IUC World Exclusive: Longtime Friend of A-Lister Pitt Confirms Golden Boy Has Wanted Out for Months
A close friend of Brad Pitt confirmed early this morning to IUC that Pitt has been planning his exit from Brangelina for at least six months. “Brad is miserable and wants a new start,” the friend, a Hollywood industry veteran, told IUC. “He’s looked miserable and exhausted the past couple of years because he can’t handle Angie’s explosive personality and self destructive ways. I love Brad and am in his corner all the way. I feel so bad for him because Angie put him through the wringer. I can confirm that his relationship with Angie is over.” Developing…
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With property all over the world, six kids and combined charity organizations, I imagine it’s taken 6 months just to wade through the red tape – Bradley hasn’t looked good in a long time, the relationship has taken a huge toll on him, I don’t like Brad as much as I used to though. He has some explaining to do IMO. Why did he allow Angie to smear Jen so viciously, WHY aren’t the kids in school, why is Shiloh so obviously distressed – why has he stood by and let AJ run wild not only with her life but those of his kids?
Reply@Tamara:
did anybody notice Jen looking at Brad @ the Haiti telethon, as in LOOKING at him?
ReplyI am sure Pitt does want out. He definitely made himself a bed that Jolie’s not going to so easily let him out of. Perez is already denying the split and he’s Jolie’s mouth piece. One problem for Pitt getting out is that the relationship was never defined by marriage (at least that the US courts recognize). So, a clean cut is not so easy to establish. Also, it doesn’t seem like Jolie wants the split. She has the kids so she will always be able to control Pitt to an extent. If she sees Pitt with a new female love interest, she can fly Shiloh around in her plane or take the twins to a dangerous war zone. Jolie will always know that Pitt will be vulnerable to how his children are treated and she will exploit that.
If Pitt wants – really wants – Jolie out of his life, he has to limit personal contact with her. She will try to use the kids to get close to him and to initiate more contact. I remember Jolie was interviewed by Ellen Degeneres (I think) when she and Johnnie Lee Miller broke up. Jolie implied that they got closer during the split and could reignite. I wonder if Miller shared that opinion.
Replywhat’s Ian’s next book? I read that it might be Britney although an exposé on the Disney co. doesn’t sound too bad.
Reply@mooki:
ReplyDidn’t see that, she was looking at him with desire, pity, curiosity? Something else?
@Tamara:
Hi Tam. You raise some very good questions. That baby is abused. again and again we see pictures of that little girl in complete distress. No one seems to do a thing. That wlittle girl seems to be the repository for all that woman’s fear and self-loathing. She is also dressed freakishly and more importantly UNSAFELY in the jeans in which she can trip and how about that big old tie around her 3 year old neck? This whole thing is insane….but maybe mummy is too. That baby is abused and none of the kids ever looks happy on their little photo op assignments.
In one of the articles, it stated that he tried to do an intervention on her in early January. Obviously that didn’t happen and the nannies clearly aren’t protecting her (witness the broken teeth, broken spirit, bruises, etc). So the guy recognizes that this woman is very unwell, but its just dandy for her to be the primary custodial parent????? Excuse me?????? Maybe she will start cutting on Shiloh next. This whole thing is unbelievable and completely tragic.
ReplyI haven’t seen BP out alone with Shi or Z in a looooong time, he takes the boys to the games etc but he is never alone with the girls…isn’t there anyone in their lives concerned enough to do something to protect them? How do they get away with not having the kids in school, what makes them above the law? Do they know how to read? Why haven’t Brads parents stepped in – or Doug – why why why so many questions….what is their primary residence? Is it France? What are the laws on education in France? Does anyone know?
Reply…they have no excuse – I just looked this up:
In France, kids start school very early : school starts at age 2 (for 52% of children) or 3 (for almost 100%) and children spend 2 or 3 years in maternelle (kindergarten). School is compulsory until age 16. In primary schools, French kids spend more hours a year (more than 900, like Italy and the Netherlands) than other European countries (less than 700 for Austria, Germany and Finland). Contrary to a frequent American stereotype, learning by rote does not exist or hardly (it was true in the 19th century).
ReplyThank you Ian. Thank you thank you thank you.
You’re magic too.
Reply@Tamara:
ReplyThose kids should all be tested. If the claim is “homeschooling” well it is very simple to see what educational level they’re at with some testing.
@Vittoria:
Is it possible that Pitt is just as much a pawn in Angies manipulations as the kids are? I mean, if he isn’t the bio father, and he hasn’t adopted the others, could it be that he has no say in how they are raised or where they live? Has he had a DNA test done on the bio’s as part of this “split”, could this be the reason she will have sold custody?
Vee – even if they are homeschooled, it’s still a shame isn’t it? They don’t have a stable home environment, they are moving around the world staying at hotels, in rented homes, in different countries. They’ve never had the opportunity to have friends outside their immediate family – Angie wants to raise children “of the world” so they don’t belong anywhere, its so very sad
ReplyA person has to take a drug test to work in government for example, a person has to take a test and get a license to drive a car, and yet anyone who wants to can have a baby….
Reply@BigApplette:
ReplyYou make a really good point, and I think it shows how absolutely miserable this guy really is. She does take her kids to war zones and pilot them around (while seasoned pilots say she is dangerous) . They have plenty of houses with plenty of space to stay away from one another and he probably thought he could hang on in that way—just maintaining a distance from her but ’staying together’ so she wouldn’t do anything really crazy with the kids. But he’s obviously had it to the point where he can’t even stay in a gigantor french chateau with her. He doesn’t want her on the premises. And they supposedly have an open relationship. All that and he STILL wants to call it quits officially. She must be a real terror.
