Brad Pitt Visits His Grandmother
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were reported to have left Texas earlier this week, though word was that they would be back since Brad still had filming to do. The question was where were they going?
It turns out that Brad Pitt and family went to Shawnee, Oklahoma to visit with his grandmother, Betty Russell for her birthday.
“It was just a good, close visit,” said Russell, who turns 86 next week.
Pitt’s plane flew in from Austin, Texas, and landed at Shawnee Regional Airport about 11:15 a.m. Thursday, with Pitt and Jolie spending time with several family members who gathered for Russell’s birthday
I’m glad his schedule was able to let him visit with family!
(Thanks for the heads’ up Ligaya)
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ligaya
Apr 19, 2008 at 9:06 am
And Grandma Russell said this at the end of the article:
“And I got to meet the great-grandson. That’s what was so good.”
Maddox, probably?
Mary Ann
Apr 19, 2008 at 12:31 pm
Brad is so close to his family and I wish that would make Angie think about trying to talk things out with her father. I know that he said many things about Angie that was very hurtful. But a great deal of time has passed now and I believe that he has suffered enough. It would make everyone concerned feel so much happier if this could be resolved. The children would be so happy having two grandfathers. Angelina you have grown so much in the last few years, you work so hard to help so many others, please reconsider and give you father another chance.
Hope
Apr 19, 2008 at 2:07 pm
Sometimes parents and friends and relatives can be so toxic they cannot be healed. There are personality disorders that really can never heal because the person denies they need to do the work or even want to. They think there is nothing wrong with them. Passive-aggressive, borderline to name a few. I don’t know enough about the others to say. But, I have had experience with my mother until she died. We don’t know what Jon Voigt is really like. And, now, Angie is doing what she thinks is best for her and her family. These people with these kinds of disorders seem “normal” and they create havoc and leave a trail of pain from their behavior. I have seen Angie interviewed on Inside the Actors Studio and she may have her flaws like everyone else but she is conscious and has been consciously working on herself since she was young. Her mother taught her how. I trust she knows what is best for her and her family. She got healthy and happy by 32 years old. That is quite a feat considering how dark and despairing her life was until Maddox. Give her credit that she deserves. It’s a long hard road with a dysfunctional parent. Some children never grow up and get launched in a happy life of their own. She has a happy life now on so many levels. It’s not an ideal situation but who among us have perfection? None.
GREG
Apr 19, 2008 at 2:46 pm
Greg — Bull …..
GREG
Apr 19, 2008 at 2:48 pm
Greg — Bull ….., Mary Ann.
joyce
Apr 19, 2008 at 2:49 pm
Yes. Angie, we all know he has been hurtful to you, to your bro and you mom. But he seems he changed now you got to give him another chance. We love you angie.
ligaya
Apr 19, 2008 at 3:08 pm
Greg, I understand you probably strongly disagree, and maybe I disagree with Mary Ann on this one. But respecting each other is a bedrock of PW, and we don’t call each other names - we don’t even do that to h8ters. I know that 99% of the Internet revels in flaming, dissing and one-upping each other. We don’t play that here, and it’ll be a sad day if that becomes accepted here.
What you wrote is mild for the rest of the internet, it’s disrespectful here, IMHO. You’re relatively new, and it’s always exciting to have a male added to our mostly feminine community. I’m sorry if I’m being harsh.
Snowy
Apr 19, 2008 at 3:11 pm
Maybe the grandmother meant Pax because Pax is the newest member she had not met since he was adopted??? I dont know but glad the grandmother finally met the great grandchildren.
ligaya
Apr 19, 2008 at 3:24 pm
Mary Ann, I don’t really disagree with your opinion that much. I know it comes from a generous impulse and good heart. But I think Marcheline’s death probably brought to the fore Jon’s bad treatment of her & the family. Angelina will need time to grieve and process her feelings. It might take a few years.
And family reunification isn’t necessarily a good thing with abusers, the emotionally distant, and out-of-control addicts, etc. (Not saying Jon’s any of that.)
I’m just so glad Maddox’ adoption came through. Imagine life without Maddox! And I don’t think I could forgive anyone who called me crazy in front of the world’s press - especially someone s/he said loved me.
