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In my previous entry about Angelina Jolie’s interview with Germany’s Vanity Fair, several people left comments mentioning that we should all check out the Philippine Daily Inquirer which is a reputable news source (despite its unfortunate similar name to the Enquirer!).
Reader Barb was kind enough to send me a direct link to the interview. Apparently the reporter, Ruben V. Nepales, is well known for doing as little editing as possible to allow the real “voice” come through. I really enjoyed reading the interview and wanted to share it.
They cut right to the chase and talked about life with twins right off the bat:
Tell us more about the twins.
Knox and Viv are the sweetest little things – to see them together is just something else. They lie down next to each other a lot. They respond to each other – more so now. They’re starting to smile a lot. It’s funny that Knox looks like Brad and Viv looks a bit like me. They’re good babies. We’re very lucky. The trick in having six is, once you pass three or four, it gets so crazy, anyway, that there’s just more chaos – and it’s okay.
So, you’re not done yet?
No.
Ahhh! Not done yet! More Jolie-Pitt babies in the future!
I think one of my favorite parts was when she was talking about the challenges of filming Changeling and whether she could have survived as a woman in the 1920s and she mentioned:
People have called me a liar or bad. Fortunately, I was raised by a mom who loved me so much and made me comfortable with myself. I’m not a liar. I know I’m a decent person. I can go to bed at night knowing that I’m all right no matter what anybody says about me.
Well, I know how many PittWatch readers cheer that statement on. Clearly Marcheline did a great job of raising Angelina with the kind of self-esteem you really need to survive Hollywood.
There’s also a point where she touches on something that has been discussed at times in our comments, about the fact that some day their kids will read and see some of the horrible things that have been said about Angelina and about Brad Pitt as well:
How do you deal with fabrications printed in some publications?
Somebody told me I was depressed. My life is being with my family. My family is so real, close and happy. I wake up, and I want to make sure everybody’s healthy. I don’t care about anything else. You’ve also known me for a long time. It has been years of people saying things about me, so I do tend to ignore it.
Most people know that most things are completely made up. But, we are worried about the kids getting a hold of the Internet and seeing some stories. It’s hard to explain—and it makes no sense to explain! There’s no good reason for it. We’ll see. I’ll tell you how it goes if I do.
I’m sure they’ll figure out the best way to prepare them. Meanwhile, while I’m sure it will be confusing for them, the kids are the ones who live with Brad and Angelina. I think they’ll be able to grasp the fact that there is a big difference between tabloids and the truth.
I strongly recommend that you check out the full article because it’s just wonderful. The whole interview comes out as though you’re sitting at a table with Angelina herself, just chatting over a coffee.
Enjoy!
Happy Thanksgiving to the Canadian fans and of course you, Sherry!
I love Ruben N’s interviews with her, she always gives him a better insight into their lives. I think he also asks her how she feels about the general and escalating character assassination she has been subjected to.
What I have come to understand about her is that she knows who she is, and very comfortable with the journey she made and the lessons she learned on the way. Like most people she has let those lessons guide her future. Which is a very normal transition.
Bella Angelina – sweetheart. I will never understand how or why anyone can say or write spiteful things about her. Thank god for her mommy Marcheline, wrapping her in love – and now Brad and the children.
Children have a natural sense of morality; what is deserved, who deserves punishment/praise . . . just read a story with a child and ask them what they think about the justice elements in it – they’ll know instinctively. what is right or wrong.
lets hope and pray that the children never get distressed if they ever do read all the nasty comments – some people are so bitter – I tend to pity them.
melodie, wireimage have pictures of their jet landing in Berlin. No new pictures of them actually in Berlin. I do believe that they are now in Berlin, Brad will start shooting tomorrow or in 2 days.
God bless the Jolie-Pitt’s.
i LOVE her second statement about her beeing a liar! so true i think thats the best statement she ever made!!!
Happy Thanksgiving Sherry and all Canadian readers. This is such a nice article. I admire this woman more and more every day. Brad and the children are so lucky to have her. Marcheline was a wonderful loving mother and Angie draws from that and she is also. Love hearing little tidbits about each of the children.