He may get away from her legally and financially and then, if she starts doing wacky things with the kids, he could start to raise a stir. Once he’s away, all the allegations of his own drug use and this and that won’t be as relevant. She won’t know exactly what he’s doing and the issue will be whatever is going on with the kids: they aren’t in school, they spend all their time with nannies, whatever. He could, after offically splitting for a period of time, begin to build a case for custody that he can’t build now because it would just devolve into mudslinging.
Jolie is a lunatic and she definitely seems like one of those females that will use the children as a way to control the dad. He will never be free of her b/c they are connected through the children. I know Angie has put him through a lot but it is still hard for me to feel sorry for him. He laid his bed; and it sickens me everytime I think about the way Jen was treated by the media. I keep asking, How could he just stand by and let jolie and/or the media do her like dirt? And, if he tried an intervention for Angie, wouldn’t that mean she is unstable? Why would he give her primary custody? I would be trying to get my kids away from that basket case–unless, they aren’t his. But, shi kind of looks like him. I am really suspicious about the twins b/c we almost never see them. There are a lot of secrets and cover ups here and it is about to come crashing down all around them. Pitt and Jolie deserve this, the children do not.
Reply@Tamara:
ReplyYes Tam – it is a shame – it is all one humongous shame, but she has no shame so………
People keep referring to “bios” as in plural. So where are the plurals? I’ve only seen a couple of bnabies trotted twice in almost 2 years. Once in Japan and once int eh Middle East. I’m a little skeptical.
P.S. Whoever V is (and Vi for that matter) – for the record these posts are not me.
ReplyNo, vittoria and I are not the same person. LOL. I love this site but just recently started posting.
ReplyThere were never clear boundaries in this relationship, so I have no idea how he’ll find a way to end it. How can you end something if you don’t know where it begins? Isn’t it surprising how much clarity a little piece of paper like a marriage certificate can bring from time to time? No matter how old-fashioned a marriage looks, its good side is it draws boundaries and sets responsibilities – and if you are afraid of all that, then you’re not that into the other person. A marriage lets you know where you stand. It gives you rights and is a sort of protection against being taken advantage of.
I don’t think Pitt and Jolie started this relationship with a clear idea where they were going at all. From the very start, it looked like it was a matter of “I want it all and want it now” – lots of lust, chaos and ambition. Soon she was pregnant from a man who was hardly divorced and I believe she did it around the time he realized that she was behind the smear campaign against his ex-wife because she sensed he could leave her for something like that. Then Shiloh came along and he may have become indifferent to how many kids he would have with her provided he already had one.
For the record, I don’t believe Jolie plans anything at all. Maybe the first and last time she ever planned anything was when she planned how to get and trap him. She’s just a scatterbrain who lives for the moment and what she wants now. I remember reading an article that called her “scary smart”. I hadn’t laughed so hard in my whole life – everybody with an ounce of intelligence will see she’s not “scary smart”: she’s scary overrated. The only thing that makes her look “scary smart” is she’s scary ruthless, insensitive and dishonest. Just because she gets what she wants doesn’t mean she’s smart.
Also, for someone who supposedly has it all, she has precious little command of the English language and her own thoughts when she speaks. She just opens her pillowy mouth and out comes a ton of incoherent ramblings the bunch of Brangeloonies finds so fascinating just because they come from her. Correct me if I’m wrong but I think she never went to college and I suspect that she was the beneficiary of her father’s money and connections in her youth – how else would she blow off college? Yet that didn’t stop her from cutting him off later on.
Reply@Reality Check:
ReplyI think the “scary smart” thing relates to her hiring Geyer Kosinski to do her thinking for her! LOL
Ian, what’s with the People Magazine, Jared and Perez denials? I know they’re broken up. Is this Angie’s camp leaking the denials because she wasn’t ready? (Meaning she wasn’t prepared with her single mother abandoned by her lover photo op?) Is it that she is not controlling this, or is there something else?
What’s going on?
Reply@Canuck:
as in desire… cross between bedroom eyes/sad eyes.
Reply@v:
ReplyThat’s fine and welcome! I just wanted to be sure my friends here know that I’m not trying to post as someone else. that’s all. I intended no offense. cheers!
@mooki:
ReplyWhere did you see this Mooki? I watched the whole thing and never saw that, but would really like to.
People – Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie Split Rumors Not True
by Guest on Sun Jan 24, 2010 6:51 pm
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie Split Rumors Not True, Say Sources
Sunday January 24, 2010 12:15 PM EST
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt
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Facebook Twitter Yahoo Buzz E-mail While reports are swirling that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are headed for a split, multiple sources close to the family tell PEOPLE that the rumors are false.
“Everything is fine” with the couple, who are parents to six kids, a source says.
Another source says the split reports, which were first published in a British tabloid, are “totally false.”
ReplyHa ha Ha . You were looking for a confirmation – here is a denial from People mag website for you fools:
By the way now we know which of Pitt`s firends is constantly cited in IntouchWeekly as a source. He`d better choose his friends more careful and avoid those who yap to the sleaziest gossip outlets around!
Update
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie Split Rumors Not True, Say Sources
Update Sunday January 24, 2010 01:10 PM EST Originally posted Sunday January 24, 2010 12:15 PM EST
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie Split Rumors Not True, Say Sources | Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt
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While reports are swirling that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are headed for a split, multiple sources close to the family tell PEOPLE that the rumors are false.
“Everything is fine” with the couple, who are parents to six kids, a source says.
Another source says the split reports, which were first published in a British tabloid, are “totally false.”
In recent weeks, it’s been business as usual for the busy couple – movie shoots, family outings, charity work – and several observers say they saw nothing amiss.
Couple Time
On Jan. 2, Pitt, 46, and Jolie, 34, shared a romantic dinner for two at the French restaurant Le Perigord. “You could tell they wanted to spend time alone and didn’t want to be bothered by anybody else,” says a source. “It was wonderful to see a couple so much in love.”
