Jon Voight Loves Shakira
Angelina Jolie’s estranged father Jon Voight sent a shout out to his grandkids Saturday, but it seems like absence makes the memory grow weaker — he royally screwed up one of the names. At the fourth annual BAFTA Tea Party (BAFTA is the Oscars for Brits), Voight was talking with a reporter on the red carpet when he decided to send birthday wishes to Maddox, Angelina’s five-year-old child. That went well, but then things took an ugly turn. Voight also sent well-wishes to "Shakira" — problem is, he was talking about Angelina’s 1 1/2-year-old daughter. Shakira is considerably older — 29. The correct name — Zahara. Close, but no cigar.
HAHAHAHA. What a terrible grandfather!! How could Jon Voight mistake SHAKIRA for ZAHARA? HAHAHAHA. Not a good way to fall under the good grace’s of your daughter… Do yourself a favor and watch the hilarious clip!
"Happy birthday, Maddox! Five years old. That’s a big one. Five years old. You’re getting to be a young man. And I send my love to you and I send my love to, uh, Shakira and, uh, Sha-Sha-heera, is it Shee-ra, Shahira?"

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The title "JV snobs Angie" is wrong. He said hi to the kids and the parents. I hope the whole thing gets resolved outside of the press. You can’t have the whole world judging your family.
He did this on purpose, hes an actor, he was gettin back at her….he did it for jennifer aniston………….how funny…….he knows his daughter is weird and all these babies came so fast……..only a self absored number #1 bamz fan would know all these weird names and pronunciations……..he sounded like he was making fun of b/a/m/z/s…………
Well first that video is hilarious. Second why does he do this stuff on national tv. Has he ever heard of just sending the kid a card or something no need to go on national tv messing up your grand kids name and third hasn’t that child birth day been passed. Grandpa voight is slipping on the med dosages again.
Ouch. #14 is right, we have never met the kids but we still would know their names. Sure, we are obsessed with them, but shouldn’t their grandpa be also? I had a feeling for an instant that he did it on purpose to "make a point", and if he did, I pity the fool, as Mr. T used to say. However, I also watched it one more time, and I honestly think he was trying, but just simply doesn’t have what it takes to connect with family. As far as being senile, jeez, I don’t think he’s THAT old, guys! Isn’t he around 65 or so?Paganlynn…judging from your post, we have problems with manners and spelling as well…
LIKE FATHER LIKE DAUGHTER………..TWO PEAS IN A POD……………….HAHA….EVEN JARED SAID HES AN IDIOT
i just read this…and I agree…but with less swearing….=================DON’T COME ALL HIGH AND MIGHTY PRETENDING YOU WOULD KISS YOUR FATHERS ASS AFTER HE’S BEEN THE WORST HUMAN BEING TO YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN….THIS IS THE MAN WHO DIDN’T WANT HER TO ADOPT BECAUSE THE KIDS ARE NOT HIS BLOOD….BECAUSE MADDOX IS NOT WHITE….AND BECAUSE IF YOU ADOPT YOU’RE FUCKED UP IN THE HEAD AND THERE’S SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOUR BODY!!!!!!!HOLY **** RETARDS!!!! IF YOU AGREE WITH HIM…YOU MAKE ME SICK!!! AND IF YOU SPEW THE "PEOPLE CHANGE" ****…THEN TAKE IT UP IN THE ASS….IF HE CAN CHANGE ACCORDING TO YOU…THEN ANGELINA HAS CHANGED…..!!!STOP THE DOUBLE STANDARD AND THE HATING OR STFU!!!!
i just read this…and I agree…but with less swearing….=================DON’T COME ALL HIGH AND MIGHTY PRETENDING YOU WOULD KISS YOUR FATHERS ASS AFTER HE’S BEEN THE WORST HUMAN BEING TO YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN….THIS IS THE MAN WHO DIDN’T WANT HER TO ADOPT BECAUSE THE KIDS ARE NOT HIS BLOOD….BECAUSE MADDOX IS NOT WHITE….AND BECAUSE IF YOU ADOPT YOU’RE FUCKED UP IN THE HEAD AND THERE’S SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOUR BODY!!!!!!!HOLY **** RETARDS!!!! IF YOU AGREE WITH HIM…YOU MAKE ME SICK!!! AND IF YOU SPEW THE "PEOPLE CHANGE" ****…THEN TAKE IT UP IN THE ASS….IF HE CAN CHANGE ACCORDING TO YOU…THEN ANGELINA HAS CHANGED…..!!!STOP THE DOUBLE STANDARD AND THE HATING OR STFU!!!!
