The Leg will not sanction this buffoonery! The Leg will come for vengeance. The Leg judges your wedding. The Leg is jelly because Amal Clooney has great hair. As you can see, Star Mag has moved off of The Old Uncool Triangle and is trying to make The New Uncool Quadrangle a thing. George Clooney versus Brad Pitt. Angelina Jolie versus Amal Clooney. The Leg versus The Hobo Formerly Known as Brad. Etc. According to Star, Angelina is hellbent on making Brad Pitt cry AND disrespecting Amal. The Leg is coming for all of y’all.
When George and Amal Clooney celebrated their wedding for a second time on Oct. 25, there was once again two very noticeable guests missing — Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were nowhere to be seen!
After years of friendship, it seemed odd for the Fury star to miss his old buddy’s wedding — twice! And while he and Angelina were, indeed, filming By the Sea during the original Sept. 27 nuptials, a source close to their family says there’s more to the absence than just work commitment. “They were invited and Brad gave George his word he’d be there,” the insider explains. “But Angie vetoed the trip at the last minute. She wanted to pull a power play and dis Amal.”
Both women are invested in humanitarian work, but the first time they crossed paths, in London on June 12, Angie made it clear that Amal was persona non grata — and even blew her off when Amal requested a public greeting in front of photographers. “Angie feels competitive with Amal,” the source reveals. “She has been running from her past for years, and although she’s done a fabulous job reinventing herself, she continues to feel like an uneducated outsider.”
Of course, the victims in Angie and Amal’s standoff are Brad and George, whose friendship has unraveled in recent years, allegedly due to Angelina’s controlling behavior. “Angie has forbidden Brad to speak to George,” the insider reports. “She’s walled him off from so many of his old friends that Brad is getting fed up.”
Is it even worth fact-checking? Let’s give it a whirl – I kind of doubt that George really expected Brad and Angelina to come to the Venice wedding or the English reception. I think it’s possible George invited Brangelina to the Italian wedding (Brad kind of said as much), but Brad and Angie were legitimately working. As for Angelina going out of her way to disrespect Amal and feeling “uneducated” compared to Amal… I mean, the last time Angelina was in London, she literally went to Buckingham Palace to get Dame’d by the Queen. Angelina literally founded the summit to bring attention to sexual violence in conflict and Amal attended the summit with no drama.
But here’s an interesting addendum to the supposed “feud” – Star goes on to claim that Angelina has no respect for some of Amal’s clients. Amal has represented the king of Bahrain and Muammar Gaddafi’s intelligence chief, plus some other petty despots. And she was once (and perhaps still is?) on the legal team defending Julian Assange. Angelina thinks Amal should represent better clients. And Amal thinks Angelina is a political naïf. What a fancy dispute!
As you can imagine, George Clooney’s rep ran to Gossip Cop to deny, deny, deny this story.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
I doubt that Dame Angie cares about any of this. She has much bigger fish to fry than to waste brain cells on a tabloid feud.
D’uh.
Signed,
Frida_K, the #1 Brangeloonie of the Universe
😉
Spot on! As if Angelina Jolie even has time to stress herself out over this kind of nonsense. Given the nature of her work, family life & charitable/political committments, she couldn’t care less about “competition” from other high profile women. She is the benchmark to whom all others are compared
I wouldn’t quite say that Angelina is the benchmark to which all women are compared. And Amal almost certainly has a better, more nuanced understanding of global issues that Angelina. It is admirable that Angelina lends her voice and profile to so many important causes.
But I will call bs on this feud thing because it is stupid to believe that smart, attractive, capable women have to hate one another. I doubt either of these women have time to beef with one another.
Benchmark? Pal-eeze!
I agree, for the Hollywood press and tabloids Angelina is definitely the Benchmark.
They throw non existent feuds on her all the time and the women names change but the one constant is they use Angelina.
In ten years Amal will probably be a question on jeopardy for the press.
What was the name of George Clooney’s second wife?
Amen to that!
Liza- the # 1 Brangelunatic of the universe
@Sunny – well said. This pitting one smart, hard-working woman against another – and the willingness of people to believe it has some solid basis – does my head in.
I think these kinds of old ‘let’s beat up Angelina and paint her as the wicked witch featuring NEW victim Amal,’ is the very obvious mark of Aniston’s PR flack Huvane. I think it’s designed to demonize her during award season and create a good guy foil for Rachel Green or at the very least stir up nastiness re Angie. Sorry no one can tell me diffetent this is a very old well worn M.O. of theirs.
Ask yourself in what context was aniston talking about grudges and grudge holding and rat poison? Why would she regurgitate her same ol tired yarn she used to blather on about? It’s code for ‘b-b-but they hurt me, feel sorry for me and hate them.’
Expect handler to go in as usual, very soon.
Are you being sarcastic or serious?
In case that was serious, I think maybe you’re seeing Mr. Huvane in a few too many places. Clooney already shot down the so-called feud by pointing out the two women have never even met. These people are simply trying to sell magazines by manufacturing a non- existant conflict now that “The Triangle” has finally been put to rest.
Amal who? ….Clooney…..oh.
Angelina seems real and her vibes are nicer than the smug and snotty looking Amal. Hated Amal’s “Look at my Vagina” dress , the post wedding thing with the flowers on it that was ahhh, too short by a few yards…….
And here I thought that Brad and George only got together to get drunk on their own brands of booze and perhaps throw some money together to produce a flick they like every now and then.
Yeah, I’ve never understood why the tabloids act like those two are so close. I don’t recall ever seeing pictures of them or hearing about them hanging out unless they’re working together.
“Of course, the victims in Angie and Amal’s standoff are Brad and George”
Women. Always ruining everything for men. Can’t live with ’em…
Nice!
@jaderu your comment reminds me of that great scene in Cheers where Norm says “Women, you can’t live with them, pass the beer nuts”. Thanks for the laugh, us women folk are such humorless hags…
eh, realized I don’t care.
Haha- totally.
So true. So sad!
Lol yeah this is pretty stupid
Lolsnort.
This. is. Tiresome.
Two beautiful and accomplished women can coexist; I’m sure they’ve seen the bumper stickers.
Let’s just stop perpetuating that all women are petty and insecure.
The thing that is truly tiresome is it is always Angelina against everyone. All the damn time.. and I remember some people here going on about her being jealous of Amal; based on what.
I read lots of accounts of Angie with other women and their accounts are never this. But the tabloid press has a need to paint her this way all the time.. and she is not that way.
Really? What accounts of her with other women. Angie herself has said she has no friends
Link to where she said that she has no friends
I remember that interview where she said she didn’t really have friends, or that many friends. It was just a few years ago.
Also, AJ more recently said she’d like to have more girlfriends. It’s just Brad and the kids for companions.
Not having many friends is not the same as having NO friends.
She never said she doesn’t have any friends – read further down where I have already commented to this bs.
AJ is such a control freak when it comes to her image, that I find it easy to believe that she’s controlling in other ways. I am not a shrink, but I have to believe that need to control stems from insecurity. Ergo, AJ probably DOES dislike someone as confident and accomplished as Amal.
@Red Snapper How do you know Angelina is a control freak and doesn’t Amal? You must live with her.
@SkinnyFatHunnam and Ainsley, who wrote: “Really? What accounts of her with other women. Angie herself has said she has no friends” … and … “I remember that interview where she said she didn’t really have friends, or that many friends. It was just a few years ago.”
Ladies, you’re both repeating a lie started by Tabloid that took Angie’s comments out of context from a 2010 CNN video interview with her conducted by Dr. Sanjay Gupta. Near the end of the interview, Dr. Sanjay Gupta said that he has also visited refugee camps and so he knows the horrific conditions she has witnessed. He asked if she talks to her family and friends about her experiences. Angie said that she talks to Brad because he’s done similar work, and then she said “I don’t have any friends … pause … friends I can talk to, Brad’s the only one I talk to.”
She wasn’t talking about ‘no friends’ in general, Dr. Gupta specifically asked if she had friends she could talk to about her experiences visiting refugee camps. The Tabloid (I can’t remember which) took the comment out of context intentionally to sale magazines, and people just took that out of context comment and ran with it. People still perpetrate that lie … and I kind of believe it’s the same people posting over and over again under aliases.
Here’s the link to the 2010 video interview Dr. Sanjay Gupta conducted from the CNN studio with Angelina Jolie at a refugee camp:
http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2010/09/08/am.gupta.jolie.pakistan.cnn&iref=allsearch
My question is why does George make it a point to have his rep deny these Angelina hates Amal stories? This would typically be something top celebs ignore. I don’t think it means the feud is real, but judging from the many sycophantic pieces about Amal, I think George wants to act as though everyone on earth simply adores her. And nothing should look to the contrary.
Angelina reports that she has few female friends: http://www.express.co.uk/news/showbiz/288993/Why-I-don-t-seem-to-have-many-women-friends-by-Angelina-Jolie This most likely is the case because she steals other women’s husbands.