Busy Work Schedules
With filming wrapped, the two headed back to Los Angeles to work on pre-production for their upcoming movies: Jolie’s The Tourist and Pitt’s Lost City of Z. On Jan. 16, Pitt took their eldest son, Maddox, on a boys’ trip to the New Orleans Saints’ playoff game, while Jolie was spotted grocery shopping and dropping by an Apple Store in L.A. with daughters Zahara and Shiloh.
In the last few days, Jolie reportedly jetted to New York City for a Vanity Fair photo shoot, while Pitt stayed in L.A. to participate in friend George Clooney’s Hope for Haiti Now telethon. (Both Pitt and Jolie made major donations to the relief effort.) Pitt didn’t attend Saturday’s Screen Actors Guild Awards, where his Inglourious Basterds picked up the award for best ensemble cast.
Reply@vittoria, none taken.
JJ has his head so far up brangelina’s ass he can’t even think straight. I can’t figure out who is worse, him or perez hilton. SMH. It can’t possibly be healthy to be that obsessed/in love with celebrities you don’t know and probably will never meet.
Reply@Reality Check:
ITA
Reply@Vittoria:
a few of the UK tabloids reported that Jen was googly-eyed @ the telethon for… Gerard Butler. that’s not what I’ve been hearing…
ReplyNow there is a big hearty denial from People magazine.
ReplyWhat’s going on?
Is this Brad leaking that he’s gone and Angie leaking that “oh, no he’s NOT”??? How does this work?
So Pitt wants to bail because of AJ’s “explosive personality and self destructive ways” which are too tough for him to handle, but he’s going to leave the kids in the path of all that? Who does he think she’s going to direct all that at? Going to be tough for the kids, probably mostly for their biological children . . . don’t wait for that ‘father of the year’ award Pitt, its not going to arrive.
Reply@pickwick: Actually, the People denial isn’t really a denial. They claim sources close to them, but they also say that reps for Brad and AJ have declined to comment.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35046096/ns … lebrities/
While reports are swirling that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are headed for a split, multiple sources close to the family say the rumors are not true, according to PEOPLE.com.
“Everything is fine” with the couple, a source says. Another source says the split reports, which were first published in the British tabloid The News of the World, are “totally false.”
According to the News of the World, the super couple, who are not married, filed separation papers with a Los Angeles lawyer. The report says that the couples’ six children — Maddox, Zahara, Pax, Shiloh, Knox and Vivienne — would live with Jolie but that Pitt would have full visitation rights.
Representatives for Pitt, 46, and Jolie, 34, have declined to comment.
According to PEOPLE.com, Jolie was in New York this weekend doing a photo shoot for Vanity Fair magazine, while Pitt was in Los Angeles to participate in the “Hope for Haiti” telethon on Friday night. Pitt did not attend the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Saturday, where his film, “Inglourious Basterds,” won the best cast award.
Clearly…their REPS HAVE DECLINED TO COMMENT. Their official reps had a chance to deny and they chose not to and those are the people to believe.
That says it all.
Reply@mooki:
ReplyWho have you been hearing that from? Someone who was backstage?
@pickwick:
Yep defo for me, there is no other explanation for it. NOTW would not have published that story without it coming from a very reliable source in one of their camps. It was either from one of his people or one of his family. Her people are now denying it to her mouthpieces. How very interesting, may the games commence – ha ha!
Reply@Keane Cyber Queen Supreme: Actually, even People admit that their reps have declined to comment.
Reply@Keane Cyber Queen Supreme:
ReplyITA–Also I have hard time believe THE TIMES would run the story from NOTW w/o some kind of independent confirmation, someone who obviously wanted to be on background only. Also, the fact that anonymous “friends” are now denying the story, but the parties themselves remain mum, tells me it’s true. Plus, reports that the rumor was making the rounds at SAG and Sundance seem to indicate it’s for real–I don’t think there would have been much buzz in the biz for just another story that makes an appearance every week. Remember, BP & JA denied, denied, denied the split up until they made the announcement.
@v:
Replyv – I doubt health has anything to do with it. More like . Pay to play. She pays and they play along like good little Angibots. Whatever it is is surely pathetic though. you got that right.
I don’t think there is any question it is true, they probably or she wants to announce on her terms, Brad though just looks like a bigger fool, and since she did not deny the In Touch story, more so. lol Brad or someone just needs to put their name out there and say, “yes, we are over, this is true, game done, we were not ready to announce it, but please respect our privacy” he just looks like a total wuss to let her do this to him , can only imagine how bad the stories are going to get.
Reply@emma:
so in truth , they have not really denied it lol just those little soldiers Jolie has sent out to do her dirty work. So what makes their source any better than another, considering it is not from them?
If they have not themselves denied it.I don’t think we can discount it .
ReplyEnquirer confirms Brangie breakup:
Replyhttp://www.nationalenquirer.com/angelina_jolie_finished_brad_pitt_baby_adoption_new_bf_aniston/celebrity/68000
http://www.nationalenquirer.com/angelina_jolie_finished_brad_pitt_baby_adoption_new_bf_aniston/celebrity/68000
“In December, after Angelina temporarily kicked the 46-year-old Inglorious Basterds star out of their Los Angeles home because of his boozing and hashish use, she physically attacked him when he made a cheating confession about ex-wife Jennifer Aniston”
Now I have two things I want to mention about the above quote: 1) she PHYSICALLY ATTACKED him. So, it’s documented that she is psysically abusive when angry. And 2) When he made a cheating CONFESSION about ex-wife Jennifer Aniston. Cheating? When?
Oh yes, this is going to be very nasty indeed. He says an intervention in NYC recently to encourage Angie to seek psychological help failed so he gave up. She says his hash use and boozing it up forced her to kick his arse out while in LA recently (Dec.) And part of the article states she is going to France to regroup and film Tourist, BUT her BROTHER James is going to help her out with her newest ADOPTION.