GREG
Apr 19, 2008 at 4:02 pm
Mary Ann - Sorry for the epithet, that offended you. I have no objection to any one’s opinion that other of my own. I do, however, think the concept of family before anything else is specious reasoning and does not ever justify one parent’s neglect in any attention paid to his “loved” daughter, then talking about her “mental ???? problems on TV. A
Bee
Apr 19, 2008 at 4:41 pm
Nice that he is close to his family. This is great to stay grounded and of course family is always a great support. Must have been a nice time for the kids too, grandmothers cakes are the best :) (it fits for all grandmothers that I know hehe)
@ligaya
your right. Mad is such a sunshine, he has this wonderful sense of calmness. He changed Angis live for the better. Maybe she would have changed without him as well, cause if you really begin to think about yourself its a process of development that cant be stoped, it might have just taken longer…
lemon227
Apr 19, 2008 at 5:56 pm
I’m kind of in agreement with some of you on this. She needs some time to truly process things before a real and truthful reunion can take place. Sometimes her father doesn’t help matters either. Heck, he called his granddaughter Shakira. Whether or not he’s close to them or not, he SHOULD know their names!! Good grief!!
meme
Apr 19, 2008 at 6:38 pm
Sherry, i’m not quite sure if this has been posted yet, but Brad made the 2008 “Time 100″ list of finalists.
here’s the link: http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/time100walkup/article/0,28804,1725112_1723512_1723869,00.html
lu
Apr 19, 2008 at 7:37 pm
Mrs Russell is proud about her family, and more with Angie, she is a great mother
angela
Apr 19, 2008 at 8:07 pm
ligaya, that was so sweet.
if grandma russel was happy to meet the great grandson then i’m pretty sure she’s thrilled to meet the upcoming addition of the jolie pitt brood. :)
irma
Apr 19, 2008 at 9:39 pm
I can’t think of anything great as a gift to your grandmother but your family presence specially Brad who brought his whole family with him.
Grandma Russel must be thrilled to finally meet all her great grandchildren & Angie.
God bless the Jolie-Pitt’s.
Lucy
Apr 19, 2008 at 10:05 pm
Thank you Sherry for posting this news item. On the article, Brad’s grandmother last saw him at his wedding with Jennifer. I read somewhere (of course tabs) that like Jane, Betty is also favors JA among Brad’s women. True or not, it doesn’t matter now. Also, for those of you who did not hear a scoop from a radio station around the holidays. Mark from K103 Coast radio said that Angie called her Dad Christmas Day and wished each other well for the holidays. Do you remember an interview from Angie when she was promoting Beowulf or A Mighty Heart, when she said “at the end of the day, we wished each other well and try to keep our relationship (with her Dad) more private.” So, may be they are already communicating in private. When Jon was a guest in “The View” he had told the women that yes he already met Brad when the women were asking him all sorts of questions. Joyce even mentioned, he looks like the baby, then Jon said, you meant Shiloh. For some reason, I think Jon and Angie are already talking in private. And you know, James Haven communicates with JV too.
irma
Apr 19, 2008 at 11:28 pm
Time heals everything, I’m glad Angie made amends to her dad. That’s good news. Peace & blessings to the Jolie-Pitt’s.
naty
Apr 19, 2008 at 11:28 pm
HI SHERRY! thanks for the update about the jolie pitts, its nice to know that angie and brad visits brad grandma together brads family to celebrate her birthday! shes 86 years old right? and im sure brad want her birthday to make her happy, anyway my opinion about angie relation to his father is she want it to be private some person is like this shes secretive type especially her private life and i realy admire angelina for being her. have a nice weekend sherry!
kim
Apr 20, 2008 at 1:58 am
I think Brad’s mother meant the great-grandson of their unborn baby. I know Brad and Angie lead busy lives but you think Brad can visit his 86 year old grandmother a little more often. If she has not seen him since his wedding to JA then she has not met any of their children. Why wouldn’t they then take all the kids to visit??? So I think Betty slipped about the sex of the unborn baby.
baby dalailama
Apr 20, 2008 at 5:10 am
hi everyone i have two opinions to express here.firstly if someone came into your home with a weapon to harm your family you would do anything you could to keep them out of there and make sure your family was safe…angie has lived with the damage her father has caused and there is no way she is letting him in to do the same to her precious children so she is keeping him out…it isn’t about feeling sorry for him, she is protecting her family. nobody cuts off a parent without the strongest possible reason and the fact that she’s done that seems a good indication that she has very good reasons. secondly as far as we know the children didnt go with brad and angie to visit grandma so im thinking the great grandson she’s referring to is the baby in angies tummy…want to bet they are having a boy and told her that? can’t wait to see if i’m right..