I believe that Angelina is very competitive with other women, and it was important to her to show Aniston up sexually. Lots of women do this – they love to steal a man from another woman because it makes them feel powerful. Her beauty and seductive ways are her trademark, despite posing in tragic war photos . She is totally uneducated when compared to Amal, and I believe that Angie fears posing next to Amal because her beauty might be eclipsed!
She has never stolen anyone. Wolfpup get your facts straight. She’s never broken up a relationship, unlike JAniston who stole Justin and broke up a 14 year relationship. Repeating tabloid lies makes you look like a gullible fool. Angelina has proven time and time and time again that she marches to the beat of her own drum, dresses in sack dresses and does not give a damn about being sexy or competing. That is Aniston that needs to steal (3 so far) men and compete and run other women down, and Amal who needs to be a gold-digger. Ange is very educated, so much so she graduated a year ahead of her peers. Ange is the very last person to be jealous or insecure or compete with anyone. In fact, her quiet dignity over the last decade proves she couldn’t give a fark about any other woman. She has always been very secure, confident and self-contained. She has never cared about fashion or style. Oops, too bad the facts show up your delusional fantasy. I believe you are very ignorant and jealous.
There’s no need to compare the two women, but I highly doubt Angelina is insecure about her looks. That woman is STUNNING.
wolfpup, women cannot steal husbands. Brad’s not a purse, you know.
@ Emma
That pause says it all. Angie knew what she said after she said it, then quickly added the addendum of context. It’s fine if her closest friends and confidants are men.
And yes, not long ago, she did say she’d like more women friends.
I like that Angie works to represent victims who have no voice of their own. Her efforts are admirable.
Just pointing out a few things that are perceived to be flaws, does not make a commenter a hater or wrong. There can be different interpretations of the same interview or photo, etc .
@BB, who wrote: “That pause says it all. Angie knew what she said after she said it, then quickly added the addendum of context. It’s fine if her closest friends and confidants are men. … And yes, not long ago, she did say she’d like more women friends. … I like that Angie works to represent victims who have no voice of their own. Her efforts are admirable. …Just pointing out a few things that are perceived to be flaws, does not make a commenter a hater or wrong. There can be different interpretations of the same interview or photo, etc .”
Where oh where is @Mayamae when you need her?? 🙂
This isn’t a Literature class. There aren’t more than one interpretation to what a person says in response to a question asked about a specific issue. Especially when their response is parsed for nefarious reasons. The ‘pause’ says it all?? My question for you is this: Angie did’t just start spouting off about only talking to Brad and not having any friends to talk to … so what question was she responding too?
Folks, the River of Denial runs deep.
@BB, who wrote: “That pause says it all. Angie knew what she said after she said it, then quickly added the addendum of context. It’s fine if her closest friends and confidants are men. … And yes, not long ago, she did say she’d like more women friends. … I like that Angie works to represent victims who have no voice of their own. Her efforts are admirable. …Just pointing out a few things that are perceived to be flaws, does not make a commenter a hater or wrong. There can be different interpretations of the same interview or photo, etc .”
I was interrupted when I typed the first comment and couldn’t edit it properly.
Where oh where is @Mayamae when you need her?? 🙂
This isn’t a Literature class. In this instance, there isn’t more than one interpretation to what Angelina Jolie said in response to a ‘specific’ question asked by Dr. Sanjay Gupta. Especially when the question, and the answer, was related to the topic of their discussion: visiting refugee camps.
Angie’s response was originally taken out of context by Tabloids in order to sell magazine copies. ‘Angelina Jolie says she doesn’t have any friends’ is a great catch phrase and hook to draw readers in. But it is said repeated in 2014 by those who wish to underscore what they perceive as this woman’s main flaw: “She’s a man-eating harpy who doesn’t have ‘any’ friends–especially ‘female’ friends–so I wouldn’t trust her around my man or any man. Just look what she did to poor Jennifer Aniston?? So it’s obvious that she’s jealous of Amal for grabbing attention and is being mean to and controlling of poor, stupid Brad by keeping him away from his BBF George Clooney.”
The ‘pause’ says it all?? Right. Folks, the River of Denial runs deep.
I’d be Angelina’s friend in a heartbeat – so where are they? Her absence from all things Clooney does add additional concerns. I really don’t have anything against Angelina, I just don’t think that her “work” is all that… For example, how hard is it to pose among a sea of tragedy with a great photographer? Also her film about war and rape will not stop it from happening – war and rape is ancient, and has existed together since war began. Can you imagine these warring blood-thirsty men pausing, because of her film about women? That said, as a woman, I certainly would be packing a gun, and would not hesitate to kill a man who was threatening my home and well-being in warfare.. Arming women would be a more potent and effective strategy than weeping over their subjugation.
How has her work affected any real concerns?
wolfpup here is evidence of how her work has affected people. There have also been many people over the years in these impoverished places saying how much Angie has helped. I think these people would know. USNews dot com…..”During her visit, Jolie called on the international community to ensure the implementation of a recent U.N. resolution that called for humanitarian assistance to reach Syrian civilians.
On Saturday, the United Nations Security Council passed a resolution demanding immediate access everywhere in Syria for humanitarian aid. The resolution, which marked a rare instance of unity on the security council, doesn’t threaten sanctions but it does express the council’s intention to take “further steps” if the resolution isn’t implemented.” Jolie walks the walk.
Not OK to have two intelligent woman together, totally OK to have a boring douche as DiCaprio friending other boring dudes.
They should eat a bruger together and talk about politics.
One additional comment: women CAN steal men. It’s pretty easy actually: respect is the greatest deterrent for all parties in all situations. What bothers me the most about Angelina is all of the denial; she is just too precious.
So you agree then that Justin Theroux was stolen (which by default, means JA wasn’t cheated on)?
Brianna – many, many far more influential people were working for the Security Council to pass these measures. A celebrity is not as influential as you believe…she was not the driving force behind this resolution. She is minuscule in this effort (especially as she is an American; also not on the security council; nor did she speak before them). She has far less influence than you believe, except amongst her fans (and Hague) . You are one, and that’s great. Her PR team would be thrilled.
I will never like Jolie, and I don’t particularly like Aniston. Lots of these celebrity women are actually very bad role models. Brad and Jolie only give excuses, rather than accepting any kind of real responsibility for their actions…just lots and lots of fluff. In my opinion, people should break up before they do the dirty with someone else’s husband – it’s so cold not to care about how one will hurt another person – Aniston was devastated for years…I still don’t think that she’s gotten over Brad’s betrayal; it was completely unexpected and she still seems angry. That she turned around and did it to another woman is inexcusable. Theroux is a douche just like Brad. It’s not just the women who are guilty of adultery.
I’m just kind of jaded Brianna. That is okay – my life has been different than yours… Your life can be just as helpful to humanity as Angelina attempts – it will just be without all the fanfare, and perhaps even more touching. I’m sorry that I do not buy all the hype. I don’t mean to pull Jolie down for you – but let me be different. I do wish her and her family well.
Maybe Angelina has a secret crush on George Clooney….she has not liked any of his women – and lord knows there have been a few!
ooooooh. you should write for Star!
or maybe Angelina can see George’s true self or character and that is why she DOESN’T like him and his “beards” i mean, woman!! George is FAKE and a FRAUD and it seems that Angelina can see that!! She don’t trust him!!
I don’t think AJP would care if Clooney was gay, but for the life of me, if Amal did defend those creeps that were mentioned in the article, I can’t see how George Clooney would want to marry her or why AJP would like to go to the wedding.
Shame on you, Star!
(Oops, I forgot – there’s no such thing as shame where there’s magazines to sell, money to be made…)
@CM You just unintentionally came up with a great idea. There should be a mag called Shame Magazine where writers dispel all the made up crap about celebs. It can also have a shame on you section for the celebs that factually have committed a shameful act. Mama June for example, shame on you for inviting a known pedophile into your children’s life.
But seriously I highly doubt AJ really knows Amal and couldn’t care less who George married.
Wouldn’t surprise me, I don’t see AJ as someone who particularly likes other women but I still call b.s. on this story.
“I don’t see AJ as someone who particularly likes other women”
And how do you know this Artimis? You sound like a tabloid reader.
From the horse’s mouth during a UN trip:
“I’ll talk to my family. I talk to Brad; he wants to know as much as he can about these issues and every trip. But I don’t know, I don’t have a lot of friends to talk to. He is really the only person I talk to.”
Women who like women have female friends to talk to, surely?
Which is obviously not to say that she *hates* Amal or gives her a moment’s thought, and vice versa!
Dear Tapioca, where did Angelina say she had NO friends? Not having “a lot” of friends does not equate not having any friends at all.
