planet and she’s not just “buying a stairway to heaven”. Funny how all her charity work is so public. Funny how the first thing her newly-adopted children see is the phalanx of photographers she’s brought along. Funny how she can travel to an environmental conference in a private helicopter. Funny how she can criticise governments for not doing enough for refugees when she’s living in a house costing more than their entire humanitarian budgets. Funny how such a “humanitarian” showed such “humanity” to Jennifer, Laura, Melanie, even her own father. Funny how she never took that year off she promised Pax. Funny how she can wear million-dollar jewels to the Oscars whilst children starve.

    Honey, if you’re gonna claim it, you damn well better live it, because otherwise you’re, y’know, a HYPOCRITE.

    You gotta love the loons…

  81. sonia says:

    Laura I know you dont mean Lara Dern who broke up 2 marriages Billy Bobs 4th marriage and Ben Harper’s marriage.Are All celebs hypocrites wearing jewels,staying in expensive hotels, living in mansions flying in private planes.Working when they have enough money to last a lifetime rather than staying home to raise their kids. I include Kate,Cate,Uma,Salma,Hedi,Reese,Julianne,SJP and all other the actresses with children in Hollywood. They are all selfish hypocrites