Angelina Jolie talks motherhood to Elle UK

Angelina Jolie, mother-of-three, spoke to UK magazine Elle about motherhood, the differences between adoption and biological children and her relationship with Brad Pitt for the February issue. Angelina and Brad have three children; Maddox, who Angelina adopted from Cambodia in 2001 is 5, Zahara who they brought home from Ethiopia in 2005 turns 2 tomorrow and then Shiloh who they welcomed on May 27th of last year in Namibia. Here are some of the highlights:

Her view versus the world’s view on feelings regarding adopted versus biological children:

"The world has this opinion about the difference, then you wonder if there is a difference. In fact I found the opposite. I think I feel so much more for Madd and Zee because they’re survivors, they came through so much. In some way they’re strangers because they had this life before me. Shiloh seemed so privileged from the moment she was born, I have less inclination to feel for her. I have the do the opposite from what I expected! I met my other kids when they were six months; they came with a personality. A newborn really is this…blob [the interviewer suggests]…! But now she’s starting to have a personality. The three of them are very funny together, very loud and in each other’s faces. She’s grown up with Zee screaming in her face in the morning! But, yes I’m conscious that I have to make sure I don’t ignore her needs, just because I think the others are more vulnerable."

Will the kids rebel one day?:

"We were trying to figure out how because we shoot guns in movies, we have motorbikes and planes, and mummy’s covered in tattoos. All that’s left for them to do is become Mormons."

On Brad’s role as a parent:

"He just naturally knows he’s lucky to be a dad to these really funny, lovely little people, so the way he parents them comes naturally. It’s just right."

Brad as an amazing father and was Shiloh planned?:

"He’s a really amazing father – he didn’t just become that around me. Some men have kids when they’re not ready, and some men know they want to take it seriously and wait until they’re absolutely ready. You could say he changed me. I wasn’t planning on getting pregnant. I’m the one that got knocked up! So if you look at it that way, it was me who had the reversal."

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Comments

I’m sorry, but the way Angelina constantly speaks as though Shiloh is inferior to Mad and Z really infuriates me and gives me huge reason to dislike her. She is constantly talking about how Mad and Z were born into such horror with such disadvantages and are now healthy and thriving and blah, blah, blah, which is true. Funny how she doesn’t speak about/go out in public with Shiloh nearly as much as she does and did with the other two kids. Both Mad and Z were adopted around Shiloh’s age and Angelina took them everywhere with her, yet Shiloh is always left behind when it comes to little family outings. It’s as if she’s not part of the family. Moreover, everything Angelina says about her indicates that she was an unplanned baby and because she was so privileged from birth, she doesn’t deserve as much attention as her siblings. Who the heck indicates that their newborn has no personality and is a blob??
I will never understand why people think she is such a fabulous mother. She has shown blatant favortism time and time again.

- Lauren on January 7th, 2007

god is a little weird “the thinks she said about shiloh”….i know she’s good mother but i think one day the kid is gonna read it and you know it’s no not that nice to hear….i actually thing that maddox and zahara went trought a lot but anyway shi is a little baby

- Alex on January 7th, 2007

I find these quotes very odd.
She has a hard time feeling for her biological child because Shiloh didn’t “struggle”? It seems she’s getting empathy mixed up with maternal love. Does she have to feel like she’s saving a child to love them?

Something tells me there won’t be anymore Jolie/Pitt pregnancies.

- giadana on January 7th, 2007

“Zahara who they bought home from Ethiopia in 2005″? That’s a pretty bad typo, esp. considering that many people do feel that Angelina “buys” her adopted children.

- em on January 7th, 2007

I loved the photos of her that went with the interview, especially the one of her in the cream/white outfit. The interview was nice, too.

- FC on January 7th, 2007

They bought Zahara?

- Julie on January 7th, 2007

I think it’s just cruel to talk about how you don’t feel that much for any of your children (biological or adopted). Maybe that’s why they don’t take Shi anywere… I’m so disappointed on her because of those comments.

- mars on January 7th, 2007

Tho she is no doubt a great mother I do feel she has gone a bit overboard.

“…I have less inclination to feel for her.”

“I have to make sure I don’t ignore her needs, just because I think the others are more vunerable.”

I now feel sorry for Shiloh!!!!! How are the other kids more vunerable? for being born? When they were adopted they were too young to know the difference between the lifestyle they were born into and the one they have now.

- Heavenly_hibiscus on January 7th, 2007

She has a very intriguing point….and even though I am quite sure shiloh doesnt go feeling any bit left out by her mother in any sense…that does not mean that this article will not be completely seen in a different way

- Beth on January 7th, 2007

I feel bad for those comments she made about Shiloh…”Shiloh seemed so privileged form the moment she was born, I have less inclination to feel for her. ” I hope that they are taken out of contaxt or perhaps I have misinterpreted the quotes. Either way I still like her and what she has done as a Mother but geez…

- Katie on January 7th, 2007

The more she talks, the less I like her.

- proudmommyof5 on January 7th, 2007

I’ve been an Angelina fan for years, but I can’t approve of the way she spoke about Shiloh in that interview. Saying that she’s ‘less inclined to feel for’ one of her children, for any reason? All I can think of is how Shiloh will feel as an older child if she ever comes across that interview.

- Sabina on January 7th, 2007

Is it just me or was the question “was Shiloh planned” inappropriote? =/

- DeviantMnd on January 7th, 2007

I have always admired Angelina Jolie. However, I must admit that I don’t understand why she would state that she feels more for her adopted children than for her biological child. While I understand she feels Maddox and Zahara are survivors, I don’t understand why she would “have less of an inclination to feel for (Shiloh) because she was born into priveledge. I think it’s important that we remember that no matter what position a child was born into in this world, they are our next generation. They are all survivors, beautiful people that will shape the next generation.

- Jaycee on January 7th, 2007

Frankly, I’m speechless. I really don’t know how to react to these comments. I’m hoping that the excerpts were taken out of context. But they just seem so cold. I can’t believe a mother is admitting that she has to remember not to ignore the needs of her newborn.

Anyone care to rethink their opinion of her being this amazing parent? I sure will. I find this interview disturbing.

- sid on January 8th, 2007

Ironically, I heard that she is putting Shiloh up for adoption.

- suri on January 8th, 2007

I didn’t take her comment as her not being able to “feel” love for Shiloh, I took her comment to mean that Angelina almost feels sorry for what they have been through. Take some psychology courses, what children experience in their first few months of life, does affect them, as in Mad and Zee’s cases. I think Angelina meant the emotional needs of Shiloh may be overlooked, as in Ange feels she is already so loved from the beginning, they may forget she may have issues one day. I don’t think she meant that she forgets to feed Shi and doesn’t love her as much. Also, I think they’re trying not to cause a media circus with Shi by keeping her out of public view, not hider their child.

