I didn’t misread Reese’s comment. Read my comment again. I was referring to the obvious connotation of such a statement.

I’m just a little tired of the implication that you have to grow up in “middle America” to have good values. If your mother or father doesn’t work, are you bound to miss out on values? I doubt Reese meant as much; it’s just such an accepted stereotype that nobody thinks twice about it. But it’s not ok.

That is what comes with the price of fame. I do not understand why these top celebrities complain when they have enough money to buy a private island and enjoy the rest of the lives with family and friends.

I mean that the JPs stage photos to control the paps. There are some photos of them that are obviously pap ambushings, but a lot you can tell are also very controlled, in stark contrast to the likes of the Holmes-Cruise clan. Yes, some photos of the JPs are terrible because the kids are scared, but they have a much better way than others do. I think many more than we are led to believe are staged, and well done to them for doing it. A friend of mine works in PR and this has included working with and for a-list celebs and the paps, and trust me, a lot of photos look really spontaneous and they aren’t. I’m not saying that the JPs do this, but it would be naive to think that celebs don’t have control over some photos when they do. Also, the JPs are doing something right, how many pictures have we seen of them recently? Or since the twins birth? They’re not doing too badly, considering the interest.

phoebe- I’m confused by your statement. How exactly are most pictures of the Jolie-Pitt kids staged? Most of the pictures we see of them are of them doing normal, every day things, such as getting picked up or dropped off at school, going to the candy store, going to the art supply store, etc.

Desirey- ITA! I also agree with Alyssa that Reese and her kids would likely still be photographed if they moved away from Hollywood. Also, I would imagine that moving out of the state would be very difficult for her because of the joint custody agreement, and moving to another part of the state probably isn’t going to do anything to lessen the amount of paps following them.

For example, I think Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, and Violet (and soon-to-be Baby Affleck number 2!) live in Brentwood rather than LA (I’m guessing this because Jen and Violet are seen at the Brentwood Farmer’s Market a lot!), and yet they still get photographed all the time!

Unfourtnately, I think they’d have to leave the state if they wanted to lessen the paparazzi attention, and that, as other comments have pointed out, may not be feasible.

I also want to point out that some celebs get followed by the paps wherever they go. For example, the Jolie-Pitts seem to get bombared by the paps even in foregin countries! There are only four places I can think of where they are followed by few or no paps: France, Germany, Namibia, and Cambodia.

Likewise, the paps have followed the Holmes-Cruises to New York, Germany, Italy (when they got married), Paris, and I think London (I’m not positive about that one).

It amazes me that people are suggesting the celebrity parents should alter their lives in such profound ways (like giving up what they love doing) in order to keep their children safe. Absolutely, the children and their safety should be the most important things but why has it come to such a drastic point? It would be one thing if inappropriate yelling, dangerous driving, complete lack of respect for children’s space, etc were just “part of the business” but it is ridiculous to suggest that the behaviors of the paparazzi over the last few years is even remotely acceptable, let alone acceptable enough to expect parents to change their lives to accommodate them. If every celebrity parent “simply” left the business, aside from the obvious blow the quality of entertainment, it’d be a pretty explicit message to the paps; “keep it up. if the celebs can’t handle it, they should move.”

I don’t believe that Reese has no choice but to stay in LA/Hollywood. Ryan strikes me as a totally devoted father and I believe that if she really wanted to, he would be willing to work something out so she could move her and the kids outside of the city and to a less pap-heavy area of the state. Yes, the attention is in part unavoidable because of who she is, but there are plenty of celebs who work out of LA and live elsewhere. To say that she hopes to be able to leave one day is disingenous because she doesn’t have to work another day in her life if she chose not to.

I agree with some of the posters on here. Reece probably has her reasons for not moving including the custody agreement she has with Ryan. I’m sure if she could move she would but she’s trying to make the best out of a difficult situation. She is my favorite actress. I could watch Sweet Home Alabama all day every day. I loooove that movie!! Good-Luck to her, Ryan, Ava and Deacon.

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She may not be able to leave LA because of custody agreements/divorce settlement stuff..? Also, whether her not her father was wealthy, I have often thought that she seems more down to earth with more morals and good head on her shoulders than most of the other celebrities.

Um. I rarely comment… but seriously, people, re-read her comments. if you want to jump at her for her comments, you might as well get them right… she said that she and Ryan had similar parenting ideas “Having both grown up in “working families in middle America,” … Not WORKING CLASS…. she said WORKING FAMILIES.

Geesh, please, make sure you double check before getting all worked up!