Brad Pitt may finally be ready to make an honest woman out of
Angelina Jolie.
In an interview with
CBS Sunday Morning (airing January 29), the Academy Award nominee says his six children are begging him to propose to
In the Land of Blood and Honey director Jolie, 36.
"We're getting a lot of pressure from the kids," Pitt, 48, says. "It means something to them."
Pitt admits he hasn't "been very good" at explaining why he and Jolie
have put marriage on hold since first becoming a couple in 2005. "We
will someday. We will," Pitt promises. "That's a great idea."
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When his brood of six --
Maddox, 10,
Pax, 8,
Zahara, 7,
Shiloh, 5, and
Knox and
Vivienne, 3 -- asked him to "get mommy a ring," Pitt vowed: "Okay, I will! I will."
The
Moneyball and
Tree of Life actor adds that he's always been mindful of his children's desires -- especially when it pertains to his busy work schedule.
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"You have less time to spend on a project," Pitt explains. "You come
home and you're Dad. You're much more conscious of how much time you
give to a production."
Pitt's full interview on
CBS Sunday Morning airs January 29.
Let Google tell it and
Angelina Jolie and
Brad Pitt
are great parents or absolutely suck as a mom and dad to their six
kids, are homewreckers or genuinely fell in love while Brad was married
to Jennifer Aniston, and are awesome at fundraising for great causes or
total publicity whores who give money for attention. Whatever the gossip
wags say about the international superstars, their kids will never
figure it out from reading blogs and gossip sites, because
Jolie and Pitt don’t let their kids Google them. Ever.
Pitt told Germany’s Bild newspaper that he and longtime companion
Jolie have blocked their names on the computers of kids, Maddox, 10,
Pax, 8, Zahara, 7, Shiloh, 5, Knox and Vivienne, 3, so their
international crew adoptees don’t have access to the crazy things people
say about their parents. “They can’t Google their mom and dad. I don’t
want to make myself dependent on what other people think.” Pitt added
that he and Jolie ignore the chatter, too. “We don’t even notice all the
noise,” he said.
Which I guess is a good thing considering how many of us stand poised
to jump all over Angelina for not doing a good enough job with daughter
Zahara Jolie-Pitt’s hair.
I know it would drive me bat crap if I logged onto my computer and saw
people who don’t know me, don’t care about me and stand poised to judge
me at every turn questioning my mothering skills, particularly when all I
do, every breath I take, is about making sure that my kids are healthy
and happy. And I know I’d absolutely abhor having to do damage control
with my kids over that mess.
Which of course has me thinking about how I should be handling Google
for my own two girls. I mean, obviously, there is absolutely no
comparison between what my daughters can find on the internet about
their mom versus what
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s kids could
find out with a Google search of their parents. But kids don’t need to
know, see or have an opinion on all things concerning their parents, and
maybe—just maybe—putting all my parenting business on the streets could
make my girls feel some kind of way when they get older. For sure, I
have slowed down a bit on how much I say about Mari, in particular, as
she makes her way into her teen years. And I do ask her before I write
about her if it’s okay because my parenting journey isn’t just my
business—it belongs to her, too. Luckily, there’s not a whole lot of
crazy on the internet about their mama (whew!), but Angelina and Brad’s
pronouncement did make me think just a bit. And Google myself. LOL!
(Charles Dharapak/AP)
PENSACOLA, Fla.—The run-up to Florida's Republican presidential
primary has already been weird, thanks in part to an extended debate
over whether there should be a colony on the moon. On Saturday, it got a
little weirder.
Stumping at a seafood restaurant here along the Gulf coast, Mitt
Romney picked up the endorsement of actor Jon Voight, the star of
"Midnight Cowboy" who is perhaps best known these days as the father of
actress Angelina Jolie. The actor has long been active in Republican
politics, campaigning for Rudy Giuliani's presidential campaign in 2008
and traveling with Mike Huckabee
to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last year.
Voight told the crowd he was backing Romney because he was "strong"
and "honest." He declared President Obama had "decided to follow his
father's footsteps and take us to socialism."
The actor said Newt Gingrich "fell short" of being able to take on
Obama. "We cannot afford another four years of rhetoric," Voight said.
While Jolie's name wasn't mentioned on the stump, Romney did manage
to sneak in a reference to the actress's wild-child reputation.
Explaining to the audience that he wasn't sure how to "chit chat with
a famous actor" when he phoned Voight to ask for his support, Romney
said he decided to talk about his kids.
"I started talking about my five boys," the candidate explained. "I
said, you know, it's easier to raise boys than girls. Well, after a long
pause, he says, 'Tell me about it.'"
The line got a huge laugh from the crowd
of several hundred people who turned out to see Romney stump with
Voight, as well as Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and Sen. John McCain, who
entertained the crowd with his own stand-up routine while introducing
Romney.
The Arizona senator, who trained as a pilot at the naval base in
Pensacola, joked that the money he spent as a young bachelor in the city
had single-handedly kept the city's economy alive. And, in a repeat of a
line he often repeated on the presidential campaign trail here four
years ago, McCain joked about Zsa Zsa Gabor's sex life.
Noting the other dignitaries on hand, McCain said, "I feel a bit like
Zsa Zsa Gabor's fifth husband. I know what I'm supposed to do, but I
don't know how to make it interesting."
A few feet away, Romney let out an awkward giggle.
"I thought we only brought one actor and comedian here today," Romney
told McCain when it was his turn at the mic. "Gosh, that was quite a
repartee there, senator. That was fabulous."