- Colleen on January 8th, 2007

I can’t tell you how relieved I am to see that others have reacted the same way as I have to this article. There has been so much positive talk about Brad and Angelina, I was afraid that I was the only one who thought this was sooooooooo out of line. As a mother of 3 (2 of them twins) I would NEVER compare them or my love for them because the love I have for them in unconditional. Her lack of maternal love is apparent by her lack of unconditional love…the condition being that they child must be adopted to be worthy of love and attention. Very sad…heartbreaking actually.

- sharonamh on January 8th, 2007

God, I find her very annoying. It’s like she parades Mad and Z around to show the world “oh look at how I saved these two kids isn’t that wonderful yay me”. The same way she always invites the media along when she goes on her charity missions. Yes, it’s great that she does charity but the way she presents herself in doing so is really offputting. I almost feel like she’s ashamed of Shiloh because she didnt get her in some glorious way. I think she’s a very beautiful woman with very beautiful kids but she just really bugs me.

- Zoey on January 8th, 2007

I wonder if she quit breastfeeding Shiloh because she felt it was unfair to her adopted children? I think Rosie O’Donnell made a comment once that she didn’t want Kelly to bf their biological child because it was unfair to the others, who hadn’t been breastfed.
This kind of thinking makes me sad. Poor Shiloh. Angelina may think Shiloh is “privileged” but I sure wouldn’t want to be that baby. I hope she has a very loving nanny with whom she can bond.

- Elizabeth on January 8th, 2007

I’m an Angelina fan, but I can’t believe the way she spoke about Shiloh. I didn’t want to believe that she thinks Shiloh is less important than Maddox and Zahara, and that Brad seemingly forced her to have a biological child. I wish someone would directly ask her if she really feels that way but I don’t think anyone would dare ask.

- Kaley on January 8th, 2007

I actually think that is article is a fake. It doesn’t sound like Angelina at all. And, that cover picture doesn’t look like she posed for ELLE it looks a like a stock picture from a photo agency. And, its too bad because Angelina doesn’t have PR people to clear this up. Because I truly believe that this story is a fake.

- melisa on January 8th, 2007

No matter what she says – alot of people are iffed at her comments or the way she looks or what she does. I don’t think she meant that she loves Shiloh less, just differently.

- tracey on January 8th, 2007

I adore Angelina I really do but I think of her trying to make sure Mad and Z get dont feel left out and unwanted, shes forgetting Shi’s feelings. Oh well, I hope this is just a misunderstand caus I always thought she’s a great mother and she probably is.

- Posh_Fan on January 8th, 2007

I don’t think the story is a fake (it is Elle, after all), but those photos are indeed several years old, not new ones. They were originally in a film magazine in around 2003 and Angelina’s dress was coffee-coloured, I had a couple of them on my wall.

- Sabina on January 8th, 2007

I had to read it twice and it makes sense to me. She felt sorry for Mad & Z for not being there when they were born.. they had a life before her so she feels guilty because of how much she loves them now..(Take a second and think of that with your own child..if you were not there for them in the begining, you would feel like you would have to make up for something and care more) Shiloh doesn’t give her that feeling because Jolie was there from the begining and she has less inclination to feel that lost love or making up for lost time feeling..
She was probably using her hands to describe a newborn when she says “A new born is just this..BLOB.. another word that could have been used to end that sentence would have been THING. She’s trying to describe what a newborn does as far as personality and that’s nothing. I think the interviewer suggested or finished Jolie’s sentence with the word blob It’s an article from the UK and Blob is part of their rhetoric. Then we get a mental picture of Zahara screaming in Shilohs face and the reader feels Shiloh’s just bieng abused..
Trust me i thought what the hell am I reading here! whenI first read the article.. Then she ends by saying she has to remember not to ignore Shiloh’s needs just because the others are vulnerable..I think she is really talking about Maddox who at 5 probably asked his mom if he came from her like Shiloh did and we all know a newborn takes up alot of time and attention jolie is dealing with guilt and is not letting the guilty feeling of not being there for the other two kids from the begining stop her from showing Shiloh the attention she deserves.
She should have never answered any of these stupid questions. The other question about Shiloh being planned was just none of ELLE’s business.

- vanjuli on January 8th, 2007

I really don’t understand her… And the thing I also don’t get is why they want to go on adopting children like that ! She has already 3 children, it’s not a lottery ! She obviously makes a difference between her children and I don’t like that! It’s like she was ashamed to have a biological child, that it’s not good for her “super mama globe trotter” image. She said that SHiloh reminds her of Brad… If that’s the kind of feelings she has for her daughter I wouldn’t be surprised if those 2 wouldn’t stay together for a long time…

- estherpanda on January 8th, 2007

Fast forward 15 years and this is the kind of thing that I imagine could cause all three children to have some some serious parental and self esteem issues. Shiloh because her needs are sometimes (unintentionally) ignored, and Maddox and Zahara because the extra attention they get (for being ‘survivors’) just reinforces that they are different?
Hopefully with time Angelina will learn to think of all of the children as equals…

- Luna_02 on January 8th, 2007

I think Angelina is a great mom and I don’t think her comments were meant to make Shiloh less important at all. I think she meant that she doesn’t have to feel SORRY for Shiloh since she was born privilged, she has never gone without food or clothing or anything else. Who knows what kind of life Maddox and Zahara had before they were brought into their respective orphanages?

When Shiloh cries, someone is going to give her a bottle or change her diaper. When Zahara, who was dying when Angelina adopted her, cried, who knows if anyone brought her anything. Can you imagine a little helpless baby crying and crying because they’re hungry, and there being no food to pacify her with? When Shiloh cries, Angelina may not feel for her in that she knows that she will be taken care of. She will never go wiithout food or anything else.

- editorjax on January 8th, 2007

I don’t know why you all are so STUNNED by what Angelina says–fan or no. Somehow globetrotting around the world and dragging 3 small children with you does NOT make sense to me. Shiloh is a BEAUTIFUL baby and I hope that she, Z. and Maddox all come out of this “family” unscathed.

- kat on January 8th, 2007

Lots of overseas magazines use stock photos, as many celebs don’t want to do photoshoots or perhaps the American version already has done a photoshoot with the celeb.
Never been a fan of Angelina, not surprised to hear her comments.

- Aura on January 8th, 2007

i find this interview really scary

- carly on January 8th, 2007

Funny how when she tries not to put Shiloh in front of the adopted kids now some seem to be miffed about that. Didn’t everyone fear that when she was born she would be the so called number one?
Some complain about the interviews that she is giving now when the has a movie out. And yet here you are in the gossip blog..
If it isn’t a live interview I wouldn’t personally believe what or how she said something.. This goes with every other celebrity..

- Ana on January 8th, 2007

I don’t know what to think about this article, and perhaps like melisa said the article isn’t even real, but who knows?