Matilda
Apr 20, 2008 at 5:48 am
Hope, I love your words. You wrote very eloquently what I would liked to say but couldn’t do so half as well!
Angelina is right to protect her children from a relationship that might cause (from her own experience) a lot of distress. On the other hand, it’s nice that they have the experience of visiting and being close to a grandparent in Brad’s mother, especially since Marcheline sadly passed away.
It seems that Jon Voigt had many opportunities to heal the relationship with Angelina (and they did have a beautiful and loving reconciliation around the time of Tomb Raider). Unfortunately, he let her down again and I think it’s her decision to draw the line, and say enough’s enough. If Angelina and Brad’s love for their children has taught us anything, it’s that family is not forged in blood. You have to *earn* your family, create the bonds with love.
isacutie
Apr 20, 2008 at 6:40 am
It’s really nice that Brad is able to visit his grandma, and I think this is just one more example of how important family is to him. As for Angie and Jon, many people say time heals all wounds. While things may not all good between father and daughter, somehow, Angie strikes me as someone who might someday be able to forgive and let her father have contact with her and her family.
jackie
Apr 20, 2008 at 8:14 am
I’m with you BABYDALAILAMA I THINK THE GREAT GRANDSON THAT THE GRANDMA WAS TALKING ABOUT IS THE UNBORN CHILD IN ANGIES TUMMY.I ALSO BET THAT THEY ARE HAVING A SON OOPS I THINK SHE GAVE IT AWAY.
Lara
Apr 20, 2008 at 9:11 am
To Irma:
I am afraid, time is NOT healing everything, unfortunately not.
To Hope:
I could not agree more with you!
We have to deal with two dysfunctional divorced parents on my husbands side. and trust me, whatever we tried in the past just for the sake of their grandchildren, it failed.
At a particular point you just come to realize, that no matter what you do or try, it is just not gonna work. And that it is just the other person.
People can change but sometimes they don’t and you have to accept that.
We certainly don’t know anything about what was and is going on between Jon and Angie, so who are we to say they should make up again.
Life is not always perfect neither are family relations.
Susan
Apr 20, 2008 at 9:17 am
Brad has not seen his grandmother since his wedding to JA….what is that now 10 years. I would assume then this was her first meeting with Angie, which means she has never met any of her great grandchildren. I don’t get it…could that have been a misprint. All the family holidays and grandma wasn’t around?
ligaya
Apr 20, 2008 at 10:27 am
The question is, how come Jennifer & Brad never visited Grandma Russell after the wedding during the 5 years they were married?
Sure puts them in a bad light - but do we know the facts to judge them by, assuming we have the right to make judgments of other people, and assuming the news report is entirely correct (see New York Times’ & Washington Post’s apology about misreporting WMDs).
OMG, I’m so glad I’m not a celebrity - the things that have gone on in my extended family…
Susan
Apr 20, 2008 at 11:51 am
My comments were only meant as an observation, and based on how close Brad is to his mom and dad, I thought it was odd.
kim
Apr 20, 2008 at 1:39 pm
The woman is 86, she probably meant great grand children. But the paper and tabs will have fun with that answer. As for Brad being close to his family, I wouldn’t say that a few visits here and there is close, although they may talk on the phone more who knows. AJ and her father will have what ever kind of relationship they have and hopefully John V won’t start blabbing about it this time. It really is none of our business. I would think that they try to keep a distance from Brad’s family as they (brad’s family) are not use too the spot light at all, or how to guard their words. AJ’s family is much more use to it and should know better.
