Doug Pitt is talking
Brad’s brother Doug is talking about his family’s support of Brad and Angelina and their decision to travel and give birth to their child in Namibia, according to 3am
“We all want to help them get through the birth in any way we can,” Doug says. “We just want them to enjoy it and to know we’re all thinking of them.”
That’s not to say there’s no friction - Brad’s very unhappy that mum Jane is still close to his ex-wife Jennifer Aniston.
Doug said: “He feels mum should move on and cut the link. But mum’s in a difficult position, she has great affection for Jennifer.”
I guess this means none of Brad’s family are there in Namibia with them?
I empathize with Brad over his mothers relationship with his ex - I have had similar issues with my mother over a couple of my major past “loves” as well. Let go already, Mom. :) She will eventually, but Brad might have to put his foot down if my past experience means anything.
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15 opinions for Doug Pitt is talking
viva brangelina
May 18, 2006 at 12:05 am
My mom was difficult to move on when i broke my 4 year relationship up with my ex boyf too.
you know, i think some parents are in too deep and emotional with their children’ relationships.
and sometimes they forgot about their own children’s feeling.
They do want the best for their children, but sometimes they just don’t know what’s best for them and act like they do know. =)
As for brad and angie, I think what they have to do now, is proof to the Pitt family (especially Brad’s mom) that they are happy with this kind of life they live in now.
I think Jane Pitt is just worry so much about her son’s romance with angie becuz of the negative rumors about angelina.
My mom was disagree with my new boyfriend (now my husband), but now, i think she just loves him more than she loves me! *lol*
Facts
May 18, 2006 at 12:29 am
Remember, British Tabloids = LIES. I highly doubt Doug Pitt said one word to them.
april
May 18, 2006 at 4:59 am
I am willing to bet, that Doug P did not speak to 3am girls. This story surfaced sometime yesterday, originally from Contact Music, we all know how reliable they are.
People Magazine seems to be the go to magazine or he releases a statement to his local paper, which in turn gets picked up Nationally.
Sites like 3am girls, Contact Music, National Ledger are the scum of “journalism”.
portishead
May 18, 2006 at 6:38 am
I don’t believe the story either. Doug only goes to People Magazine or his local paper. He made this clear some time last year.
JLS
May 18, 2006 at 7:58 am
Consider that what I’m about to tell you comes from my sister (very realiable person) who has a friend (whom she says is a reliable person but someone I do not know personally) and therefore it can’t be proven. My sister’s friend (Jan) grew up with the Pitt family and knows them well. She and her family went to the same church and Jan’s family is still close to the Pitts as is Jan. Jan’s report is that Jane is primarily upset because she has very definite, strict religious beliefs (Southern Baptist) and she is deeply concerned about Angelina’s past (divorces, lifestyle, etc.) as well as her Buddhism. In my opinion, she’s making a huge mistake to distance herself from the woman her son loves by continuing a close friendship with his former wife. Usually people who are very devoted in their religious faiths have struggles with children who either disagree or who leave the faith outright and that makes it at least understandable to a degree (if true). But it never serves the interests of Love or of Family to choose an ex over a son/daughter or the person that son/daughter loves. If she wants to have anything to do with her grandchildren and if she doesn’t want to create a huge chasm in her relationship with Brad, Jane Pitt might want to reconsider continuing a relationship with Jennifer and start trying to cultivate one with Angelina. When Angie recognized that having a relationship with her own father might cause difficulties that would affect her son, she cut off the relationship and as far as we know hasn’t looked back. Statistically, this is a far more common occurence in families than we might think and it causes great grief—especially if the families have a history of being close as the Pitt family seems to have. I just pray that Jane Pitt will come to her senses (once again, if this is true) and put her nose to the grindstone of putting her son and the woman he loves first, whether she has concerns over the differing beliefs or not. Leave that to God and love your children.
girladvendger
May 18, 2006 at 8:59 am
The problem with this story is that there is a little bit of truth in it. We all know that in the begining of split Brad’s mom and dad were not happy about the break-up and Brad let slip that “all his bitches were not happy with him.” Brad GQ interview also talked about his choices being his choices and that he could live with that. Giving me the impression that he was not going to let other people opinions run his life any more.
I had heard how tight the Pitts were but I was also shocked when some of Brad’s family (mom & sis) went to comfort Aniston in Chicago in July/05, during the height of this mess and because of this visit we now have all these Jane stories in the tabloids.
Christina
May 18, 2006 at 9:36 am
/singing “If it weren’t for bad luck (news), we’d have no luck (news) at all…”
JLS
May 18, 2006 at 10:25 am
LOL Christina. So true.
GirlAdvenger. . .I was shocked too and surprised at the continued dribbles of news about their conversations, get-togethers, etc. That’s what caused me to bring it up with my sister and then she told me about her friend who knows the Pitt family. It would hurt me a lot if I were in B&A’s place but I can somewhat sympathize with Jane. It’s just that what she is doing is NOT wise. . .
JMO.
MM
May 18, 2006 at 12:32 pm
We can all speculate just because Jane Pitt went to Chicago, and miraculously the picture became public. But since then Brad has taken Angie and the kids home to meet the family, and the Pitts women went to spend time with them in Malibu over Brad’s birthday according to Doug, and of course pictures were never sent to Tabloids.
I will rather go by Doug’s interview that they have met Angie and really, really like her. And that somebody put a team Anniston sticker on his car trying to set him up, police had to be called in. I can’t imagine that Jane Pitt will be too happy with Jennifer Anniston over all the public pity party.
