Brad Pitt ’so proud’ of children with Angelina Jolie
In an appearance on Larry King Live, set to air tonight, actor Brad Pitt said that although his four children with partner Angelina Jolie — Maddox, 6 ½, Pax, 4, Zahara, turning 3 next month and Shiloh, 18-months — hail from different corners of the globe they are siblings in the truest sense.
They’re as much my blood as I am theirs. And they are brothers and sisters. One came from Ethiopia, one from Vietnam, one from Cambodia, and one was born in Namibia. And they are brothers and sisters, and they have fun and they squabble and they fight, just like any other family. And it makes me so proud.
Fatherhood, Brad said, is "the hardest job in the world, the most rewarding job in the world…It is everything."
We put in long days [working]. And to go home and have dinner with your kids, and have to discipline one of them who’s out of line, and still have the energy for that is … I can’t explain the fulfillment of that, but it is everything.
For a preview of Brad’s interview, which will include more information on Brad’s ‘Make It Right’ project, click here.
Source: People
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December 5th, 2007 at 2:53 pm
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt should get the “parents of the year” award. I admire them so much for all their efforts in raising their kids, continuing their careers, and being involved in important social causes. They are extraordinary people.
December 5th, 2007 at 5:24 pm
YAWN. I am tired of hearing how great these 2 are.
December 5th, 2007 at 7:24 pm
i love Brad and Angelina, but why can’t he just say (for Shiloh) “one from America”? it’s ok to be american!
December 5th, 2007 at 8:48 pm
Laurie – It really baffles me when people say that. America is a melting pot of people of different origins. All the Jolie-Pitt children are Americans, but the term “American” is broad and it can’t define Shiloh 100%. Angie’s part French, so Shiloh’s of French descent. She’s also a Namibian citizen. So if Brad were to say “one’s from America,” that would sound bizarre.
December 5th, 2007 at 9:05 pm
Really..his comments were sweet. He was simply pointing out that although his children have different heritages, they have come together to make a good family. Of course they are all American but he was pointing out that only one of his children were technically born an American citizen
December 5th, 2007 at 11:00 pm
i get that he is trying to emphasize that they are still brothers & sisters, even though they come from diff corners of the globe. but they sometimes give the impression that coming from foreign countries somehow makes them more special. it is lovely that they have a multi-cultural family, but i don’t think that their choice to have Shiloh in Namibia has shaped her in any way, and therefore it’s not really necessary to emphasize it as much as they do. i’m fully aware of what america is and what it means to be an american.
December 5th, 2007 at 11:51 pm
Laurie
How do you know that shiloh won’t be thrilled at the thought of being born on the same continent as her older sister.
Mad and pax were both born in asia they share that
and even though shiloh is white she and zee still share a bond of both being born in africa.
your subtle critisism is not going un noticed.
December 6th, 2007 at 12:43 am
Nausicaa and Jane- I agree with you two one hundred percent. “American” is a very broad term indeed. For example, I am American….But only in the sense that I live in America, was born in America, and therfore am an American citizen. However, my background is in fact a mish-mosh of different European ethnicities.
The only way I consider myself American is that I live in America and was born in America. Otherwise, I consider myself to be German, Scottish, Welsh, etc.
Therefore, it is not wrong of Brad to say that Shiloh was born in Namibia. She may not be of Namibian descent, but she will always have a connection to Namibia because it is the country she was born in. She is also, as Nausicaa mentioned, a Namibian citizen, which a lot of people tend to forget.
Also, Angie has mentioned that Shiloh is part native American and that she is proud of that. Therefore, I hardly think Angie and Brad are ashamed that Shiloh is “from America”. I think, when they say she was born in Namibia, they are just trying to emphasize that she has a connection with her sister’s birthplace (Angie even mentioned that fact in an interview). After all, as Jane pointed out, Mad and Pax share a connection of being born in Asia.
December 6th, 2007 at 12:48 am
Laurie,
FYI, the rest of the Jolie-Pitt kids are as much American as Shiloh is.
December 6th, 2007 at 3:00 am
I agree with you, Laurie.