Mmmmmmm, she’s physically abusive, volatile , perverted and yet she is in the process of adopting yet another child, cough, cough, with the “help” of her ever lovin brother James? Gawd! Is there no justice? Brad needs to find the location of his missing balls and man up for those children if not himself. And to think I used to admire him ….ha!
ReplyLOS ANGELES, Calif. –
Reports of Brad Pitt and Angelina’s break-up are “not true,” a publicist close to Brad Pitt’s assistant told Access Hollywood’s Billy Bush.
Reports of a split spread like wildfire from the Internet to radio and TV news over the weekend — while other reports besides Access’ have also denied the break-up.
The rumors reached a fever pitch on Saturday night, when both stars became Twitter trending topics following a report from the UK tabloid News of the World.
According to News of the World’s report, Brad and Angelina are set to divide their multi-million dollar fortune and share custody of their six children, who will live full-time with Angelina. The “Salt” star is reportedly consulting with a Beverly Hills lawyer.
Additionally, several mainstream media outlets, including NBC’s “Today” show, CBS Radio and the Times of London, began picking up the story on Sunday – not reporting it as fact, but reporting on News of the World’s report.
Reps for neither Brad nor Angelina have commented on the report, with Angelina’s manager, Geyer Kosinski, unresponsive to request for comment from Access Hollywood.
However, in addition to Access’ source, a source also told People magazine that “everything is fine” with the couple, bashing the split rumors. And Perez Hilton claimed that a rep for the couple also denied the story, though other outlets have yet to report such a denial.
The couple has been together since 2005, following Brad’s break-up with ex-wife Jennifer Aniston after four and a half years of marriage. The two connected while filming “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” together in 2004.
Since then, they’ve become Hollywood’s most famous duo, landing on hundreds of magazine covers and inspiring constant rumors over their state of their relationship – with many such stories including a mention of secret meetings or contact with Jennifer.
The couple has three biological children as well as three adopted from across the world.
The pair was spotted together as recently as January 3, when they took their four oldest children to a Broadway matinee performance of “Mary Poppins” in New York City. The family was in town while Angelina wrapped up production on her latest film, “Salt,” due out in summer 2010.
In November, they stepped out at the MOCA NEW 30th anniversary gala in LA and made a number of public appearances in 2009, including at Brad’s “Inglourious Basterds” worldwide premieres and at awards ceremonies ranging from the Golden Globes to the Oscars to the BAFTAS.
The pair recently donated $1 million for Haiti relief and have donated millions through their joint charity, the Jolie-Pitt Foundation.
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Keep your Access to everything in Hollywood! Breaking news an
By the way how hilarious is that that even an assistant in hollywood has a publicist? Insane hm?
Reply@stinky-inky:
The Times is one of Murdoch’s papers just like the NOTW. They would have both had access to the same source/story. Aren’t Brangie good friends with Murdoch? Sounds like one of them (Brad) gave their pal a little present (in return for future positive press probably). Interesting that the British press got there before the US hey?
ReplySo what to believe? We have IAN stating he has sources with Brads family that they have split up.
Then we have People Magazine that has sources of the family that everything is fine, and there is no break-up at all.
So what IS the TRUTH?
ReplyHere is a summary of posts from a guest on a FF thread (the dirt is going to fly…)who sounds like he/she has the true inside story. I just copied and pasted his/her random answers to several questions posed.
They’ve been officially broken up since April 2009. There is no love lost between them but since Jolie attempted suicide on Brad’s birthday, he’s been a little kinder to her than what he needed to be.He’s going to put up a front of sharing custody of all 6 kids for approximately one year, then drop them like hot potatoes.
He’s already in a relationship with someone else, Jolie is not. She’s doing her best to spin about new loves as we speak. She wants to be the first in the press to look like she’s moved on. She called Brad and said she didn’t think she could stop herself from killing herself. Brad called for help and found out it was all a bluff. She wanted to see if he would come to her if she called. She’s still trying to control him
Sorry but I’m not on Team Brad or Team Angie. I’m on Team Kids. There were only 2 ways Brad could get Angie to finally sign the agreement to split. One was that he had to agree to a large financial settlement which he finally paid just to get rid of her. The other was that he had to agree to see the adopted kids and let them call him Dad. Jolie also wanted him to let them keep the Jolie-Pitt name but wanted future adopted kids to also be called Jolie-Pitt so they would all “match”. Brad said no to the latter demand but did agree to see the adopted kids for awhile til he gradually breaks out of their lives.
Brad never was on board with any of the adoptions. He wasn’t even sure he wanted to be with her when she adopted Zahara. Then she got pregnant with Shiloh. Only then did Brad try to turn this fling into a relationship. When she adopted Pax without his approval, that’s when things started to go down south. The twins were her last-ditch attempt to keep him.
Brad never wanted to adopt children. He has always wanted to only have biological children. He spends a lot of time with Zee in public but not so much in private. Shiloh is his favorite. She is the favorite of the entire Pitt clan
He seriously considered adopting Mad and Zee for a time but when she brought Pax into the mix behind his back so shortly after having Shi, he knew this would never stop. He didn’t want to be Daddy to an endless array of kids so he decided not to adopt any of them. If you can believe it, she tried to get him to agree to include future adopted kids on outings with the other 6. She wants him to play Daddy to any kids she might acquire in the future even though they’re not together. So he’s drawing the line between the bios and adopted kids.
