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Swakopmund, Namibia :: Angelina and Brad Pitt confirmed Wednesday that their newly-born daughter Shiloh Nouvel will have a Namibian passport.
"Shiloh will receive a Nambian passport, so we shall return," Pitt said at the couple’s first public appearance since the May 27 birth.
The Hollywood glamour pair spoke to local journalists at a press briefing at the four-star Hansa Hotel in Swakopmund at the edge of the Namib desert where Jolie gave birth by Caesarian Section.
"We couldn’t have picked a better place to have our child," said Jolie, looking healthy and relaxed in a black dress. Pitt agreed: "We are very proud that our daughter was born here".
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Pitt said the couple had "done their homework" before deciding on Namibia as the birthplace of their first biological and third child.
"The health of our daughter and Angie’s was imperative. We’ve had absolute top-notch medical assistance," Pitt said.
The couple reiterated their gratitude to the people of the sparsely populated country, which has come under intense media interest since their arrival two-and-a-half months ago.
"We are eternally grateful to the Namibian people," Pitt said. "Namibia is one of Africa’s best kept secrets - until we came of course."
The couple had been "afforded a lifestyle here we could not have anywhere else" and that Namibia has been "a wonderful place to be with our kids."
The couple said they planned to remain in the country for just a few more days before returning to the United States. "Just a few more days. My mother is dying to see the baby," Jolie said.
On the tight security around the couple, Jolie said they had wished this had not been necessary but felt "the birth should be done in a way that was peaceful."
Pitt explained that having "a child with a bounty on its head" before its birth, had brought about the need for bodyguards to shield the family.
On future career plans, Pitt said he would begin work on the latest in the Ocean movie series in August while Jolie planned to concentrate on the needs of her three children - the newborn and four-year-old Maddox and one-year-old Zahara.
The couple were accompanied by Namibian first lady Penehupifo Pohamba (pictured above) regional governor Samuel Nuujoma and Child Welfare Minister Marlene Mungunda as they spoke to journalists for about 30 minutes, posed for photographs and signed autographs.
A day after their daughter was born, the couple announced they would provide 300,000 dollars for the refurbishment of hospitals in Namibia. Jolie, a United Nations goodwill ambassador, discovered Namibia some years ago while filming a movie there. [AP]
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# 538 | HEAD SNOOP MCSNEAK oooh…new scoop??? how’s the weather over there??? hot and humid??? nice to hear from you….keep in touch…and take care…btw…how long you’re going to be there?? have a great vacation…hope you’re enjoying the wedding party…lol
l # 493 IVY| ITA!
# 537 | anon BRAVO!!!!!
# 546 | kk | - ITA with you, its just getting nastier and nastier in here with these haters. I think they should take action against the national equirer, all they do is print lies about people and this story is just the worst ever
# 550 | WOWSA! | - I know, wasn’t it totally HOT lol
Olga. Emerald, Canadian chick…Please just because YOU do not have any morals and just because YOU don’t respect boundaries does not mean others are the same. Do you really think that Brad would have wasted his time with Angie if she had been an easy piece of ass??? Please. No man wants the mother of his children to be a hoe… either with him or anybody else. You may hate Angie for being everything she is but that includes personal integrity. She neither lies or makes excuses. She is an open book. Perhaps if YOU were the woman who could have any man she wanted you would understand it . A woman who knew what she wanted and what she was worth and knew that the right man would understand and wait. Or if you were a woman of substance. But sadly none of you have grown to the stage yet. Anelina has had men and women want her for all the wrong reasons … She was waiting for someone who wanted her for the right reasons…Anon, your post is so good, it needs to be repeated. I wish I could be this eloquent. I would post more often.
538 I hope you’re okay. You sound like your talking about yourself. Your post makes no sense.JJ, thanxs for the lovely pics, you always do have the best pics of Brangie. They look happily married.
It sounds like Jon Voight will get to see Shiloh,on Access Hollywod a reporter who interviewed Angelina said"I spoke to her afterwards and she confirmed Jon Voight,Her Father,is looking forward to,and her Mother,to see Her Grandchild.# 389 | The real lou++++++++++++++++++++Hey Lou…if that happens I think we all know that’ll be Brad’s influence that makes it happen. I’m sure AJ could’ve gladly gone a real long time without attempting to reconcile with her father. And if he pulls any of that "ignore Maddox & Zahara" **** like he did in that interview last week, then it’ll probably be the ONLY TIME he gets to see his ANY of his grandkids.