And yes, I think Angelina and Brad are good parents (althought I’m not huge fan of them..) but they are the same good and hands on parents as many other celebrities like Heidi & Seal, Jennifer Garner & Ben…etc etc. Not just because they have adopted 3 babies makes them better parents than the others.
I think they are a normal family, a happy family with beautiful kids, just like many others.
This is just my opinion and is not to criticize them, as I said before I do admire them as a family, is just that everytime they talk in an interview and talk about the kids they repeat over and over again that they are from different countries….I don’t know, is hard to explain myself in english, hope my idea is understood
December 6th, 2007 at 8:47 am
I think a lot of people under-estimate the importance that Namibia has played in the Jolie-Pitt’s life, particularly for Angelina.
Namibia is where she shot Beyond Borders, an incredibly harrowing film for anyone who has not seen it. It was there, whilst she was filming, that she first took custody of Maddox. Her first few weeks as a new mum were spent in Namibia and she often spoke of how the local women helped to teach her how to look after a baby. It sort of seems like the circle of life; she took custody of Maddox there, they adopted Zee from Ethiopia (also in Africa) and she gave birth to Shiloh in Namibia. Therefore, all the children (before Pax, of course!) have a very strong connection to Africa and Namibia in particular.
And as someone above rightly mentioned, Maddox and Pax have a link to each other in that they were both born in Asia. Zahara and Shiloh also have a similar link; they were both born in Africa.
I don’t think neither Brad, nor Angelina are trying to imply that their family is more special than anyone elses’ when they highlight the different countries their kids came from. Brad said in a recent interview: “That right there, sitting at my kitchen table is how I want the world to be.”
Too many people still segregate this family into two groups; Brad, Angelina and their biological child and then the ‘other’ adopted children. I think what Brad and Angelina are trying to impress on people is that yes, their children come from all over the world and yes, they have different coloured skin but they are a *family* and they love each other. That is what matters most, not what your passport says.
December 6th, 2007 at 9:07 am
it seems as though Brad & Angelina can do no wrong with most of you. that is fine, but i wish you’d not put words in my mouth. i never said the other kids aren’t american. i never even said they’re less american. and i don’t think that. what i DO think, however, is that every child is special–not just ones born in other countries. and it’s not necessary to be born in the same continent to have a connection/bond with someone, so it would’ve been perfectly ok to have had Shiloh in America, even tho some people don’t seem to think it’s exotic enough.
December 6th, 2007 at 9:48 am
I am not a big Brad Pitt fan, but I think he is consciously saying that Shiloh is “from Namibia” to make it clear to everyone that she is on the same level as their other kids. People in the media make such a bigger deal out of birth children (see Suri for instance)so he wants to make it clear that yes, they all come from somewhere different, including Shiloh, and yet they are all a family.
December 6th, 2007 at 10:01 am
Yeah, I have to agree with Sil.. Brad and Angelina are doing what most every other married Hollywood couple with children does. Heidi Klum and Seal, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, David and Victoria Beckham, Madonna and Guy Ritchie, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner… need I go on? They are all still working and raising children at the same time. They all seem to have one leg up on Brad and Angie, though.. they actually provide a stable environment for their child(ren). I don’t see why this family should be put on a pedastool for doing what most all other parents are doing. And I do think that they think they are special for having adopted children from so many different countries.. if not, then why do they feel the need to mention it every chance that they get? I never hear Madonna speaking about her son’s origins in every interview she gives, or Meg Ryan, or any other celebrity who has adopted outside of the US. Brad and Angelina are no different, and therefore, I personally find it very creepy how so many people seem to “worship” them. JMO, though. I think they seem like great parents, but not to the point that they deserve an award for choosing to parent children. It’s the life that they chose, plain and simple.
December 6th, 2007 at 10:30 am
I think the Jolie-Pitts seem like a wonderful family, but it still seems a bit odd to me that there is this sense of wonder for Brad Pitt that all the kids get along even though they were all born in different countries. I mean, of course they act like siblings — they *are* siblings! And they may have been born in other countries, but they’re all American now, and of the most privileged wealthy class of American as well. It seems kind of condescending, in a way, to think that it’s something to be “proud” of that your kids get along even though they were born in different countries. Like there’s something intrinsically different about babies of different races or nationalities that being raised together wouldn’t overcome. After all, you don’t hear Hugh Jackman or Tom Cruise talking about how wonderful it is that their adopted children act just like siblings to each other!
