Brad Pitt loves large families
Brad Pitt knew from an early age that if he ever had his own family, it was going to a big one.
“I had a friend who had a big family when I was a kid. I just loved the chaos around the breakfast table and the fighting and the ribbing, and the mom making pancakes for everyone or the dad making pancakes,” [said] the actor, 47….
“And I just decided then if I was ever going to do it – this left some indelible mark on me – if I was ever going to do it, that’s the way I was going to do it.”
Pitt, who has 3 biological children and 3 adopted children with Angelina Jolie, says it’s just his personality to go all in. “I know it seems extreme from the outside, but I’ve always kind of operated this way,” he says. “When I know, I know, and why mess around?”
~ People, May 19
[Photo via Us]
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He loves large families. Marriage..not so much.
Yes, fidelity is important in families that God begins with one man and one woman in holy matrimony. It works. Social engineering does not, no matter who subscribes to it, yes?
That’s a pretty unflattering photo.
Carder, I kind of thought so, too! But I also thought that when he got all weird with his long scraggly goatee, and then he cleaned up.
It’s my understanding that the reason the relationship between him and Jennifer Aniston broke up is because he wanted children and she didn’t (although she does now. Figures). I think that’s a legitimate problem that could cause sufficient strife to dissolve a relationship, even a marriage. Sometimes things just work out that way, and you never know what’s happening behind someone else’s closed doors (as a former abuse victim in the process of divorce, I try not to judge such things anymore, because you can never know for certain).
X,
Are you the same Xalisae that had a military husband?
Yes.
Oh.
Sorry to hear that.
X,
I’m so sad to hear about that. But, really, good on you for walking away and empowering yourself. I think of the quote “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent,” and apparently you have not allowed anyone to make you feel inferior- huzzah! :)
Thank you. Just another one of the pro-abortion slogans I’ve been able to overcome. The old chestnut about how if you have a kid, you’re stuck with your abuser for the rest of your life and you have to kill you kids so you can get away. You know, all that nonsense.
Trust me, I am MUCH happier and healthier now.
I like the guy. And I adore Angelina. I’m not going to judge them because they seem like genuinely good people, and they are very, very generous…..far more than most, especially in Hollywood. They’re lovely.
so he cheated on his wife to get what he wanted. Isn’t that special?
I feel sorry for the children in this family. When the breakup happens (and it will) Brad has no idea what he’s in for.
BTW, I’m not much of a Jennifer Aniston fan either. :(
For what it’s worth, even Aniston said there wasn’t any infidelity; Brad waited until after the divorce before being with Jolie, and others who know all three parties said the same. I’d hate to be judged on past behavior…..we must grow up and move on. Hollywood is a corrupt place, but Brad and Angie seem so good-hearted, good-natured, and kind. I like ’em both.
yes – no infidelity, but no waiting until marriage either. At least they seem to care about their children. Are they married? For some reason, I can’t remember! Glad to see something counter-cultural in Hollywood. Would be better if they were married.
No Joy, they’re not. Hence my earlier comment. ;)
Hi X,
I’m so sorry to hear of your abuse and divorce. My thoughts and best wishes are with you.
How true that we NEVER know what really goes on in other people’s lives and relationships and sitting in judgment of another person’s divorce or relationship can only make us look foolish.
Years ago a co-worker of mine went through a divorce. People on other shifts “knew” she got a divorce so that she could ”chase men”. I asked them if they knew how she agonized over this decision, I watched her, and her marriage had been failing for years. “No,we just assumed that[chasing men] was why”.
Well, then maybe you shouldn’t shoot off your mouth on something you know absolutely nothing about.
Well I’m glad Brad likes big families because there are those in the world who don’t.
Maybe it’s just me, but shouldn’t you discuss your plans for family size and when to start trying before you get married?
I know it isn’t just me, though, because the Catholic Church made my now-husband and me go through premarital sessions that dealt explicitly with those sorts of plans.
And now, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are bringing more & more children into a relationship to which they aren’t even willing to commit. And we’re expected to applaud them because…what?
Hi Mary Rose,
Sometimes even the most “committed” married relationships turn into disasters. Brad and Angelina may be far more committed than many married couples. Mia Farrow adopted all those children, many with special needs, with no commitment to anyone, except maybe Woody Allen who had an affair with Mia’s adopted daughter.
Yeah, If everyone had his millions, we’d all have 10 kids, with nannies
Why vilify someone who raises his adopted children with as much devotion as he does his biological children, contributes considerable time and effort to social causes, and uses his celebrity for good?
Yuck!
I agree, Ashtar. Seriously….why all the hate? It’s not my place to judge them. With celebrities out there who are junkies, exhibitionists, narcissists, who are self-promoting and overtly, unapologetically selfish (say, Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Charlie Sheen, even Gwyneth Paltrow, who is insufferable)…..people choose to hate Brad Pitt and Angelina? I might not agree with every single thing they do, but I cannot dislike them. They are generous, kind, joyful, and loving. I wish more in Hollywood were like them. They build homes and hospitals and schools for the poor, they travel to war-torn and impoverished countries and help feed and clothe them. Why hate them? I admire them. They do beautiful work.
And Brad and Angelina are far more committed than many “legit” “marriages” in the entertainment industry. The more people wish they’d break up, the more I root for them. They’re good people.
I have not noted any evidence of “hate” by anyone who disagrees with this couples life-style, people are stating the facts. The evidence of the research of married vs. cohabiting couples is overwhelmingly in favor of committed marriage over “shacking up”. No amount of PCness will make cohabiting just as good as marriage or make the excuses work such as ”since marriages fail, cohabiting is better”, or “it doesn’t matter whether you marry or not as long as you love each other” or it’s great to be together ”as long as you both shall love”. I find it so lame that the PC terminology of “hate” is thrown around when people stand up for moral, traditional standards. If you stand for committed one man-one woman marriage you are a bigoted, close-minded hater. Jolie and Pitt, Oprah and Stedman may have done good things, so they still don’t get a pass and it sure doesn’t make those who take a stand for marriage “haters”.
Good reads “Marriage Matters” by Glen T. Stanton and”The Case for Marriage” by Maggie Gallagher. For what cohabitation has done in the AA community read Star Parker’s books “Pimps. Whores and Welfare Brats”, “Uncle Sam’s Plantation” and her excellent assessment of how inner-city decadence, family breakdown, cohabitiation and out-of-wedlock births is now permeating white suburbia read “White Ghetto”. If we do not turn back to committed marriages and strong 2 parent families we will destroy this nation.
Hey, I’m married. I love marriage. It would be awesome if Jolie and Pitt got officially hitched (though there are a LOT of rumors they already are legally married but haven’t announced it, and maybe never will)….but living in Hollywood must be Hell on Earth, and these two just seem so good-hearted, I dunno. I love them. Especially her. I loooove Angelina. I can’t help it.
Mary Lee, I’m not following your Mia Farrow argument. Are you making the case for or against adopting outside of marriage? And honestly, it’s not even that I think an unmarried person shouldn’t ever be allowed to adopt. It’s that I don’t think it’s commendable that these two people are living together, having and adopting babies together, and doing so without the grace of marriage. They are teaching these children that this is ‘normal’.
To be fair, I am a skeptic. I see the humanitarian efforts of the two and I think, “photo op”. We’re talking about two huge names in the movie industry. I just think, when you’re in the spotlight that much, it must be really hard to be consistently good, and really easy to manufacture ‘goodness’ for the press. :-/
I didn’t make the Mia Farrow comment. I had a hard time following that one, too.
Whoops. So many “mary”s on this thread lol. My apologies.