It just amazes me how much the media is driving this story of the Jolie/Voight rift. Because Brad & Angelina have kept their mouths shut and say nothing, the mags & the entertainment shows stoop to questioning her Dad about things they KNOW he knows nothing about. Just to get a sound bite about Brad & Angelina. On the other hand, I have to agree that Angelina is right to keep her kids away from Jon Voight. If he had any REAL interest in healing the rift, outside of publicity, he would say "no comment" whenever someone points a mic in his face on all those red carpets events he attends. He hasn’t learned a thing!I also take the media to task because according to them, Angelina must be theonly celeb that is on the outs with a parent. What about Sarah Michelle Gellar who cut off her Dad too! He died a few years ago, and they never made up…..Kate Hudson acknowledges Kurt Russell as her father, and even pissed off her real dad by naming her son after Kurt….But Gellar’s dad is dead, and Hudson is not as famous as Jon Voight for the media to sniff around them!I’m sure there are other stars that don’t talk to a parent. In their rush to get ANY MORSEL of info about Brad & Angelina, they are using….USING….Jon Voight…..but he’s not smart enough to realize it…or maybe he realizes that Angelina will NEVER let him back into her life and is using the rift to keep his name out there!
I’ll bet Grandpa Voight would have no problem remembering Baby Zahara’s name if he got to spend time with her. There are all sorts of people in our lovely world. Let he/she who is without sin cast the first stone. I hope Grandpa Voight and Baby Angelina rekindle their relationship and experience love for each other like they have never known before. Sometimes folks fall down. I like helping them up rather than kicking them in the head. I would love to see a picture where Mr. Voight is holding his Baby Angelina while she is in turn is holding her babies. Kind of like a Pieta. Joy to the world!
Jon Voight is one big ewwwww, I am glad that Angelina going on and living her life and loving her kids
I think it’s sad that everytime there is a thread related to Angelina or Brad the "non fans" have to come out of the woodwork and write junville comments over and over again. I don’t read tabs like Star magazine, Life and style magazine, it is just a waste of time. But for people believe the stories that come out of star more power to you. I actually like to read Newsweek because believe or not there’s more important issues going on besides celebrity gossip. Voight doesn’t know his grandchild’s name ? Oh well too bad for him.
when will JV stop communicating with his daughter through the press; have you learned nothing from the yrs of isolation? angie will never have a relationship with you as long as her mother is alive. She made the effort and you let her down. she would see it as being disloyal to her mother to let you back into her life at this point. JV you are making your true colours come through every time you open your mouth. Every body in the world knows these children’s names, why don’t you, think about it
I think it’s sad that everytime there is a thread related to Angelina or Brad the "non fans" have to come out of the woodwork and write junville comments over and over again. I don’t read tabs like Star magazine, Life and style magazine, it is just a waste of time. But for people believe the stories that come out of star more power to you. I actually like to read Newsweek because believe or not there’s more important issues going on besides celebrity gossip. Voight doesn’t know his grandchild’s name ? Oh well too bad for him.
I agree with you #38. Too much of JV/Angie’s news all of a sudden. Brad and Angie are not talking to the press so they go to JV.
#32yes and i guess you are a self absorbed bamz fan since you can obviously remember their names too.#38i totally agree with you even jennifer aniston had problems with her mom i think but no ones going to mention that.
I think he should stop trying, for his own dignity. Problem is that he may have too much sentiment and not enough "level-headedness".As to her, this seems to be a situation which reminds one of the saying "charity begins at home." She seems to be so much full of love and compassion for the world, it perhaps is a little strange that she can’t find enough a compassion for her own dad to let him see the grandchildren. Of course, report says she says she’s ignornig him for her mother’s sake. But that seems like taking sides. Besides, how vulnerable the mother could still be at this point of her divorced life. And people do divorce for whatever reasons and they get over pretty quick, it seems to me.
Actually, I feel bad for Jon Voight–he’s getting old and probably losing some of his marbles. Zahara is not exactly an easy name to remember and old people get confused, particularly since he was never ALLOWED TO SEE HER! He’s still trying to reach out though so I give him some credit for that.
was he drunk? or does he have some type of ailment?