Still I think some of he comments were either taken out of context or were major typos. Honestly, I can’t imagine that Angelina doesn’t love her own biological daughter at all. It’s just that she wasn’t used to having a new child to take care of from the moment she was born. She had to get used to what it means to be a mother from the moment of birth on. (Perhaps she’s even afraid Shiloh would inherit some of her own psychological faults, by just being her biological daughter, but who knows if that’d happen?)

Either way I’d imagine Brad would love his daughter unconditionally, so don’t pity Shi too much no matter what her mother Angelina claims in an interview.

- Autumn on January 8th, 2007

Wow. I really hope Angelina’s comments were misreported or taken out of context. As it is, this interview paints a very unflattering portrait of someone who is supposed to be an international example of tolerance and maternal love.

Does the reference to Mormons bother anyone else? Maybe it was also taken out of context, or maybe she meant it as a sort of strange compliment–that Mormons represent traditional motherhood and family values, etc. But it has a nasty feel to me. I’m not sure why people feel they can say things about Mormons that they wouldn’t say about other religions. Can you imagine the uproar if Angelina suggested it would be “rebellion” for her kids to become Catholics or Jews or anything else? Again, a little out-of-character for someone who is known for being tolerant.

- Melanie on January 8th, 2007

I am surprised at the reactions above. I have read her comments over and over and I don’t seem to get what you guys are angry about. If you read her comments in context, you will see she didn’t say she loved Shiloh less. In a nutshell, she is saying she has reason to love her adopted kids just as much…contrary to the polular believe that mothers feel more for their biological kids. Please, stop being negetive and give the girl a break!!!

- Tina on January 8th, 2007

When Angelina says “feel”, I don’t think she means “love”, I think she means “empathy”. I think she expressed herself clumsily, but maybe has a fair point, in that Maddox and Zahara were born into a completely different life to Shiloh.

I hope I don’t sound like an AJ apologist, because I have no strong feelings for her either way. I think she’s just said something that can easily be misconstrued. She seems like a decent mother to me.

- Lucy on January 8th, 2007

Those were some horrible things to say. She should be ashamed of herself! I have never thought Angelina was such a great mother just because she adopted children from other countries…lots of people do that. I don’t even really care for her. She parades Maddox and Zahara around like they are some kind of trophies. She needs to have her head examined! Adopted or biological, she shouldn’t feel differently about any of her kids nor should she love them differently. Children are children. She should love them the same and equally. She should be looking at each one and saying, “Yes, that is my child. No, I can’t remember who is adopted and who is biological.” I like her even less now!

- P Dawn on January 8th, 2007

i thik you are all taking the interview out context I think that she just mean with people always refer to her as her biological daughter if thought she has Mad and Z and she all love them she will always goin to get treated differenly when the media talk about her kids and also she did and interview where she talks about with Shiloh she has her and brad to look at and see her self but with Mad and Z it goin maybe a little difficult as they get older. And she also say the reason why you don’t she Shioloh in the public that much is because its too much hassle with stroller and carry everything, plus she has to deal with all the Paparazzi wanted to take picture of her just to see. So don’t be so heard on her by taking her interview out of context.

- Kerry on January 8th, 2007

i have always been an Angelina fan and still am. I totally “get” what she is trying to say and I think people are taking her the wrong way. I have no doubt she loves Shiloh and meets all of her needs. In every way. I think her commenst were taken out of context completely. This has happened in magazine interviews before, to many celebrities. None of us know Angelina personally, so we have no right to judge based on some magazine interview. Remember…there is a person OTHER THAN Angelina interpreting her words. Feelings are often misconstrued when it comes to something as deep and complicated as a mother’s love. Sure Shiloh was born into privelegde. That doesn’t mean that her parents love her any more or any less than her siblings. Everyone would be saying Shiloh gets all the attention and love if all Angelina talked about was Shiloh or if Shiloh was the one in the media most of the time. But, taking 3 little ones everywhere is exhausting. So maybe they leave Shiloh with a nanny when they are out and about. The older children probably would enjoy their outings more than an 8 month old baby anyway.

Its like with most other celebs, they are damned if they do, damned if they don’t with the majority of people. Ultimately, it doesn’t matter. It’s their lives and they can do as they please.

- tink1217 on January 8th, 2007

People, People! Relax! I don’t believe for a minute that she is saying that she loves Shiloh any less planned or not. And besides stop believing everything you read so literally. Remember magazines want to make money and they often misconstrued the words of the speaker, also keep in mind that writer was the one that suggested the word blob. Angelina has always seemed to me to be an “unconventional” thinker and what she often says is sometimes misinterpreted from its original intent. And besides I don’t think that Brad it sitting by idly while she gives preferential treatment to the other two children and mistreats Shiloh. People seem to be putting way too much thought into this whole article.

- Leila on January 8th, 2007

I am just really sick of Angelina and her high-and-mighty act she plays. That is just so horrible to say you feel more for your two adopted children than you feel for your biological one. Is she to be punished just because she didn’t go through everything Mad and Z went through when they were babies? It just lowers my opinion of Angelina even more.

- Stephany on January 8th, 2007

I don’t know if Shiloh is privileged or not now after her comments.

- Marilyn on January 8th, 2007

Zoey, the reason she is photographed doing charity work is because she is a UN Goodwill Ambassador. The whole point of that role is to use her celebrity to bring attention to needs in areas around the world. Being photographed there is part of the job.

I thought the comments she made were odd, but it is obvious that she loves her children.

- melody on January 8th, 2007

Please! I think her comments are fine! I think they are taken too literally! From previous articles she had said she was worried she’d treat Shiloh differently (ie better) b/c she was biological, but that instead, that wasn’t the case. Not that Shiloh is inferior, but instead of adopted kids being better or not instead she sees their situations differently. But I don’t think that’s a bad thing! Also, I think what she means about Shiloh being privileged is more of a MEDIA PERCEPTION! I mean she IS the daughter of THE Angelina and Brad! She was a huge news story…and she was not born to dying parents or to no parents at all! She’s wonderful…I think her comments are just fine! She’s done sooo much! I just can’t criticize someone who does so much right.

- Hilary on January 8th, 2007

I don’t know. It sounds very unlike Angelina.
I remember reading in a interview, when she was giving birth to Shiloh through a ceasarean, that all she cared about at that point that the baby would just breath when the doctors took the baby out of the belly.
That she was really worried about the baby just being ok.
I just can’t imagine her saying just like that in a interview that she cares more about her other kids. No mother would say that. Not even her.
On the other hand i have to point out that i am still surprised about the “W” issue where she and Brad posed as a real family while they where still saying that they weren’t dating eachother.

