Angelina Jolie did NOT collapse

Don’t panic if you see the new Star magazine on the newsstand. It’s just their creative way to recycle an old photo. It’s also a reminder to take everything you see in their magazine with a grain of salt.

With a headline yelling, "Angie Collapses! Last Minute Panic!" with bullet points promising "blood sugar crisis," two incidents of false labor, and Brad Pitt begging her to "hold on!" the accompanying image of Brad helping Angelina Jolie stand up seems to illustrate a collapse. But frequent CBB readers and Brangelina watchers will remember that the photo is from the same set taken May 4 when Angelina, Brad, son Pax Thien, 4 ½, daughter Zahara Marley, 3 ½, and friend The Edge of U2 took a stroll along a beach in France. Besides, do you really think that if Angelina had collapsed that 1, Brad would try to get her to stand, and 2, that if he was truly concerned about getting her to stand up that he wouldn’t put down Pax?

Source: MSN Entertainment (click to see the side-by-side comparison)

Thanks to CBB Reader Maya.

When you see dramatic covers like this on the newsstand, do you buy the issue, flip through it on the newsstand, or ignore it?

Comments

I ignore it unless it’s on the front of People.

- Carol on June 9th, 2008

I do not even look at them. Big waste of time. Besides you can get all the misinformation you want from the internet. If Angelina had fallen it would have been reported on this site,which has good information. (good job BTW)

- Loren on June 9th, 2008

Ignore
I don’t like spurious news

- Mel on June 9th, 2008

I only pick it up to laugh. They’re incredibly creative in recycling old photos to marry with their made-up stories.

Here in Australia they do the same thing. This week they have a photo on the cover of one of the weeklies in which Angelina is wearing a purple dress, to make you think it’s a new photo. It’s not. It’s just the green dress she wore at the Kung Fu Panda premiere photoshopped purple.

Last year they had some made-up story about Brad taking Shiloh to meet Jennifer, and the photo was photoshopped of Brad holding Shiloh. The most bizarre thing was that the photo of Shi was taken from when Angelina had been holding her, weeks previously – they even airbrushed out Angelina’s hand.

We can easily notice these things but it bugs me that some people, just browsing the magazines, might actually believe it.

- Cora on June 9th, 2008

that and if it was real she wouldnt be able to bend that way given she has 2 babies in that lovely large belly
I dont think we have that mag here in Australia but Id probably just laugh at it like I do the rest of them!

- Stefanie on June 9th, 2008

I’d buy it, I always buy all the magazines and I know thatmost of the time it’s not true but I like to see what they can imagine to sell their magazines. But, for sure, I prefer People Mag, I think that it’s better information and more true than the other Mags.
Sorry for my english

- Stéph on June 9th, 2008

Tabloids should really be ashamed of themselves.
I miss to see new pic of Angie and her beautiful family.

- (LOVE- J ) on June 9th, 2008

Honestly, I look at them and laugh. I agree with the post above, I only believe it if it’s on the cover of People magazine.

- Stacey on June 9th, 2008

coming from , the Star, I always ignore it!!!

- Jory on June 9th, 2008

I recognize that photo from about a month ago…so I figured it was bogus. I saw the cover in the grocery store, but just left it on the stand. I have found that Star in specific tends to over exaggerate stories.

- Melanie on June 9th, 2008

I’m with Carol. This still doesn’t beat National Enquirer’s It’s Not Brad’s Baby cover though. That one was classic.

The tabs also did the same thing with pictures of Katie Holmes when her high heels made her slip. Responsible journalism, indeed.

- stephanie on June 9th, 2008

Cora-

Weeklies usually get their “news” from US publications too, I think the Jen meeting Shiloh stories also came from Star. Australians, I noticed, are more creative with their photoshopping

- stephanie on June 9th, 2008

i don’t understand why these mags don’t get sued more often.

- MB on June 9th, 2008

I absolutely ignore those magazines most of the time and I don’t ever buy them. I will glance at People and that is it.

- tink1217 on June 9th, 2008

Plus it is clearly she didn’t colapse on this photo. It looks more like they where all sitting on the beach or ground. And since Angie is pregnant she needed a hand to get back on her feet.
I need help like that to. And I’m not even pregnant!

- Kim on June 9th, 2008

I think if she had collapsed, we would have heard it on the news, so I just assumed it was false.

- Marilyn on June 9th, 2008

Are we attacking Star Magazine and telling our readers to ignore it because we’re now in cohoots with People?

- Stef on June 9th, 2008

that is exactly why I don’t read tabloids.just a bunch of liars

- ma74 on June 9th, 2008

-”Besides, do you really think that if Angelina had collapsed that 1, Brad would try to get her to stand, and 2, that if he was truly concerned about getting her to stand up that he wouldn’t put down Pax?”
Yes, what’s really happening in the picture is Brad helping Angie up. But what Star was trying to do with that headline was to make people think that they were walking along the beach (Brad holding Pax) and Angie suddenly collapsed. What Brad appears to be doing then would only be a natural reaction in that situation. Star is really screwed up, but I believe they were trying to make people think Angie was falling, not being helped up (as was truly the case).

- emily on June 9th, 2008

I subscribe to People.
The odd time I’ll buy an Us Weekly.
Other than that I pretty much ignore all that other crap.

