jess, Lanlan, right on. You said it well. How can a someone who isnt part of their centre KNOW that they are always HONEST in interviews is beyond my understanding. They are probably good parents, but they are most likely not saints. I just wish fans would realize this, esp the ones here. I am sorry but this couple is treated like royalty, they are no different than you and me…heck even if they do something wrong, all will be forgiven by the CBB readers…. now only if we could apply that logic to other less fortunate celebs who get crucified on the CBB site..

My husband and I sometimes refer to our son as “the boy,” so I guess I didn’t see anything odd about Angelina’s reference to Viv as ‘the girl.” She’s mentioned Viv enough times by name that I didn’t see any reason to wonder about it.

She recently said in an interview that they were not planning on adopting any time soon and I’d be really surprised if they adopted within the next 18 months. I have a hard enough time chasing after a 19 month old — I cannot imagine considering another child while running after 6 children, all under the age of 6!

I see the haters are out, albeit restrained due to the site they are on, not taking nonsense. First of all, to the people commenting on ‘The girl is much more demanding,’ you have to HEAR the actual interview in context with Jan Karl of ET (it’s on their website if your interested, under Jan’s blog) – who started off asking her how ‘The twins are,’ (she didn’t refer to them by name) and that’s when Angelina started talking about the schedule they were on, how one is up, when the other is down, and how they wake them up, etc. (it’s transcribed above in the article) – at the end, she added at the last, ‘the girl is much more demanding.’ She was talking about the schedule and caretaking aspects of TWINS, NOT commenting on what each baby was like personally. Plus as someone said, she knows the world does not KNOW her children, even if they THINK they do.

I can understand Nancy’s comment. It’s not just that Angie’s taking care of six kids. It’s all the other stuff she does besides.

She has her acting career, obviously, and she does quite a bit of charity work. On top of that she and Brad are raising six kids. Help or no help, juggling all of that can’t always be easy!

Judy- I wouldn’t be so sure about that! Remember, Shiloh was only 10 months old when Pax was adopted. I’ll actually be surprised if they don’t adopt again until the twins are two!

Jade,
I’m not against celebrity admiration per se, its just if this admiration appears to be based on irrational logic.
If you re-read her comments Nancy said that she has twice as much respect for Angelina than normal moms despite them doing the same job.

Nancy S,
who said I even have kids or have help or not? I’m not against nannies but it would be foolish to deny that Angelina has resources that has enabled her to bypass everyday difficulties the average person has.

I hope I don’t sound like I’m arguing but I just want to clarify: When I said why would Angelina have twice the amount of respect, that was in reference to you. I know that many people wouldn’t have “twice” the amount of respect for her seeing as most would take into account her financial status. Despite what you said I’m sorry to say that I still don’t see how Angelina has it any harder than other poverty stricken women, that she deserves twice the amount of respect. I’m sure Angelina herself would agree with this.

I think its absolutely great that she’s adopting children of similar ethnicites. I hope that Zahara will get an African sibling close to her age who she can relate to. Being so close in age to Shiloh, who is the biological blond haired blue-eyed sibling is going to undeniably hard for her when she’s older.

Uh, brooke? She’d adopt an AFRICAN, NOT an African American. She adopts from foregin countries, and a person from Africa is African, not African American. A person from America who is of African descent is African American.

Jess- She probably IS running around after the kids. For one thing, Angie is nothing but honest in her interviews. For another, she and Brad have made it pretty clear that, while they DO have nannies, they do most of the work themselves. In otherwords, they don’t let their nannies raise their kids.

Also, she and Brad alternate work schedules so one of them is always home with the kids. Obviously, it’s important to them that they spend plenty of time with the kids and that THEY parent them, NOT nannies.

I honestly think that the nannies are there as extra sets of eyes, ears, and arms more than anything.

blackrose- It was mainly the wording, and it was just for a split second. I don’t believe she meant anything bad by it!

Louise- She herself has admitted that she is sleep-deprived, and when you are sleep-deprived, it is very easy to forget/mix up people’s names.

She may have simply found it easier to say “the girl”. I also don’t think she meant any harm by the “blob” comment. First of all, it was actually the interviewer that suggested the comment, and second, when you think about it, newborns ARE basically blobs!

Personally, I see “blob” as a term of endearment for a newborn!

To all those who think it’s strange that Angelina refers to her daughter as ‘the girl’, here’s another take on it. You know how when you talk about people that you know but that the people you’re talking to don’t, you don’t neccesarily use their names? Although we all feel that we know celebrities, they can’t really feel that they know us. So maybe her use of ‘the girl’ seems strange to us because we’re familiar with the name Viv, but she forgets that we feel that way since she doesn’t. If you think of it this way, saying, ‘the girl’ is not strange at all, in my opinion.

blackrose-i too found the ”girl” comment weird.after the blob comment re;shiloh,i find it strange she doesnt refer to vivi by name-why wouldn’t she?! strange…

i agree she’s looking fantastic,as is Gwen! x

“Nancy S,
why would Angelina have “twice” the amount of respect as a normal woman with a fraction of the amount of money, resources, time and nannies?”

I said I respect her twice as much, I didn’t say everybody did.

My reason being – I am nursing my one year old, and I am able to stay at home and do that full time – and it is a damn hard job.
Angelina has many more children to look after than I do (whether she has help or not) – and is a very busy woman beside that – yet she still makes the time to give her new babies the very best that they deserve – a fantastic start to a healthy life.

I feel you took my words to try to make yourself feel better about not having help.