The twins were supposed to be her way of saying sorry to Pitt for adopting Pax behind his back. He was thrilled with Shiloh and overjoyed at the prospect of having more children who were like her. However, if it weren’t for the twins they would have split much sooner. It was pretty much over by then. She was a witch during the entire pregnancy
He never wanted to adopt to begin with. Then he saw a potential never-ending stream of adopted kids coming into their house and that’s when he said no to the whole adoption thing. They do have major problems with Z and some with Pax. Believe me, the problems with Z are long going and will need lots of work. She does have staff working with her but she is violent towards the other kids especially Shiloh and the twins
I’m not the person who has all the details about Brad and Jen. All I know is he was seeing Julie Dreyfuss. I don’t know if that’s still going on. He has been begging Jen to take him back for about a year now. I don’t know if she’s agreed to any of it. He badly wants Jen back.He never meant to get into a full time relationship or have children with Jolie. She was going to be his fling. However, Angie made sure the news got out about their affair.
Brad told Angie about Jen’s miscarriages and how she wanted to adopt a little girl from Ethiopia when she flew there with Bono. That’s the real reason why Angie got Zahara. When she saw that wasn’t enough to hold Brad she “accidentally” got knocked up. She told Brad she was going to bear the child whether he wanted the baby or not and tht’s when Brad stayed on board. If it wasn’t for Shiloh, they would have split within the year
They really haven’t been a couple for longer than October 2008, that’s just when he couldn’t take it anymore. And how the man has suffered. Oh, how he has suffered. The pics we saw of that NY office day in early Jan followed by dinner was the day they signed the agreement. Their PR teams leaked that they were going to work on trust stuff that Jolie’s Mom left the kids, but they signed the agreement. And now they’re using that date as when Brad confronted her again about her ahem issues. The dinner was a ‘celebration’ of sorts. Lawyers and them, in a celebratory dinner, celebrating an amicable split.
He wanted Jen back for years and he’s wanted to be back if she’ll have him. My sources tell me that she will.
Brad is getting better. The past 3 years has been hard on him, and the past year has been more than just difficult. But it’s over now, the pressure is off, and he has a great support system with people who love him. The custody issue is something I can’t talk about, but believe me when I say that the children will be fine. He has suffered because of Shi. The tooth, mannish dress, scratches, bites. Angie puts Mad and Z ahead of Shi
Angie was forced to put the twins in secure housing to protect them from Z after she caused physical damage. Let’s hope she will separate Z and Shi. Her need to keep the fake humanitarian thing going will be her undoing. Fact: The biggest danger to a child is another child.
Reply@Pattyanne:
ReplyI bet he’s “helping her” yeah, right! Twisted beyond belief. the children people…again I say what about the children especially the abused one????
@StatingMyOpinion:
ReplyThose are hardly the only two in play saying something on the topic. Seriously!
Reps for neither Brad nor Angelina have commented on the report, with Angelina’s manager, Geyer Kosinski, unresponsive to request for comment from Access Hollywood.
ReplyYep, that sez it all.@lory:
@Pattyanne:
That’s the expression I was just about to use with regard to Brad in this situation: man-up Brad for God’s sake, you have been a total wuss in all of this. GROW A PAIR!
Reply@Pattyanne:
And there’s your answer. No lies from Geyer-the-liar? I think that’s all we need to know.
ReplyNo word yet from Lainey? Shame, I’ve been just dying to hear what she says on the matter!
Reply@Keane Cyber Queen Supreme:
I copied this from another site about Lamey.
Love it.Lamey on twitter.Looking forward to their photo op.
http://twitter.com/LaineyGossip
Reply@Keane Cyber Queen Supreme:
ReplyI didn’t realize they were both owned by Murdock. I thought it was more like the NY Times or Washington Post citing an article by National Enquirer, which of course they eventually did with the Edwards story. It is interesting that the story broke in England, not Hollywood. I think your assessment of the situation is correct, as usual!
http://angelina-jolie.celebritything.com/gossip.htm
This link has a list of all the He-Said, She-Said news reports. Actually it’s rather funny watching the paps fight it out while the rep.’s and / or managers of both Jolie and Pitt remain SILENT. The silence is very telling imo
Reply@stinky-inky:
The Times is a broadsheet but as it is a Murdoch paper it carries the same pro-conservative agenda and sensationalist tone. Many would describe it as rag. But that doesn’t mean that it doesn’t carry reputable stories like plenty of other rags do: the NOTW and the National Enquirer for two. I have always said that the main difference between the broadsheet and the tabloid press is linguistic style and tone. Tabloid stories have to be well-researched too and based on verifiable facts otherwise law suits entail. Freelance journos usually write for both sectors and some of them actually say writing in the tabloid style is harder. And these are highly educated people, Cambridge grads etc. But yes the fact that The Times has picked it up gives it that oh so vital element of credibility hey? Great news!
Reply@Keane Cyber Queen Supreme:
ReplySo far not one single person who has denied it has a name. why is that? how difficult is this, either they are or they are not?
It has come to light that Brangelina have a separation agreement that includes provisions for support, custody and visitation with their existing children. According to insiders, one of the sticking points of the negotiation process was Jolie’s desire to involve Pitt in all of her future adoptions. Jolie actually wanted Pitt’s name to be tacked on to the names of future adoptees and for him to bring them out on outings with the other kids. This is despite the fact that they will be splitting and agreeing on split terms.
What would this accomplish? It would keep the perception that Pitt and Jolie are together indefinitely. Pitt would be seen with her kids who would have his name. This could happen five or ten years down the road. Certainly, this was a cunning plan on Jolie’s part to create the illusion that she and Pitt would appear to be together as long as she was able to purchase more children. Very sneaky. No wonder “her sources” are denying the split. Her plan was to keep the public hoodwinked forever.
Reply@Keane Cyber Queen Supreme:
ReplyThe Times did give it credibility–as I was scouring the interwebs for news about the brangelina breakup last night, I noticed the more mainstream press cited the Times article, while tabloids cited NOTW. I think he realized he would never be free (FREEEEEEEDOOOOOMMMMM!) if someone in his camp hadn’t leaked the news. The report from Gabby above with comments from the poster on FF seems to indicate, if it’s true, he’s had a difficult time extricating himself from this situation.
