OlderJon 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?"
WATCH :: Jon Voight Mistakes Shakira for Zahara
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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…
#50 Indie GREAT POST, I WANT TO REPOST IT!!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.WELL SAID INDIE, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOUR GREAT POST. AMEN I COULD NOT HAVE SAID IT BETTER!!!!!!!
Jon Voight just called it like I already saw it. I don’t think she’s mental because he said so–but because she acted so. C’mon. You’ve all seen her in action. I wrote her off becuase I don’t care about her–but her father who loves her just begged her to get help.
I agree that he must not be very sincere when he can’t even remember or try to say the names right. They are English alphabets, and he is not that old to be unable to say those names correctly if he really trys. I think he’s there for publicity and his own ego.Maybe she just have sense enough not to bother with him. But still, isn’t there a way they can arrange to have him see the kids even once! Maybe with him, the consequence would be major… but still, he wants to see the little kids, and he is their grandfather.
My father has forgotten my children’s names and I forgive him for that. He’s older, they are just babies, and he hasn’t been around them very often as we live far away from him. I know he cares about them, loves them, and that’s all that matters. I see Voight despertly trying and Jolie is unforgiving, which makes a person miserable in the end. She is only hurting herself, and her children denying them a relationship with JV as I’ve heard he is a wonderful loving man. Too bad for her, may God forgive her.
OH please #59 everyone in the World knows they had an affair! Where have you been? That’s laughable!
# 64 | another observer May God forgive you and your sanctimonious attitude. JV can memorize whole scripts but can’t remember the names of all 3 grandchildren he desperately claims to want to have a relationship with. I call BS. Angelina is not only protecting herself but her children from a man who has time and time hurt his family. He has abused all chances given and imo doesn’t deserve another.
#55, Mary…GOTCHA! Sad is absolutely right(#59)…you are in no position to state that Brad and Angie "fooled around" (I’ve always hated that term because it makes cheating sound like fun, which it is not). YOU were not there, so you do not know, just as you say others don’t know what happened in Voight’s life.
Don’t like him and never will. He really needs to learn how to stay quiet and quit exploiting his daughter’s and her kids’ lives. He shows absolutley no sincerity at all. Me thinks JV has the same problem JA has. Both are attention-seekers.
And I hope to see you moralistic peabrains on J. Maniston threads since she cut off her own mother and on Kate Hudson’s who cut off her own biological father. He has NEVER met her son Ryder and has been on tv begging for a reunion.
If Jon Voight CARED for the kids, he would remember their names - PERIOD!If he can remember his acting lines, he sure can remember Zahara!! - NO excuses
Speaking of unforgiving daughters… I know some… not my own, though. They can be very very unforgiving and righteous! They think they and their mother are all on the right side and victims, and the father is the only one to blame for a divorce.
She is only hurting herself, and her children denying them a relationship with JV as I’ve heard he is a wonderful loving man. Too bad for her, may God forgive her. # 64 | another observer |God has already forgiven her and blessed her with a good man and three wonderful children, a good and loving mother and brother because she forgave Jon Voight a long time ago, she just does not want him in her life. He will just wreck the peace she has found.Stop with your hypocricy because you could care less about Jon Voight or Angelina’s children. It is just an excuse to criticize her. Two faced ******* like you are quite annoying. You should be the one asking for God’s forgiveness for your hatred and insincere attitude.
If Jon Voight CARED for the kids, he would remember their names - PERIOD!If he can remember his acting lines, he sure can remember Zahara!! - NO excuses # 70 | gigi |————————————————–ITA with you, there is no EXCUSE whatsoever to forget your grandkids name
Feel so sorry for him. Quite naturally, he want’s so desperately to know his grandchildren, which is his right! Angie needs to get over it!
Mary, #65, you are not right just because you believe you are. People who are fans of Brad and Angelina are not just fans because we like their looks or their acting ability. We like who they are as human beings more than any other factor. They are both honest and open, they are NOT known for lying OR for cheating in any of their relationships in the past, and they both have said very convincingly that they did not have an affair. So no, everyone in the World absolutely does not "know" they did, just because you decided they did. Hmmphh.
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