She clearly stated ” I don’t have a lot of friends” She did not say I have no friends.She was asked does she talk to friends about what she sees and hear on her UN missions .She said No she talks to Brad about those issues.
Brad has also said he doesn’t have alot of friends.
Angie’s decision to build several girls schools ,decision to highlight war zone rape and decision to discuss getting tested for cancer gene…demonstrates how she feels about girls and women.
Jada Pinkett Smith just spoke about how Angie helped her learn more about sexual trafficki ng.
So Angie cares about Women’s Issues like Health,Education,etc.
I guess since she doesn’t focus on Haircare
Oh never mind
Don’t forget to watch Hollywood Film Awards Friday
Bye Felicia
@Tapioca, who wrote: “From the horse’s mouth during a UN trip: “I’ll talk to my family. I talk to Brad; he wants to know as much as he can about these issues and every trip. But I don’t know, I don’t have a lot of friends to talk to. He is really the only person I talk to.” … Women who like women have female friends to talk to, surely?”
First of all, no where in that statement does Angie say that she doesn’t have any ‘women’ friends. Second, you plainly wrote that Angie said she doesn’t have any friends she can talk to about ‘these issues,’ so how in the world did you miss it? Need a refresher?
http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/world/2010/09/08/am.gupta.jolie.pakistan.cnn.html
Really?!? She’s only worked tirelessly to advocate for women’s issues, especially their vulnerability to sexual violence.
She has never been quoted as saying petty things about women or even discussing her own self-perceived superiority in parenting/appearance/beliefs/beauty routine/accomplishments, etc. like other women might do during interviews. She comes across as gracious to everybody.
Well said.
Jada Pinkett Smith talks parenting, describes ‘sisterhood’ with Angelina Jolie and explained why she considers Angelina Jolie a sister in philanthropy.
” Pinkett Smith said.”When I called her about my human trafficking endeavors, she went all in and I really appreciated that because there are not a lot of times that you can call upon people in our business and get serious help.”
“I’m not saying that Angelina and I are, like, girlfriends and kicking it every day, but when you call another woman who’s in a position to lend support to you and she just jumps right in there — that’s sisterhood.”
Just to keep things in perspective, Jada Pinkett-Smith is a Scientologist who employs slave labor.
Oh, Tippy! LOL
Where is your proof of that extreme statement, Tippy?
AJ is good friends with Marianne Pearl.
Yes, and I think she is friends with Gwen Stefani too.
This is BS, but I also feel the need to point out that all clients, even guilty ones, deserve legal representation, and just because a lawyer is representing someone considered “bad” or has done bad things, it does not mean that the lawyer personally agrees with their client’s view/position.
That might be the case but how does representing despots make her a humanitarian, one of such caliber that Angelina is supposed to be jealous of. This kind of stories does my brain in because it is written by women and consumed by women. There is interesting gossip happening in Hollywood that goes uncovered because they bent on making Angelina a Jezebel.
These stories portray women as catty school girls which is awful yet there are people who buy into this sh*t. It is a sad world which we live.
I actually agree with you. This is all silly, and is both a disservice to lawyers, the Angelina, Amal and, most importantly, good gossip!
I was just trying to point out that “human rights” lawyer can mean defense as well, and while that doesn’t make her a “humanitarian” necessarily, it isn’t a negative reflection on her either. As an aside, I wonder if that is why she had so much press coverage re: the Greece marbles thing, to show her “humanitarian” client base. I honestly don’t know the names of the rest of her clients, so I can’t really comment on her actual client base.
Amal can represent rich sleaze bags if she wants to, but I do think it’s telling that it was Amal who wanted the photo op. Looks like Amal is not above taking advantage of the celeb exposure she can get now as Mrs. C.
Well, since the two of them have never even met, it’s pretty unlikely that Amal asked Jolie anything at all. Besides, if she really wants “celebrity exposure”, well…she’s married to Clooney. She hardly needs Jolie around to get her photo taken.
Wow, those straws you are grasping as are gonna break any second, Star Mag. One salient point, though- I myself, an unattraactive peasant in flannel owl pajamas, object to some of Amal’s clents. Maybe AJ does too. But really, this is another piece of fictional foolery.
Seriously, the BS is strong. And I wish I had some flannel owl pajamas! 🙂
I agree, they are grasping at straws.
Honestly, they probably just had the goal of putting both of their photos on the cover, and worked back from there. Created the story to fit the visuals they wanted on the package.
I’m so jealous of your flannel owl PJs.
My cat-covered muumuu can hardly compare.
Kitten, my dad wears flannel pajama bottoms that have mini-English Bulldogs ALL over them–they look just like our dog. I call them his ‘Dani-pajamas’…..
And you are turning me into a cat lady–your cats are freaking adorable….
Why do I get the feeling that it is George’s people planting these stories and then turning to gossip cop to deny like Huvane.
I am so sick of the tabloids pitting Angelina against every wannabe. What humanitarian work has Amal done to get the dame pissed? Why would Angelina greet her in front of photographers, most of her friends like Marianne Pearl were at that event and there were no public pictures.
Good lord – when will the tabloid & Angelina haters stop with this nonsense about Angelina hating every single woman on the planet?
Women who have worked with her and women who have actually met her all say she is one of the most down to earth, sweetest, caring woman they have met.
This woman has close female friendships with Marianne Pearl, Cate Blanchett, Queen Rania, Kathryn Bigelow, Jillian Armenante, Archie Punjabi, Gwen Stefani, Lucy Liu, Hillary Clinton, Naiomi Watts etc these are just the women friendships we know of.
Personally I think Angelina and Amal will get along just fine. Infact they are both intelligent and has interests in politics and probably have wonderful discussions about their views.
So please tabloids – cut it with this stupid fake narrative because people aren’t naive anymore.
I don’t think anyone is hating on her. She may have female acquaintances but said herself she had no real female friends. She’s not an ordinary person, never has been. She comes across as aloof to me, but that’s just how some people are. Truth be told, it seems to me like her mother was her female confidante. They were mirror images of each other and probably her mother understand her the most, and now that she is gone, she is not looking for a replacement. Cause really…nobody can replace your mom. I know lots of woman who feel most comfortable in the company of men, even as their friends. Her life, her choice.
Link to where she said she has no real female friends please.
Actually she never said she doesn’t have any friends.
Infact the full statement she said is that her characters in the movies don’t have any female friends. Nothing to do with her personal life.
The only thing Angelina has ever said about female friendship is that she doesn’t talk to them about her humanitarian work. That Brad is the only one she can really talk to about.
Again as I have written above – these are the confirmed female friendships confirmed by the females themselves.
The link to what she really said: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2073700/Angelina-Jolie-new-baby-I-end-pregnant-mother-6-tells-Marie-Claire.html
http://www.marieclaire.com/celebrity-lifestyle/celebrities/angelina-jolie-interview
I googled and this might be it:
“She especially enjoyed, she says, the opportunity to work closely with other actresses. “It was nice for me to play with other girls; I don’t really have girlfriends in movies, if you’ve noticed,” she says, suggesting that the same is true off-camera, as well. She quickly corrects herself. “Well, I have a few girlfriends. I just … I stay home a lot. I’m just not very social. I don’t do a lot with them, and I’m very homebound.””
It’s gotten twisted around a bunch. It originates in an interview with Marie Claire in 2012.
‘It was nice for me to play with other girls; I don’t really have girlfriends in movies, if you’ve noticed, ‘ she said. ‘Well, I have a few girlfriends, I just… I stay at home a lot. I’m just not very social. I don’t do a lot with them, and I’m very homebound.’
“‘I’ll talk to my family,’ said the actress, ‘I talk to Brad … But I don’t know, I don’t have a lot of friends I talk to. He is really the only person I talk to.’
I think it was just badly stated. I always saw it (perhaps because I’m like this) that she has her best friend–her partner/husband–that she prefers to spend the most time with. They are her closest confidante, etc…But she has friends that she can chat with, go to movies or dinner with, etc..they just aren’t her priority. That given her druthers she’d rather hang with her partner. But it’s become this ‘Angelina has no friends’ ‘Angelina has no girl friends’ thing.
OMG why does it matter so much if she does or doesn’t have friends? Why is “proof” required when people make comments? Once again, I think it’s time for a ball game.
I have to say, I understand exactly what she is saying and I have a much smaller family than she has. If you are not one of these party people, which she doesn’t seem to be, at a certain point you don’t have as many girlfriends that you see that much when you have a family. Time really doesn’t permit it, and you end up doing things with your kids or hopefully your significant other more than anything else. This life is what her and Brad apparently want, as he has said other things to that effect to, especially about George being a great ambassador to his field and it just isn’t him.
I say BS to this story as I just don’t think any of them were that close to begin with. I do have to wonder why all the denials from camp George. Angie and Brad just seem to ignore it and look so much above the fray to me, while George seem marred in the muck to some extent. Doesn’t seem like such a great move.
