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Angelina Opens Up About Brad... and Jen
How did Hollywood's most famous hookup happen? And has Brad Pitt's babymomma ever met his ex? In the January Vogue, on newsstands Friday, Angelina Jolie tackles those hot topics and more. Some excerpts published in USA Today:
Re: Brad: "He's somebody I admire based on the way he lives his life. And that's why I'm with him."
Re: the onset of their on-set romance: "A few months [into filming Mr. & Mrs. Smith] I realized, god, I can't wait to get to work. Whether it was shooting a scene or... gun practice or dance class or doing stunts, anything we had to do with each other, we found a lot of joy in it."
Re: Jennifer Aniston, Jolie says the two ladies have never had "a real sit-down-and-talk kind of meeting," and have only said hello in passing. To ever have a heart-to-heart, Jolie says, "would be [Jen's] decision, and I would welcome it." As would Barbara Walters and the cameras from 20/20.
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Dec 12, 2006 11:02 AM
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Guess who will be the first one to buy the January Vogue? I so admire Angelina for all of her accomplishments. I truly believe that people change, and I'm glad that she changed for the better. Brad seems so happy. I am happy for the entire family. May Angie and Brad contiue to make good movies, and raise healthy, happy children. My best wishes for Jennifer also.
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Dec 12, 2006 12:45 PM
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This issue cannot be delivered fast enough.
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Dec 12, 2006 1:24 PM
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lovettpam, I am no fan of Angelina by any means, but I don't think she has changed that much. I think she has been distorted by her media and papparazzi hangers-on for too long now. I hear all sorts of awful things about her, but then I see her in an interview on TV, and she seems perfectly down-to-earth and (dare I say it) normal!
I am, in fact, a bigger fan of Jennifer Aniston, and I don't know what happened in that whole triangle, but I can't help but feel for her. Still, there is a possibility that there are no bad guys here. There may just be three people who are now with the people they are meant to be with (for now, anyway, this being Hollywood).
Frankly, I'd be happy to hear from NONE of them for awhile, but that would take the scandal-rag media to leave them alone, and we KNOW that's not going to happen.
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Dec 12, 2006 1:29 PM
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That cover photo of Angelina by Annie Leibovitz is fantastic!
However, I'm sorry to read that she and Brad are continuing the trend of having children without getting married.
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Dec 12, 2006 1:48 PM
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I don't know if Angelina has changed or not. I do know she is compassionate and altruistic, both qualities I admire. What they do in their personal life is their business, not mine or anyone else's and Jennifer Aniston has asked people to leave it alone and NOT make her the victim. I think we should honor that request.
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Dec 13, 2006 12:02 AM
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Once again we are in sync Cindy.
I don't know if Angelina has "changed" either. She has always come across as compassionate and intelligent and genuinely concerned with making the world a less miserable place. I think it's the cannibalistic showbiz press that has painted a false picture of her over the years. This includes the ridiculous assertions of there being something odd about her affection for brother. She's just proving to be too formidable for them, leaving them without a clear shot.
As far as I can tell all three parties involved have handled the situation pretty well. Gossip mongers tried hard to be offended on Jennifer Aniston's behalf. To her great credit she didn't take the bait.
People really don't have control over who they fall in love with. Pitt didn't do anything to Aniston by falling in love with Angelina and to both his and Angelina's credit they seemed to have acted with decency and no little restraint. If Jennifer really had a bone to pick with either of them about the way things were done she probably would have said so. And if indeed she did then I respect her dignity in keeping it private.
Some want to paint Angelina as a nut because she is so open and because she takes up causes and acts on her beliefs without regard to public approval. Show business people who do anything other than donate money when it comes to social causes are too often the target of public derision. Accused of insincerity and dilletantism they are criticized by others who are doing a lot less. There is some idea that they should "know their place".
