Tuesday, December 23, 2014
Angelina Jolie Works Hard On Her Marriage
Angelina Jolie recently gave an interview to The Australian Women's Weekly. In it, she discusses the challenges of being married and raising a large family. She states that she and Brad, "work really hard at nurturing our family to make sure that everybody is alright and everyone stays connected. Maintaining a marriage and raising kids is hard work. You have to really make sure that your work doesn't get in the way. That you don't do something that is going to put too much strain on your family." She goes on to say that she very much enjoys married life, and finds that she quite likes calling Pitt her husband.
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Not to be whatever, but don't most people work hard on their marriage?
ReplyDelete@Gina, right?!
DeleteGina, no many do not, as witness divorce rate! She's not the only one for sure, but many dont at all!
DeleteI agree auntliddy a lot of people do not work at their marriages or they say they do but they are not even being honest with themselves. These days first sign of trouble and they either file for divorce without even trying counselling etc or they have affairs.
DeleteHence why I said most
DeleteShe should work hard to keep a marriage, coz she only knows how to destroy one. Booyah!
ReplyDeleteOUCH! winky winky CO.
DeleteHas she outgrown the crazy or just learned to camouflage?
ReplyDeleteThe Interviewer deserves a Medal of Honor for risking transmitting chicken pox for this informative piece of journalism.
ReplyDeleteLol, Kat!!! :)
DeleteMrs Pitt is just campaigning for her film
ReplyDeleteI wonder if she actually said 'quite likes'...hehe. normally I'm pretty neutral on jolie, but this latest barrage of maternal insight has me cringing a little.
ReplyDeleteFrom the dept. of the bleeding obvious.Thanks Angie!
ReplyDeleteI can't snark on this. She and Pitt are from all evidence raising John (formerly Shiloh) with support and freedom. A true example to others.
ReplyDeleteAgreed.
DeletePur, agreed as well.
DeleteOh so Shiloh now identifies as John? I have to applaud them as well for this. That's just lovely.
DeleteLove this family
DeleteWhen did the name change from Shiloh to John happen?
DeleteAny time a celeb admits that marriage (or a relationship) is not absolutely perfect, the next day there's a headline screaming "CELEB SAYS MARRIAGE IS HARD WORK, DIVORCE ON THE HORIZON!" All relationships are work. Jolie is juggling the child army, her work as a director, her work as an ambassador, her marriage - all of these with help, of course, but it's still a juggle. Relationships ARE hard work if you want them to actually work and anyone who claims their life with their SO is absolutely perfect is an absolute liar.
ReplyDeleteWhen you consider just the Hollywood marriage/children train wrecks out there, it's obvious loads of people DONT work on their relationships with their spouse or kids. In Hollywood it seems like the kids so often end up jacked up because their parents weren't paying attention.
ReplyDeleteThe Willis brood springs to mind. Dumb ass kids that grow up with a distorted sense of their self worth or importance and what the world "owes" them. There are many more, they just seem the most obvious off the top of my head.
Props to Jolie and Pitt for always putting the kids first and having the kids travel with them and not stay home in an empty mansion like most Hollywood kids like Nicole Richie and Paris Hilton and the bratty Davis brothers Brandon and Gummy bear..I think people overlook and take for granted how grating it has to be sometimes on a marriage. Not team Jolie or Anniston but at least they keep their families together.
ReplyDeleteI remember watching Paul McCartney talking years ago about how he and Linda made the decision from the beginning that their kids go with them wherever they go and everyone said you can't do that and he said they're our kids and that's what they did. The kids were raised on tour with them by them no nannies. They turned out okay.
Sugar, I always thought Linda was brilliant for sticking close to that man.
DeleteThe flip side of that is that the kids don't get to develop their own lives because they're too busy living mom and dad's lives. No time to play little league, join Girl Scouts, etc. As a child I would have loved the gypsy life (and still would), but as with anything, there are issues with that too.
DeleteI like saying "my husband" too, I just don't like actually having one.
ReplyDeleteI like Angelina, but let's face it, she's full of it.
Ha!@califblondy
DeleteCalif, disagree, she adores her children.
ReplyDeleteNever said she didn't love those kiddos, but the way she talks sometimes is just too much.