- kim on January 8th, 2007

I can’t stand her. From the start I’ve always noticed that she is doing her best to make sure that she doesn’t treat Shiloh more “special” than the others. I understand she loves her other children just as much, but I feel like she’s sometimes going out of her way to make sure she doesn’t give Shi extra attention. And who is she to talk about Shiloh being born in Priviledge! Coming from a screwed up rich kid born into priviledge. “I am conscientious not to ignore her needs”….are you kidding me??? And…finally, I am really tired of people thinking that they have “saved” children just because they were born in a country with less priviledge. I personally know many people from African countries and they have grown into wonderful human beings, “educated” M.D.s Ph.D.’s and all. This may not be the case for all, but just because Z and M were born in a poor country, doesn’t mean that they wouldn’t have amounted to anything. I just can’t stand her way of thinking, and maybe I’m biased because I never really liked her. And Z is not an orphan as some people think, she came from a young mother who couldn’t afford to keep her.

- Dee on January 8th, 2007

I’m surprised and a bit shocked at the commenst regarding Shiloh. Shiloh didn’t ask to be born so why treat her differently just because she wasn’t born in the same unfortunate conditions as Maddox and Zahara? I do hope the quotes were taken out of context and misinterpreted, and I dare hope that she doesn’t treat Shiloh any differently than Maddox and Zahara, or I’d be really sorry for Shiloh.

- Aleah on January 8th, 2007

Her comments seem so strange to me. I would think that she would have sense enough to know how something like that might be perceived (even if it wasn’t meant in the way she said it).

Babies can’t help being born to wealthy celebrity parents any more than they can help being born to middle-class families, impoverished places, in the United States, Africa, Cambodia or anywhere else. They’re babies that need the same amount of love and care and nurturing.

- Mel on January 8th, 2007

ITA with all of you. Shiloh will look back and think oh, too bad I was so privileged that I wasn’t paid attention to. Pathetic on Angelina’s part. So what if they were adopted? It’s not even an ounce of Shiloh’s fault that she was born into the life she’s in, its no excuse to ignore her

- Natasha on January 8th, 2007

I agree, I don’t think this article is real. She has said in many interviews that she loves all her children the same. She said “I honestly did expect that there would be a different feeling. I was very concerned that there would be and I prepared for that. There was absolutely none. Other than sometimes I look at Shiloh and I see Brad—that’s sweet—I don’t feel any differently. That was a wonderful surprise.”

- rainee on January 8th, 2007

This doesn’t change my opinion of Angelina or her family–they’re still one of my favorite celebrity families. Obviously she is asked a lot to compare her feelings for her adopted children with her feelings for Shiloh. In another interview she said she felt no different, which I believe. If interviewers would stop asking her to distinguish between her adopted children and her biological child and treat them as three different kids with different personalities, histories and needs, etc., that would be most appropriate. But they ask, and she tries to answer, and the result is something that maybe didn’t come out right or something easy to misinterpret.

As a mom myself, I’d hate to have to try to explain the different ways I feel about and love my two very different kids for publication. From everything I’ve seen and heard about Angelina and Brad, they are like the rest of us: They adore their kids, and they’re doing their best. And as one of my favorites moms says, “Any mom who’s doing her best IS the best.”

- Fynn on January 8th, 2007

I don’t think these commments are real, or were taken out of context. Remember this quote “I honestly did expect that there would be a different feeling. I was very concerned that there would be and I prepared for that. There was absolutely none. Other than sometimes I look at Shiloh and I see Brad—that’s sweet—I don’t feel any differently. That was a wonderful surprise.”

- heidi on January 8th, 2007

There is nothing at all wrong with what Ange has said here.

Angelina NEVER said that she doesn’t love baby Shiloh as much as she love Maddox and Zahara. People are taking what she has said and twisting it to make it sound bad.

Angelina is trying to say that the love she feels for Mad and Z is different to that of her biological child, Shi, because she feels empathy in the way her adopted children spent the first six months of their lives.

If you have children of your own and have also adopted a child then you will understand what Ange is saying. You feel more ‘sorrow’ towards your adopted children because you know that your own have/has had a better start to life.

Ange doesn’t love any of her and Brad’s children less than the other – she just loves them in different ways. Every parent does.

All kids have different personalities, and you love them for that. Mad seems to be the inquisitive type, whereas Zahara is louder and more ‘bossy’. Shiloh seems to be alot like her big brother in being quite. As Ange has said, she loves all her children equally and they all love each other – even when they fight over toys. “The three of them are very funny together, very loud and in each other’s faces.” Thats what siblings are like. Me and my older sister were very much like that when we were younger.

Also,

I think that some are forgetting that Angelina didn’t adopt Maddox and Zahara until they were both 7-months-old; Shiloh’s age now. And that is why it seems we have seen more of Maddox and Zahara. Whilst a baby is young the flashing lights from paps cameras can be very damaging to their eyes. It is safer that they aren’t exposed to this when they are too young.

We have definitley seen more of Shiloh in the past few months. The photoshoot for People/Hello Magazine, arriving in India with her daddy, and other times she has touched down in countries with her mummy.

- Jay on January 8th, 2007

Remember this article “I honestly did expect that there would be a different feeling. I was very concerned that there would be and I prepared for that. There was absolutely none. Other than sometimes I look at Shiloh and I see Brad—that’s sweet—I don’t feel any differently. That was a wonderful surprise.”

- christy on January 8th, 2007

Angelina is a work of Art! She needs to stop comparing the experience of adoption vs. having a child and just enjoy them period. I think the more she talks the more crystal clear she becomes. I don’t get why everyone is crazy about her. I am crazy about the kids but not her. The kids are clearly adorable!

- G-Girl on January 8th, 2007

I think a lot of people here need to go and look up the difference between “to feel for someone” and “to feel something about someone”.

- jjj on January 8th, 2007

I think I know what Angelina experiences and is trying to say. Not neccarily an easy concept to explain. I have 2 children. They’re both physically beautiful and adorable. I couldn’t love either more or ever answer the eternal question: which one is cuter? That said, my nearly 6 year old son is autistic (classic Kanner’s) and it’s a struggle for him to function normally in every way. To hold a spoon to his mouth – excrutiating to watch him try for the hand/eye coordination to get it to his mouth – every time failing, and every time, just giving up. He has so many mountains he will have to climb and there’s a high probability, most of the mountains will be insurmountable. My threshold for empathy really gets tested in watching him. On the flip side, my daughter, almost 3, is a little genius. Everything is so naturally easy for her. She’s bubbly, she’s chatty, and so darn smart. Everything comes soooooo easy for her, that it’s often HARD to feel empathy for her (I didn’t get the cookie I wanted, I didn’t get this, I didn’t get that). She’s just so naturally ‘normal’ and to date, has no concept of what a blessing that is. Sometimes in life, there’s different shades of love and empathy. Some we feel we have to give so much to, while with others, we know they’ll always be okay and able to take care of themselves. My daugther will never want for anything she can’t somehow get and obtain. While my son…. we can hope.

All that said, Angelina, get a grip. Your adopted children have been just as priviledged as Shiloh for quite some time now!!!!! I think they’ll EASILY adjust to having all wants met and then some.