Not like I was ever a National Enquirer reader–but I will never even pick up that rag to glance at pictures in the supermarket line. They are disgusting.
j@red was on access hollywood! # 502 | angelah ||Jared the PERSON was on? Or did they just mention his site?
>>>Britney’s was the biggest until nowand she got $500,000.00 for her son, and donated the cash to Katrina victims. # 389 | Original jpf ++++++++++++++++++++Puh-leeze. The only "hurricane" victims that saw any of that jack were creditors of Hurricane K-Fed.
# 545 | AlexanderinaBAMZSHey Alexanderina *waves*. The ******** aka trolls can’t get me down today. Brad & Angie look HOT, Baby Shiloh is beautiful, and I get to see pictures of the whole family when People magazine hits the news stands tomorrow. Although I heard through the grapevine that Maddox isn’t in any of the pictures. That makes me sad but I think the kid has become camera shy after having tons of cameras pushed in his face in the last few months. This is rumor only but…
557 i totally agree. Angelina and Brad will not put up with that sh*t. They love all 3 of their children. They have 3 beautiful kids.
# 560 | Passing Through | - LMAO, you are so right on that PT, K-fed pocketed that money
Just read about their comment on ‘no wedding’. See BAMZ fans?? The only reason they are together is for the kids. Not the Harlequin love between each other. He hit a mid-life crisis and desperately attached himself to a ready made family. She has no one else in the world to love, so she attached herself to kids galore. Volia! What a messed up crew. I pity those poor sweet kids…
# 555 | ntt | I think you should post more. You were more than eloquent.
# 394 | Angie’s Ugly Yeah…right…Angie’s ugly like you wish your mama’s kids were ugly. Instead your mama’s kids are just fugly fugly. Literally and figuratively.
#560 Passing through–LOL! I saw that report and thought the same thing–they gave ten bucks to Katrina victims and the rest went to ****** Kevin.
#536 anon, Sorry I pasted your post to #555, but forgot to make it stand out more. An excuse to paste it again? HeHe.
i’ve been wanting to read this all day! is there any video?stupid journalists don’t know how to ask the right questions. are they planning a wedding? sheesh! ask if they’re married already dammit!
Thanks Jared. Love the dress. Both of them look gorgeous. So glad they did the press conference to publicly thank Namibia and its people for their hospitality which was indeed extended to them. I would have been very disappointed had they not done so as in my culture, that would have amounted to a serious discourtesy. Really hope that people will visit and tourism numbers go up now that people know that Namibia is NOT malaria infested, has excellent roads and wonderful wild life safaris. (For the detractors: just google, its not difficult, really).It is wonderful how many lives a few photos of baby Shiloh will save. I’m so glad that the magazines had to pay lots of moolah for them and its all going to charity. I will buy a copy of either Hello or People with the baby photos just because I know that I’m indirectly supporting a charity and probably more mania about this couple. But this couple seem to be handling the publicity so well. GO BAMZS.
http://galleryoftheabsurd.typepad.com/14/2006/06/shiloh_nouvels_.html
They look so happy in the pictures!!
# 561 | Maniston | - Today is just a good day for us BAMZS fans and tomorrow is definitely going to be better. I am sorry that Madd is not in any of the pictures, but I hope its not true. I don’t get my People until Friday but Stef is going to e-mail some of us the pictures from Hello Mag., which comes out tomorrow, I can’t wait. I heard that the People Issue is a Special Edition, which is great cause I can frame it lol, but be sure that if I don’t get Stef’s email tomorrow will the pictures I will be at my Newstand flipping thru People.
Moi Jade.. I hope Angie had some contact with La Leche prior to birth .. At least enough to prep her tatas for nursing… I am a former chapter pres… No, I have not nursed my kids into puberty. lol Cecil, Joy, Aklexanderuiba and all my sistah’s I wish you a wonderful evening day/evening . I have to focus my attention on work so I will be signing off. I do have add this. I have to say that I am so impressed with the quality of humanity that I see in the women who are considered "Brangelina". If anything attracts me to one side and not the other it is what I read from the individual fans. If there was any word to associate with B/A fans it is fairness and with X’s it is appearance of propriety at the expence of fairness and truth. I am pround to be one of the BAMZS fans! I am proud to be one of you with no apologies or excuses.
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