I say if you feed the hungry or help alleviate violence and oppression in any way then your motives don't matter. If Jerry Lewis helps find a cure for Muscular Dystrophy or Pitt and Jolie ease starvation and genocide in Africa and their only motivation is self-aggrandizement who cares? I don't in fact believe that is their motivation, for what that's worth. It's too bad that others do. At least those folks can always be sure that the world will never run out of super-rich self-indulgent stars who will spend millions on lavish weddings in castles or on expensive automobiles which they will drunkenly drive from one party to another. And there will be plenty of infotainment "reporters" who will bring us stories about such goings on without a hint of the winking skepticism with which they report the charitable acts of the George Clooneys and Angelina Jolies and Magic Johnsons and Brad Pitts of the world.
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Dec 13, 2006 4:16 AM
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"People don't have control over who they fall in love with."
True. But they do have a choice about how they react to it.
"Pitt didn't do anything to Aniston by falling in love with Angelina and they both seemed to have acted with decency."
Let's not forget that Pitt was married at the time he hooked up with Jolie.
I will concede that people have reasons for ending a marriage. However, leaving a marriage because you found someone better is just wrong. If you want out of a marriage, OK, leave and then find someone else. If you condone leaving when you find someone else then what does marriage mean? Will the new couple split when someone else comes along? Pitt and Jolie are no different than any other couple on the planet, they're just in the spotlight. They may be honorable and good people but in getting together they were neither.
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Dec 13, 2006 6:57 AM
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Here, here, BOZMAN54!
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Dec 13, 2006 11:15 AM
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I think Angelina made a hugh mistake when she admitted to cheating with a married man, most of the world already knew. I think it was a slap in the face to Jennifer A. And why would Jen want to talk to Angelina, swap stories? I don't think so. Jen has way more class than Angelina in my book. I lost all respect for AJ years ago, before BP.
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Dec 13, 2006 11:18 AM
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I am with DaMess all the way, because you see, I wasn't there. I don't know if the marriage was intact or not. And Jennifer Aniston is talking about it like some of the people here are doing. She has more sense and more class than that. I've been trying to get me those glasses or whatever it is that allows some of you to see into the hearts, minds and actions of people you don't even know and I can't find them. Where did you get them? Maybe from the tabloid press?
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Dec 13, 2006 4:56 PM
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However, leaving a marriage because you found someone better is just wrong.
You can use the phrase "finding someone better" if you choose but the whatever the reason if it caused the marriage to end then it would end eventually anyway. Angelina has said (if I understand correctly) that they didn't concumate their relationship until Pitt and Aniston were done. And as for leaving someone for any reason being wrong I would say that being dishonest about a relatiobship i.e. staying in one that you do not believe in is a worse thing to do to your partner than leaving them. Marriage should be a committment of the heart. Not a trap. When that committment is non-existent it is wrong to continue in the relationship. And again, Aniston hasn't made such accusations as you make. I think she is in a better position to decide whether or not to do so than anyone else. Like Cindy says none of us or the press were there. I'm all for unhappy people ending a bad marriage. It gives both an opportunity to find happiness elsewhere.
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Dec 13, 2006 6:02 PM
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Question - Why did Angelina feel the need to open this discussion up? Was it because she felt the "need" to change people's mind about her or she just "had" to share details of her personal life?
Wouldn't it had made sense to ignore the reporter's questions concerning Brad and Jennifer and her relationship with Brad Pitt.
It seems to me as if no one wins in these too intimate issues.
Only Brad/Jennifer/Angelina know for sure whether feelings and acting on those feelings were committed during Brad's marriage or contributed to the demise of his marriage. Sometimes looks can be deceiving and sometimes not.
By-the-By, I'm not too sure, if I'm Jennifer, that I would have much to discuss with Angelina either.
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Dec 13, 2006 9:24 PM
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By-the-By, I'm not too sure, if I'm Jennifer, that I would have much to discuss with Angelina either
Absolutely RevVee. Doesn't seem like there'd be much point to it anyway.
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Dec 14, 2006 2:31 AM
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