- teenyz on January 8th, 2007

All newborn babies are extremely vulnerable, Shiloh is no exception. My four newborns were not “blobs.” I did not have nanny’s to care for them–so I was able to see how incredible they really are! I am sorry for Angelina that she missed out on the wonderous stage of newborns–before they develop a “personality.” Thank god Brad will be around as now I feel that Angelina will over-compensate for her adopted “third-world” children. Personally, I am getting sick of Angelina blabbing lately —.and turned off by her as other posters are indicating.

- Holly Catherine Slavic on January 8th, 2007

Elizabeth, etc.-
Who cares if she breastfed Shiloh or not?!?! This site is absolutely fabulous (the best) in reporting celebrity baby news from Apple to Zahara and everyone in between …however, all TOO often the focus turns to breastfeeding, who does or doesn’t, who should be and why, etc. It’s really none of our business. It’s a personal choice and most of us are not doctors. Anyways, if I wanted to chat about nursing then I would join La Leche League or call my lactation consultant. It’s an entertaining and fun Celebrity Baby Blog! Chill out!

- m on January 8th, 2007

I’m have no strong feelings toward Angelina and Brad one way or another but I think these comments can easily be taken out of context and misinterpreted. She never once said she loved Shiloh less than her two other children. I think she was referring to empathy and it might be hard to pick that up when it’s just a few blurbs from an article.

Also, plenty of very good mothers feel differently toward their children and still do not love them any less. If a mother had three children and one of them was mentally or physically challenged she might feel differently toward that child. She might feel an extra urge to protect him/her from discrimination or feel sorry that he/she will face extra challenges in life. I think a mother should acknowlege her children’s differences whether they are health related, personality related, or related to particular struggles they have faced (in the case of Maddox and Zahara, an impoverished start in life and being a racial minority). I think she must adjust her parenting to each- that doesn’t mean she adjusts how much she loves her children. How could a mother of children with special needs, or who have had special needs at some point, not have feelings about that. Angelina cannot forget the obstacles Maddox and Zahara have overcome just because Shiloh hasn’t faced them. I know this situation isn’t exactly the same, but I think it’s parrallel.

- Clio on January 8th, 2007

How can a woman who broke up a marriage be considered ‘mother of the year’ by so many people? She may be gorgeous, but she’s not the mama to be inspired by (despite her charity work). Angelina most definitely has PR people because that’s the only way that she could be portrayed in such a bright light. I truly hope that Angelina and Brad give as much attention at home to Shiloh as they publicly do to the adpoted children. I hope the reason they don’t bring her along as part of the family is because of media attention and not because she’s only loved and cared for by her nanny. Moreover, if Brad’s such a great daddy then why doesn’t he bring out his baby girl a little more. I’ve seen pics of both of them spending alone time with Maddox and Zahara, but never Shiloh. I hope they don’t think Shiloh just doesn’t realize, because this is the time that creates a foundation of security for that sweet baby. I really hope all of the ways we see this family, not just this article, are being poorly portrayed.

- madeline on January 8th, 2007

You know, I try to understand her point of view, but “I feel so much more for Mad and Zee” and “I have less inclination to feel for her” sounds…wrong.

- Hilde on January 8th, 2007

i also think angelina’s comments are fine. i think they are being misinterpreted or didn’t say what she meant in a succint form. what she meant was that shiloh was priviledge and came from a loving home right from the start so why feel bad for her? maddox and zahara were not priviledged when they were born so one would initially feel for those kids on an entirely different level. yes, shiloh was priviledged from the start but that doesn’t make angie love her any less.

- natalie on January 8th, 2007

I totally agree with Fynn where she comments

As a mom myself, I’d hate to have to try to explain the different ways I feel about and love my two very different kids for publication.

And I think thats whats happening here. Actually read the article, the sentiments expressed make a lot of sense.

- Bel on January 8th, 2007

Another misquote from a French magazine. Why do people always believe the worst? She’s just saying that she feels more compassion for Mad & Zee because of where they came from, and what could have possibly happened to them.

She also sees that people are always trying to separate them, a la: Shiloh is the biological child, but Mad & Zee are only the ADOPTED children. As if that’s not obvious.

If she didn’t love her, she wouldn’t have nursed her for 3 months. You can’t look down into a baby’s face while thy’re nursing from you and not fall in love with them.

- Nisha on January 8th, 2007

I am SO not shocked. I called this from the beginning, starting when you never saw Shiloh out with the family. The only time they had her out was to pose for photos.

I feel very sorry for this baby girl. It seems that Angelina thinks that she is doing Maddox and Zee a favour by being their mother and that because she CHOSE them, they need her more and they deserve to be loved and attended to more. That is some kind of sick if you ask me. I have never been an Angelina fan since she stole Billy Bob from Laura Dern (but she states that she wouldn’t take a married man away from his wife) and then again she did it with Brad. (I know the men are just as at fault but still)

Poor Shiloh. She didn’t ask to be born and most certainly didn’t ask to be born to a mother who views her adopted children as more of a blessing than her natural born one. Motherhood means loving each child EQUALLY!

Now we know why we never see Shiloh out with them….I had a feeling from the get go.

- TracyG on January 8th, 2007

could it be possible that angelina might be dealing with the difference between birth and adoption more then she usually admits? i mean, she’s been quoted as saying she thought she’d be inclined to love Shiloh more but she found she loved her just the same and now shes saying she was more concerned for the other two based on their previous circumstances and she doesnt feel that kind of over-whelming worry for Shi because she didnt have the same kind of background.

i dunno, to me it sounds like maybe she has a twinge of the postpardum depression and she feels like Shi let her down in some way. or maybe because she doesnt have to deal with malnutrition or diseases that Shi was given shots for, or any of the other countless things that she had to worry about with Mad and Z that Shi’s so much easier to care for in comparison that shes almost forgetable…maybe?… i dont know, just sort of thinking out loud.

- cara on January 8th, 2007

She has clearly been on the defensive ever since she fell pregnant – she is clearly striving hard not to make an issue of the fact that she might possibly feel more of an emotional connection to Shiloh b/c she is her birth daughter. It is inevitable that the question would come up interviews but I think Angie has tried so hard to deny that such attachment exists that she has taken it too far the *other* way

I think it is safe to say that personality or no personality, you share an immediate emotional attachment to a child that has grown inside of you for 9 months. I didn’t care for Angelina’s remarks that Shiloh is just a “blob” – surely she is the creation of herself and the man she reportedly loves?

I hope this interview has been taken out of context cos I don’t care for the tone and I am big Angie supporter. I am slightly put off!

