At least when I have read it, I’ve checked issue out from the library rather than actually buying them, so I haven’t really been supporting Ugh Weakly in any way!

Anyway, I have been getting more and more fed up with Ugh Weakly as it is. Their “Angelina and Brad’s Twins: It was Invitro!” cover really irked me, as did a story they did recently about the interviews Angie did in October and earlier this month to promote Changeling.

There was some misinformation in the article (Angie’s comments about adopting again and Mad being the “professional big brother” were mentioned…and then they went on to say that Mad might have the chance to be a big brother again as soon as January, obviously in reference to Angie’s comment about not being able to begin the adoption process until any new kids are six months old. Even if they do begin the adoption process in January, it will probably take close to a year to go through, just as Pax’s did, so really the earliest Mad will have a chance to be a big brother again will be around this time next year), but that didn’t bug me too much.

What really irked me was that they naturally mentioned Angie’s comment about falling in love on the set of MMS (and thanks to this article, we now know that she was referring to her and Brad’s CHARACTERS falling in love in the movie, not to her relationship with Brad in real life!), and of course they basically pounced all over it.

I refused to even read the issue with the article about them supposedly using IVF. Anyway, hearing what they have done recently in regards to leaving Mad, Pax, and ZeeZee out of photos and captions is the last straw. I may read older issues of Ugh Weakly, but from this point forward, I will not be reading current ones, and there are some I will never read (such as the IVF one).

I do have to chuckle at them stating that Angie’s teaching Shiloh French, though. While I’m sure Angie and Brad are teaching all of the kids French, Shiloh’s probably a bit young to be seriously learning it yet. She’s maybe picked up a word or two, but that’s probably about it.

I hope that, once Knox and Viv get older (and thus can go on more outings and do more things), it will get harder for the tabs to leave the oldest three kids out of things.

My other beef is the disappearing the adopted kids of color by cropping them from photos and leaving them out of captions. Ugh Weakly, 12/8/08, has a page “For Kids.” Remember Angie saying the whole family’s learning French? Now, it’s Angie teaching just Shiloh French. Remember Girls Day Out in Cannes in different dresses all in black? They cropped ZeeZee out.

I dont think Angie looks at all like she’s had plastic surgery, she is naturally beautiful as seen by her early modelling photos and by photos of her mother.

Also to settle something, I dont think Angie ever meant to say she and Brad fell in love on the set of MR & Mrs Smith. Her statement was:
‘They (their kids) haven’t seen a lot of our films yet, because they are a little young, but I’m looking forward to them one day discovering Mr and Mrs Smith,’ she smiles. ‘They’re going to have a great laugh – to see when their parents actually met, and watch them fall in love and try to kill each other!’

She is actually saying what happened in the film but when her words were repeated they left off the ‘and try and kill each other’ bit so it sounded like she was talking about her relationship.

I dont think Angie meant what so many are making out.

Thanks,

: ) Sam

One of my biggest pet peeves when it comes to the way the media (and I’m talking legimite media. If the tabs aren’t the most tactful with what they say, that doesn’t bother me too much since practically nobody takes the tabs seriously anyway! :)) goes about reporting on the J-Ps is the fact that they almost always seem to, for some reason, have to make it clear that Maddox, Pax, and Zahara are adopted.

Some of them, such as this article, go even further and say that Maddox, Pax, and Zahara are adopted and Shi and the twins are Angie and Brad’s biologically.

Really, why does it have to be mentioned all the time that the oldest three Jolie-Pitt kids are adopted (other than in articles about/including the J-Ps that are specifically about adoption. I completely understand mentioning Mad, Pax, and Zee being adopted in those types of articles.)? I was actually hoping that would stop once the twins were born, but obviously that hasn’t been the case. :(

It’s obvious that Brad and Angie see all six of their kids as simply their children, plain and simple (Brad even basically said this a little over a year ago by stating that all of his children are just as much his blood as they are his, or something to that affect.).

I greatly respect PEOPLE Magazine and other media sources who refer to all six of Brad and Angie’s kids as just that, their kids (again, with the exception of articles specifically about adoption).

Anyway, another thing related to this issue (the kids being referred to as adopted and biological) that annoys me is that, when Angie was pregnant with Shiloh, most of the media acted like she was their first child (even PEOPLE, who, as I mentioned before, are generally very good about not referring to the kids as adopted or biological, announced on their cover, below the headline “Yes, I’m Pregnant!”, that “Angelina confirms she and Brad Pitt are expecting their first child!”). When Angie was first pregnant with Knox and Viv, the same thing happened. I saw several media sources announcing that Angie and Brad were “expecting their second child” (obviously this was before it was confirmed that Angie was carrying twins).

I wanted to say, “No, they’re expecting their FIFTH child!”

But in Joliepittfanatic’s defense, I must say that she has been extraordinarily respectful with her opinions, and I think she has been very objective. Her posts in the recent threads are a very clear indication of this.

Personally I always think the best way to deal with people who snark like that is to ignore them because when someone wants to get a rise out of people, not giving it to them is the best method.

As to comment policies, I have written an extensive one here: http://www.pittwatch.com/pittwatch-comment-policy/

Let’s try to let go of the hostility and ignore the people who are trying to get a rise out of the fans. :)

When I read Mindy’s comment, I wondered – who is she talking about? To me, it’s obviously not Angie. I think Angie’s beauty is natural. And, Mindy didn’t name Angie.

So, I wonder – why do you both feel the need to lash out at other posters? Being rude and uncivil puts you at the same level as Mindy, if in fact she was slamming Angie.

If there are rules about this site, i.e. you can only post if you say X,Y,Z – only Sherry has that authority, in my opinion.

Sherry, would you please comment here? Both about 1) are there rules around posting, 2) community behavior towards other posters.

I’ve always loved pittwatch, but lately I’m finding this lashing out and bullying really detracts from the integrity of the site.

thanks,
Sarah