OlderAngelina Jolie - “Hello” Magazine Interview
The Canadian edition of Hello! magazine has a fantastic interview with Angelina Jolie about her children, her relationship with Brad – and those eating-disorder rumors.
How is your newest adopted son, Pax, adjusting to family life? He’s a great kid. When we first met him, we thought he was really shy and really quiet, but about two days at home, we discovered that he is the loudest member of the family! He is very athletic, very bold. Pax and Zee [Zahara] have really connected because they’re closer in age, and Madd and Pax – they’re brothers, so they have moments where they absolutely bond together against everybody else in the family. Then they have moments where they bug each other, but it’s quite normal. It’s nice. I’m really, really proud.
It’s rumored that you’re considering adopting a child from the Czech Republic. Is there any truth to this? No. We’re not considering any more adoptions at the moment. We’re trying to make sure that all of our kids are adjusted first and that they all have individual time. We will have more children, but not right now. We’re always
open to all countries, but there just isn’t any truth to the rumors. Just because [we] adopt and because we travel, people say Brad’s buying a house wherever he goes and I’m adopting a child wherever I go.
Do you and Brad have different parenting styles? We’re very similar and we support each other as parents, so there is no divide of “Daddy’s good with this but Mommy doesn’t like it,” or vice versa. Brad is just as affectionate and loving as I am, and I am just as playful.
Click inside to continue reading Angelina’s interview with Hello!…
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Do you cook? No. Brad would tell you that I am one of the worst cooks in the world, but my first husband said that I pretended to cook badly so I never had to.
How did Brad help you through the loss of your mother? God, it’s funny to give all his secrets away. He’s a really great friend. He really cares. When my mom passed, he sat with me in the [hospital] room and held her hand and helped me go through all the stages that you have to deal with when someone passes, from her ashes to everything. He was just wonderful to my brother [James] as well. [After her funeral] we all went back home and then he just spent the night asking us questions about our mom.
He got us to tell funny stories about her and focus on all the love and all the joy. Brad is extraordinary.
How’s your relationship with his parents? When I first met Brad’s parents, I came in with two adopted children from other countries and that was new for them and their family. I didn’t know how they were going to be, but they’re wonderful, wonderful people. They’re equally loving to all of the children. We’ve left the children with them quite a few times, but I don’t know if we’ll leave them with Pax at the moment [smiling].
Would you say you wear your emotions on your sleeve more than you used to? I suppose, in some way. It’s funny, because I feel like I’m this really emotional person but people have often said to me, about myself or the roles I play, that I seem strong. I’m often surprised that people don’t see me or think of me as an emotional person. Maybe they do more now, but for a long time in my life, it was that I was just tough or something, and that I lacked emotion.
There’s been a lot of speculation about your recent weight loss. The funny thing is when somebody says, “you’re thin,” people say, “thank you.” But to me, it is not a compliment. It’s not something I want to be. I have always been lean, and this year I lost my mom, I have four kids, I finished breastfeeding and it’s been hard to get my nutrition back on track and learn about my body after birth. The disturbing thing is that instead of somebody saying, “Oh, this looks like a person that’s actually dealing with something [emotional],” they say, “does she want to fit into skinny jeans?” When I [read] anything that says I’m too thin, I think “Good, good!” Let it be a criticism. I don’t want to encourage young girls to be too thin.
Where is the reckless Angelina of old, who dived into the hotel pool after winning her Golden Globe? [Laughing] I’m really the same person. I jumped in the pool because somebody dared me to. So it wasn’t anything punk. It was true happiness and fun. Hopefully, I do still have that [quality] and I’ll jump in many pools in the future.
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Interesting Dina,thanks for sharing your review.
Although, not once do you mention Mariane Pearl and the amazing woman “she” is. Hum….
383 tiger | 06/22/2007 at 11:18 pm
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Take your Angie hating **** and jump off a cliff.
You just can’t stand it that Angie is a awesome actress and she proves it once again. And she has the awards to back it up, too!
tiger, can understand your little disappointment, but i think everyone can agree that marianne is remarkable and resilient. saw her interview on charlie rose the other night and the woman was alluring in many ways. she’s beautiful but she was also so eloquent and articulate during the interview. i like what she said about how just living her life day to day and simply being content about her life is the best revenge she can throw at the people involved in her husband’s slaying. very strong woman indeed. she’s wonderful for writing the book and allowing the movie to be made.
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love it that we couldn’t care less. if angie and brad ‘choses’ their houseguests at this time, it could be us. LOL.
Anyway, i got them angie’s mighty reviews at 157, 187, 197…peace!
post #242 How funny are you!!!!LOL lolLOLlllllllllll
think positive! | 06/22/2007 at 2:18 pm
That is what Angie said in her recent interview with Larry King.
JOLIE:The one thing I have learned in my life is that a relationship is not about having fun together, it’s not about hiding behind each other and trying to protect each other, but it’s about having a shared view of what you want to create and what you want to do in this world — how you want to raise your family or, if you have a bigger purpose together. And Danny and Mariane had that.
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Whoever thinks that Angie cares what kind of idiocy the Tabs and the outlets who are basing their stories on the tabs will say next and that she needs any kind of defending because of that then he/she needs a quike connection with reallity.