@Kori …
Your second statement, the one about not having anyone to talk to, was in response to a question asked in a CNN interview conducted by Dr. Gupta. It was taken out of context. She meant about her UN refugee camp visits. See the linked video interview above.
Mrs Smith: Sanjay Gupta CNN September 2010: Who do you confide in? AJ: “I don’t have a lot of friends I talk to. Brad’s really the only person I talk to.”
@ gina – I think the issue here is “no real female friends” vs “few friends.” Angie never said she had no real female friends (which is what you repeated here). In her actual quote, she says she has few friends, which is a different story.
Given that Angie is a writer, producer, director, actress, wife, mother, humanitarian and philanthropist (and Brad is no slouch either) with work that takes her and her family around the world quite frequently, I can completely understand having few friends. I’m sure she and Brad have plenty of industry friends, but the friends they consider part of their inner circle probably represents a small number. Do you ever wonder why news about them doesn’t leak out before they’re ready to share it (see: double mastectomy and wedding stories)? Because they have a trusted, inner circle that has known them for ages.
One of Angie’s closest female friends is Holly Goline, who she’s known for close to 20 years, if not longer. Holly travels with Angie on occasion and her daughter is close with the JP kids. So this notion of Angie having no real female friends is really just a media sound-bite that has been manipulated in an effort to garner click or sell tabloid magazines. It rings false.
Maybe she’s just introverted; there’s nothing wrong with that.
the only thing i took from this thread is that George Clooney has become so sensitive to his public image that his rep responds to every ridiculous rumour/story no matter the veracity of story or tabloid sprouting it.
seriously George. chill.
ignore the h8ers!!!!
hahaha – that was my first thought. Angie/Brad never respond and I thought George never did too but I guess 2014 George will respond to every slight. I love 2014 George – he is so special.
I get the feeling that it is George’s people doing the planting and denying. Amal is about to have her Hollywood coming out during golden globe awards where George is receiving an honorary award, what better way to give her a higher profile than to start a fake war with Angelina, see how well it has worked for Jennifer Aniston.
Itsnotthatserious: it also creates a talking point PR-wise at the GG where Amalooney and Brangelina can be seen to be getting on very well inspite of those beastly tabloids saying otherwise.
I think that Clooney has no intention of being pulled into any sort of a tabloid selling mythical feud. For the past ten years, he’s been very carefully neutral in regards to the “Uncool Triangle” and is making a point of immediately shutting down the tabloid attempts of casting he and his wife in any sort of feuding conflict “a quatre”.
And not to point out the obvious or anything, but the common denominator in all of these stories is Brangelina and not whoever gets cast in the role of arch-enemy. Here, the Star has dissed both women, Jolie is portrayed as insecure and Amal as some sort of media-wh*re begging for photo-ops. Hardly the sort of thing that either side is likely to plant.
The real headline should be “Are George and Brad smart enough to keep up with their spouses”.
In my imagination AJ and Amal are frantically texting each other complaining that if they have to listen to one more conversation that starts with “Babe do my abs look fat in this” that they will freak out.
LOL.
Seems to me that Angelina would be the one with those kinds of problems.
If having a man with shredded abs is a problem, that is…
on another note, Congo has a landmark prosecution of a General for his use of sexual violence and torture during conflict.
http://www.hrw.org/news/2014/11/10/dispatches-first-congolese-general-convicted-rape
ten years might not sound like much, but considering that in another life he might not be prosecuted at all (he was actually a rebel leader who was rewarded with a cushy general gig)… whatever it is, i think this sets a good precedent.
i think this is what the media should be concentrating on. not catty fanfiction. but then again, cats sell.
Thanks for posting this, but it will kill the media to report actual successes because that will go against the image they portray of her. Sometimes I wish she had a publicist but also know that it is so cool that she doesn’t care enough to retain.
This story has made me post in one day what I will normally post in one month.
Angie stated years ago she had no girlfriends. Why would she change now. Personally I feel bad for her, shes beautiful, talented has the love of her life. I have the full package…husband, child, career AND girlfriends from grade school through college. It is very comforting to have friends who are ride or die and I’d be lost without them.
Link to where she stated that please.
you could always get off you’re backside and go looking around yourself! nobody here is you’re PA its a gossip site…
Why should I go looking for something that’s not there? I’m not an idiot, so don’t come for me like you think I’m one. They’re the ones claiming things as facts, so let them back up their claims with some receipts.
I don’t think you are an idiot – I think you don’t understand how unreasonable barking at several points through the thread for someone to ‘give you the proof’
bl**dy angiloonies – I have no dog in this fight dear I just don’t like you’re attitude..
@Mr and Mrs Smith: ignore those people. They always write bs about Angelina and can never provide any link as evidence.
I have added above the link to what Angelina really said.
If you have no dog in this fight, why come after me? Why is it such a bother to you what I write, aren’t I free to comment like everyone else is? Why not ignore me? Or is it because I’m a “bl**dy angiloonie” (nice name by the way, appreciate it)?
If you woke up on the wrong side of the bed, don’t take it out on me, I’m sure there are people near you who would love to deal with “your” attitude.
@Maya, I will ignore them. People read things from tabloids and suddenly it’s the truth and you’re not supposed to question it. Lol.
Mr and Mrs Smith – would you stop making the same comment over and over again? I don’t see how anyone could have such a personal stake in a celebrity. Unless you are getting paid to troll sites as a PR person. I am not being funny – I have a friend in LA who gets paid to do just that — come on websites and defend a celebrity’s “honor” tirelessly. I just think being a jerk about it turns a lot of people off. I actually like and respect Angie but I don’t like seeing pushy commenters on the internet.
I doubt any of this is true. Just some more tabloid fabrication! And it is mean spirited on a couple of levels. One, like you all have said, why do tabloids always pit women against each other? It’s really petty and insulting. Two, it probably hurts Angelina on some level. She has reinvented herself and come a long way and is doing good things. But lots of people with only a high school education who run with very well educated people are embarrassed by their lack of a formal education. I have seen it with people I know and it is a fear that has no merit, lots of very smart people do not have “fancy degrees.” Amal was educated at Oxford and then has a Masters in Law from NYU (ranked #6 in all of the law schools in the US by US News & World Report). It doesn’t get much more impressive, IMO. So, I think it’s mean of the media to prey on what is probably a weak spot for someone (Angelina). I am sure these two smart ladies enjoy each other’s company and have tons to talk about since they have so much in common!
I made 3 comments asking for the links. Just 3. This post has 70 comments as of now. Out of 70, only 3 are from me asking about links. I’m now getting accused of being a paid pr troll. Damn. Lol.
Seriously, people always claim they know someone who gets paid to post comments on these kind of sites. I want that job!!! Someone post that link. Can I pick my own clients or am I like Amal and just stuck with whoever? Cause if I have to say something nice about the Kardashian’s or Real Housewives I don’t know I could do it.
Please post a link (not from a tabloid) that Angelina stated she had no friends.
you are awesome. thank you.
mrandmrssmith, you are not alone. 🙂
Well actually Angie does have girlfriends except her friends aren’t in the tabloids and going to clubs every night. I don’t understand how people took her comment of her saying she doesn’t have many girlfriends to not having ANY girlfriends. Maybe Angelina has actual friends and not just “associates” like most of Hollywood.
“Personally I feel bad for her, shes beautiful, talented has the love of her life.”
don’t forget her six beautiful children, a fulfilling career and humanitarian projects.
yes, let’s all feel SO bad for her.
@doofus LOL I agree. I doubt her life isn’t fulfilled because she doesn’t have any friends. I’m pretty sure she has plenty to do with her time with all the responsibilities she has. She is always busy and I believe with her lifestyle her kids, relationship, and humanitarian efforts come first. So I doubt her world is coming to an end if she doesn’t have any “friends”. Who has actual “friends” in Hollywood? Not associates or someone that just wants to be your friend because you’re famous with cash.
Wow Gina. You sound so cool. Can I touch your hair? Maybe carry your books between classes?
Thank you so much for your admiration. It warms my heart when the towns people want to get close to me. No you may not touch my hair though. My golden tresses are adored by my man only. We do have a library in our home, so if you need some extra cash to buy some St. Angie mags or enlarge your fan club, maybe you could dust my books. How does that sound sweetie.
Angie ain’t got time to hate.
That’s for sure!
Congrats to Amal ,got a tabloid cover for being in a “cat fight “with Angie.I guess next month she will have a red arrow pointed at her “baby bump”.What’s next ,Amal or George cheating ?
Next month tabloids will have Amal joining forces with JennAnniston against Angelina.
But what do Amal and Angelina think about Sophie Hunter?
Hahahaha YES!
hahaha don’t give star any ideas.
Now that’s some entertaining BS! Gotta love the tabloids.
LOL, I guess the Aniston feud got old, so they had to come up with something new.
