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I’m glad I don’t work at “Entertainment Tonight” right now (but if they want to offer me a great salary, I *am* available!).
First they dished the “exclusive” news that Angelina Jolie had given birth to her twins and that the information came from a special source who was right in the delivery room and said mom and babies were doing just fine. Even when doubts sprouted up and the story was denied by Angelina’s rep, ET held firm to their news, which had been posted on their site, and then even went ahead and reported the details on their television show later that evening.
Then Brad Pitt’s people denied the story as well, and ET quickly discovered that they had been hoaxed. Investigations showed that they had been mislead by someone impersonating Angelina’s assistant and good friend, Holly Goline. Someone had sent emails as Holly, informing the media show of Angie’s supposed birth. ET pulled the story and replaced it with their explanation for the mix-up, but they must have felt foolish having aired the segment already.
They’ve stated they’re investigating what happened and that they take this hoax very seriously since it damaged their integrity.
” ‘Entertainment Tonight’ takes this very seriously and is, of course, concerned that the show may have been victimized by someone allegedly posing as a member of Ms. Jolie’s team,” the statement said. “We are actively investigating the matter and are reaching out to law enforcement agencies.”
However! The plot thickens because CNN has a story claiming that ET already knew the story was fake when they went to air. They had been duped when they posted it online, but they had been informed of the truth before they reported it on television. Why would they have done that? No other news to fill the gap?
Sounds like they had one embarrassing mishap and made it worse.
Read the full story here.
818 days ago
hi guys don’t you just know they must be soooo happy they have that beautiful, PRIVATE place to call home for the forseeable future…they don’t care what ET or anyone else is saying about them and neither should we.
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818 days ago
Let’s just hope that ET (and other news organisations) have learned their lessons.
In the JJB forum, I’ve read that an LA Times blogger said something to the effect that if only Angie would show up, then all these rumours would be put to rest. My thinking is, why does she need to put the rumours to rest? Why can’t the people just believe their reps who said the stroy isn’t true. Is she implying that Angie and Brad are liars? Angie has every right to disappear if she wants to. For all we know, she really wants to make sure that things go well for the remainder of her pregnancy and so she’s really keeping herself at home resting. And even if she just does not want to go out and satisfy the paps and the tabs, that is her choice. Why people would keep insisting that she shows herself just beyond me, I really don’t believe she owes any of us that.
As I’ve said before, I think most of us fans of the JPs are really just hoping that she’ll be healthy and be able to deliver safely. While we do want to see them, I think most of us can make do without seeing them and especially Angie during this time. I think they will make an announcement once the babies come. There may be no pictures, but there’ll be an announcement. I think they know their fans would want to know, and I don’t think they’d disappoint.
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