#37 you are spreading lies about Jon Voight! All you said is YOUR fantasy once again. Why do you always type in all caps? You give your demented self away! JV has done charity work for children his entire life! Children of all races! Angie most probably has followed his example that he set for her. He has devoted his life to it, and hasn’t made a big deal about it like his daughter has however. You should be ashamed telling lies about someone when you know NOTHING about his life!! He is a very decent person and Angie most probably has some emotional resentment towards him and she needs help with those issues if she is to ever be a decent parent herself. JV continues to extend his hand to her and she slaps it away. At least he trys over and over. She is unforgiving. How can she pat herself on the back for her charity when charity will always START AT HOME with your own family and she shows none! She should be ashamed.
Jon Voight is beginning to get on my nerves. Has he not done enough damage to Angelina? He really is an excuse for a human being.How come he never talks about his son who doesn’t speak to him either, Oh.. I forgot, he is not as famous as Angie and will not get him in the media.As for the ignorant, sanctimonious people here saying she should forgive him. She forgave him once, got him a job on Tomb Raider, and how did he repay her by going on national TV saying his daughter had mental issues, and that statement has dogged her to this day, because the stupid, non thinking tabloid reader uses that support their hate spewing towards Angie and the kids, after all her dad said she is mental.As bad a dad as Jon Voight was/is, Angie has never blamed her behaviour on issues with her dad, she has owned up to her behaviour without pointing the finger of blame at anyone, even though Jon Voight has a lot to be blamed for the difficult time she had growing up.When is this man going to stop hurting Angie. Ever since she has cut him off, she seems to have been making all the right choices for her life and her children, why does he want wreck this serenity she has in her life right now with his impetous behaviour. And for all the people blaming Angelina, what is new. You will excuse Jennifer for not talking to the woman who raised her for ten years, but blame Angelina for cutting off the man that abandoned her and family, tried to derail her adoption of Maddox and tried to put a stop to her taking her trips with UNCHR. John Voight should grow up. He made his choices as an adult by abandoning his children, Angie does not owe him anything, and I am more convinced than ever that she should not let him near her children.For those of you blaming her, GO TO HELL.
IMO, he needs to just tick to ‘No Comment’. He really should stop engaging these reporters when they ask about his daughter. She obviously doesn’t want him to speak about her in the press (kinda where he got into trouble to begin with). Bottom line, he should kept all his private stuff between her, him, and their family. Going on that tab show and crying to the masses a few years back was moronic.As for Angelina to I can’t relate to whatever happened with her dad as I have a great relationship with mine…he’s always been there. I am hopeful that down the line she able to at least have a conversation with him. Only because regardless of what she says, I think she still loves him a lot. I respect her decision to not speak to him though because there is obviously quite a lot that happened between them the public is not aware of.
LOLOLOL……… OMG……… WELL, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT??? BRANGELINA PIX A NAME LIKE "ZAHARA" WHICH SOUNDS AND LOOKS LIKE THE NAME FROM THE "SAHARA" DESERT. AND HE NEVER GETS TO SEE HIS GRANDKIDS! HOW DOES ANGELINA EXPECT HER FATHER TO ACCEPT HER KIDS UNLESS SHE ALLOWS HIM TO SEE THEM. GRANTED HE IS THE WORST FATHER, BUT ATLEAST ALLOW HIM TO SEE THE KIDS. MAYBE THIS IS WHAT PISSED OFF ANGELINA. THE FACT THAT HE NEVER REQUESTED TO SEE ZAHARA AFTER SHE WAS ADOPTED. AND THAT HE ONLY CARED TO GET TO KNOW SHILOH IS BIOLOGICAL GRANDKID AND PROBABLY NEVER DID THAT WITH MADDOX. I’VE MET JON IN HOLLYWOOD A COUPLE TIMES, AND HE SEEMS LIKE A REAL ASS AND A RASCIST (UNLESS YOU’RE SOME POPULAR CELEB). JEEZ! FORGETTING ZAHARA’S NAME. THAT MUST BE EMBARASSING FOR ANGELINA. BUT IT’S HER FAULT ANYWAY. SHE NEVER ALLOWS HIM TO SEE HER KIDS. ANYWAY, ANGELINA HAS SOMEWHAT OF THE RIGHT IDEA TO NOT EVER SPEAK TO HER FATHER AGAIN, AS I HAVE PARENTS THAT I DON’T SPEAK TO ANYMORE EITHER FOR CERTAIN REASONS. BUT ATLEAST ALLOW HIM TO SEE HIS BIOLOGICAL GRANDKID, FOR CHRIST SAKE. EVEN IF IT’S JUST FOR ONE DAY OF THEIR LIVES. I THINK ANGELINA IS A BIT TOO COLD-HEARTED.