December 6th, 2007 at 10:50 am
to “ME”…the difference between these couples is the GIVING TO OTHERS that the Jolie-Pitt couple do. They aren’t tryng to show off. THey are trying to set an example for their peers…others with money and influence. They are trying to say, “Look. All children are loveable. All of us can share our love, our money, our time, etc.” I think this is incredibly admirable of them, and is why so many of us “adore” them. We don’t adore them, we admire and appreciate, and respect, their efforts to create a better world for all children.
December 6th, 2007 at 10:58 am
Dont care for this family
Want see them explain to their children that its okay to cheat on your spouse for your own selfish reason…they continoulsy use the children to take attention off them.
Angelina is only welcome in Namimbia because she throws money at the corrupt government who use it to enrich themselves
December 6th, 2007 at 11:10 am
Brookefan: They are trying to show the world that all children are loveable? Okay, I get that… but why isn’t Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman being put on that same pedastool? Or Madonna? Or Meg Ryan? Okay, they have children who are from different countries, we get that.. so why do they insist on reminding everybody about that every chance they get? They act as though they have something to prove to everybody.. if they didn’t, then why can’t they just hush about their kids being so different and just live their lives? Talk about the kid’s milestones.. Shi starting to walk or talk, how Pax is coming along with learning English, how Mad is doing in school? If they want to talk about their children so much, then why don’t they talk about something BESIDES their ethnicity? Seems to me that the children’s races are all that they can talk about.
Quite frankly, it’s getting old. I’d love to hear how Shiloh is doing.. if she’s talking, or more about her personality – what her role in the family is.. does she make sure everybody knows she’s the baby in the family, or does she try to act older to be more like her siblings? Or how Pax is adjusting to the new family (in pictures he seems to be doing great, but we don’t know that for sure).. how Maddox likes being the big brother in the family.. or if Zahara is still being a smarty pants. That, to me, is the best part about having children! Not what country they were born in.
December 6th, 2007 at 11:12 am
I understood Brad Pitt’s statement about all kids getting along together and being brothers and sisters little bit differently. What is different in Brad and Angelina’s case compared to the other, above mentioned celebrities who adopted is that this year they adopted a 3 year old child. He was not a baby when he came in the family so his siblings had time to adjust to him. I took from Brad’s stattement that kids embraced him as a brother and he embraced them. It is beautiful that they were able to make this family and that they were also brave enough and open hearted enough to adopt an older child into it.
December 6th, 2007 at 11:28 am
I think this is going to be a really long post so I apologise now.
laurie, please read my previous post about the importance of Namibia to the Jolie-Pitt family. That might answer your question. It’s not just the country where Shiloh was born. It is significant in other ways.
I’m astounded at the level of critisism one quote can draw. “Oh he talks too much about his children being adopted.” “They think they’re special by adopting children.”
Brad was only answering questions on his children *because Larry King asked him!* I’m sure he could have happily made it through the interview without mentioning them and he even said something along the lines of “I won’t say much, I want to protect their privacy.” You answer the questions that are asked of you; it’s called being professional. What would you have said if he sat there and said ‘no comment’ to every personal question thrown his way?
And I have to disagree with practically everything ‘me’ said. I don’t think as an outsider, any of us have the right to say whether a child is being raised in a stable environment. We don’t live with them, therefore we don’t know. All the families you reeled of have one thing in common; the parents must travel for work. Whether it’s filming movies or a singer going on tour, there will be travelling involved. I especially laughed when you mentioned the Cruises. They travel just as much as the Jolie-Pitts. How many different cities have we seen them in in the last couple of weeks?
From what I’ve seen, the Jolie-Pitt children seem very well adjusted. More than that, unlike 99% of other ‘Hollywood’ children, they are getting to see the real world, not just reaping the material benefits of having famous parents.