DeleteAngelina grew up a neglected Hollywood kid it could have gone either way, I like her
ReplyDeleteAll relationships take work. Why they think celebs do or don't try any differently than us mere mortals I will never understand.
ReplyDeleteAgree. I think there's a perception of HW marriages not really being "worked on" coz of the high rates of cheating and divorce. Put one actor or actress with another and boom, they sleep with their costars, etc. Not everyone of course, but let's face it, majority. So it seems to people (including me) that they take marriages loosely. Like, let's get married and just see how this lasts. It's as if they just say their vows because it's part of the ritual, not because they mean it. It's the reality of most HW marriages. For me, what I don't get is why the heck these people still want to get married. Lol! The world they live in is so pretentious.
DeleteAfter my extensive career of lurking on gossip sites, I had the impression that most Hollywood marriages were shams and bearding situations. Not a lot of reality there. LOL
DeleteThey were dressing Shiloh like a boy since she was about 2, and said it was her preference. Is it really possible that a child that young recognizes they are the wrong gender physically? Sorry to be politically incorrect, can't remember the correct term. Oh yes, transgender. Can a 2 year old know this?
ReplyDeleteAnother- yes, a 2 yr old can! We have a little girl in our family who is now 13. She knew from 2 for sure. Changed her name at like 4, chose her clothes-all male oriented. She has been in therapy since 3. She is a boy in a girl's body as far as she is concerned. This was all driven by her, not remotely by her parents. They are very loving and accepting, but this was all driven by him. I noticed the similarities btwn Shiloh/john and my family member early on.
DeleteI'm so with you anothergreyhare
ReplyDeleteI never would have worn a dress when I was younger if my mom hadn't forced me (I still rarely wear them). I was a very active kid and preferred wearing pants because I could do any activity at the drop of a hat. Didn't mean a thing, other than I like wearing pants, not girly clothes. The press makes a big deal about Shiloh being transgender but I've never heard Brad or Angie say a word about it at all. I've gotten the impression that her "male sexual identity" is 100% press generated. Has anyone actually heard of either parent commenting on it?
ReplyDeleteMin- and her parents shouldnt. Its shiloh/ john's business.
Deletei too always preferred pants to dresses and my mother hated me for it. she wanted a little dress up doll. but i always felt more comfortable in pants. still do. still don't own any dresses or skirts and my mom buys them for me for birthday or christmas knowing i won't wear them and i just throw them in a pile in the closet and listen to her scream at me for being "ungrateful"
Deletenot transgender or gay, i'm straight. never questioned my sexuality just my mother's sanity and her own issues she keeps projecting onto me.
Being a "tomboy" is not the same as being transgender. Being transgender is not the same as being gay. John may change his mind as they develop, but for now the child has asked to be called John and chooses to wear "boy" clothes.
Delete@Purbear ~ No I hear you, I never thought being a tomboy is the same, I only meant that the press has a tendency to take things at face value. The press seemed (to me) to harp on Shiloh/John's clothing choices as proof positive without seeming to acknowledge that being transgender is so much more than a choice of wardrobe. I wouldn't trust (for example) an E! reporter or one from TMZ to be able to know the difference between a tomboy and a child who is transgender. I KNOW there's a difference, but realize they could be transgender or going through a phase. I don't know which, but I'm not the one reporting it either.
Deleteregarding shiloh being called john
ReplyDelete@sugar bread ~ thanks for the link (I don't watch Oprah so I missed that). I hadn't ever heard either parent talk about it and was curious if all the hubbub was the product of the overactive imagination of the press. It sounds like they (Brad & Angie) are approaching the situation in a positive way. Who's to say if it's a phase or not, but nice that they're not freaking out over either scenario. Shiloh/John is lucky to have such open minded and supportive parents. Lord, I couldn't believe some (most) of the IGNORANT comments to that article. You couldn't open some folks mind with a stick of dynamite.
DeleteThe recent photo a tabloid published making a big deal about them fighting on a balcony cracked me up. They just flew across the world with six kids. Of course you'd be a little annoyed with your partner. Not to mention one child is transgender and one of the boys has some emotional/behavioral issues there's a lot going on for them as parents right now. Never mind as A list celebrities.
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