Hollywood is delighted that it doesn’t have to be nice to Angelina Jolie any more.
‘That crazy bitch. That homewrecker. That smug do-gooder. That intercontinental adopter. Thank God that nice Brad Pitt has finally divorced her’, they’re saying, ‘and now we can go back to treating her like the wild weirdo she is.’
It’s the narrative that’s accompanying Angelina Jolie’s “return to the spotlight” this week. Since announcing her split from Pitt last September sightings of Jolie have been rare, but on Saturday, she was back, in typical Angelina style.
She didn’t offer up a photo opportunity at some A-listy It Restaurant. She wasn’t launching a perfume at Barney’s. Nope, Jolie and all of her six children were front and centre at a movie premiere in Cambodia. It was for the new Netflix film that she has directed and produced. About genocide. It’s in Khmer, not English. It’s called First They Killed My Father, and is based on the memoir of a former Cambodia refugee, Loung Ung.
That sound you can hear is Hollywood eye-rolling.
A scathing piece in the New York Post (and on News.com.au here in Australia) summed it up: "They tolerated her only because of him."
The article backs the theory that Hollywood is firmly Team Brad.
In Tinsel Town, as in life, when your friends break up, you have to take sides. Which side has been picked was on clear display when Pitt popped up at the end of the Golden Globes, looked suspiciously gloriously ageless and received a standing ovation for standing still for a few minutes. "Oh," the crowd seemed to be saying. "He's been through such a hard time with that woman. Bless his heart. We're with you, Brad!"
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She's a typical Hollywood sell-out. Known more for her looks than acting. Botoxed to the max anorexic with fake breasts that's why women hate her. She became famous because of her looks and by selling herself as a kinky nympho French kissing her brother and having sex with Billy Bob EEWW Thornton on the way to the Oscars. You can't promote your sexuality like a porn star and then expect be taken seriously as a spokesperson for women
What a horrible title. Just feeding the media monster that much further. Trying to create more of a divide is just f*#%ed up. Shameful adult behaviour. When will anyone in this life just be nice, encouraging and compassionate? She's smart, funny, kind, beautiful and has done more in her life than most people will ever dream of. Something to celebrate no? Respect her pain and privacy.