- Guest on January 8th, 2007

The thing I get with Ms. Jolie is, she has some smarts, but not much vocabulary. What I don’t get, is how all the opinions changed about her relationship with Shiloh due to one cut and paste hack job of an “article”.In in the sense that Shiloh is privileged : white, blue eyed baby born to wealthy American parents. Whereas her other two children came into her life by chance and luck, and were already exposed to poverty and disease remember, Zahara spent her first weeks with Angelina horribly underweight with a salmonella infection. If anything, she feels bad that (unlike Shiloh who she has had cradled in her arms from day one) she DIDN’T have them from their first breath. How that translates to “she loves Shiloh less” or “Shiloh is inferior” is far far beyond my comprehension.

- Friggin_Boobs on January 8th, 2007

I personally don’t have a problem with Shiloh being called a “blob” while Angelina remembers her as a newborn. That is how my husband and I affectionately recall our son’s newborn weeks, because when we look at our 2 year old running around, jumping and talking, we find it hard to believe that two years have gone by, and that there was a time when he didn’t do that. In comparison, he really was our sweet little happy blob. Now he’s our sweet little happy jumping bean!

- ORMum on January 8th, 2007

I still don’t understand why she still has to feel sorry for her adopted kids. Yes they were born in poverty, but they were infants and didn’t realize it. Now they are clearly spoiled, and she should not feel inclined towards them than she would Shiloh. I knew from the beginning that she wanted to not treat Shiloh better, and noticed it from the start. She is never seen with Shiloh! what kind of mother leaves her infant at home constantly while she goes out and about doing as she pleases. She always carried Z and M with her as babies wherever she went, but we never see Shiloh. Who’s raising her, the nanny? By the way, children are not sweaters that you get to match eachother. I hate how she said “oh should I get an Asian baby for Mad, or another african baby to compliment Z”…..Shiloh has us to look at. Look how she clearly treats her kid. I’m sorry, but Shi deserves a brother or sister who is “caucasian” just as much as Z deserves an african american sister, or M an asian sister. Shi is going to feel like the outsider. I guess she needs an “Indian baby” since it kind of goes in the middle of black and asian, right? She is crazy to think this way. Nowadays many people have interracial and mixed families, without trying to show off. I also don’t agree with her trying to adopt more and more kids, she needs to devote time to the 3 she has, not have 13 kids running around.

- A on January 8th, 2007

All I can think of is poor Jennifer Anniston, who was probably trying really hard to get pregnant with her HUSBAND, who now has to read about how Brad “chose” to be a dad with Angelina, who he had to knock up, and who now doesn’t “feel” as much for his baby as she does for her older children. Wow. Ang seriously lacks some class. I know she’s a movie star and people want interviews, but some things just don’t need to be talked about. She pretty obviously has no consideration for anyone’s feelings but her own.

- Kelly on January 8th, 2007

she doesnt say she loves shiloh less they didnt talk about love feel and love is not the same stop making such a big deal people she has said time and time again she loves the children the same the eople accusing her of loving madd and z more are the same people who had said she would love shi more

- dark faith on January 8th, 2007

It is very disturbing to hear most of you on this issue. I completely agree with Angelina! Shiloh is the most loved, wanted, and pursued baby ever! She was actually number one on this blogs’ list of babies. The entire world, including people on this blog, are more interested in her than they are and ever will be in Madd and Zee. She will get more attention and hype and admiration than the other children. Angelina knows this and wants her other kids to not feel left out or slighted. When she talks about feeling less inclined to feel for her it’s because Shiloh was born a healthy, safe, and secure baby. Did any of you even take the time to remember that Zee was on her death bed when she was adopted and had to be air lifetd to a NYC hospital, so that she could survive. These are they type of things that Angelina thinks about. Of course she is going to be a bit more frightened when Zee coughs or gets sick because she knows how deathly ill she was. With Shiloh, she was a healthy ball of energy with no medical complications. Angelina’s inclinations are just natural. Most moms would feel like that towards maybe their more sickly or vulnerable child than one who has been healthy from day one, adopted or biological.
As for you Or Mum, why should Shiloh deserve a Caucasian brother or sister the way that Madd and Zee deserve and asian or african brother or sister? Hello, she has two white parents to look at? Who do the other kids have? She has a country that is predominately white to feel secure. The other kids are minorites in this country. Blacks only make up 13% of the population and Asians are even less. Shiloh has an entire world that adores her and awaits her future presence. The other kids definitley do not have that type of draw and you know it. Angelina just wants to make them proud of their race and to feel confident and secure with their ethnicities despite living in world where whiteness is the standard. Shiloh will not have to deal with racial intolerance the way that Zee and Madd will. Sure she will have issues, like we all do, but it won’t be being white in a white man’s world.

- Lisa on January 8th, 2007

I’d love to know on what basis everyone thinks Angelina is such a great mom??? Does anyone here know her personally? Have access to her personal life?

- a.j. on January 8th, 2007

This is seriously sad. So many of you have just tossed out the very probable event that Angelina’s words were taken out of context in favor of believing the worst and my gut is sick about it. You’d rather sit in the judgement seat and lord it over her how terrible a mother she is because of a so-called interview that no one seems to have provided the name of an author. I’m so outdone by the willingness to buy that she loves her biological daughter less, or that she praises the others over her. This has really made me ill, not her but you guys. As a lurker there’s a handfull of you who by name I know to never have a positive word to say about Angelina, but you others? I’m shocked buy alot of you, and your familiarity with Angelina as a loving mother, and Brad as a dad, but to toss all that out over a unsubstanciated interview really has made me see you, not Angelina in a different light.

- SiervaMaria on January 8th, 2007

And another thing. The “blob” reference (said or not) isn’t much different from what I’ve thought of mine until they WEREN’T. Have I loved them any less? Hell no, but I’ve referred to them as a 10lb bag of potatoes all floppy and basically boring. They hit 5-6 months? that’s when the fun begans, but it’s a darn lie for me to say that they’re more than a pooping, gasing, burping, sleeping, peeing and crying bag of blobness that I’d die for, kill for, and love more than life, but find seriously uninteresting until they start producing bit’s and pieces of their unique personalities. You wanna claim they’re a ball of fun before they start turning over, scooting, smiling, trying to sit up? be my guest, but I’d be a liar if I agreed.

- SiervaMaria on January 8th, 2007

I think Angelina is being taken the wrong way. I’m sure shiloh doesn’t want for anything. She is in fact the BIOLOGICAL daughter of Brad and Ange. That certainly sets her apart from the other children. I think Ange is trying to overcompensate by making sure the public knows that Zahara and Maddox are not being left out…but instead people are viewing it as some sort of neglect of Shiloh. I highly doubt that. I think that it’s great that she makes it a priority to make Mad and Zahara feel special. It’s not going to be the super easy for these kids. None of us know what they went through prior to becoming her children. Then these same kids are two children of color from completely different walks of life. They will each look very different from their parents and shiloh. They will not be raised in their own cultures. They may never know their own languages or family histories. Shiloh will have ALL of that.

- m-dot on January 8th, 2007

Wouldn’t it be ironic if they gave Shiloh up for adoption?