And I think Brad (and Angelina) have a right to feel proud that their children act just like any other siblings. Adoption can be tricky, especially when you adopt from different countries and throw a biological child into the mix. The issue of jealousy, competition and perhaps even superiority must have crossed their minds several times but clearly, from pictures we see and interviews they give, it is not an issue for their children. I think this is what Brad was trying to highlight; despite their physical differences and their differing heritages, they are brothers and sisters and love each other all the same.
What has the world come to when people are lambasting a man for talking about his family in public?
December 6th, 2007 at 11:52 am
Amanda, your post was so true and beautifuly written. Thank you.
I guess, for some people Angelina and Brad can’t do right, and as you said, it is evident that they are biased when they give examples of other families that give children “more stable environment”. The definition of that is so disputable, but that they think that Cruise family is an example of that – who takes care of a teen and a preteen while father is traveling and mother (Kidman) is on some other location? – is very strange to me. But, each family has a right to do what they think is the best for them,and thank god that they don’t take our opinions to consideration.:)
December 6th, 2007 at 12:32 pm
Why is it that any other celeb can talk about their children, but if Angie and Brad do, they are criticized? I just shake my head at some of these posts.
Brad was being interviewed, he was asked about how he liked being a father, asked about his kids. He has good reason to be proud of his family, as any father should be, Especially with a blended family. Many people are curious about having a family with a mixture of adopted and bio children. His pride is understandable when he says they are all brothers and sisters and love each other the same..(and are loved by their parents the same).
December 6th, 2007 at 12:38 pm
I agree with Sil, me, jo, and others here. What makes brad and angelina better parents than say jen and ben affleck, heidi and seal, brooke burke and david, gwen stefani and her husband, etc. I think they get the most attention because of the adoptions and how much they constantly talk about it, and do they always gotta point out the kids come from different countries. Who cares their a family and the kids are siblings, that’s what counts. It seems they always have to point that out to us, that each kid comes from this country or anther country. I also think when they talk, they wanna come across sounding so smart and educated about everything, that they often don’t just sound like normal relaxed parents. If your gonna give interviews nonstop, at least try saying something new, like this is what the kids are up too now, and so so. But they repeat the same things. And to me, it shows in their minds they really think it’s a big deal, all the kids are adopted from different countries and they can’t believe they get along or something. Tom Cruise has never done stuff like that, I don’t even know where Isabella and conner came from, and quite frankly it doesn’t matter, they are his kids and he loves them. I think brad and angelina should discuss other stuff, other than what countries maddox, zahara, and pax come from.
December 6th, 2007 at 12:40 pm
Brad did a fantastic job on LK – he was so smart, sincere, humble and you could see he didn’t want to talk about private things too much – he answered those questions shortly, with not too much intimate details, but you could, without question, see the love that radiates from him when he talks about Angie and the kids. Bravo Brad -you are a great man!
December 6th, 2007 at 1:06 pm
People who are being critical of what Brad said obviously didnt see the interview. He didnt talk about the kids that much at all. Larry King asked about how he liked being a father, the joy on his face is wonderful to see. He was also asked about Zahara..being from Ethiopia. I think LK was trying to turn to conversation to the Z adoption story, but Brad didnt let him. He said he was proud of them, they were all brothers and sisters, they were all his blood as well as he was theirs. I think that is a good thing to say especially when so many tabs and others only consider Shiloh their “real” child.
The interview was a good one. he is doing great work in Nola. He is a very good dad. Don’t understand the critics at all.
December 6th, 2007 at 1:15 pm
My gosh, my head is spinning and I must stop reading. I can certainly appreciate a nice healthy debate when there is in fact a debatable topic. I watched Brad Pitt on CNN and I did not even give is statement a second thought. But I immediately got what he was saying that although they all look and come from different places that it has not mattered, they have all come together as one family. PERIOD. There was not much more behind that statement. Why does everything that this family says or does always evokes such harshness. Come on people, why fight over something so insignificant. And stop comparing people, everyone is different and should not be expected to live up to what other couples are doing. Live and let live!