That said, I’m legit sick of seeing this boring Amal woman in the papers constantly, only because she married a famous actor. Literally. Amal is famous and is getting attention simply because she married a man. I mean, how sad is that. Enough.
Wow that took a decade. Now the only time I want the American attention span to be short is with Amal and George. If this takes a decade to go away just yuck!!!!!
+1000!
Yeah, as soon as I read this I thought “Amal is the new Jennifer Anniston in terms of being Angie’s ‘rival’ in the tabloids.” Except Jennifer had her own identity pre-Brad. I doubt Angie has any interest in Amal, positive or negative. In my mind Amal is a complete “nobody.” There are plenty of women lawyers in the world, some of whom actually DO humanitarian work, but we know nothing about them because they’re not married to a celebrity.
There’s definitely an element of truth to this story.
Now Clooney’s weird press conference to congratulate Brad & Ange is beginning to make sense.
As a daughter of a judge,sister of a attorney and a law school dropout myself, I will defend Amal here for a change! 🙂
Amal’s past,probably ongoing, clientele (Gaddafi, Assange,Sultan of Brunei etc) list makes me uncomfortable too but was she, as a junior attorney (joined the firm 2010), assigned to these cases by the Law firm? Could she have chosen cases herself or chosen not to take them? She speaks Arabic and French, may be that’s why? I don’t blame her if she didn’t have a choice but if she did, she made bad choices on moral grounds. But all of them got to earn for the firm, they don’t work Pro Bono, right?
Now, as Mrs.Clooney, she did take up a good case to defend a journalist in prison in Egypt along with another freshman Barrister Mark Wassouf who also speaks English,Arabic,French.
http://www.doughtystreet.co.uk/barristers
However Angie has every right not to be too friendly with her, I am sure she will be courteous to her when she meets Amal! Their husbands are grown men to do whatever they want to do. I don’t think Brad and GC are THAT close anyway, just hype!
I don’t think Amal needs her career defended, and even if she chose these clients she doesn’t need to defend the choice. Most people who respect the law realize in order for the system to work, everyone deserves a good defense and a just process. I also think in London where most barristers are male and it is a very misogynistic world she has an amazing career path that should be applauded.
My problem is the PR that has been made to make her seem like the smartest person that walked the planet crossed with Mother Theresa. This is George’s fault and I think it could backfire bad. Let’s see.
@Noway – agree, it is totally Clooney’s fault. He’s the one who set out to hype her from the beginning for his own very egotistical reasons, instead of just letting her career/achievements speak for themself. Had he not done this, I really feel she would not be the tabloid target she’s become.
I agree. She was hyped up as perfect, a ‘real’ humanitarian,etc—that’s the only issue I see with her. I don’t think she’s a famewhore, although I can’t understand why she’d marry Clooney of all people. He’s so boring. He comes off as ME ME ME.
Yeah, no.
I want to market an Angelina Jolie Leg Lamp a la A Christmas Story.
As for this cover story, pretty sexist and unoriginal. At least they have them fighting over issues and not boys!
I doubt Amal and Angelina even know each other, never mind hate each other. It has always been the media who pushed the whole George and Brad bromance, I’ve never gotten the impression that they are super close friends. I think it’s more a case of they got on well when they worked together and they’ll chat if they see each other at awards shows but that’s it. I think I remember Brad saying as much in an interview. It was more Matt Damon who Clooney became friends with after the Ocean’s films. So I seriously doubt that Angelina even cares who he married, he’s just a casual friend of theirs who they rarely see.
I agree with everything you wrote. It seems very obvious that Brad and George aren’t close thru their words and actions. I guess that is not a good story!
When Moneyball and The Descendants were nominated for a slew of awards Brad said something about that being the most time they’ve spent together in years. I get the sense if they’re in the same place at the same time they’ll hang out but they’re not going out of their way to see each other.
The old saying, “where there’s smoke, there’s fire,” may apply-just a bit-here. If friends don’t attend a wedding (any of the many George & Amal have had), don’t send a gift and to the best of my knowledge don’t acknowledge/wish the couple well publically, I would say that there is a ‘little smoke.’
Angelina, from what I know of her, is following in her mother’s footsteps as far as her humanitarian work. She has a long record of giving to others in need, hence the title from Great Britain.
Amal, on the other hand, is touted as a humanitarian by media. What has she done? Well, she has represented (on a paid basis for all we know) bad guys. I wonder why she attended the conference on violence against women in London. Has she done any work in this area? Or, did she attend because of the exposure she might have been able to garner riding on the coattails of Angelina? There’s food for thought here and frankly, I don’t think it would be petty on Angelina’s part to distance herself from Amal if Amal (and George’s handlers) used a conference like this to enhance their image as humanitarians.
Lastly, pictures are worth a thousand words and Amal’s continued behavior in front of the camera says TOO MUCH about her and her MO.
i can’t comment on much, but for this particular question: “I wonder why she attended the conference on violence against women in London”
i remember reading somewhere that Amal is actually a member of a panel/group of UNICEF experts advising William Hague on certain issues pertaining to PSVI and sexual violence in conflict.
so, perhaps it is true Amal has never met Angelina face to face, but part their work is connected through Hague and PSVI. it’s like when you draw a Venn diagram and there’s this little intersecting space called Hague.
*) i say here ‘certain issues’ because i cannot recall what the issues are exactly.
Other than signing a letter, among many other signatories in 2013, there is a blurb on the Amal Clooney Style Site stating that Amal-among many other folks-met with Foreign Secretary William Hague in June 2014 to “discuss an end to rape of children in war zones.” I would be appreciative if you would provide a citation on her work as a panel expert. FYI, if you look at the photo in the article pertaining to this on the same site, I find it interesting how Amal appears to be standing away from the group.
oh the perils of timezones. sorry for the late comment.
so i remember reading on one of the presses that Amal was there “on behalf of” UNICEF. i went on to google this morning (my time) and found that it’s actually People who wrote it. and it explicitly said that she was at the PSVI summit “on behalf of UNICEF”.
however, i also read about her meeting William Hague on unicef.org website, and i skimmed through it and maybe i equated the People report and the unicef.org report and muddled them together.
as for any other news site that explicitly linked Amal to any UN expert panel, there’s one linking her to the UN special rapporteur panel for Gaza, which she apparently turned down due to ‘prior commitments’. i read this in a UN circular (pdf on un.org)
so, i think you’re right, in a sense i cannot find any citation made _prior_ to the PSVI conference. (there are many _after_ the PSVI conference stating her role as panel expert, including an article in Jezebel).
however, i’m still curious, because i know i read it somewhere. and Candy Love further down also confirmed reading Amal’s UNICEF panel expert involvement.
i’m so confused, tbh.
Agree.
Brad was ask about the wedding when promoting “Fury” and he congratulated Clooney and said he was happy for him but couldn’t make it because they was filming. According to reports they finished filming last week.
Lower-case Deb is right Amal is/was actually a member of a panel/group of UNICEF experts advising William Hague.
@amelie: You might have a point here. This conference took part not long after the engagement, and people were wondering if Amal would continue with her (humanitarian) work, or just become a 5-star escort to Clooney. Next thing we see is her sitting with a notebook at this conference. There’s always a little bit of truth in BS stories like this. I wouldn’t be surprised if George’s/Amal’s PR are planting that kind of rumor just to keep her name in the game. As for Jolie, I think she wants to stay away from the Clooneys. I believe she can sense their hypocracy. I also don’t think Brad &George are real friends. And in general, I’ve seen proof of Angelina’s efforts, and have no doubt she does want to change things for the better. She’s a self-made woman, trying to use her capacities, and celebrity status, to help real people in need. Amal’s parents bought her the best education possible (yes, I know she had to study herself), and so far, she mainly used it to professionally defend controversial clients, getting payed very well for that.
“Next thing we see is her sitting with a notebook at this conference”
in that power color (bright red/orange) suit that screamed, ‘notice me.’
@amelie: …don’t forget the flowered shoes 🙂
Amal comes from money but she worked hard for her oxford degree. I think she is a highly successful woman and I can understand if other men/women feel intimidated by her. And Angelina also had family connections into Hollywood so I don’t know why you are claiming that Amal only got into oxford due to family connections. The kind of career she has is not due to nepotism, like seen in Hollywood.
@goergana: I didn’t claim that. If she wasn’t at least intelligent to some degree, she wouldn’t have been to Oxford. But you still have to be able to afford it.
So Angie says Brad can’t talk to George Clooney but spending weeks holed up with 23 year blondes in LA is fine.
Thats why this is BS.
Huh??
What are you talking about??
PLEASE EXPLAIN!! (^_^)
Jennifer Aniston is probably relieved that she can finally distance herself from this circus.
I don’t believe this but I could possibly see Angie giving Amal the side eye for some of the clients she represents in the name of “human rights”.
The United States fought a war to rid themselves of British oppression and class systems.