- Christine on June 9th, 2008

The only magazines are buy are People and Instyle

I have to admit tabloids are so creative lol

- Bren on June 9th, 2008

It looks to me like maybe they were all sitting on the curb and he picked up Pax and was just lending Angie a hand to help her up.

Dumb Star magazine (*insert eye roll here)

- Amber on June 9th, 2008

It must be awful to have every step you take photographed and published (and misrepresented).

- carla at somethingaboutbaby.com on June 9th, 2008

I don’t even give these type of magazines a second chance. If I want my baby news, I just come here.

- Michelle on June 9th, 2008

Unless there is anything else I want, I don’t buy it. I hate how some magazines lie and overdramatize to get more $$ from the readers. I prefer serious magazines who report the truth without unnecessary drama but give the facts instead

- Nikka on June 9th, 2008

I ignore it. It looked more like she was sitting down and Brad was helping her get up. Star is NOT a reliable sorce. Never has been, never will be.

You make a valid point too when you said that Brad would put the child down and more likely get down to her level to see if she is ok!

- Sarah Paige on June 9th, 2008

I saw that cover and I just laughed. I always laugh when I see a new Star magazine! I don’t buy them because there are MUCH better ways to spend my money.

I loved the bulleted item: Brad pleads, “Hold on.” Hahaha. It made me laugh, at least.

I don’t buy many celeb magazines. Once in a blue moon, I’ll be an Us Weekly or People but that’s it.

- Stephany on June 9th, 2008

What total douches, I knew as soon as I saw that cover on news stands, that it was BS!

- bethany on June 9th, 2008

Honestly it didn’t even look like she “collapsed” Boy they(tabloids) will try anything!It looks like what it is Brad helping his pregant girlfriend up from sitting down. TMZ actually reported it on their show that it was a hoax.

- Jasmine C. on June 9th, 2008

CBB are you guys going to start publishing all of the magazine articles about Brad and Angie? Please give your readers a little credit we know that most of the things they put in these magazines are bull. I was so surprised when I saw this. It is Star after all. I guess I just expected more from you guys.

To answer your question of course I did not believe it when I saw it they used pics (that you all publish) of them on the beach last month. I actually though the pic was cute because we all know how much trouble pregnant women have getting up after sitting down.

- HardCandy on June 9th, 2008

I thought it was funny because Angie has a huge smile on her face… she looks sooo scared… LOL!

- Melea on June 9th, 2008

I agree with Bren. The only reliable magazine I buy is People! Star is always full load of crap! Ugh!!!

- amanda on June 9th, 2008

I ignore them, especially Star.

When tabs have such obvious lame covers like this it makes me wonder why people still take what they say as truth. They twist things & lie so much.

- Alisa on June 9th, 2008

I truly walk right past it. I think these crapazines are going to far. If I were them I’d sue. Who do these people think they are, going off lying about them. It’s funny how they have “Breaking News,” as if this is real journalism.

- Dee on June 9th, 2008

have you ever read the articles in some of these? once i had a long plane flight and people magazine wasn’t going to be enough to tide me over the whole flight, so i got star or OK or one of those. there was this whole section on celeb relationships, where the mag paid a “psychologist” to “analyze” pictures of celebrity couples and write about why that particular picture meant their relationship was in trouble. it was sooo bogus and kind of insulting to my intelligence. so, from now on, i bring crosswords or sudoko to do on planes after i finish reading people. i only get celeb news from them or this website or occasionally TMZ.

- MB on June 9th, 2008

it just looked like a picture of brad helping a very pregnant angelina to get to her feet again after sitting..nothing more,though i suppose that *somehow* some people still bought it anyway (literally!!)

- M on June 9th, 2008

oh,and melea..i agree,i thought brad also looked really happy,like angelina..and i dont know of too many people who feel like “whee,pregnancy crisis,alrighhhht’. they would not look happy if she really had suddenly collapsed!!

- M on June 9th, 2008

The only time I buy a tab other than People is when I get a pile for a friend who has had a baby. Right after birth you can’t really concentrate enough to read a real newspaper so tabs are a perfect time waister between feedings. They are also what I request instead of flowers when people ask what I want after having my kids.

I also keep them and love to go back to see if they ever got a story right. According to a lot of these, I am pretty sure that the twins are actually Angie’s 20th and 21st children! LOL Not to mention all the other celebs that have been “pregnant” over the years.

And if I want real celeb baby or pregnancy news, I don’t beleive anyone except CBB!

- finnaryn on June 9th, 2008

I buy all rags and devour info in all of them – that doesn’t mean I believe everything; it’s mostly just a form of entertainment.

- Chicki on June 9th, 2008

I buy Us Weekly – about 50% for the pictures and 50% for the laughs. Laughing keeps you young and healthy, so I figure it’s worth the price! Something like this is not funny in my opinion. But there are plenty of stories that make me laugh out loud.

- ZBella on June 9th, 2008

I have to admit that I’m guilty of flipping through it.

- Bancie1031 on June 10th, 2008

I only pay attention to Us Weekly and sometimes People (though usually Us has already broken the story). I find that 99.9% of the time, if it’s reported in Us, it’s gonna eventually prove true.

- Juliet on June 11th, 2008