I just think he is a jackass. I don’t think Angie and Brad will let him near their kids anytime soon or if ever, how can you not know your own granddaughter name, it just shows me how little he care about this kids; and please don’t bring that **** about if he was spending time with Zahara or the rest of the grandkids, then he would’ve have known her name, that is a cop-out, there is no excuse to forget the name of your grandbaby. Shame, shame on JV.
# 46 I think he should stop trying, for his own dignity. Problem is that he may have too much sentiment and not enough "level-headedness".As to her, this seems to be a situation which reminds one of the saying "charity begins at home." She seems to be so much full of love and compassion for the world, it perhaps is a little strange that she can’t find enough a compassion for her own dad to let him see the grandchildren. Of course, report says she says she’s ignornig him for her mother’s sake. But that seems like taking sides. Besides, how vulnerable the mother could still be at this point of her divorced life. And people do divorce for whatever reasons and they get over pretty quick, it seems to me.#47Actually, I feel bad for Jon Voight–he’s getting old and probably losing some of his marbles. Zahara is not exactly an easy name to remember and old people get confused, particularly since he was never ALLOWED TO SEE HER! He’s still trying to reach out though so I give him some credit for that. ***********************************It has been almost five years since this Jolie/Voight rift began. When on the red carpet, Angelina does not mention him…..why can’t Jon Voight do the same?? Has he no dignity, or gotten any wisdom in his later years. After year two of the rift, if I were him and serious about HEALING things, I would have sought out help from her brother James, or Angie’s mother. Jon could have paved the way with help from his son James and his ex wife, whom Angelina holds in high reguard, but he went to the media instead in the worst and most humilating way! And he is still doing it, years later. He is feeding off the media, and the media is feeding off this sad situation because it adds another element to the so-called "triangle", and sells more rags. Yes, Zahara is a hard name to remember….so is Shakira…..but he remembered that name. It has nothing to do with his seeing the kids to remember their names…..he has to back things up with SINCERE actions, which he has not yet done.Yes # 46, he should stop trying, in public, for his own dignity, and when he REALLY wants to heal the rift.
It ’s harder for older people to remember names especially of children they have never seen. Maybe if his unforgiving daughter would let him visit his own grandchildren he would remember. JV is an accomplished actor with an academy award and many golden globes of his own. He doesn’t need jolie’s help by any means. He has a relationship with his son also. Why do you all pretend to know so much about him when you know nothing about his life? Give the man a break at least he’s trying. He divorced her Mother and fooled around on her, but what did Jolie do? The SAME, Pitt was a married man! I would think her mother would be over it by now!
Lifes to freakin short……angelina should let them see him for a few dinners or a visit., supervised by her and her clan……….lifes to short………you have to forgive if you want jesus to forgive you…..hes tryin shes not…….she has movie star fits" as brad put it" Miss high and all mighty Jolie is still learning lessons in life………
#52 hmmmmmmmm…..JV a racist?????? That so makes me laugh… seeing how he had a intimate relationship for quite some time with DIANA ROSS! You dumb ass.
# 50 | Indie ….all right sister….i agree totally with you….JV is such a louse mouth….i never read, heard him talk about his other child James only Angie….coz talking about Angie makes him visible to the public eye….if he really wants to reconcile with his daughter, he shouldn’t tell the whole world about it…..it’s between him and her not between him, her and everyone….so JV, grow balls okay and think appropriately with your age….you are making me eeeeewwwwwwwwww!!!!
To Mary #55 you are full of it.You said :"Why do you all pretend to know so much about him when you know nothing about his life? "Yet in the next breath , you seem to have alot of knowledge regarding pitt and jolie Did they have an affair? Please tell me where you got this info from? In Touch? US Weekly? Star? National Enquirer? Why the double standard?
JV is a funny guy.Don’t hate him but I will say that we…none fo us are truly aware of what really went on between Angelina and her father. It was more than just this back and forth bickering. There had to be a climax that the world was not witness. So I’d say cut them both a little slack. Who knows what went on and what it will take to mend that rift. One can only hope that it happens soon for all their sakes. I don’t really think that JV mispronounciation of Zee’s name was intentional, he’s just being himself, he’s always been goofy like that. He can barely remember Angelina and James’ names. He speaks through the media because Angelina WILL ABSOLUTELY NOT speak to him. She has shut the door to that path of her life. While we may not agree that the media is the best form of comunication, it is one of the very few options Mr. Voight has…that and Marcheline who relays messages some times.forgive any typos…
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