Sophia
Apr 20, 2008 at 4:25 pm
While I don´t think that Jon Voight is a particularly great man, I think we all agree that he wasn´t so off the point in saying AJ had mental problems at the time. That´s absolutely the truth, isn´t it. And luckily for little Maddox, it turned out fine; if he hadn´t “saved” her, it could have been a disaster for him.
That said, if or if not Angie reunites with him really is her business. We don´t really know at all what is going on between them.
As for BP meeting his grandmother - he is so lucky to still have a grandmother!! I was a bit disappointed, though, to hear, that it is 8 years since he´s last seen her! I mean, if they weren´t close, that´s OK, I guess, but from the few pieces I´ve read about his relationship with his grandmother, it sounds like they´re quite close with him calling her fairly regularly and sending flowers. So why on earth does it take him 8 (!) years to actually go see her?! And when he does, only spend a couple of hours with her, rarely enough time for her to get back in touch with him, let alone meeting all his kids?! Does any of you understand that? I mean, I´m glad he made the effort, but 8 years? I have to admit I´m a little disappointed - I am a huge BP fan and have a lot of respect for him being so close to his family, as I am to mine, and some things just are just a bit of an effort, like me making sure I do visit my 80-year-old godmother even though I am not even THAT close to her, but I do know what it means to her - and I probably have less free time than he has…..
I think this is the first time I am “critisizing” Brad Pitt, so please don´t jump on me! Just stating my opinion.
Mary Ann
Apr 20, 2008 at 4:55 pm
Greg I didn’t get upset with your comment. We all have our own thoughts and ideas on any given subject. After reading all of everyone’s comments I am now on the fence about what I really feel about this subject. My Mom created alot of heartache when my sister, brothers and I were growing up. It went on for many years. To this day my sister and I feel bad that we were not able to make things better with her. So as you can see this is why I made my comment. I do agree with all of you, that this is something that only Angie can handle. Of course it would be done in private. Now at the risk of making another silly comment, possibly now that Brad has a family of his own, he wants to have as much family contact as possible. Also, Brad is getting older and different things in life are becoming more important to him now.
Sophia
Apr 20, 2008 at 5:03 pm
Very well said, Mary Ann!
lac
Apr 20, 2008 at 7:16 pm
Brad’s father was ill (I think a heart condition) a number of years back. Brad was with his father at the time. I have to assume Grandma Betty went to check on her son. So I think either the article was incorrect on when the last time she seen Brad or Grandma was confused.
Loren
Apr 20, 2008 at 7:26 pm
Sophia: I am surprised by that also, just wondering if it is true. I would think that 8 years is a long time at 86. Perhaps she is at his parents when he visits, that is why I can’t bring myself to believe it. Besides, I think she would’ve complained. One thing as a grandmother myself, I would complain to his mom or dad about not seeing my precious boy. lol I don’t bother my children about visits (they do and often) but the grandchildren, well I like to see them as much as possible. If one became the hottest man in HW I would really want to see them no matter how busy. I just can’t believe it.
Loren
Apr 20, 2008 at 7:56 pm
lac
your comment had not posted yet, I didn’t know whose mom it was. It’s his dad’s mom. Don’t they live pretty close also? Besides I can’t believe she would sit quietly by and not have even seen Shiloh who will be 2 next month. Or the other grandchildren when they got together, and not seen Pax, I can’t believe it. I prefer to believe the article is incorrect. I must sound like a blithering idiot, my apologies to everyone, no I can’t believe it.
ligaya
Apr 20, 2008 at 10:40 pm
“If Angelina and Brad’s love for their children has taught us anything, it’s that family is not forged in blood. You have to *earn* your family, create the bonds with love.”
That’s so beautiful, Matilda. You just inspired me. If I were a filmmaker or writer, Brad & Angelina’s love and their family would make a GREAT movie, mini-series and/or book. Something epic on the order of Gone with the Wind or War & Remembrance. They are such amazing & charismatic individuals, accomplished, building their rainbow family, the adventure, the risks, the glamorous Hollywood factor, the wealth, the philanthropy, the globe-trotting humanitarianism. The drama, the rabid opposition to their love and all they stand for, will they overcome overwhelming odds against them, or will the lies destroy them?
deb
Apr 21, 2008 at 1:23 am
Would lilke to thank everyone for the intelligent and articulate thoughts that were shared. Nice to visit a site with no dissing or %**Y#%* language on it. I actually understand and enjoyed reading them. I too think that Angie will find her way with her father. It could not be easy, for I don’t think her relationship was all that normal with him, but in the end he is still her father. It doesn’tt matter how or when they get there, just that they come to some understanding. You can’t go back or repeat and the way is never straight forward, but it can be paved. I think she is a strong woman or else she would not have left her dark ways to find her way to some light that has led her to who she is now. I wish them nothing but luck in all of their future projects whether it is with their charities, career or their family.
