Brad Pitt And Angelina Jolie Consider Adopting Child #7!
This isn't the first time the rumor that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt want to adopt again is making the rounds since the birth of the twins. This time they are considering taking in a child from either Namibia or a Latin American country.
They are also looking into "one of the more impoverished countries in Latin America, possible Bolivia or Paraguay. The focus on South America comes from Jolie's interest in drawing
attention to the large number of desperately needy orphaned children in
that region."
If they do adopt again, this would be child number 7. In this day and age we are all so shocked by such a huge family...but then again, looking back to the age of our grandparents many people had 5 or more children. It was much more common than now. Besides, just look at the Duggars with their 18 kids. Maybe the Jolie-Pitt family is aiming to break their record. :P
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holy moly bananaman! what the heck is going on here? what movie is he filming? that outfit made me giggle and not be able to even concentrate on the article.
While I always liked Angelina in the past I am sick of her now. Something tells me she uses children adoptions to stay afloat in Star and other yellow press. Plus those charities of hers where she whisks her money for photos (14,000,000) tax free and casually informs everyone that it goes to charity are such a clever plot. She has not given away much of this money and must really think people are idiots. I do not care that she made this money, I care that she wants to show she is all good and caring when all she does is getting this money tax free.
thanks for pointing that out. give the adoption thing a rest...at least for awhile!
I am getting sick of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. First the move to France for the twins, now off to Berlin to try to save their relationship. Already they are not coping with the kids so why on earth would they want more? In my view this can only be for two reasons, either they think along the lines of "The more kids we have, the harder it will be to split up or they are trying to impress". What about their kids??? I don't want to hear about Angelina's mood swings or Brad running away when she is moody. Why not leave their mark in the same way Oprah did and build a school in South Africa or health care facility or build a home for orphans. I am a South African living in a country where 1000s of children are left orphaned as a reault of their parents dying of Aids. Children need stability and I am afraid the Brangelina kids are just not getting that.
we are not in our grandparent's age. It is OK to have 1 or 2 children to replace us. I see no need to be contributing to overpopulation of this earth and usage of its resources. People in poor contries not only should be given out soups for pennies a day, but taught how to use birth control. Otherwise they will always wait for a bowl of soup and panhandle. I know it sounds crude, but nature has its way of controlling population that is growing out of proportion. It is not my view it is basic science of virology and lack of culture and simple education in those countries. I doubt that Trangelina's adoptions make any real dent in the poverty of those countries, but most certainly bring her more money during photoshoots.
I agree. Give them birth control instead of rice for now. I wonder why they've never thought to fix these baby making machines in the third world countries.
wait a second - is that a new tattoo on his forearm???? (and that outfit was for a new japanese commercial)
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thank you Shannon! i would have never known
wooooooo -
i have as many as you do in your picture...
would love a slightly tatted up brad!
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all of the ones he seems to have can be easily covered in makeup. I cannot lie, i do love a heavily tattooed piece of man meat. Im not being a female chauvenist (sp?) though...i swear!
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To the third commenter down - a lot of people in Latin America don't use birth control because of their religion, which forbids it.
well, they really should. I suppose it is OK for those children to be hungry destitute and diseased?
and it goes for all these nasty asian, middle eastern, african countries as well.
I would think it's time to get a new religion
I think it's great that they want to call attention to the orphans who need homes, but SERIOUSLY! To have so many small children in such a short time can't be good for the kids! And the comparison to our grandparents' generation is stupid. That generation of kids is called the "baby boom" and many of the complications that face our economy are built around the "baby boomers" (such as the rise in health clubs because the baby boomers hit middle age or the expected wipe out of social security when the baby boomers all retire). Brangelina need to focus on not screwing up the 6 they already have! It's just sick what they're doing now!
So...let me make sure I get what you're saying...one of the complications of our economy is the rise in health clubs so baby boomers can work out???!!! honey, you need to go back to school or at least read a newspaper, seriously!
I understood what the poster meant, she just did not say it the right way.
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Again I say, I cannot WAIT for these kids to write their tell all books lol What a zoo it must be living in their world with not only so many children but with them moving so often and just having the wealth they do.
can we say: JOAN CRAWFORD?????????????????????????????????
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It seems like a form of escapism. Notice how they always move around. Buy homes here and there. Constantly travel and make babies or adopt babies? Real parents focus on a stable environment for their children, which means they stay put and enable the children to form relationships and develop an understanding of what a community is, and how they are a part of it. I think the kids they are raising will grow up with a form of entitlement ingrained into their psyche. Honestly, being a real parent is a thankless job. I'd like to see how they are when they have a household of teenagers to supervise. Call the nannies anyone?
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I think they will probably adopt another one in the future. I just doubt they are seriously thinking about it so soon after the birth of their twins.
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My concern is Angie has not been seen (to my knowledge) since the twins were born and rumors regarding postpartum depression have been floating around. I really think the woman needs to give herself a break. That said, I agree with Jan that moving the kids around so much is not good for them. They need continuity and a new school every 6 weeks is not continuity.
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i have heard those rumors too; i have also heard rumors about them breaking up. but, i doubt that they will be breaking up or that she has PPD. angie has a new movie that is about to come out. i think she is just building momentum(for a lack of words) and trying to keep ppl guessing. around the time her movie debut, we will see angie out and about with the kids and brad. just watch and see.
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Shouldn't they slow down a bit? It's kind of depressing that they can pick and choose when and where they want to adopt a child from, while other people who want to adopt can't afford to. Maybe, instead of adopting another child they can help other people adopt kids, just a thought.
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Hey Anonymous @ 3:56, just stating a fact. "The rich get richer and the poor have babies."
