Brad Pitt on Oprah

Have to agree about how great this interview was. He showed charm, humility and a great sense of humor. His face did light up when talking about his family.

Though I have to admit that my favorite part was when he described Angelina as sweet, good and with a great heart. These are not always words attached to her and it was just wonderful to hear him describe her in those loving terms and not only as being beautiful and sexy, which she is. It is so obvious that he sees beneath the surface and the superficial descriptions of her and wanted to show that in the photos and he did. Of course he included some of the sexy parts too, so he sees her as a total package.

Great interview and maybe I just missed the infamous awkward parts, but they seemed to have a great time together.

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Randi, thanks for the write up. It is so plain to see that this man is crazy for Angie and the children. I don’t want to go into the whole X thing again, but this man has always made it clear that he wanted children. Why he and the X didn’t we don’t know, but he needed to move on. I believe that they will go to Africa for the holidays. Maybe spend a few days at his parents and off the Africa. Where ever God Bless the Jolie-Pitts.

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It was a cute interview. I think Oprah was amused having him there. I’m glad she didn’t ask any questions about 4 years ago.

I do feel bad for Christina because blogs are saying she’s crazy. Sheesh. I think she’s getting an unfair judgment. Besides, she was only on for a few minutes. I feel the gossip blogs are much worse because they propagate a lot of tabloid fodder and dispense personal info about the celebrities.

It is weird that a stranger would know those details, but at the same time, she’s a fan, who clearly supports his projects (i.e. Make It Right). I don’t think she was being stalkerish. She just asked about his tattoos, not about his sex life. Besides, I think Brad took it in good stride. He may have been a bit weirded out, but I think he was okay with her in the end.

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The Huffington Post and other sites are referring to Christina as a obsessed fan ,crazy and bradaloonie etc. I think the producers made it worse by going back to her after he said he wanted to keep the info private. I think Christina was polite and professional

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I think poor Christina got a taste of the Angelina treatment. Brad seemed totally surprised Christina knew about the Ice Man. Brad and Angelina must not read not only the tabs, but legit media too. Legit magazines and newspaper articles have mentioned their tattoos, e.g. Rolling Stone. And instead of portraying her 17 years of fandom as a positive thing, she was made out to be a stalker. Ouch. It’s all in the way it’s framed and presented. (Speaking of which, did any see the NYTimes hit piece on Angelina manipulating People and other media? Once again it’s all her, not of course nice Brad.)

I usually like Lainey too, but she can be off at times.

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Yep, Ligaya, the NY Times article was well, I feel it was a completely editorialized article. I don’t think a lot of it was factual, and really, it sounded more like an entry from Lainey’s blog. I think that article was really just the author’s take and speculation on Angie’s image. For a large part, the article undermines her passion for humanitarian work.

Still, when Lainey talked about the article, she emphasized Brad also being a “media manipulator.” She also emphasized that Brad and Angie aren’t the only ones who do it, but that all celebrities do it. It’s just that apparently, the JPs do it very well.

I think to an extent, all celebs try to control what’s put out about them, especially because lies are usually printed about them. Somehow, they’ve to negate those. But at the same time, I don’t think they’re any less of a human, and I think the NY Times article paints Angie as a very superficial celeb despite what she has accomplished out of genuine passion. It’s these kinds of articles that people only see these celebrities as mere celebs, either to be idolized or despised, and also, when they’re reduced to their profession (and not seen as human beings), it gives a lot of people even more reason to feel entitled to “invade” the celeb’s privacy.

I think the article was really just one person’s opinion, and naming unnamed sources and trying to piece together what she thinks Angie’s “crafted” image. It’s just another take on Angie’s image … almost very tab-like. And, awards season is coming up, so, it’s pretty suspicious that yet another article paints Angie in a negative light is out.

At least, there are blogs that are praising Angie’s smarts for being to do things on her own without the help of PR firms.

Also, I am glad to hear that Angie has a boarding school somewhere in Africa. I didn’t know about it, and I guess, the girls at the school are doing very well.

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