I think most Americans would say “thanks but no thanks” to being Damed or Knighted.
Of course they would.
Spot on, Tippy.
Amal’s client list is disgusting, I’m sure Angelina is not the only one who might shake heads over that.
….. other than that, I doubt Angelina thinks twice about George and his CONTRACT WIFE:
Does anyone know if the have actually met? Maybe they could be friends? Or why not friendly? Most women like most other women, i have not seen proof of the contrary at least.
No that why the tabs print these BS stories because no one knows if they meet. So according to the media there are no “pictures” of them together then they hate each other.
I think the feud and jealousy angles are BS, but I can totally believe that Angelina and Amal might not like each other for whatever reason. I don’t like everyone I meet and don’t know anyone who does. Most of us mere mortals can avoid people we dislike without it turning into bitch-fest. Celebrities obviously don’t have that luxury.
This is BS but I could see AJ feeling insecure around Amal. I don’t get the feeling that AJ is a girls girl either. She may have girlfriends but not that many or close ones. She’s polarizing to me. I just don’t get a warm fuzzy feeling about Angelina even when she’s visiting people devastated by war. JMO
Yeah she needs to be a girl’s girl like Chelsea Handler.
Actually, Amal would be feeling insecure around Angelina. Just as Jennifer Aniston clearly does. Angelina has the contacts, the common touch, she graduated high school a year early. And didn’t have to marry a celebrity just for fame and attention. I think its clear that Amal is a very insecure woman, just like Aniston. I think a girls girl is someone who supports other women and doesn’t fan a vendetta against them. In that, Angelina is actually a REAL girls girl. Not like others that have no true friends, only agency friends, hate charity and are ice cold and self-absorbed.
I admire the work and dedication Jolie has for the causes she has been championing – she did marry three actors, not for attention but it’s where she did meet them, on set. As for insecurity from the other women, I seriously doubt it, each woman has their own, forgive the word, mandate. Each has a focus, as you may belittle each their accomplishments, they are accomplished and successful in their separate endeavors. Jolie is directing, parenting, acting and advocating on behalf of innocent victims of brutality, refugees who are existing in deplorable conditions in camps. The depth of emotions in dealing with these issues, the briefings the information shared about the people who have been horribly damaged by war, displaced and lost. Who could you talk to but someone you love deeply and trust enough to express all the emotions that come with dealing with overwhelming pain and sorrow. I dare say Jolie would not consider it cocktail conversation or share it with a girlfriend over coffee. We all have friends, but who really understands us? The people who love us.
I agree 100%.
Why would Amal feel insecure about Angelina? I don’t understand why many of her fans think every single woman is jealous of her. Most educated people are not jealous of Angelina Jolie. I am sure people who work at UN have many degrees too and they don’t care about her. Especially women/men who went to Oxford and NYU law school, which is considered one of the best law schools in the world. As far as her ‘directing’ she has only directed 2 movies so far and Unbroken is being campaigned big time, especially when there are no reviews or anything. Hype over nothing really.
Oh, please. I mean, at least they did a good job of imagining what the dispute might be. I wouldn’t be surprised if Angelina didn’t approve of all of Amal’s clients, since it is hard for people to wrap their heads around the idea that for there to be a fair justice system, someone has to defend even terrible people. But Angelina has been at this humanitarian thing for awhile. I would really doubt this is the first time she’s encountered someone whose beliefs are different than hers. If she couldn’t manage to work with those people, she wouldn’t be as successful as she has been.
It is awfully hard to have a family, a gaggle of girlfriends, a rewarding career and perfect looks/body. More power to those who can have it all but I sure haven’t figured it out and I don’t have 6 kids.
I don’t believe any part of this story. I don’t think any of these people have any contact or interest in each other besides professional politeness.
Angie has a perfect body? Sorry but I must disagree.
I doubt that brad and george are tight good friends. The public and the media like to believe that but as you can see with liv tylers interview from yesterday, the most celebritys are colleges, you say hi and media claims they are best friends. What if brangelina reelly went to this wedding? Would the focus be on the bride and george? I guess this was also an issue. Who wants to take the attention from the bride? I dont think angelina would want that. I think with 6 kids, your not anymore invited like before you had kids. I absolutely dont believe that angelina has aproblem with amal.
“I mean, the last time Angelina was in London, she literally went to Buckingham Palace to get Dame’d by the Queen. Angelina literally founded the summit to bring attention to sexual violence in conflict and Amal attended the summit with no drama.”
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Since when has it become that one must be a member of Mensa to receive Damehood by the Queen of England? And BRINGING attention to sexual violence, does not necessarily constitute someone with a college degree! Seriously, with her name recognition, because she is a celebrity, not a hard thing to do.
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Jolie has all but stated she has no girlfriends, besides Marianne Pearl, is a homebody, not very social and really only talks to Pitt. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that however, it does speak volumes as to her character. It tells me that she is a VERY insecure individual. So yes, I can see her being threatened, on an intellectual level, by Amal Clooney. Jolie has never seemed very bright to me!
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Jolie has NEVER stated or even hinted she has no girlfriends, on the contrary. She has several TRUE friends, not agency ones and THAT is a testament to her character. I think having no real true friends and only agency friends that your publicist forces you to associate with, tells more about the character of someone. Someone who has a handful of true close friends is much better off than someone who has NO close friends, but many associates. If you want to talk about not very bright, at least she isn’t a bimbo that effed her way to the top and ‘thinks thoughts’ and has no morals or sense of social justice whatsoever. Angelina is also very very bright. This is widely known. Its not even in dispute, even with the haters. Which is why I can see Amal being threatened of her. Amal, like Aniston, is all fluff and no substance.
I don’t know either woman or what their personalities are like but I think it can be stated objectively that possessing an Oxford degree, attending a top law school and working in a most prestigious profession do not make a person “all fluff”.
Why would she be threatened by Amal?
She work with people like Desmond Tutu, Tina Brown, Zainab Bangura, Janine di Giovanni and many more for years. Janine di Giovanni for example is a Award-winning author and journalist and consultant on Syria for the (UNHCR) and a Senior Policy Manager/Advisor at the Centre for Conflict, Resolution and Recovery for the School of Public Policy at Central European University. So what make Amal such the special snow flake that Angelina would be threatened by her and not the others?
Stop with your logical thinking. Some people are invested in thinking the worst of Angelina and nothing will shake them from that position. Methinks they’re projecting their own feelings of intimidation on to Ms. Jolie
By the way, this is what Janine DiGiovanni had to say about Angie.
https://twitter.com/janinedigi/status/530103548328292352
Yep, it doesn’t go along with the image her fans have created for her, but I do think she’s a bit insecure. She’s said so herself.
“Oh, God, I struggle with low self-esteem all the time! I think everyone does. I have so much wrong with me. I’m odd looking. Sometimes I think I look like a funny muppet.”
She also said, “I remember being really nervous, thinking, she’s such an intelligent European woman – what are we going to do together?” about meeting Mariane Pearl for the first time, so I can see her feeling intimidated by Amal. That said, i don’t believe a word in Star.
Who wouldn’t be nervous when meeting someone your going to be playing in a movie that’s not being insecure.
Star is the worst! The funniest thing to me about this is the glaring typo on their cover. It reads “Jealously” when it should read “Jealousy.” They really are a bunch of idiots at that magazine! If you’re going to publish fiction, at least spell it right!
Nice catch!
If they can’t a little thing like spell-checking, especially when they get their hot little hands on an ‘exclusive’, then it calls everything into question!
Oh, yes. Confident, powerful, successful women.
So of course they must be cat-fighting like preteens. Hurrah for the ingrained sexism of popular media.
In other words: What a steaming hot tub full of BS.
Both of them need to eat a couple hamburgers and chill the f*ck out.
But seriously I don’t care about either of these two.
Lol
We all have a bunch of friends when were young, but when you get older, it changes. When you have 6 kids and travel all the time and live mostly in france, how do you manage to have many friends? I dont have many girlfriends just a few an thats enough! I dont need 10 or 20 girlfriends. How can you trust so many people? I had bad expieience with friends in my life and i dont trust easily anymore so ive learned my lesson. Its better to have 1or 2 reallY good friends you trust then to have 20 you dont. And people i go out from time to time i dont call good friends. Angelinas good friend is her assistant and shes close with the nannys. I think especially in hw there is a lot of jelousy around, i dont believe that many stars are true friends to other celebs. Most of them act like it for the paps. Aniston says hi to gwyneth and the media claims they are good or best friends? As if gwyni would ever be friends with the ex! Some pics for the paps, hi hi you look lovely and thats it.
Thw whole cover is misogynic s*it. Just look at the Swift-Martin story. Of course Taylor is a man eater and cannot without a new guy…
Star´s definition of womanhood: catfighting, going after men and dieting
Amal is fluff and not even in Jolie’s league. It says a lot about someone’s character that they have to have the most papped wedding and their own mother gleefully stating how famous they are now. Representing rapists and despots also says a lot about her character. Seriously all Amal is, is a gold-digger. She doesn’t have the intelligence or the international respect Jolie does. Her behaviour shows how insecure she is. Like another ex-sitcom who paps herself out and ices her nips for attention.
