Hmm, maybe Angelina Jolie has a good reason not to talk to her dad Jon Voight. At the fourth annual BAFTA Tea Party (a British awards show), chatting with reportters on the red carpet, Jon sent out some wishes to Maddox who just turned 5 and made a MAJOR faux pas when he accidentally referred to Angelina and baby daddy Brad Pitt’s daughter Zahara as Shakira. Oops.
Check out the video. Just Jared has the transcript.
Source: TMZ via JustJared.com
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- rachel on
Oh boy. That’s not the way to get back into your daughter’s life, Jon.
- Madi on
well he’s probably ever meet her, so give the guy a break!
- sara on
as much severe dislike i have for the man,
i kind of feel bad for him.
has he even met the kid?
it seems to me that,
more than anything,
its just a sad little note on how distant he and his daughter are.
- julie on
yikes… I actually feel really sorry for him. He’s probably kicking himself right now.
- Ash on
The poor man probably never saw his grandchildren in person, no wonder he switched the names 
- Tierchen on
I don’t think it is that big of deal. I came from a big family and my dad was always forgetting my name. I am sure he feels awful for making the blunder in public.
- anon on
Maybe if he’d actually met Zahara he could say her name!
Angelina is a spoiled brat! We don’t all like our fathers, but we are mature enough to let them see their grandchildren!
I don’t like her, not at all.
- rhyssa on
I can sooooo see my dad doing this. I’ve been in the US Army for five years now, went to Iraq and everything, and the other day my dad asks me if it was the Marines or the Army that I was in…. 
- Maria on
I dont think three grandkids is to many names to remember. She has had a strained relationship with him since he left her mother. Wathcing the video I felt bad for him he did seem kind of off not just messing up the name thing.
- Jennifer on
I’m sure if his grandchildren were a living, breathing presence in his life, Jon Voight would have mentioned ALL THREE names, and correctly.
Like many others who have posted on this board, I don’t fault Mr. Voight for his mistake – rather, I am sorrowful for his very apparent loss.
- mom4bob on
In my opinion, if the man can memorize scripts then I think he should be able to remember his grandkids names. Also, we don’t know what when wrong in his and Angelina’s relationship, so I’m going to give her the benefit of the doubt. She is the mother of those children and knows what’s best for them.
- funkyfeet on
Before my youngest brother was born my dad was always mixing up my name with my brother’s, it got to the point where he’d just say both names when talking to us, then my brother was born and he mixed up my brothers’ names all the time. Now he has it pretty much down but he still mixes us up sometimes.
- Punk_of_a_Tomboy on
Well I think the entire situation is sad but who really knows what happened between the two, I’m sure we don’t know everything.
- Evie on
My husband swears Jon Voight seemed drunk when I showed him the video. Who knows. He might have been. He almost messed up her name the second time and then almost messed up Shiloh’s name.
But I don’t buy the “they’re not in his life” reason for his not knowing her name. I could understand not pronouncing her name right, but that’s no where near her name.
My estranged father has not seen my son, but he knows his unusual name and how to pronounce it even though I haven’t talked to him (word of mouth gets around). So no, I don’t buy the excuse about him not knowing the kids being the reason he messed up.
- Marie on
I don’t think that not seeing his grandchildren would prevent him from knowing their names. I know my second cousin’s baby’s name and I hadn’t met him untill this summer, so I think he should be able to remember his own granddaughter’s name. I don’t think he has any excuse, but I do pity him. I doubt that Angelina will be very happy.
- Smileyme on
Where does one start on Jon Voight?
Jon has always used his daughter as a way to get his mug into the press so this is just laughable!
This man was also on television not too long ago raving about Shiloh… yet you NEVER saw him raving about either Maddox or Zahara. THAT’S why he doesn’t know her name – it’s NOT about being in their lives or not – in my perfectly honest opinion, the man has never cared about Mad or Z because they were adopted. Why else would he have tried to ruin Angie’s chances of getting Mad in the first place??
- Erin on
I don’t think he forgot…for some people it can be a hard name to pronounce.
The man REALLY does go about getting messages to his daughter/grandkids the wrong way. The man is always sending messages to her via the media and it probably pisses her off as would me. Why not just pick up the phone? Or send a letter? She dispises the media you’d think he’d find a better avenue to express his love to her and the kids.
- ericka on
In Shakira’s Words (more or less): Uh daddy when you talk like that, you make a woman go mad.. I don’t see Angelina forgiving him for this any time soon…
- Marshy on
Shakira? He must have been drunk. But still, I would remember Zaharas name if I were drunk and I am in no way related to the child. I hope for a reconciliation in this family but then again we have no idea what really happened. All we know is he said Angie needed psych help.
- Kori on
who knows what’s really going on between him and Angie. Maybe he tried to reach her privately and that didn’t work or maybe he was just asked a question about his grandchildren? In any case, he’s getting old and looked off here.. I start to feel sorry for him at this point. Whatever he did (short of abuse), I think it’s sad. I’m sure he’d remember their names if he had any contact with them.
- millie on
I thought Grandads were known for that kind of thing LOL I am always called by my sisters name!
- Heavenly_Hibiscus on
Shakira the Latin Goddess
- CD Magice on
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