BlessBrangelina
Apr 21, 2008 at 3:46 am
Angie said 2006/7 that she met the whole family. They were very warm and welcoming. Brad’s parents had a 40th anniv party a couple years ago, do you think it’s possible Brad didn’t attend that??? Come on people…think outside the tabloid priming.
How is it that NO ONE ever remembers what Angie or Brad says, BUT everyone remembers the misquotes; misprints, misrepresentation and sometimes down right lies told about these two?
And it’s possible she meant Pax, because he is the newest greatgrandson.
An eye witness on JJB said that ALL the children were there.
Also don’t forget that this woman’s 86yrs old…age can make you forgetful!!
To chime in on the JV situation, he needs to be quieter and Angie should take all the time she needs. It wasn’t just what he said on TV, there were other issues, Angie said so. His performance on TV just exascerbated it. Angie is a forgiving woman, look at BBT. If she feels she needs to step carefully, then she should. That cautionary instinct is a survival thing and she should let it guide her.
Thanks Sherry for posting the cute visit story. Brad is close to his family, just because the tabloids and blogs don’t report all his and Angie visits doesn’t mean he hasn’t visited.
ligaya
Apr 21, 2008 at 6:23 am
“I THINK THAT WE ALL AGREE that he wasn´t so off the point in saying AJ had mental problems at the time. That´s ABSOLUTELY THE TRUTH, isn´t it.”
No, I for one, don’t agree with this outrageous statement at all. It’s ABSOLUTELY A LIE, perpetrated by h8ters & the tabs. Please provide corroboration for this misinformed statement/opinion - a couple of sources will do, from respectable, reliable, mainstream media (+ URLs), doesn’t have to be from a medical journal, like Lancet or the New England Journal of Medicine.
You’re welcome to your opinion, but having worked in the field for 30 years and having a few family members with mental illness, I find your ‘diagnosis’ which you so cavalierly fling about irresponsible. There are over 15 million people in this country diagnosed with mental disorders (not the same as substance abuse, although a gene was identified as an “alcoholism gene” recently). Abraham Lincoln, Winston Churchill and Carrie Fisher are just 3 famous people with depression/bipolar disease. These disorders are caused by chemical imbalances in the brain, not by a lifestyle choice or being ‘odd’ or different. People are born with mental disorders the way they’re born with the color of their eyes. They can’t turn their disease off & on by will, just as a diabetic can’t will away her condition.
BTW, Sophia, I didn’t know that you’re a licensed mental health expert - a board-certified psychiatrist, psychologist, MFCC, LCSW, maybe? And that you personally examined Angelina & her medical records (tabs don’t count)? Do tell us some dish, within the limits of doctor-patient confidentiality.
If only you had said, “I think [delete “we all agree”] he wasn’t so off the point…That’s [delete “absolutely”] the truth.”
Poor Angelina, misunderstood & reviled by narrow-minded people whose mindsets seem stuck in the 1950s.
Sophia
Apr 21, 2008 at 7:25 am
Hmmm, ligaya, I didn´t mean to outrage you so much. You react as if I attacked you personally, and your reaction is really viscious. Please keep it friendly!
As for Angelina, please just go to souliejolie and read some of her own interviews from way back then where she herself talks very openly about her mental problems, I guess depressions, but yes, you are right, I am not a specialist, so I don´t know how her problems would be called other than just calling them “mental problems”. A lot of people suffer from mental problems, and it is not an insult. Please calm down and keep it friendly.