I am divorced from my husband, I still have a relationship with all my in-laws primarily because there are kids involved, and when the marriage broke up I did not go around airing my dirty laundry, they had to call to get the story out of me. They appreciate the dignified manner that I handled my divorce, never played the victim or felt sorry for my self even for a day as I had kids to look after.
So, what I am trying to say is that I do not believe this story, if Anniston had handled the divorce differntly, then I can understand the Pitts still having a relationship with her, but considering her branding their son a cad in the VF interview, methinks that any rumoured present phone conversation is in the minds of Anniston’s pr people.
JoliePittFan
May 18, 2006 at 4:18 pm
MM…..I tend to believe that contact with Jennifer Aniston has at best been reduced to little to no contact. I don’t believe in cutting people out of your life because a marriage or relationship ended, and I also agree with you that maybe the Pitt’s opinion of JA may have changed somewhat.
After she repeatedly and publically put the negative spotlight on Brad, and especially when he has yet to say one negative thing about her, or anything period for that matter, I’d have a hard time believing his family didn’t take notice of that, or appreciate it.
Two links where Doug Pitt discusses his brother/Angelina:
http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051208/ENTERTAINMENT/512080323
http://www.ozarksnow.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20060111&Category=BREAKING04&ArtNo=60111015&SectionCat=&Template
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JLS…..what’s interesting is the fact that it’s Brad Pitt who has for years before ever meeting Angelina seemed to show at least a passing interest in Zen Buddhism. I can’t find anything that says he’s ever truly practiced it, but we do know he utilizes some of it’s teachings “I’m the Zen master” lol.
According to anything I could find on Angelina Jolie, she’s bascically in the same boat with the exception of expressing that because it’s widely practiced in her son’s native country, she’s exposed herself more to it because of Maddox. I’ve never read that she adheres to any one religion or philosophy.
Back to Brad and his mother’s alledged worries, it’s interesting that she’d be concerned about anothers influence on his spirtual self when to be honest, Brad Pitt has never seemed to share his family’s religous beliefs.
Brad Pitt quotes:
“I’d like to design something like a city or a museum. I want to do something hands on rather than just play golf which is the sport of the religious right.”
“I have a hard time with morals. All I know is what feels right, what’s more important to me is being honest about who you are. Morals I get a little hung up on.”
jackie
May 18, 2006 at 4:38 pm
I don’t beleive beleive for one minute that Brads mom and Angie are having problems.Doug first statement came about Angelina just after the divorce was final when he was at the Rotary meeting and he said his family really liked her someone then told it to People and they reported it.In january when he had the interview with his local newspaper when the baby news broke, the reporter asked him about the comments he did not deny it he just said he should have known better not to talk in public about those stuff.I don’t think for one minute Angelina would be part of that family if she felt they didn’t like her or her children,much less to have PITTS child.Doug even said in November they were there on a overnight trip the whole family sans Doug got together and had a great time I feel that was the time the family knew she was pregnant.Then December the Pitt clan visited them in Malibu over the Christmas time they went to Kelly Clarkson concert and got haircuts now you tell me if that is a family thats falling apart.? That picture in Star Magazine last year was put there by Jen’s people to make it seem like they were all chummy with her and not Angie.But don’t you see people for all the visits between them and Angie the paps have never been tipped off why because Angelina knows she has nothing to prove she knows that family has accepted her and her children.Jennifer wanted to prove something because that same magazine was saying that the family had fallen in love with Angelina and they wanted to counter that.ENOUGH SAID
Catherine
May 18, 2006 at 9:40 pm
I hope we are not going to start a Jen bashing session here just as this much awaited new baby is being born?!
JLS
May 18, 2006 at 11:17 pm
JoliePittFan, I completely agree with you with regard to your perceptions about Brad’s beliefs. It’s pretty hard to identify him either by his words or behaviors with his family’s religious affiliation. He definitely comes across as a very spiritual person and seems to have a broad perspective on what is moral or “right”. In my comments I tried to repeat several times that what I was saying may not be true, but I also think it’s possible there is some truth to it just because of the various things that have been written here and there since January ‘05. Until Brad writes a book we’ll probably never know the whole truth about any of this and even then it will just be his point of view on it all. Brad is such a family oriented man (stating the obvious) I can’t iamgine he wont work hard to keep his family very much in the picture. I do think that it is not uncommon though for people with very strong commitments to their own faiths to have difficulties if or when their children digress or “widen their own paths” so to speak. One more thing. . .you mentioned that you “don’t believe in cutting people out of your life just because a marriage or relationship ended. . .” and I agree wholeheartedly with that. Could it possibly be that Brad’s mom has the same opinion and has been in somewhat of a Catch-22 because she loved JA as a daughter and hasn’t wanted to just shut her out cold turkey, but also loves Angelina? These family things (relationship things) can get very complicated. That’s why it isn’t a stretch for me to believe that there is some truth to this although it’s impossible to know how much.
Ming
May 19, 2006 at 1:10 am
So often the media would have a simple binary view of complex situations. Good vs bad, right vs wrong, sinner vs saint and now of course, Angelina vs Jennifer. The reality is that it is possible to like both women at the same time. The heart is really a very resilient and elastic organ, which can love more then one person at the same time.
As for Jane Pitt’s religious beliefs and concerns, yes, I can see that being possibly and issue. I can even understand it. I’m a buddhist and when a dear friend of mine became a fundamentalist christian, I had to work at accepting him in his new faith.
Iron Velvet
May 20, 2006 at 3:14 am
I don’t believe it. I believe Doug. Nuff said.
Come on brangelina baby!!!
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