- suri on January 8th, 2007

I think this interview is pretty real. Elle isn’t a gossip or non-english mag or AJ would have said things were taken out of context. I’ve been wondering why we barely see Shiloh & I think she’s definitely favoring the other 2 over Shiloh.

- RJ on January 8th, 2007

well said Lisa, and SiervaMaria!!

- tink1217 on January 8th, 2007

which magazine was it that took Jennifer Aniston totally out of context??? Wasn’t it a reputable fashion magazine like Vogue or W or something like that??? The press is the press. They are in the business of sellin magazines. I still believe Angelina is a great mom who loves her children unconditionally.

Because I tend to spend more time with my physically and mentally challenged son does that mean my daughter isn’t loved just as much as he is??? No, absolutely not. It takes alot for my son to accomplish things. He has a very hard time matering new tasks. So, of course I applaud him and nurture him in a “different” way. Not more, not less, just differently. Each child is unique and should be treated so. They all have their strengths and weaknesses and so do all of us. Mad and Zee were adopted by a wonderful woman who loves them so much. So she also has a biological child now. Its the MEDIA who makes such a huge deal about the difference, not Angelina. It wouldn’t matter what she said, people would find something wrong with it!

- tink1217 on January 8th, 2007

Oi. I knew people would take her comments the wrong way. Never once did Angie say she loved Shiloh less. She was similpy saying that she still feels very bad for Mad and Z and what they went threw early in life, while Shiloh was born to loving parents would can give her everything.

- Punk_of_a_Tomboy on January 8th, 2007

Lisa and SiervaMaria, those of us who are appalled-and there are many-by Angelina’s statements have every right to our opinions as much as other posters have the right to dislike Britney or P.Diddy or whomever. There is plenty of evidence in front of you as to why we feel the way we do, and we have given multiple reasons as to why some of us are fed up with the way Angelina treats her children. Those who defend her never choose to acknowledge the facts: that Angelina swore she would never get involved with a married man, which she did twice (though Billy Bob was only engaged to and living with Laura Dern at the time she began seeing him, so I guess that counts for nothing-not to mention the fact that Billy Bob had two little boys at the time! She really cared about how her actions would affect their lives), she is constantly talking about adopting kids the way the rest of us talk about buying a new sweater to match our wardrobes, she can’t stop talking about how Mad and Z were so disadvantaged compared to Shiloh (never mind the fact that they’re living the high life now), she blatantly says that her bio baby was unplanned (by the way, this is after she stated herself that “As long as there are orphans in the world, I couldn’t feel right having a biological child”-Oh, how fast the mind reverses once Brad Pitt’s in the picture) and never takes her on family outings, leaving her behind while her parents and siblings are out having a grand old time.
So if we who have specific reasons for disliking someone make her fans “ill,” I really don’t know what to say to that. I really don’t care if people want to go on thinking she’s a goddess, but not everyone has to see it your way.

- Lauren on January 8th, 2007

Uou parents of biological children are at such as disadvantage here. Just about every adoptive parents has to put up with ignorance on daily basis when someone says to us “how can you love a child that is NOT YOUR OWN.” Frankly, I no longer want or need a biological child and would be disappointed at this point to be pregnant. My son is my own tho he wasn’t born from my gene pool.

- brave on January 8th, 2007

Lauren…….You are stuck on what has nothing to do with the conversation. I hoped this could be a thread were for once someone didn’t resort to the norm of bringing up what has nothing to do with the conversation. The subject is what Angelina aledgedly said about her children in the Elle magazine. This is not about Jennifer Aniston, Laura Dern, Billy Bob Thorton, or Fred Flintstone.

I didn’t know that others “whomever they may be” designated you their spokesperson, but since you’ve insinuated that they have, you and them need to know that I haven’t suggested you don’t have a right to your opinion, I simply offered mine, nothing more, nothing less.

- SiervaMaria on January 8th, 2007

If things were taken out of context I believe she would have cleared it up. I just don’t understand why Mad and Z have to be treated differently. People would be up in arms if Angelina talked about feeling more inclination for Shiloh over her other 2 kids.I just think it’s weird as a non-fan/non-hater of Jolie.

- RJ on January 8th, 2007

Oh, excuse me, SiervaMaria-you didn’t say we don’t have a right to our opinion. You said that many peoples’ opinions have made you see them in a different, obviously negative, light. I’m very sorry for the misunderstanding.
By the way, thank you for proving my point that those who defend Angelina choose not to acknowledge the reasons why others don’t. Actually, Angelina’s past is part of who she is now, so it does relate indirectly to how she views her children. I also mentioned specifics about the interview that I personally disliked and was thus staying on topic, yet you chose to ignore that.
Finally, nobody “designated me” the spokesperson of all people who dislike Angelina-that is a figment of your imagination. I was simply trying to explain that there is obviously a great number of readers here who were turned off by her comments regarding her children and give specific reasons why, yet others choose to take the high and mighty road and say, “What do you know? Do you know Angelina personally?” No, I don’t-do you? If not which I suspect is the case, you have no reason to assume Angelina is the wonderful mother many make her out to be.

- Lauren on January 8th, 2007

I agree with a lot of people here — I think she overcompensates. And this is, frankly, due to the Hollywood press always and forever referring to adopted children as just that “…Jamie Lee Curtis and her adopted daughter…” etc. ad nauseum. The fact that this site has made it a point not to do that is one reason I continue to read it.

I think she is aware that two of her children are adopted and one is not, and one is the biological product of two of the world’s most beautiful celebrities and two are not. I think that makes her nervous about how two may be viewed differently from the third — an almost irrational fear at this point — and that she may have gone too far or had her words a bit twisted. I also think that after this interview, she’ll be more careful from now on. I don’t have any doubt that all those children are loved, though.

- Chiara on January 8th, 2007

Lauren, you have in my opinion, issues that appear to stretch beyond the scope of this thread and I’m not interested in debating a matter you’ve got an apparent and rather over the top obssession with. I get it, you deplore Angelina Jolie, and you’re fed up with those who don’t see her as a despicable and unworthy human being. I get it. I’m through with voicing my thoughts on the subject of “this thread.”

- SiervaMaria on January 8th, 2007

I hate the way she talks about Shiloh! She really needs to stop talking. Period. It is not Shiloh’s fault that she is a ‘bilogical child’. Geez, since my sister and I are.. should my parents feel less “inclination” to feel for us as people who adopt?

I feel really mad right now and I really need to stop. Sorry.

- NicoleMarie on January 9th, 2007

I think Brad and Angelina should have thought a little harder about having kids. To CHOOSE to bring a child into the world and then resent her because’s she’s privileged? What, they thought once she was born they’d lose all their fame and fortune and be living in a cardboard box? That’s not at all fair to pun on child. Kids get harder to raise as they get older, too, and it would really mess up a family dynamic if Shiloh grew up to be a spirited child and her mother was always resenting her for not recognizing how privileged she is and not being more obedient, or on the flip side if Maddox and Zahara grow up rebellious and Angelina resents them for not “appreciating all I’ve done for you.” She needs therapy imo.