December 6th, 2007 at 1:20 pm
How many of you actually saw the interview he was answering a question were larry was wondering how it was raising Four children of diff races. This is why i hate when we do quotes and don’t post the questions the qoute were in context to because then we get insane posts like these also gianna tom cruise said in an interview that isabella and connor were adopted in the US. and if u read some of heidi interviews she’s done for internationally she does very well talk about the dynamics of her family as for as her kids being of diff. races. Also Brad did’nt talk about the kids personalities because he stated that he wanted protect their kids privacy and not talk to much about them. I mean i didn’t see this much critizim when jen garner said that she hates the pap intruison for her daughter but does see them leaving la because she can’t do what she does and live in Va. Last time i checked there are alot of celebs who have great careers and do not live in LA. I just can’t believe how someone stating a fact is somehow evident of his ego about being better than someone else. Also i haven’t read a single post were anyone has said that they should be put on a pedastle the one’s critizing brad brought that fact up. Ok rant over Lol
December 6th, 2007 at 1:25 pm
Bravo meela, nora, lidia, leni and ana!!
Only Brad and Angelina can invoke this much bitterness from people. It’s sad because it overshadows some really beautiful things he said about his family.
December 6th, 2007 at 1:30 pm
What has the world come to when people are lambasting a man for talking about his family in public?
Posted by: Amanda
I don’t know Amanda, it boggles my mind as well. But it seems to be only one man,Brad and only one woman,Angelina who get this treatment. The bias is very disturbing and sad.
December 6th, 2007 at 2:52 pm
cece, I’m glad I’m not the only one who thinks the criticism levelled at Angelina and Brad is sad and largely uncalled for.
I’ve been an Angelina fan for many, many years and to be honest, I wasn’t very keen on Brad when they finally got it together. I couldn’t help but think he was wrong for her in every way. But the love he has for her and their family is indisputable. I watched that interview and the pride and love on his face when he spoke about them all was heart-warming.
I just get the feeling with this family that whatever they say, whatever they do, it will never be enough for some people. They will always find something to criticise.
December 6th, 2007 at 3:29 pm
Wow!!! If you don’t like what Brad says,
“Newsflash it’s not your life, so get over it”. If he wants to bring up his kids being from different places in every single interview, that’s his right to do so, if you don’t like it, the very simple solution is don’t read it or listen to it.
If they want to drag their kids to a different place every single month, it’s their kids, they can do what they want to do with them, you don’t have to support them, so why are you worried/commenting negatively about it.
On every single couple that was named above as “Hollywood’s Couples with children” I can say something negative about each one but I choose not to, because it’s their lives and not mine and they can live it any way they want too, mulitple nannies, robotic lifestyles, seemingly distant marriages and all.
As far as them doing something different then every single couple listed above, I’ll give you a difference, there is not a celebrity mother stated above that is as hands on with giving back to different communities and countries as much as Angelina Jolie. I’m sure all of them give back but as far as hands on I don’t see it. Does that make her better mother? Not in my eyes.
Stability mean different things to different people. Stability for some celeb moms may mean “staying in one place”, stability for Angelina may mean, “I travel and I want my kids around me, wherever I go”. Who has the right to judge what is stable in someone else’s household?
December 6th, 2007 at 4:15 pm
“Come on people, why fight over something so insignificant”
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who is fighting? I think is interesting to read these comments and see different opinions, not everybody should think the same.
December 6th, 2007 at 4:17 pm
Cece and Amanda, I agree. It makes me wonder that people are getting personal enjoyment from criticizing Brad and Angie…that saying bad things about their family makes them feel good. I would hate to see what they say about families in their neighborhood since they can judge people they don’t even know personally so harshly
December 6th, 2007 at 7:34 pm
I can’t believe that a couple of sentences about his children has evoked such a *debate*…Why must people always pick, pick, pick?
It seems that no matter how he phrased what he said, it would have been criticized, analyzed and picked over.
More than likely, if he had referred to Shiloh as “being America” it would have sparked outrage and he would have been accused of viewing his biological child differently.
