Mary-Louise Parker states the obvious about Brad Pitt

Mary-Louise Parker recently mentionedBrad Pitt in an interview with Parade.com. The two had worked together while filming The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. It seems that Brad made quite the impression on her. She described him like this:

“Brad is actually a lovely, smart person, not to mention gorgeous. People just project so much onto him and Angelina [Jolie] which isn’t true. I just find it so bizarre. It’s like you’ve never been in the room with this person, much less met them but you’re convinced as to who they are and what they’re [sic] morality is.”

You know, that’s exactly it, isn’t it? The people who spout nothing but disdain for either Brad Pitt or Angelina Jolie - or both - are almost always people who don’t know them. Take this snarky column in The Globe and Mail (Canadian newspaper). The author writes on and on about how neither of them deserve any of the attention they get in the media, particularly Angelina Jolie; she refers to her as a mediocre actress and seems unimpressed by Angie’s work with the UNHCR. She claims the only reason that we have any interest in the couple at all is because the media has managed to drag out the story of the Jen/Brad breakup and the Brad/Angie hook up for years and other than that, there’s nothing interesting about them.

Of course, I have trouble taking someone seriously when they title their column “Bored with Brangie” and then proceed to write about these so-called boring people for over 20 paragraphs. I don’t know about you, but when someone or something bores me I tend to ignore it rather than waste my time blathering on and on about it.

But while people criticize them constantly, it’s interesting to note that for the most part, the people who really do know Brad and Angelina have nothing but good things to say. Mary-Louise Parker isn’t the first person I’ve heard refer to Brad as smart. People constantly mention how nice they both are. The ones who actually know them and spend time with them are generally very positive. Take this article over at People where Wanted co-stars described Angelina as “a cool woman” and Brad as “a good dude”.

So why is it that people who have never exchanged a word with them feel so negative towards them? It’s interesting, this whole double-edged sword of fame. I’m not sure how well I could handle it. Readers here never see the occasional comments that come through the moderation queue where people passing through rip me apart, saying nasty things about me (and it might be more meaningful if they were brave enough to leave an actual authentic email address instead of a fake one), but believe me, they’re there at least once a week. It’s only a handful of snark among so many great comments so it doesn’t bother me, but I don’t know how I could handle the kind of negativity that gets thrown at Brad, Angelina, and so many other celebrities on a regular basis. I guess that’s why so many of them refuse to read the tabloids at all.

That’s why I’m always so glad to read something like Mary-Louise Parker’s comments because it means much more to the fans to read something from people who actually interact with the Jolie-Pitt family, don’t you agree?

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