It says she is a barrister doing her job. It says she works within a legal system that recognises that even dubious characters still have the right to legal representation and a fair trial. Well meaning celebrities undertaking humanitarian work are just not equipped do do the type of work done by highly trained and skilled lawyers .
Nor are lawyers equipped to do the work that UN Diplomats and Special Envoys (NOT just ‘celebrities’), the sensitive and highly trained work they do, either. Lawyers are a dime a dozen. They cannot do the work Special Envoys do, no law degree equips you for that.
You must not have much concept of just how difficult it is to get into Oxford if you’re calling this woman fluff, unintelligent and insecure. She’s got zero to be insecure about, she’s smart, she has her own career, she’s beautiful and she just married one of the world’s most eligible bachelors.
Why bother feeding the tabloid BS by perpetuating a non-existant feud and dissing Amal just because The Star is trying to stir up magazine sales?
A note on the whole celebrity/UN thing. You’re overestimating the involvement. These people, regardless of who they are, do not get “special training” nor do they have any impact on policy, nor do they have the skills that are necessary to even think about doing so. Their jobs are very simply to help bring certain causes to the attention of the public and to attract donations to help those causes. It’s a shame to see the contributions of the real heros, those who spend their careers on the ground often in rotten places lumped in with making public appearances in the name of x,y or z cause. This is not to diminish the good that celebrities can do, in the role they are asked to play. But seriously…do you really think that Jolie or any of the rest of them would have been capable of organizing, putting into place and running on a daily basis the feeding of practically the entire country of Afghanistan under the Taliban?
Different skill set. Be a bit realistic here.
Well put Alice.
This is a different example to the special envoy one but I heard a doctor on the radio this morning who has been sending dispatches from Sierra Leone where she has been treating Ebola patients. This work is dangerous and heroic but is not high profile. I’m sure that if an A List celebrity was to make an appearance in an Ebola clinic it would be front page news all over the world and bring attention to the cause.
You shouldn’t be so logical. Angelina is a special snowflake on this site and everyone knows her personally and she is perfect and a saint. 🙂
@SunnyD
I kind of suspect the government of Sierra Leone isn’t in any big hurry to have a celebrity bring light to what’s going on there. Mostly because they’re lying their *sses off about the gravity of the situation. It’s much much worse than they’re letting on. Three weeks ago, I got info from a colleague who has a personal business contact there. They were stopping between 50 and 100 infected people A DAY at the airport. Sure maybe some of them were the same people over a few days, but can you imagine how much it’s spread since then? Some estimates are putting the death toll at 2 to 3 times the offical count.
@Holly
Just wondering–were you the same one that I ‘talked’ to on a few threads some months back–you said you were pregnant? If you are–great to see you back. I wondered where you went.
I think Angelina is not in Amal’s league and Amal is not fluff. You think getting into Oxford is like easy? Or even NYU law school? Getting into Hollywood due to a famous parent like Jon Voight must be easy. Amal is smart, beautiful, and she doesn’t need George Clooney to help her out in any way. You must not be very well educated like Angelina then. I think people on this site, espcailly Angelina fans, are against every woman here and feel the need to compare them with Angelina and make them look bad. I don’t understand why you have to tear someone down in order to make your idol look good. And about the Un Special Envoy, those jobs are usually given to people who have degrees but Jolie got it due to her star power.
So I guess Amal is the special snowflake now!!! People are entitled to their own opinion, so I am going to let you have yours but I am going to be a bit of a devil’s advocate. First some celebrities do play more substantial parts in their humanitarian efforts than just publicity. In addition to Angelina Jolie you could add of today’s celebrity, Bono, Matt Damon, Sean Penn and even Mrs. Clooney’s husband among the list. Their celebrity may get attention which improves the cause not belittles their sometimes substantive organizational efforts. Sure they may have other people do the labor, but so does the head of the Red Cross, the UN or an any non-profit organization.
Second none of you have ever met anyone who made it through a prestigious University, and you couldn’t figure out how they got in, and then you realize family connections, money, etc. Or are you all still delusional enough to believe that the admission process to Universities are fair and equal, especially in Britain where the system is seriously rigged to the wealthy and upper class.
The NYU law school thing just bugs me too. Yes it is a top 10 US law school, but as she went for an LLM not a JD and had a degree from Oxford in law, NYU would most likely automatically accept based purely on Oxford’s reputation, and you wouldn’t even have to take the LSAT’s as technically her four years at Oxford count as a law degree. All she really had to do was get into and complete Oxford, no small task, but again there are some people who get there with connections and money and aren’t the smartest in the world just well connected. I also don’t think President George W. Bush would have made it at Yale if his Daddy wasn’t his daddy. Not saying all this is true about Amal, never met her, but could see how someone could think that.
Well, if Amal were part of the British upper class (ie: nobility) or came from a family who had more money than they knew what to do with, it would possibly be understandable to think that, even if the admissions process in the UK is completely different than that of US universities.
Clearly however, her family situation is neither of the above. Trying to minimize her to a “piece of fluff” based on possible conditions that don’t exist, sorry but let’s call it what it is…mean girling. I don’t see why anyone even has to go there, just because The Star decided to pitch a non-existant feud to sell magazines.
We got:
Fluff
Gold digger
Not intelligent
Insecure
Not respectable
Media-wh*re
Of poor character
And for good measure, a lumping in with the ex-wife along with nip comments.
And all of this as a reaction to something that is complete fiction, since the two have never even met. An article in which Jolie is slagged off as an insecure vindictive control freak who has isolated Pitt, while Pitt passes for a spineless Caspar Milquetoast, Amal needing to beg for a photo-op, oh and poor George and Pitt being victims of Jolie. Can we just not feed the tabloid beast by playing into their fictional BS?
I don’t buy these sorts of magazines, but I’m wondering if this isn’t just some big CYA on the part of The Star. How many articles did they print claiming that Pitt would be Clooney’s best man, or that Brangelina were definitely attending the wedding etc? Anyone know?
Who besides her clients and law assoc. would know Amal without her Moviestar husband.
She can have all the education in the world and she still was wooed by HOLLYWOOD Star and THAT is the ONLY Reason the press even cares about her.
Amal’s client list is disgusting, I don’t think much of that woman.
I doubt Angelina gives her much thought.
Can we talk about the spelling mistake on the cover of the tabloid?
For some reason I picture the fallout going something like this:
*ring ring*
“Hello?”
“Hello Angie, it’s Amal! How are you darling?”
“Wonderful, and you?”
“Lovely, thank you. I just rang to let you know that we’re feuding again.”
“Really? How tiresome.”
“Yes. It’s The Star this time.”
“Well, the children have been asking for a pet bird. Now we’ll have something to line the cage with, I suppose. Thanks for the heads-up! Good luck with the hearings next week.”
“Thank you, best of luck with the rest of the shoot. Cheerio!”
Sorry, I’ve had too much sugar and needed an outlet for the excess energy I suppose.
Lol love it.
Being a Human Rights lawyer makes you a humanitarian as much as being a divorce lawyer makes you a marriage counsellor.
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Uh, yeah. More lawyers than not spend their time trying to circumnavigate laws rather than adhere to them. And as between Ange and Amal, my money’s on Ange as far as the promotion of actual humans’ actual rights. Amal has just become an uber-rainmaker for her firm thanks to her marriage, and a mouthpiece for her husband vis-a-vis whatever he thinks is important. Meaning, it’s more about clients who can pay and about image than anything. Unfortunately, it’s generally only the baddies who can afford Doughty, which doesn’t do much to promote her image as a do-gooder.
I don’t get that vibe from Ange. Whatever can be said about her demeanor or her ability to make/keep female friends or whatever, this much is obvious to me from her films and her humanitarian work: She cares deeply for people who have been hurt by war, by injustice, by the machinations of power structures that leave broken people in their wake.
I just don’t think you have to have education/training in order to make a real difference or to somehow validate you as a real agent for change. You just have to care, or at least look like you do, and then put your money where your mouth is.
LOL!! Brilliant!
If you go to the World Relief Fund website and read their information on Angelina’s dedication to helping that goes back to 2001, you really get the sense that it is mission for her. I don’t know what her educational background is, but she has shown great heart in helping humanity.
Now as far as Amal’s charity work…
Funny, gina. Who is ‘St Angie’? And how many Hater Club newsletters does your library contain? Ange has never said she has no girlfriends, lovey. Saying “I don’t have a *lot*”, is COMPELTELY DIFFERENT than “I don’t have *any* girlfriends”. If you have to lie, then you’ve lost before you’ve even started. Getting one’s facts straight is important. She has had a few friends that we know of for decades. The friends she has are genuine. Much better to have a handful of real ride or die friends like she does, than a whole bunch of superficial acquaintances. The friends she has are genuine and true, not fake like so many others. That, is the difference.