@gabby:
Seems really believable. The visit to the lawyer’s office. the adopted child being aggressive toward the biological child. They have said in interviews that she’s a handful or has an assertive personality—stuff like that. Also makes sense about Brad not officially adopting. And it didn’t seem like he was at all involved with Pax’s adoption. She just went and got that kid. (and changed his name). And it seems believable that she might want children that follow to have his name or be included in visitation with him.
I’m surprised about the entire Jennifer Aniston thing though. I have never thought that she would have him back or was hoping he would come back after the first year. There have been lots of hints about him being in a relationship with someone already. Hard to believe it could be Aniston. At least for me.
The timeline also mirrors Ian’s timeline on this website. He said at Easter that they were broken up. The suicide attempt also sounds believable and the fact that he hung around longer because of that.
Thanks Pattyanne for pointing out that the reps are mum and the tabloids are fighting the war. Bad for Perez, but I think this is over.
Reply@pickwick:
ReplyWhen I first read Gabby’s post, I thought Gabby’s source at FF was saying BP was “seeing” Julia Louis Dreyfus and that did not make any sense.Julie Dreyfus was in IB with BP, so okay, now I get it.
Here’s a report from the Daily Mail that seems to confirm some of the info provided by Gabby:
Replyhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1245790/Angelina-Jolie-jealous-Jennifer-Aniston.html
Thanks for the link! A great read which covers the entire scenario of the break up of Brangelina….@stinky-inky:
Reply@stinky-inky:
ReplyI had the same reaction. I didn’t realize Julia Dreyfus was an actress in one of his films. I’ll have to look her up. Do you belive the Jen stuff?
@stinky-inky:
Oh. My. God. “The nannies are changed every few months to keep the kids from getting too close to them.” Those poor kids do not stand a chance of successful interpersonal relationships with these f*d up parents at the helm. I guess I always thought they had stability with the nannies if not in any other part of their life.
Reply@pickwick:
ReplyI don’t know. If she can take him back and really forgive him, she’s is an incredibly strong woman. If she takes him back because of some neediness, then it won’t last. WIth the bios, that witch will always be in her life. And if he leaves her again, her career is over.
@too curious:
ReplyMy thoughts. Serious couch time ahead for those kids. They do need to set up trusts for them, just to pay for the shrinks and counselors. Eventually they will learn how to type. We thought “Mother Dearest” was bad. Can’t wait to read these revenge auto-bios.
@stinky-inky:
ReplyMeant to say Mommie Dearest
So now JustJared.com is stating that “their reps” (unnamed persons of course, too easy to verify when named) EXCLUSIVELY (yea, JJ is so huge in the world at large) contacted (Angie and Brad actually had reps contact JJ rather than the New York Times or some such reputable paper?) JustJared.com (LOL) to call the break up stories B.S.
Reply==================================
Actually, this fabricated story put out tonight by JJ is beyond hilarious! Ego problem JJ? Or just another round of Angie’s Fax Machine ?
I challange JustJared.com to IDENTIRY the Jolie-Pitt Representative who he claims gave him the B.S. to the break-up story. Waiting JJ@Pattyanne:
ReplyOkay….typo…..delete Identiry and insert IDENTIFY@Pattyanne:
Reply@Pattyanne:
ReplyThat article read like it came from one of the horses’ mouths.
@too curious:
ReplyOf everything I’ve read about the parenting of these kids or these celebrity’s lives, that was the worst. The changing of the nannies so they can’t get attached. Since they don’t have normal time with their parents and live in hotels most of the time and don’t go to school or have classmates or neighbors or friends, this is the LOWEST. I always thought they could at least get the nanny situation right. Some of these kids have been plucked from their country, their culture, everyone they have ever known and even had their names changed and now they don’t even get to keep a trusted adult nearby and grow attached?
I don’t know if you read “the Nanny Diaries” about the experiences of some nannies who worked for wealthy families, but this was the most troubling part of the book. The way that the families would hire and fire nannies so they kids couldn’t really trust adults and get normal, stable relationships with trusted adults. The parents in that book were all self-involved screw-ups but I doubt on a scale like this one. At least those kids had neighbors, friends, and school. I’ve always thought they were being raised in a haphazard way, but not abusive. Keeping these children from normal attachments with any other people is cruel bordering on abusive.
The american tabloids are looking really dumb right now. We are having to get everything from Europe. Even really obvious things like “They didn’t show up together to the Haiti event” or they haven’t been seen together in public much. It’s ridiculous how much these places cater to these two. That kind of stuff only makes people dislike them more. There are some people who really want to believe in that relationship for some reason, but I think most people can at least see that they get ridiculously deferential treatment in the press. They even tiptoe around that ghastly goat beard, and that takees some real effort.
ReplySome time back, author Gore Vidal penned “Myra Breckinridge”, a hilarious account of a gender identity crisis involving the title character.
One single page within the book, has these words: “Where are my breasts? Where are my breasts?”
Forgive me, but as I read the ongoing soap opera of Brangelina, I couldn’t help but picture this in a book about that sorry couple: There on a single page, are the words of one of the characters:
Reply“Where are my balls? Where are my balls?”
The NOTW has well-researched stories in order to avoid getting sued? Whom are you kidding?
In 2005, England footballer David Beckham and his wife Victoria brought a legal action against the paper seeking libel damages over an article that carried the headline: “Posh and Becks on the Rocks.” The legal action was withdrawn in 2006 and “resolved on a confidential basis,” according to the couple’s spokeswoman Jo Milloy.
In April 2006, England footballer Wayne Rooney received £100,000 in damages from the publishers of The News of the World and its sister paper The Sun over articles falsely reporting he had slapped his then-fiancée and now wife, Coleen. Both had always denied the reports.