Loren
Apr 21, 2008 at 10:09 am
I don’t believe Angie had mental problems, from her biography she seems to have always faced herself. She has done nothing in her teens or early 20’s that wasn’t done by a lot of people of her generation IMO. She is certainly well ahead of most her age in Philanthrophy. I have been aware of her since she started her humanitarian work and it’s impressive. Mental illness is not yet understood so I reserve any opinions about it. What counts to me is the good she’s doing and the love she has for her family. I have been inspired to do more by her and Brad. That is a good thing. Thank you Angelina.
Good post Ligaya.
Mary Ann
Apr 21, 2008 at 12:52 pm
Well I can attest to old age making you forgetful or confused. I am writing notes all day to remember things and then I can’t find the notes. I am now talking and losing my train of thought all the time and I am only 69, so goodness knows if I am still around at 86 what I will be doing and saying. As for Angelina having mental problems in the past I do not agree with that. Angelina I believe was a free spirit and liked doing things that were not in the “norm”, but now she is older, has her own family and she has settled down. I believe she has a found a man that she now feels safe and protected by and knows that he will always be there for her and their children.
ligaya
Apr 21, 2008 at 10:25 pm
Sophia, I can’t say I feel friendly towards you because of your passive-aggressive attacks (vicious all the same) on Angelina - very much like h8ters & trolls, not that I’m saying you are one. If I had the time (after finishing my course), I could probably come up with quite a few choice examples of your posts.
I’m treating you with the respect I treat everyone in our PW community. Believe me, after living 55 years and reading 1000s of posts from h8ters in the past 4 years, I’ve learned how to be vicious. I choose not to - preferring the high road to the low one. For one, notice I haven’t called you any names, even if you might deserve them. IMO, if you’re looking for examples of viciousness, all you need do is look in the mirror. I have to say you have a high estimation of yourself when you presume to speak for ALL of us, and when you can “ABSOLUTELY” make a diagnosis for which you have ABSOLUTELY no qualifications.
Yes, Sophia, I am outraged. My head is not all red and swollen and steam isn’t coming out of my ears. I’m more in a calm, cold fury over the wanton attempt to destroy an innocent person’s reputation and her family along with her. IMO, that’s pure evil. Strong words - but you need to know that strong words & feelings aren’t the same as being vicious & lying. You’re right, I guess it’s a tad personal too. I think of my family members and the 100s with whom I’ve worked over 30 years - their disease is not to be taken lightly and used in a petty attempt to brand someone - who hasn’t been diagnosed with a disorder - crazy, insane, nuts, coo-coo, or anything else. It’s not funny. It’s as serious as life and death.
Sophia, there’s a difference between diagnoses by trained, licensed clinicians, the medical terminology they use, and popular use of the jargon. “Somebody needs to take their meds.” “He has borderline personality disorder.” “She’s manic-depressive.” “He’s psychotic.” “I’m depressed.” Everybody says they’re depressed at one time or another - which is what I think Angelina referred to in those interviews. Being depressed, meaning sad or blue, is not the same as being diagnosed with clinical depression.
I notice you haven’t corroborated your blanket statement. Just so you know, I don’t accept blogs (SoulieJolie or otherwise) or tabloid interviews as valid proof of your erroneous statement. From reading tabs, I’ve seen them misreport & misinterpret interviews (Jolie & others). And I’ve seen tabs make interviews up completely. Mainstream references, please.
Finally, if Angelina *had* been ‘crazy,’ it was not up to her father to announce it to the world (endangering Maddox’ adoption, btw) - it was Angelina’s right.
sunny
Apr 22, 2008 at 3:38 am
Hello, I’m new here.
I read somewhere Voight was very upset because he couldn’t persuade Angie not to visit to Africa and he called UNHCR and told them not to let his daughter go to Africa. He thought Angie must have a mental problem because she was going to a dangerous zone of the world.
He is a sort of controling type. According to Paramount stuff he called Paramount boss and asked him not to let his daughter do her own stunt in Tomb Rader because it was too dangerous. (This was reported in the book, Making Tomb Rader )
You can easily find those people. He wanted to have patriarchal power over his family and get angry if his family didn’t follow him.
I have no worry about their relationship. Recent Voight interview hinted that.
sunny
Apr 22, 2008 at 4:53 am
Since a lot of Americans are seeing psychiatrists they may have a lot of serious mental problems according to some comment here.
