Britney's in and out of rehab. Everyone is still focusing on what might have happened to Anna Nicole. Maybe the media won’t notice if we adopt another kid. That’s what my more cynical side imagines the thought process might have been like for Brangelina as the couple considered adopting their third child, which they reportedly did this week, a little boy from Vietnam. (That's in addition to little Shiloh, the daughter Jolie gave birth to last year.)I am sure such a rush to judgment is unfair considering that Brad and Angelina did make a trip to Vietnam last Thanksgiving, and they could have unofficially started the adoption proceedings even back then. But if the couple was hoping to avoid more media scrutiny and attention--and for some people that’s a huge “if”--they have been unsuccessful once again. There are already rumors speculating about why only Jolie’s name is reportedly on the official application and who specifically is helping the actress navigate the red tape with the Vietnamese government.
Jolie has recently been quoted as saying that if she and Pitt were “going to have 10 kids, we'd like to raise them while we're young." So I guess this latest news means that in their goal to turn the Jolie/Pitt entourage into a walking United Nations, it's four down, six to go.
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Sounds like Tina has more than a touch of TEAM JENNIFER ANISTON, of late who is Miss I-forgive-you-Brad- and-Ange.' Move on Jenn (and her fannies) and stop putting yourself out as a celeb of victimization of two prople who think more of others than themselves. Jolie-Pitt do much that has been unpublicized and so what if their celebrity cache raises awareness of the needs of the least powerful, youngest and weakest? I wish people like Tina would realize they are not mindreaders and do not know the intentions of others and should not judge becasue it make you look bitter, jealous and ugly. I like Anonymous 3-3-07 comment. Stop backstabbing Tina and go experience how 'glamourous' child rearing truly is!
Nobody has the right to judge anyone about their choices regarding adoption. Why would she need to adopt from the US to make it more acceptable? That's so ethnocentric. The fact that she's adopted at all makes her a better person than most Americans. And if she was "buying babies" solely for media attention, wouldn't she parade them around for the paparazzi, showing them off like pets? I have an aunt who does this with her own flesh and blood children, so I would know it when I see it. The woman has been involved in world affairs for years, way before the adoptions, so I think the arguments against her bear little, if any, weight.
Actually, it would make more sense to adopt children from the poorest countries, where there is absolutely no social network that even attempts to deal with orphans. So, if you have the means and the will, go ahead, start adopting children from the poorest countries of the world, and slowly work your way up to the US. If you have fertility issues, don't waste your money on fertility treatment, have a heart, adopt a child, preferably, a female child from a poor country and save her from prostitution.>
I am thrilled to hear that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are adopting another child. It is the most beautiful announcement, except for the cynicism of the reporter. What an ugly thought and way to report such a loving event, by encouraging the thinking that the Jolie-Pitt family would be doing this for publicity. I think the writer is making this coverage this way in order to get into the news. It is lovely and loving that the Jolie-Pitts are creating a family and a home for helpless children who may otherwise have a very bleak future or none at all. They obviously have the financial resources and the biggest hearts to embark on such a livelong adventure. Other celebrities collect cars and watches and all other sorts of materical gratifications. These two people are picking up human beings and the human spirit with all their efforts and committments. God Bless them and God love them. And congratulations to them for their newest bundle of joy.
I ask only one question. Why is everyone down on Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie adopting more children from other countries? All children need love and good parents,which I'm sure Brad and Angelina are. It think it's and wonderful thing, their are doing for these children.
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