In June 2006, England footballer Ashley Cole received damages from the publishers of The News of the World over articles falsely alleging the footballer had used a mobile phone as a gay sex toy. Together with its sister paper The Sun, The News of the World paid Cole £100,000 to settle the case
In July 2006, a libel action brought by the Scottish politician Tommy Sheridan came to court in Edinburgh. Sheridan denied allegations, made by the newspaper in November 2004 and January 2005, that he had an affair, engaged in group sex and attended a swinger’s club in Manchester. Sheridan won the case and was awarded £200,000 in damages. The newspaper intends to appeal against the jury’s decision,[12] and has refused to pay out the money; Sheridan and several associates have been charged with perjury, but the case has not yet reached the courts.
he News of the World’s royal editor Clive Goodman and his two associates were arrested on 8 August 2006. They were charged with allegedly tapping the phones of members of the royal family, political figures and celebrities[13]. The arrests were the result of a seven month investigation by Scotland Yard. The News of the World’s London office was searched by the police during their investigations. Goodman was also suspended[14] by the newspaper.
The investigation began as a result of an article published on 13 November 2005 by Goodman. The article claimed that Prince William was in the process of borrowing a portable editing suite from ITV royal correspondent Tom Bradby. Following the publication the Prince and Bradby met to try and figure out how the details of their arrangement had leaked out, as only two other people were aware of the situation. Prince William noted that another equally improbable leak had recently taken place regarding an appointment he had made with a knee surgeon[15]. After some discussion, the two men concluded someone was breaking into mobile phone answering machine messages.[16] The compromised voice mail accounts were found to belong to his aides, and not the Prince himself.[17]
Their concerns were passed along to the police, whose investigation began as a localized incident involving staff at Clarence House. The list of possible victims has broadened to include ministers, a Member of Parliament, military chiefs, a leading media figure, to
ReplyThe break up is being reported on NPR. No one is buying this so-called denial. Everyone knows how real denials work. They come from named official sources or the celebs themselves.
Reply@gabby:
That was a most amazing timeline, Gabby, and it makes so much sense! Thanks for shedding some light on this! As for Zahara’s aggression … hmmm, it makes sense, too. Has anybody noticed how hostile the child looks most of the time? She always scowls as if she has full-time anger issues. Also, I remember that when her biological mother gave an interview to the press, she said she had conceived Zahara during rape. It seems the child inherited the aggressive tendencies of the man who made her rather than her mother’s disposition.
I have always thought that no matter how noble adoption is, it is still a very risky business. You rarely know the whole truth about the child’s background and you have no idea what kind of genes and behaviour will be at play. If Brad can save at least his bio children from Zahara’s aggression and Angie’s influence, that would be great but I doubt it – the kids are still too small; they’ll be given to the mother, no matter what she is like.
The paragraph about Brad always planning to keep Angelina as a fling was the one I liked most, though – can this woman be good for anything else, in fact? Yet she’s too much of a pain even as a fling – all of us saw how much scandal, suffering, damage and personal tragedy her screwing caused to Brad’s wife. In some inexplicable way, she also released the beast called “Brangelunatics” – I hope that time or something else puts it down because it fills the air with so much hate, aggression and vitriol. They deny Jennifer Aniston any human qualities at all – I really hope that life will knock those guys and gals down by putting them through everything they laughed at in her case. They deserve to experience personally everything they laughed at in her case.
ReplyThe Times is a broadsheet but as it is a Murdoch paper it carries the same pro-conservative agenda and sensationalist tone. Many would describe it as rag.
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Oh REALLY? Who? FYI the Telegraph (that other well known rag *snort*) picked it up as well you know? I live in London and no one here thinks the Times is a rag. Or conservative, In fact a lot of Guardian people have moved over to reading the Times as it is better informed. Man people talk a lot of BS on American sites about Britain as people (which I can understand) don’t necessarily know what the deal is with papers.
Here is the REAL deal
NOTW: Tabloid (Murdoch title)
Sun (Tabloid Murdoch Title)
Times (Broadsheet Murdoch title)
What blows this whole: The Times ran with it cos the NOTW did- theory out of the water: The Sun and NOTW are enemies. They hate each other despite being both NewsCorp titles. They will always undermine each other. It is a well known fact amongst anyone that knows London Media, which I do since I work for a paper.
ReplyAs for NOTW getting facts wrong: Sure they do at times, they also get a lot right as you can see when the Beckhams did NOT sue when they exposed the affair(s) Beckham had (and trust- still has). The libel laws in the UK are a tad stricter than over in the US, so they clearly felt they had enough evidence.
Do some research on UK libel laws and you will learn why most celebs sue people in a London court.
ReplyHopefully its a good reminder to people not to use children as pawns in a relationship, the whole thing reads like a serious child protection case. Its an absolute disgrace that she’s been allowed to adopt children internationally, when any normal person has to go through rigorous testing, and any normal person with her mental health background would not have been allowed to adopt. Furthermore how can she truely adopt for altruistic reasons knowing that at least two of these children actually have biological parents. I have heard many times that Maddoxs’ adoption was ilegal and he has parents in Cambodia. And Ive heard people who work in charities in Cambodia say that if she applied the same money and resources within the country she applies to adopting the children, more children would be able to live sustainably in their communities which surely if she truely cared about these communities would be her aim, not using them to look like a perfect mother theresa of the world. At the end of the day its really very sad that the kids are the ones that will suffer, lets hope when they start asking questions in their teens their resilient enough to stay on the rails.