Angie had this thing in her life from when she endered the Hollywood scene. There was always critisism about her in the press. Not just now.
I’m so sick and tired of hearing Brad has to do this and Brad has to do that when from the first time they got together he rearly left her sight. He was beside her when she gave birth.He was right there when her mother died. He adopted the kids and he loves them and conciders them as his own blood. but somehow he will all of a sudden show his love and support if he will say something so Star and Life and Style will stop saying that she is too thin or that she a bad person and blah blah!!
You people are something else. And at the end of the day if she will ever feel that something needs to be said she will say it on her own. They are both two grown ass people and they can talk about them selves as they want and whenever they want.
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I AGREE. AJ DOES NOT NEED ANYBODY TO DEFEND HER BECAUSE SHE ONE HELL OF A STRONG WOMAN. SHE IS NEVER, EVER A WEAKLING. SHE WILL DO HER THING JUST FINE
Couldn’t plow through the entire thread, but just wanted to add my thanks for the posting of that Sean Smith article. It was so focused and succint.
#382, highsociety…well, I just did, and even though it sure wasn’t pretty, I will continue to support Brad and Angie and Jared, always. Please let’s not get turned off by whatever is taking place here today with this new “element”. Please stick it out. Hopefully Jared will find a way to eliminate the inane, the insane, and those paid by Huvane.
sharon | 06/22/2007 at 1:06 pm
Brad uses his actions to prove his love for Angie. He divoced Jen and went to be with Angie. Followed her around the world wherever she wanted to go. Stayed by her side and took care of her and children when she was pregnant. Brought her out of her shell when she got emotional. helped her go through her mother’s death. supported her on her mission of saving the world. pick up and drop off the children to school everyday.
Damn it. these actions are 1000 times better than the damn words.
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ITA…need we say more?
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as MP said,” living a happy life is the best revenge”. In this case, defense…
next please..
Thanks, Neela, for your post!
I myself don’t understand the hatred directed toward Angelina. I think it is jealousy. She is beautiful, strong-willed, very successful, has a beautiful family, a great job, loads of money, is extremely charitable, and does humanitarian work. People hate her for that, so they dig up her “sordid” past to discount anything good she may have done or become. And it’s all jealousy. She seems to have it all and people feel threatened by that, because most people are not living a life where they are fully using all that they are blessed with, as she is. Each one of us, no matter how wealthy or poor, could be giving something back to the world, and most of us don’t.And most of us in her shoes would choose to sit and enjoy our riches and all of the superficial perks that come with that instead of trying to do something worthwhile.
People are jealous - get over it.
AddictedtoBAMPzs, I too support the Jolie-Pitts — they are amazing examples of humanity and compassion, a stark contrast to the superficiality and self-absorbed hedonism of Hollywood today. Couple that with the fact that they are physically stunning, and I totally get why so many (including myself) are so fascinated with them.
Michelle, I agree that a lot of the hatred towards AJ is jealousy, but I also think it’s because so many women relate to Jennifer Aniston. Let’s be real — most people are not beautiful — only a very small portion of the population is. More women look like Jennifer Aniston — plain and unassuming on their best day. And most are just downright unattractirve. When she married Brad, it gave hope to average women everywhere that they too, could find a Prince Charming and lead a charmed life. Angelina represents all their insecurities and fears — she was the hot girl in highschool that their boy crushes were pining over. She’s the woman that their husbands fantasize about during sex with them. I truly think that’s why so many are still so obsessed with the break-up of the “golden couple” — the dissolution of Brad and Jennifer’s marriage also represented the dissolution of the Average Girl’s fantasies and hopes.
#57 milly
I just want to scream to you go to hell. I hope everything you do in your life fails.
I know the JA/BP divorce is long ago, but I still can’t help feeling that AJ is so outspoken about her relationship with BP to the Press - she seems to have no sensitivity. If i were the scorned wife (JA) i would still feel bad, even if i had accepted it - to hear intimate details of his new life, in every single interview. Why is everyone so damned interested in getting the juicy details? I am so frustrated by this thing - I really want to see a AJ JA showdown - it should have happened during the filming of Mr & Mrs Smith - why didn’t JA go to the set and protect her marriage-she’s equally as dumb as AJ. When the first photos of BP and AJ emerged, why didn’t we see a good old fashioned girl fight - JA fight for her man? It is so annoying coz you always see a calm sad JA who just never stuck up for herself - her fault she lost. But AJ just can’t help flaunting her gain - her wonderful family - and this reiterates again and again JA’s loss - no matter what you think of JA - she’s still the one who looks bad.
I really don’t get the sense that AJ is flaunting to Jennifer — just that she’s living her life. Should she never speak about her children, family, or Brad again just because Jennifer might pick up a mag and read the interview? I think Jennifer is probably over the whole thing by now. It’s her fans that keep the hate going.
She may be perceived as the scorned wife, but is that reality? She probably didn’t “fight” for her marriage because she knew that there was nothing left to fight for. Sometimes it takes an outside catalyst to put in motion something that should have been done long ago.
THE MORE I LOOOOOOOOOOOOVE HER!!!!!!!!!
LOVE YOU ANGIE!
Some people have absolutely no clue how the media works! Angelina is promoting a movie, a very important movie, so she is working the media right now so that people will want to see her and other people’s work. Some people making comment sure are jealous.
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