@Brianna. The word stan comes to mind reading your comment. You’re as loyal as a puppy to a broad who doesn’t know or care that you exist. Keep it real honey.
Well she doesn’t care about the loyal haters either.. But it never stops them from posting.. and I’m sure you never comment on their constant attacks.
funny how it only works when it is a fan commenting.
I see the FFers are bringing over their endless topics of conversation and putting them in their comments. Never get why those crazies don’t stay in their sty..
Well said Lisa2. 😉
Since when does having alot of female friends make you a good person or not having any make you a bad person? I like people, consider myself a decent person, but as an introvert and busy working person (who is also a mother and wife), I have very few friends (outside of work) and mainly spend my downtime with my family. Sometimes I wish I had a few good girlfriends like I did in college but when I find the older I get it is harder to make the connections and the time.
Amen! Why does the number of friends, male or female, determine your worth as a human being? Besides, STAR would be accusing Angelina of sexing her friends, male and female. She just cannot win with some people.
That’s what I don’t understand. I’ve never grown up with the idea that you need to have a ton of friends (let alone FEMALE friends) to be a woman. I mean, the thing my mom taught me the most was that it’s great to have friends, but who’s going to be there for you in ten years? Your family. I have two female friends. I don’t think I need to get a gold star because of it, or be burned at the stake because I don’t have a whole gaggle of them.
And how many celebrities are known by their friendships? Very few–and the majority of them are known because they’ve worked together…like Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. Who’s to say that Angelina’s best friend isn’t her sister in law? Or her brother? Or one of her cousins. An aunt. We don’t know. But I fail to see how Angelina, or any other person–MAN or WOMAN–is a woman/man-hater because they don’t pose for the paparazzi weekly with their friends. Or talk about them in interviews.
This whole conversation is ridiculous, and it shows a whole lot about a person when they say that a woman is a bitch because she doesn’t have any female friends based–true or not. Wow.
Angelina as admitted on several occassions that she doesn’t really have any female friends – and I kind of get that. She travels predominantly in the Hollywood circle, which is over-populated with vacuous, self-serving women. And speaking of vacuous, self-serving women – that pretty much describes every single one of Clooney’s past “girlfriends” – so I can see (and understand) if over the past 10 years, Angelina has somewhat discouraged Brad’s friendship with George. Afterall, you are known by the company you keep and Angelina has been trying very hard (and succeeding) in rehabilitating her pre-Brad reputation. That said, I’d have thought Angelina and Amal would be natural friends. Sure, I could see Angelina perhaps disapproving of some of Amal’s clients, but she is a lawyer who works for a law firm. She doesn’t get to pick her clients; they are assigned to her and, as a professional, she isn’t at liberty to refuse (unless she wants to hang a shingle and start her own practice).
Angelina admitted that she doesn’t have many friends she can speak to about her UNHCR work not in general.
These stories are so f*cking sexist and I refuse to feed the sexist troll by commenting.
Yes it is and I see there trying to start something with Taylor and Jlaw.
It doesn’t cease to amaze me how Amal has become such source of gossip material when she hasn’t even given a public interview.
Besides that, anyway… this is Star magazine. Nothing, absolutely nothing they say is to be taken seriously.
Amal & Angie: Why they hate each other. Why? Because Star magazine says so, that’s why. They can’t even spell jealousy correctly before printing their magazine cover, so sloppy journalism is apparently all they aspire to. This story doesn’t need to be taken with a grain of salt, this is just pure fabrication that a blind person can see a mile away. Star should at least try to make up a story that’s halfway interesting even if still unbelievable, such as it’s actually Brad and George that hate each other and Brad forbids Angelina to contact Amal.
Yup. SSDD (Same Sh*t Different Day) from Star.
Who knows this story can have a basis in reality – Angelina is not necessarily known for all of her female friends. No judgment just a fact of life – some women just get on better with men ….
Would just like to add that non-pro-Angelina comments are being deleted. 🙂 Thought this site was supposed to encourage healthy debate? The comments section looks SOOO biased. It’s beyond. Carry on, then.
C’mon, peeps, Clooney’s PR is totally behind this. He couldn’t engineer Brangelina at his circus wedding to get AJ and Amal together for pap shots, so he’s throwing them up on the ‘bloids with their heads together. All he wants is to see his beard wife in everyone’s face or linked with celebrities to jack up her image so it looks like he married a somebody instead of the spoiled, entitled, rich girl NOBODY that she is.
WE HAVE A WINNER….Spot on Santolina.
Clooney’s Peeps have been practically begging for a Angelina presence somewhere near them and Angelina is not playing with George’s beard CONTRACT Wifey.
Amal’s client list is disgusting a lot of people may repelled by that, though, but I doubt Angelina gives George or Amal much though.
Bitch fest 2014
The arguing over AJ’s character, friends, lack of, being controlling, etc is ludicrous. None of us know her – like not at all. Reading articles and watching interviews do not make anybody know her on a personal level no matter how personal the questions and answers. Its seriously dilusional to believe you know anything about her feelings or motives. You don’t.
I enjoy reading gossip and my version of current events but its simply entertaining. I see people on here getting all worked up BC they’re getting emotionally invested and in what? Tabloid fodder? That’s crazy. This stuff is conjecture at best and flat out lies at worst. ..definitely not anything to get fussed up about.
I hate Amal, too, but I doubt Jolie has the time on her hands like I do to give two sh!ts one way or the other.
I hightly doubt there is any sort of feud between the two. Brad and George may be friends (kinda) but that doesn’t mean that the wives have to be best friends anyways. That being said, I find it hilarious (seriously, I laughed) at some of the comments here that while defending Angelina they then turn around and bash Amal. Can two women not co-exist? Can two women be successful in their own right and in different way with out it turning into a competition?
This is so fake. They probably too busy to hate each other.
You’re too much, Alice. Could you be any more obvious? Doubtful. Get real. You’ve been all over this board doing spin and damage control. Yes, Clooney did have this story planted. Amal is exactly as she comes across as in the media and it’s not very pretty. Unless she’s been photoshopped of course. Lol.
I’m not spinning anything. The two women have never met. Ergo, they aren’t feuding, Angie isn’t insecure about Amal, didn’t control freak Brad out of going to the wedding and the begging for a photo op never happened.
I don’t personally know Amal and I imagine you don’t either. You’re perfectly entitled to your perception, I happen to disagree, an opinion that I believe i have every bit as much right to as you do yours.
If that’s being “obvious”, so be it…
Alice, et al.:
There’s no doubt that either someone utilized mega PR hype in the introduction of Amal and marketed her on an ongoing basis. IMO, they went too far and created an Amal that didn’t exist. Why? Who knows? But, would the public react to obvious manipulation of the truth about Amal? Absolutely. I put the blame for the negative comments right back where they belong-George, Amal and whoever else took part in this nonsense. FYI, there are other prominent people who marry accomplished people (quietly). They live their lives (quietly). That’s not what happened here.
plus…..10000
George would be a pretty rotten husband indeed if he threw her into the deep end with no help or warning, knowing exactly what was coming. Obviously, he wasn’t about to hand the press a list of her faults and any indiscretions she may have had. No one does that. That doesn’t really mean that the good points they are highlighting aren’t actually genuine though.
Amal who?……oh yea..Clooney.
Never trust ANY woman why admits to having ZERO female friends.
‘Nuf said.
This story comes directly from Clowney’s incredibly lame pr camp. So desperate to have his fugly scrawny PR wife’s name used in the same sentence as Angelina Pitt-Jolie. He’s a phony, not very bright and seriously afraid that people will figure that out.
Yea – whatever he’s gotten himself into with this Amal Alamuddin person, they are perfect for each other. I can’t believe that he is actually going to stand up on another stage and accept another human
This story comes directly from Clowney’s incredibly lame pr camp. So desperate to have his fugly scrawny PR “wife”’s name used in the same sentence as Angelina Pitt-Jolie. He’s a phony, not very bright and seriously afraid that people will figure that out. Whatever he’s gotten himself into with this Alamuddin person, they are perfect for each other. Unbelievable that he is going to actually stand there on a stage in front of the entire world and accept yet another bought and paid for humanitarian award.
“Unbelievable that he is going to actually stand there on a stage in front of the entire world and accept yet another bought and paid for humanitarian award. ”
Ain’t that something? Now, I ain’t no expert on humanitarian thangs, but I sure would thank that them folks (doctors, nurses etc) who are in Africa fighting Ebola are the ones who should get a prize. Just shows what them awards mean…nothin!!
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” but I sure would thank that them folks (doctors, nurses etc) who are in Africa fighting Ebola ”
I would too.