Her best interview ever. I love the sweet and personal things she says in this interview about brad and the kids. You can read “love” in every word. She is the best. And I bet Shi is the cutest thing when she waves at the cameras with that curious expression on her cute face :) About the fact they they travel a lot, besides the fact that is their choice how to raise the kids, I think that these children are so fortunate to be able to do that. They have the chance to see the world, to grow up being more adaptable, tolerant, open-minded than many others. Not to mention the knowledge that they will gather.
wow, this is a really great article. so honest. i really am giddy about the whole “ask brad”. she said he initiated it…. he simply wants to marry her. OMGGGGG GIDDY overload.
oh, sorry, i just saw that i noted “irame” in place of “irma” lol
http://photo.wenn.com/index.php?ref=brangelina%20villa%20121008&version=int
irame; did you see some pics of the arrival?
Brad, Angie & children arrived in Berlin today (according to some fans).
sweet
No, it wouldn’t be nice if they stayed in one place just to please those who have this idea that somehow being stationary translates into stability. Get it over it already ok?
These kids are being blessed with the opportunity of having the world as their school-room, and even more, they get their parents right there while they experience and take it all in.
It angers me the praise given to them with one hand while a swipe with a smile smack’s them other one about how Brad & Angelina choose to raise “their” children.
Mad, Pax, Zee, Shi, Knox, Viv are Brad & Angelina’s children and not anyone elses, and they choose to not stay put and I pat them on the back for not letting convention rule their decisions and choices about their life as a family.o
Has anyone seen the second Ugly Betty episode of season 3, aired on the second of October? Well Wilhemina has a picture of Angelina Jolie on the cover of Mode Magazine, with lots of ice around her. Alexis was reprimanding her for her vision, as Angelina doesn’t show that much beneath all the ice.
Hi Neer, I stand corrected, I thought it was Ruben because I read about it in the Inquirer. :)
http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSTRE49A00B20081011
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A magazine cover photo of Angelina Jolie breast-feeding one of her newborn twins may have turned the superstar actress into a role model for new mothers.
The photo, taken by Jolie’s partner Brad Pitt, will adorn the November issue of W magazine. Other family pictures taken by Pitt in the weeks after the birth in July of twins Vivienne Marcheline and Leon Knox will appear inside.
“I think it is fabulous. Seeing a celebrity like Angelina Jolie breast-feed can be a role model to encourage women to make a choice that is wonderful for their baby,” said Andi Silverman, mom of two and author of “Mama Knows Breast.”
“Breasts are used to sell all sorts of products, so to see them used the way nature intended can only be a great thing,” Silverman told Reuters.
……Jolie’s global influence as a style-setter and through her humanitarian travels and support of kids in third world countries, ensured the impact of the photo of her special moments with her baby.
“The response from moms we have seen is that if someone as popular, beautiful and together as Angelina is breast-feeding her children, it inspires other women to do so themselves,” said Dr Shannon Fox, a psychotherapist with the http://www.Momlogic.com website.
Little is seen in the picture of the act of breast-feeding. It shows Jolie smiling, while a tiny hand is just visible at bottom of the frame.
La Leche League International, the world’s oldest breast-feeding support organization, said the photo was particularly welcome as Jolie has twins.
“Mothers of twins report it takes a lot of time, effort and physical energy to breast-feed. I think the picture is beautiful,” said La Leche League International spokeswoman Jane Krouse.
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http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/story/835433.html
La Leche League International, the world’s oldest breast-feeding support organization, applauds Jolie’s apparent decision to be photographed nursing on the cover of W.
“Breast-feeding in public reveals a whole lot less than what has been revealed on the red carpet. … I think we do need more role models like Angelina Jolie willing to be photographed and say, ‘Hey look, it can be done, it oughta be done,’” La Leche spokeswoman Jane Crouse said.
I really like Nepales’s interviews. He’s had some pretty good ones, not only of Ange but also of other stars. The tiny insights into their lives are so great.
hello (test)
u want live in one place, u do, not preach others
Wonderful interiew! She is open about her personal life but not too open. It was wonderful to read how the twins interact together already at the age of three months. Wait until they´re older. They´ll sure be very close to one another and play together a lot. It´s Brad and Angie´s own private matter if and when they want more children.It´s nobody else´s business. They have every right to have as many children as they want. Hopefully the next time they´ll have another handsome biological son and will adopt another African girl so that Princess Zee will have an African sister with whom she can share her African inheritance.