As it’s been said before, they really can’t win!
December 7th, 2007 at 1:34 am
Amanda- I couldn’t have said it better myself! I do not understand why Angelina and Brad are criticized for just about everything they do. The only ever celeb parents I have seen criticized as much as they are are Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes (mostly right after Suri was born. I will admitt that they aren’t criticized nearly as much these days) and Britney Spears.
I also agree with the Nora about the fact that the tabloids seem to consider only Shiloh to be their “real” child (they never forget to refer to Mad, Z, and Pax as the “adopted children”).
I have also noticed that some of the tabs still seem to refer to Mad, Z, and sometimes even Pax as “Angelina’s adopted children.” Case in point: When In Touch published the “Z Adoption story” that Nora mentioned, the headlines on the front cover included: “Angelina’s worst nightmare! Will she lose her child?” Also, Brad wasn’t mentioned even once in the story! They made it sound as if Z is not really Brad’s daughter! Don’t get me wrong, I don’t even believe In Touch’s story for a minute. However, they could have at least said, “Brad and Angie’s worst nightmare! Will they lose their child?”
Why is it that the tabs can’t except the fact that Mad and Z are Brad’s kids as well as Angie’s?
For all of the above reasons and more, I am actually glad that Brad and Angie make a point of mentioning the different countries that their children came from. Hopefully, hearing about how Mad, Z, Pax, and Shi are just like any other brothers and sisters despite being from different countries will help people to realize that:
1. They are ALL Brad AND Angie’s children.
2. They are ALL Brad and Angie’s “real” children”.
and
3. Brad and Angie love all four of their kids equally (despite what the tabs have said about Angie not loving Shi as much as her siblings).
All of that said, I also want to respond to Laurie’s comment that it “would have been okay to have Shiloh in America”:
Besides the fact that Namibia is a place they love (Brad has mentioned that in interviews, and it is also pretty obvious from all of the connections they, and Angie in particular, have to Namibia), there is another very good reason that they chose to have Shiloh in Namibia….
So that they could have Shiloh in peace and have their privacy during the birth and newborn period, without the crazy paps going crazy trying to get the first pictures of Shiloh. Brad has even said straight out (in the same interview where he mentioned the fact they Namibia is a place they love) that one of the reasons they chose to have Shi in Namibia was to escape the paps.
December 7th, 2007 at 8:26 am
Pardon me Sil!
It wasn’t so much that people were fighting but they ranted and raved about a simply little statement expressed by a man who clearly has found some happiness in life. How can you fault someone whose face lights up at the mention of his family? I stopped reading after the 6th post because it just started to get really ridiculous. There are people who will never like this couple so they will always pick them apart and I find it to be cowardly to post things that one would never say to someone in person.
December 7th, 2007 at 10:01 am
Thank you Meela!
December 7th, 2007 at 12:33 pm
Laurie, I had the same thought when I read this post.
It’s not meant as a criticism of what Brad Pitt said – obviously the meaning behind his statement is a positive one – but Shiloh being born in Namibia is different from her siblings being truly born *of* the cultures in the countries where they were born, of birth parents with an ancestry there, individuals who sadly couldn’t take care of their babies themselves. They also lived in these countries from several months to several years before their lives as Jolie-Pitts began. I’d imagine this will have more impact on their identities as they grow older than will the fact that Shiloh’s birth was planned in a certain country.
It’s clear that Shiloh’s birth in Namibia was very meaningful to the family, as others here have pointed out. But to suggest that it is similar to the way that the other kids are “from” different countries is, to me, a little disingenuous.
On the other hand, I can also see how it’s a way of showing all the kids they are valued, and creating a special connection between them.
December 7th, 2007 at 1:49 pm
i never said i dislike them. in fact, i respect & admire them very much for their humanitarian work. and i never said that Shiloh is any more their “real” child than the others. i never said either of those things. i don’t think they love Shiloh more than the other kids.
actually it seems closer to the opposite. kinda like, “oh, we have these cool kids from foreign countries & now we’re gonna have this boring white kid, so we can’t just have her in America. no, that would not be international enough, so let’s go have her in Namibia so she can be almost as cool as the other kids and mention it all the time, along with her ‘French-ness’ and her ‘Native-American-ness’ so she won’t be this boring white child.”
of course i am exaggerating for the sake of the point, but you get my drift. and i never said they can do no right, but even people who do a whole lot of right (like Angelina and Brad) still do (and say) some things wrong every now and then.
