In this week’s Us Weekly, “sources” make a bold claim: Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt “WANT to adopt a little girl from Syria.” The source is a “pal of the pair” and this pal says the adoption (or the want of an adoption) is “in the works.” Not surprisingly, Brad Pitt’s rep shut it down to Us Weekly and to other media outlets. People Magazine went with a denial from “sources close to the couple”:
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt will not be adopting from Syria, multiple sources confirm to PEOPLE.
The couple, who have six children, have been rumored by multiple outlets to be expanding their family with a Syria adoption, but sources close to the couple say it is “totally false” and “absolutely not true.”
But! People Mag notes at the end of their story that they asked Angelina last December if she was planning to add to her family and she said: “Not at the moment, no. I don’t imagine so, but something could change tomorrow, so I don’t know.” Which makes it sound like it’s not so crazy to suggest that Brad and Angie aren’t done completely, right? That they still think about it. Here’s the problem with the “adopt a Syrian girl” story though: Angelina knows well enough that it’s really difficult to legally adopt refugees in conflict zones. Like, it’s a legal quagmire. It’s not just popping into a refugee camp and grabbing a kid.
And here’s one more interesting little note – Us Weekly briefly discusses Angelina’s work with the UNHCR and says that her focus in the coming years is going to be more politically focused and “Her dream is to be an ambassador.” Like, appointed by the president to a live in an ambassador’s mansion in some country? I could see that, actually. Although becoming a United States ambassador would probably mean she would have to withdraw from her position at the UN.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
I think someone (on here) has also said that Syria doesn’t allow adoptions by US folks?…
I’m not sure if this has changed given the current state in Syria, but it had been that as a Shari’ah law country, Syria did not recognize or provide for adoptions of Muslim children. Also making it difficult is that (again) because of the upheavel, children may be separated from their parents but may not be available for adoption since they may have living parents/relatives etc.
thanks for the info, Ab!
All I have to say is that pic of her grinning at Brad is pretty darn adorable.
Are you trying to stir something up, or do you actually know something®?
I know, for a fact, that a guy who knows a girl I once bought beets from said, that Angie and Brad, were in fact, fighting via letter just 5 minutes before this pic was taken.
Take it to the bank sister. Fact.
I think this is probably the best pic of them EVER:
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/03/03/article-0-1BFF6FF500000578-898_634x855.jpg
@Kiddo
Ah, now I know how you work. Clever. Is that KIDDO trademarked as well?
Such a beautiful pic. I love the way he’s looking at her. 🙂
Agreed. Its so sweet. They look really, truly in love in that pic.
OOoh look, in that top photo she’s writing an argument letter to Brad, in the field!
/s
Ah, Kiddo, I love you–stirring the pot with your tinfoil hat FIRMLY on backwards. Or forwards. Does it matter?
It’s actually a dress code here at Radar online.
Dress code, Smesh Code. The KIDDO is above such things.
Kideaux, I want to internet marry you.
Ceramic cockatoos, Bill Murray in a boat, or the deal’s off!
Where’s mimif? We can have a double wedding complete with Comet Sophie’s, CAKE, and tinfoil hats (backwards) as wedding favors.
And the entire 6-day event shall be sponsored by Casamigos tequila.
Fake Baby as flower girl!
one of you has to wear beige booty shorts or we’re not coming.
I’ll wear the booty shorts! People say I have the luscious legs of Larry Bird.
I get to be the Squinty Bride……
Lol
I thought Syria forbade foreign adoptions. I was sure we discussed that a few years ago.
Yes it is. The UN called out the last story from a couple of months ago which said they were adopting a little boy from Syria as being false.
Last month the tabloids had them adopting a baby girl from Ethiopia.
What credentials does she have to be an Ambassador, maybe its different in US but in my country you would of had to study political science or something similar and have been in government office for a number of years before even being considered.
It depends on what kind of ambassador. To be a U.S. ambassador you need a bachelor’s degree. Some ambassadorships require an exam and a medical exam.
Do George clooney need degree to run for office? as everyone is saying, so stop saying she need degree to be an ambassador, she can run for office or be ambassador as well because she is a diplomat as she been with the UN more than 10 years now, I want to point out as well she has more experience than clooney in term of politic because of her work with UN she met more president & PM than clooney
@Fa You should reread what I wrote. To become a U.S. Ambassador you need a bachelor’s degree. Other ambassadorships don’t require a college degree. They only require an oral and medical exam. I did make a distinction between the ambassadorships.
None.
Shirley Temple was a US ambassador. I don’t know if she had any degrees or previous government jobs. I’m just stirring something up.