ReplyTo clarify I had heard Maddox s adoption was done through an agency closed down afterwards due to fraud http://www.pleasantmorningbuzz.com/blog/111071
Reply@ Lory – most of those stories you listed there from the NOTW were true. Just because they didn’t win the trial doesn’t mean they false. Just that the celebs’ lawyers made a good case for the paper not having enough evidence and the judge ruled in their favour. The threat of being sued is parr for the course for most tabloids and broadsheets really, the vast majority of their stories they are not sued over. Now and again, they get unlucky and one slips through the net. The NOTW has a rep for printing the stories that other papers don’t have the balls to publish. They go against the grain. Highly useful with people like brange who think they can control the world media. Thank god for the tabloid press I say!
Reply@gabby:
ReplyOh please gimme a break !!! How can you believe something like that?? Zahara is a violent kid? Brad doesn’t like adopted kids as much as bio babies?? Brad wants to go back to jen?? I’m sorry but i don’t believe a WORD of this is true… whoever posted this is not someone from the inside but obviously some crazy person behind a computer screen spinning lies based on many guesses bloggers made over the years about these two !!!
Do you honestly believe Jen is desperate enough to take him back after 5 years? Knowing he publicly humiliated her with the W spread and what not? I don’t believe for a second Jen is still hung up on Brad… she has definitely moved on and is content with her life… she’s rich, beautiful and single in Hollywood !!! What else could you ask for? I wish people would just leave Jen out of this and stop portraying her as a lonely, desperate woman who would take this tool back the second he leaves the witch !!!!
I despise Brad and Angelina and do believe their relationship is about to run its course but crap like this is just insane !!!
I was just looking at the previous reports of the Brangelina split on 3 June 2009 and at that time, People.com ran a story saying the following:
“Don’t worry about Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. Hollywood’s hottest couple is not splitting up, their rep tells PEOPLE.” and “Rumors of a breakup are “not true,” says the rep.”
This time, though, there is no such denail from their rep…. any of them….just unnamed sources which do not mean anything….
Not only that, but Brad Pitt was alone at the Haiti charity telethon and Angelina was in NY for a Vanity Fair shoot, like she doesnt have enough clout to re-schedule it??
I never thought that Brangelina would last this long (from the moment I heard they hooked up) and I’ve always maintained that he would get back with Jennifer…. he’s an idiot though, to get sucked in by Angelina and leave his wife…. just look what it got him!!
ReplyI am surprised Lainey hasn’t posted about it yet. Not so sure is she this time?
ReplyI like Lainey but she is just another loon. I love her ‘tell it like it is’ attutide but can’t figure out why she kissess their ass so much.
Reply@gabby:
Replyprobs with the long pasted post by a “credible” insider: he was looking good and supportive during the zahara adoption…so getting rid of the adopted kids is not a credible assertion..however: he did not go with her to adopt pax so i’d believe that part. I don’t believe her twins-birth was “naturally” conceived as pics of her at a fertility clinic appeared around the time of their conception and having fraternal twins naturally is way lower in the odds for people generally unassisted by fertility pills. so therefore he had to be in on the use of fertility to get her pregnant with the twins.
@Bells Hells:
No-one here in London thinks The Times is a rag? Erm, well I know a few! And thanks but I know those papers you mentioned quite well thanks, am working on a story with one of them at the moment in fact! By the way, did you think that The Times wasn’t a rag when it ran a story eulogising Angelina Jolie, followed by Bono, followed by Britney Spears (all that she is – ha ha!). Or did you think it wasn’t a rag when it published a full front page picture of the planes crashing into the twin towers a day or two after 9/11? You didn’t think that was sensationalist, tasteless or inappropriate in any way? No? Ok, well we clearly don’t hang out with the same people. Thank God!
Reply@Bells Hells:
BTW this is not an American website. Ian is Canadian!
Reply@sid:
Everyone on this site has had a lot of speculation about what’s going on with them and I thought this particular “insider” sounded pretty realistic so I passed it on. I don’t necessarily believe every word of the insider, I said it has a ring of truth to it. I have no idea whether Jen would go back to him and I don’t care. Even the insider said he is not so much in the know about Jen and Brad. I’m not a particular fan of hers one way or the other so I don’t care.
I absolutely believe Z could be violent towards the bio children. Why is that so hard to believe? She’s not stupid and she’s not blind, she can see there is a difference between them. She was there before Shiloh and the twins, so she would have the usual jealousy plus whatever tension has gone on between parents and knowing she is looks different, for a four or five year old, it’s not difficult to imagine her acting out. They live in chaos and that would add to Z’s anxiety.
As for Brad loving the bios more? Also totally believable. People are human, after all, and Brad has shown his human frailties more than most. I’m sure he loves the other kids but when push comes to shove, Mad, Z and Pax were Ange’s idea, not his. There are no heros in this story.
Reply@Bells Hells:
Oh and sweetheart, you know I’m British and live in London right? Seriously, when you say you “work for a paper” do you mean in the capacity of a journalist? I would be slightly alarmed if you did (no offence). You did make a few wild assumptions there with little or no recourse to, or researching of, the facts. I have been standing up for the British press here, please don’t embarrass me!
ReplyDoes Ian still live in Canada? I would’ve thought as a celebrity writer, he would’ve moved closer to the action. Y’all spin a good yarn, though. I believe everyone… and no one.
Reply@ Icy Hot – some of the time he does yes. I believe he spends a lot of his life on the road but when he is not he is often in Canada.
Reply@ gabby
Is it you, Jen???
ReplyBRAD PITT, ANGELINA JOLIE ‘PREPARED PRENUPTIAL AGREEMENT’
Jan 26 2010. Posted by Adam
* angelina jolie
* brad pitt
* brangelina
Angelina Jolie and Brad PittSOURCES close to Hollywood super-couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie — AKA Brangelina — insist the pair’s recent visit to an LA divorce lawyer wasn’t because they’re gearing up for a split.
ReplySuper post, Need to mark it on Digg
ReplyGarretot
Great read. Thanks for the info!
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