December 7th, 2007 at 3:26 pm
“it seems as though Brad & Angelina can do no wrong with most of you. that is fine, but i wish you’d not put words in my mouth. i never said the other kids aren’t american. i never even said they’re less american. and i don’t think that. what i DO think, however, is that every child is special–not just ones born in other countries. and it’s not necessary to be born in the same continent to have a connection/bond with someone, so it would’ve been perfectly ok to have had Shiloh in America, even tho some people don’t seem to think it’s exotic enough.”
Laurie, you seem to have a real problem with the fact that Shiloh was not born in the states. Angelina gave birth to her in Namibia not so she wouldn’t be some “boring white child”, but because the country and the continent of Africa means a lot to her. What is wrong with that?
A healthy child was born to a family that loves and cares about her. Whether she was born in Namibia, the US or on Mars should make no difference to ANY of us.
Believing that their parenting decisions, including where their children are born has nothing do with anyone thinking these two parents can do no wrong. In fact, that doesn’t even come into the equation. Sorry if you don’t understand that.
December 7th, 2007 at 7:28 pm
No, Laurie. I’m afraid I don’t ‘get your drift’. Not at all in fact and I doubt I ever will.
It seems to me that while people continuously question Brad and Angelina’s feelings towards their children, it’s the general public who appear to have the issues with them. I don’t know if it’s a race thing or whether it’s because 3 of their children are adopted but people constantly try and seperate them into 2 groups; the biological child and the adopted children.
And then, when Brad clearly says on national television that DESPITE their physical differences and the fact they all came from different countries they are BROTHERS AND SISTERS, people try and tear him down over it.
And personally, Laurie, I don’t think you were exaggerating. Like someone earlier said, your ’subtle criticism’ just exploded into one post. You’ve made your feelings pretty clear.
It’s not about making a (and I quote) ‘boring white kid’ ‘cool’ like her siblings. What’s cool about being abandoned at birth like Pax and Maddox were? What’s cool about being close to death like Zahara was? There’s nothing ‘cool’ about it.
Namibia is a country very dear to Angelina’s heart. I mentioned this in my first post which you quite obviously didn’t read. Moreover, they were the only country in the world to offer them the privacy and peace they wanted to bring their child into the world. There’s nothing wrong with that. So what if she didn’t want to give birth in America. It’s nobody’s business but theirs.
And for future reference, neither Angelina nor Brad have ever mentioned Shiloh being part Native American or part French. Never, so I don’t know where you got that information from.
December 7th, 2007 at 10:54 pm
I saw the interview on CNN and I printed out and read the transcript. Much of the above arguments are specious, IMO. Brad was emphasizing how much he cares about all his children. Did anyone notice how completely he identified with Bob Considine’s comment, “I have four children. Two are adopted. I forget which two.”?
I thought Brad did a very good job of deflecting Kings attempt to insinuate the controversy generated by the tabloids around Z’s adoption into the interview. He was obviously trying to see how Brad was reacting to the tabloid stories. Brad fended him off very neatly when he said the minute Z’s name was mentioned, “This is where I get personal about my kids.” End of discussion.
But I couldn’t help grinning when he said Z is an “absolute delight”. I know parents try hard not to have favorites, but if Brad has a favorite, Z is it.
December 8th, 2007 at 12:14 am
Amanda,
Regarding your comment: “And for future reference, neither Angelina nor Brad have ever mentioned Shiloh being part Native American or part French. Never, so I don’t know where you got that information from.”
Well, I got that information from Annoyomus’s and Nausicaa’s comments above, which (and I quote) “you quite obviously didn’t read.”
Anyway, I will concede defeat here since I am outnumbered, but I appreciate the support from those of you who were willing to hear (and sometimes agree with) different opinions.