I once read a book about American people’s general nature and the writer(American) wrote there is somewhat a depressed feeling and anxiety behind their cheerfulness.
Even Brad was seeing a therapist for a couple of years when he was married. He said his private life was turbulent then.
People has those problems sometime in their life.
I had, too. It helped me understanding others.
ligaya
Apr 22, 2008 at 7:05 am
How many of us have heard & read of parents saying their children saved them and changed their lives? Lots, I bet - that’s the miracle children bring into our world.
It goes the other way around too, especially when loving parents adopt orphan kids. I’m sure all the kids at Mad’s orphanage were loved and treated the best way possible - but they didn’t have their own parents & family. Of course, Mad need not worry for his future welfare with all the JP’s resources.
What I’m most glad about is what Angelina said about saving Maddox from a life of poverty where he’d be sweeping the streets for a bare existence. Or worse, where he’d have become part of child sex trafficking.
Mary Ann
Apr 22, 2008 at 11:16 am
Sherry, this is great. Look a simple story line of Brad visiting his grandma and look at all these different thoughts and comments. Said it before that Pittwatch is the best.
Phoebe
Apr 23, 2008 at 3:52 pm
ehmm ligaya i do not want to be harsh, but you were the one starting with Jen again. she and Brad never visited his Grandma? HOW DO YOU KNOW? what does it matter?
you complain about the trolls saying bad things about Angie. but you do the same with Jen. leave her alone and don´t react like a baby if someone has a different opinion than you on Brad and Angie. and Sophia never got disrespectful or mean, you did.
sunny
Apr 23, 2008 at 5:24 pm
Phobe, Brad’s granma told local media that she had not seen him after his wedding ceremony. If you believe her Brad and Jen never visited her.
BlessBrangelina
Apr 23, 2008 at 5:48 pm
Welcome Sunny, and in case you didn’t know, there’s a different standard applied to Jen than to Angie and by association Brad.
I love your posts, hope to read from you often.
**LOL @Ligaya thinking she can get through to some people. You do know they have made up their minds…the tabloids are right on all counts in their minds.
Hope the studies are nearly done??
Phoebe
Apr 24, 2008 at 6:22 am
@sunny: i see, thanks for the info. but i still don´t see the big problem. she met Jen at the wedding and seemed to have a great time? and i think its not necessary to speak nasty about Jen, like some do on here. its sad, because its gossip, nothing more.
out of a sudden people start critisizing Jen for no reason (THESE are the ones believing the tabloids) and get nasty if someone does not idolise Angie as much as they do.
the only ones that made up their minds are the ones attacking people on here for their personal opinion.
Sophia never got nasty. she stated her opinion very nicely and respectful. ligaya got personal in a way.
i am an Angie AND Jen fan….sadly man people are so into tabloids that they can´t understand that. IMO Brad was incredibly lucky having both of these gorgeous women in his life.
back to the topic - i think its great that he visits his Grand-mother. i am sure that she is happy to meet the kids.
ligaya
Apr 24, 2008 at 9:07 am
;-) Yes, BlessBrangelina, I’m a hopeless cockeyed optimist! Actually, I gave up trying to have a rational discussion with h8ters after my 1st year following Angelina & Brad on the internet. And I never tried to change their minds because they were stuck in a rut.
All I do is call them out when they post the most egregious comments. Like Martin Luther King, Jr. said: “To ignore evil is to become an accomplice to it.”
Oh, next week is my last week with my studies. Because I was out sick all last week, they may give me 1-2 weeks more to make up what I missed.
Phoebe
Apr 24, 2008 at 10:46 am
“Actually, I gave up trying to have a rational discussion with h8ters […]. And I never tried to change their minds because they were stuck in a rut.”
you´re lucky then, there are no h8ters on here…;)
Jo
Apr 24, 2008 at 8:02 pm
Wow! Just appreciate it for what it is. A grandson got to visit with his grandma and was able to invest some quality time with her together with his life partner and the great grand kids. BTW, I got curious how grandma’s last name is Russell and did some research. (She must have remarried) and found a link thru Wikipedia who made a thorough “reporting” on Brad. Thru Wikipedia found a link (way down on the bottom, so keep scrolling) for Brad’s family tree.
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