I always find it so funny how people take it upon themselves to judge the way others chose to make and raise their families. Angie and Brad can have as many kids as they choose...Why? because it is their life. I wonder how many people posting would allow anyone to voice an opinion on your family choices. Angelina has been involved in the UNHCR for over 7 years. This is a long time to "fake" it. Brad started his charity work long before meeting Angie. Why do we hear about their every move..as it relates to their contribution? The media prints it. They don't have to say anything at all. I have several friends who are not rich who have adopted children. The comment about being rich and getting children is ridiculous. More people who are not rich adopt more. For those of you worrying about Brad and Angie's children, Question ...how many children have you opened your home to. It does not have to be adoption, what about Foster Care.
They both have said they wanted a large family. This is a decision made by two people on the same page. THIS is what they want. They seem to love their children, and they seem from what we can see on the outside looking in, healthy, happy and well behaved. It is not my business how someone else lives their live...MY thoughts... It is none of yours either.
I completely agree. Why are all these people putting so much effort and energy into people you don't even personally know? Its their life...leave them alone.
They are so rich they just BUY CHILDREN! maybe most normal people would like to adopt or do foster care but can not afford it! its sad that there is people out there is desperatley want children or a family and cant have kids, and they cant adopt because they dont have that kind of money!
you want to know what is so interesting? that ppl, like yourself, can say, "how can other ppl hate them when they don't know them?" well, how in the hell can you love them so damn much when YOU don't even know them? my point is this: ppl always seems to be on one side or the other. it makes little to no sense to knock other's opinions just because YOU don't agree with them. before brad hooked up with angie, he was just like every other celebrity: donated money, but no time. he is well-know for morphing into the women he dates. so is it any surprise that he keeps getting more and more tats and jet set from one torn, poor country to the next? no. how do you know that all this charity work is not for show? you don't know; nobody knows because we don't know these ppl personally. all we know is what is put in front of us and all we can do is form an opinion on it.
We have been recently reading that she is depressed and has post partum/blah blah/unhappy that Brad can still go here and there.
If that were true, or even partially true at all, it would not be smart or make sense to adopt another.
It might get overwhelming to the kids to keep adding that fast too.
I don't know why people act like they know what's going on in Brad and Angelina's life just because they read the National Enquire and gossip blogs. You would think that since they are wrong so often about their breakups, kids, adoptions, etc these rumors would be ignored but everybody keeps believing them everytime they pop up. Since they have newborn twins, I don't see an adoption anytime soon.
Why don't they just adopt the next 10 and get it over and done with at once?
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I dont think their behavior is healthy and someone should evaluate their family before handing in another child. We all know financially they can provide everything for these children and they are probably adopting with good intentions but if regular families are evaluated and interviewed to make sure they are fit as parents in every way they should also be evaluated and not just look at the size of their wallet. This woman has a long history of emotional issues that started when she was young, she was living with a bf at 14 and her mother allowed and that was just the start. Ok... i understand everyone change and we all grow up and blah blah, but having 3 biological kids and 3 adopted kids in 5yr period would make a normal, wellgrounded, mature person go crazy imagine what it does to someone with her history. Everyone has the right to live their lives how they want but it gets to me when everyone praises them as great parents when noone really knows if these kids are not just getting love and attention from their staff.
just as some people can speculate they are great parents others can say they are not great parents. Neither side knows. A couple of things to point out: we do have a right to discuss their lives because they are public figures and they have made a decision to create public adoptions and fetch millions for selling children's photos. Another thing is bringing all these kids from differenet cultures within a short period of time can create a hectic and stressful environment for them. I honestly do not care about them nor their kids wellbeing just merely pointing things out.
I have never ever seen Angie and Brad doing anything together as the whole family. They always take one or two kids at a time. I don't think that's right - sure every once in a while but it is every single time?!! C'mon that is just terrible. I guess when Brad said he wanted two more by next year - he was actually being serious. Who knows I guess time wil tell.
Very judgemental comments here, about two people you know nothing about (oh, you know they're terrible parents because of a few pictures you see?) Thank goodness people like them, who have the resources, are actually trying to do something to help others in this world. No matter what they do, some of you would find fault with. This site truly brings out the jealousy in people, and that's sad. And you WANT them to fail, that's sad, too (re: the tell-all books you hope the kids write someday).
I do not want them to fail. I just want for them to advertise themselves less as best examples of humanity. Stop fooling people with their charity funds and use their funds as tax free shelters. Do more hands on (remember Audrey Hepburn) she did not live in a castle. I am not saying they are bad-trust me there are much worse people in Hollywood-but they are hypocrites.
These two idiots and their manic adoptions...they are never going to be able to effectively parent these kids from different countries when they keep adding to the clan at this rate. And Vera--don't compare them to the Duggars. The Duggars are married, have been together all of their adult lives, and they had all their kids the good, old-fasioned way. Everyone in their household also speaks the same language. They also have never had a nanny, which is more than Brad and Angie can say. Nor do the Duggars uproot the whole clan every two months to start a new movie. Has anyone counted how many schools Maddox has been to? Also, last time I checked, Mrs. Duggar wasn't f***ing Mr. Duggar when he was still married to someone else....
well said my dear!
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Well said, Passingthru2!
I agree that they should just adopt another 10 kids immediately. Why wait???That way they will get a ton of money for the photo ops, more kids..more millions...then they can say they donated a couple million to some charity and get the glory they so desperately seem to need. I do feel sorry for those kids, IMO..how can you spend quality time with each child when you have so many all at once..Brad went from no kids to 6 kids in 3 years...
That is so not good. Their kids are going to grow up so confused
Can we say JOAN CRAWFORD?
she buys children like joan crawford! i wonder if the children are allowed wire hangers in their closets?? do they have to call angie mommy dearest too?
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