- Zeppo on January 9th, 2007

I am very surprised by her comments but I don’t really know what to think. There are a lot of ways to interpret her words. Nobody really knows what she really meant or feels except Angelina so I will give her the benefit of the doubt. There is just something about the “less of an inclination to feel for her” and “be conscious that I don’t ignore her needs” that kind of bothers me though. It’s just doesn’t sound like something a mother would say… Maybe she should have just said something to the extent of I love all of my children but they are unique individuals with different personalities and different needs so we treat them accordingly. I wonder if she would still feel the way that she implies if she had had Shiloh before she adopted Mad and Z.

- LP on January 9th, 2007

“I think Rosie O’Donnell made a comment once that she didn’t want Kelly to bf their biological child because it was unfair to the others, who hadn’t been breastfed.”

That comment is LOL funny! “THEIR biological child???” Rosie’s opinion really is dumb considering she has ZERO biological/genetic attachment to any of her children, including Vivi (the child of her girlfriend and a misc sperm donor)!! And Elizabeth you are just as misguided to even repeat such foolishness!!

- Chicki on January 9th, 2007

ita with lisa and siervamaria…. imo, i dont see anything wrong with the interview, actually i admire Angie for sharing her feeling, im also a mom and i know where she’s coming from… it’s just so unfortunate it would be misinterpreted by many (who more or less cannot relate to her)… when Angie said, “Shiloh seemed so privileged form the moment she was born, I have less inclination to feel for her.”, she’s not talking about love here, but SYMPATHY as we all know the backgrounds of the two older children are from the orphanage. And obviously Angie wants to instill this message to us.. Mad and Zee will never feel inferior to Shiloh being the biological child. The way she expressed it can be taken out of context, and now people thinks Shiloh is inferior of the two. I think it’s better this way than the other way around, coz people will be more mean if that happens. On the contrary, Shiloh is really the one most loved being the youngest. Pls stop thinking Angie doesn’t love her equally, coz any parent will love her/his kids just the same.

BAMZS rule!

- leis on January 9th, 2007

Shiloh will grow up as intelligent and as protective like her mother. I know she will understand what her mother is talking about in this interview and she will totally agree.

- leis on January 9th, 2007

I suggest people read the entire article before passing judgement. Angelina in no way said that she loves Shiloh less than her other two kids. I think people read into these interviews what they want to see. If you hate her and think she’s a home wrecker you put the wrost possible spin on her words. If you put your prejudice aside you might view the article differently.

- lili on January 9th, 2007

I’m not shocked. She has made innuendo’s to this effect since the first interview after Shiloh’s birth.

- Maris on January 9th, 2007

I agree with Melanie that the “MORMON” comment was weird. Was it a compliment or not? I didn’t get it. And anyone who has been saying that Jolie loves her kids equally needs to come up with a count of how often she took Mad and Z out in public the 1st year of their lives compared to Shiloh. Shiloh is definitely left out–its a fact.

- kammille on January 9th, 2007

It really bothers me that Angelina is asked to compare her feelings for her biological child versus her adopted babies. Not a fair question. She loves them all.

- melanie on January 9th, 2007

Just a side note – the number of comments in response to this post is quite impressive!

Love the “give Shiloh up for adoption” comment. Hehhehe!

- a.j. on January 9th, 2007

what??? idont like her anymoreeeeee angelina is bad mother..

ps. shiloh is a queen

- what??? on January 9th, 2007

People who are judgmental have low Emotional Intelligence. i dont think because we dont see shiloh that much it means she’s left out. while others will think, she’s more special of the two because she’s so protected. You see they only see the negative. If you try to understand what she’s really saying then i think you can comment something nice.

- leis on January 10th, 2007

SiervaMaria:
That was a very brave thing to say if you ask me! Admitting that your own baby can be boring is not the done thing however true it might be. Reading your post made me admit it to myself though. My daughter is now nearly 6 months and is more fun to be around than I could ever have imagined but you’re right, up to now there have been plenty of times when she was just a “blob” that demanded my attention day and night.
I don’t think there’s anything wrong with the comments in this article whatsoever.

- jjj on January 10th, 2007

My huge respect for Angie has fallen (an equally huge) notch. Children deserve the same unconditional love and respect regardless of their birth circumstances. If she spent more time with Shiloh, (which she clearly doesn’t) she would realize babies are not blobs – they come with fully formed personalities and are extremely responsive under the right circumstances. Angie will see that her reluctance to bond fully with her baby and her favoritism to her adopted children, will come back to haunt her – Shiloh, regretfully, will grow up with attachment issues….and inevitably a personality disorder….plus, is she going to harbor this irrational bias against Shiloh her whole life? Babies, being sensitive, pick up on these subtle vibes from the womb! I hope Angie realizes sooner than later how mistaken she is and makes a fully conscious effort to reverse her attitude and treat her children equally – and reassure her baby that she is not of lesser value and therefore deserving of less love and attention because she was born ‘privileged’. Parenthood is a spiritual obligation (I’m not talking religion here) to which the material world is irrelevant, which Angie, with her work with refugees, should understand by now….

- Susan on January 10th, 2007

Sierva, before I stop posting on this thread for good, I want to ask what I said that made you feel that you had to stoop to the level of saying that I have issues beyond this thread and an over-the-top obsession with Angelina after posting three times on this thread-the exact same number of posts that you have made. I gave numerous points as to why I am upholding my opinion, and you chose to completely ignore my point of view in favor of insinuating that I have “issues.” How incredibly rude and presumptuous of you. I only hope you’re not teaching your former “blob” such intolerance. You obviously have a problem debating different opinions, so there’s really no point in moving further. But if you do see this, I really would like to know why you felt the need to say what you did.

- Lauren on January 10th, 2007

Uhh Chicki, that Rosie comment is true you know:

http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/jun/05060907.html

- Stacey on January 11th, 2007

i think Siervamaria is as honest as Angie in describing their newborn as “blobs”.. It may not sound nice but it’s quite true and I agree. I think it’s because of their routine, either they’re asleep or they stare at you blankly. They smile but it’s not really a real smile, just the same it makes any parent excited. I’m a hands-on mom and I can totally relate to that (they’re 5 & 2 yrs old). You have to accept the fact that they dont have personality yet because they sleep most of the time unless you have a fussy baby (i think this one i can consider a personality but not a good one though).

Angelina is a doting mom just like the rest of us. I read an interview where she said about she has another parent (referring to Brad) as exhausted as her in caring for their baby and sharing the joy of parenthood (telling how excited Brad was at Shiloh’s first tooth). To people saying that she is not spending time with her youngest, i think you should read more about Angelina.

- leis on January 11th, 2007