Ambassadorships are known to be political plums. Sometimes diplomats are appointed and they have some prior political knowledge and education, others are just prizes for big donors, ie Shirley Temple and John Gavin who was Ambassador to Mexico under Reagen and Joe Kennedy was Ambassador to the Court of St. James, the biggest prize, under Roosevelt. So, there are examples of getting a nice post because of who you are, who you know, not what you know. At least Angelina has some international credentials and has worked in the international political field.
ahh John Gavin! The guy from Psycho. I forgot he was one too.
Agree with you on Angelina. If anyone would fit in and make a perfect ambassador, prior politics or not, it would be her.
Well you raise a lot of money for the president and you can be an ambassador..a couple of them confirmed last year knew absolutely nothing of the country they were going to..same old..paying a political iou
She’s an actress. She’s attractive. She went to Syria six times. She wants to be an ambassador.
It’s a done deal. The Culture of Celebrity, where you don’t have to actually know stuff about the world, you just have to have a famous name. But they certainly aren’t going to send a dilettante like her to a hotbed of activity – probably to someplace cushy, that we are friends with. Otherwise, she might do or say something wrong, and cause issues. For the hotspots, they send people who went to college and grad school and studied political science and economics and geography and languages and…well, you get the point.
(And I’m not surprised she wants to be an ambassador – of course, it’s all about her in the end. Beautiful houses, great guest lists and parties, can pretend to be changing the world.)
You obviously don’t know much about Angelina. She isn’t just a Goodwill Ambassador, she is a UN Special Envoy, and a member of the Diplomat only Foreign Council. You also don’t seem to know that far from ‘cushy’ places, she has been to war-torn countries, on the ground, putting herself in danger. She has written a book on her work in the UN, has written OpEds for various publications, and is well-educated and well-travelled. Nothing is about her, she is selfless and has shown over and over that she cares nought for the glitz and glamour. She goes to the dangerous parts that other celebs don’t. Perhaps you should read up about her, instead of assuming the worst of her. This may be a good start: http://www.unhcr.org/pages/49db77906.html
Now that adoption or surrogacy (if she froze her eggs) are the only options, these will pop up more and become a tabloid source of tension. There has to be a reason for him to “storm out and ride his motorcycle down the Pacific Coast Hiway”.
Syria has shariia laws and don’t allow adoption out of country or the Muslim religion, so if they just did a bit of research, they would know it was not even possible. According to the Australian tabloid, it was a boy from Syria and then some other had it being a kid from Kenya, who are having some issues themselves.
I find it odd that US still printed the story with a denial in it. But you know those reliable, faceless, nameless sources just know more I guess.
“There has to be a reason for him to “storm out and ride his motorcycle down the Pacific Coast Hiway”. ”
you forgot to add “run crying from the room”.
Plus gerbils.
VC, they can’t keep their mouths shut.
..and pick up George Clooney who stormed out on Amal and have a wild “bro” session and drunk call former partners
And yes, the gerbils, the bestest sources ever.
Honestly, their youngest kids are 5 or 6 and I think at that point, you’re kind of done with babies or more little ones.
I think they’re closer to 7/8…..their twins are the same age as my little cousin (ironically, blond too)…..I remember being shocked at how big my cousin got all of a sudden (same with their twins).
Same old bs from the media – either they are fighting, cheating, breaking up/divorcing, adopting or pregnancy rumours.
Seriously media stop making a fool out of yourself by constantly writing liars and make it look like you know something. You know nada which the Jolie-Pitts have proved several times.
Btw I love the way these two look at each other – it’s filled with love and also like they are sharing a naughty secret.
regarding kids, i thought there was an interview somewhere that adoption would not be in the radar for many many years because her eldest children are becoming teenagers or tweens.
unless something extraordinary happened that warranted an adoption, she would probably be done with more kids for now.
Plus Brad is like 52…….I don’t think he wants to be changing any diapers. But then again, one of my uncles had ONE kid for twenty years, and then he got married (to someone less than five years younger than him, he won’t go lower) at 45 and had a baby the next year.
I think that’s Brads fave. Soy on her body his hand is always on her ass
Adoption is illegal in Refugee Camps, Countries at War, Civil War and only Muslims can adopt Muslim children.
Last year it was Jordan, now it is Syria, if they don’t know when she was getting surgery four times, or married, and they have been staked out side their gate 24/7.
There was a picture in the Daily Mail of a 3-year-old Syrian girl, who put her hands up when the photographer pointed his camera at her. The fear on her little face just broke my heart.