Angelina Jolie Does Marie Claire and “Feels guilty about eating”
December 9, 2011 in Angelina Jolie by Versus
Seeing Angelina Jolie in an elaborate magazine is quite a rare event, so let’s all admire the 36 year-old beauty in the January 2012 issue of Marie Claire magazine!
On an unrelated note, US Weekly recently had a piece about Angelina’s thin frame and eating habbits, saying:
The U.N. goodwill ambassador, 36, who travels the globe meeting the poor, “puts herself on fasts to make statements for the children she visits,” a Jolie source tells the new issue of Us Weekly (on stands Friday).
“She says, ‘If they can’t eat, I can’t eat,’” the source adds. The busy mother of six “does different cleanses from around the world. It’s very dramatic, but that’s how she gets.”
If she does eat a burger and fries, says the source, “she feels guilty about it.
Many more from this spread on the next page!
What a beauty!
Come to think of it, I think she looks so much more beautiful with her hair properly blow out.
“blown”
I agree! I know some people don’t like her face, but she is one of the most beautiful (famous) women to me! Her face is so unique
I agree. The Marie Claire cover is stunning. I love the black and white shots as well. I don’t buy this “feel guilty about eating” thing. I believe it’s just a bunch of rumors like the rest of the magazines.
I really hope it’s not true either!
I felt pretty guilty about how much we waste when I was in Africa. But I didn’t feel guilty about eating just more cautious and aware of being wasteful
I agree, I think her face is exquisite! In the 5th photo (if you count the silk pjs set as a single pic) where she is lying down, she is the most gorgeous woman I have EVER seen! What tremendous beauty!
Only thing I may add is that in the closeup of her where the hat covers her eyes, her nose is looking a little michael jacksonish…i believe shes had rhinoplasty to thin out her nose…that being said she is extraordinarily beautiful (both before and after the surgery)
I think that there was something across the photo that was Photoshopped out, thus leaving her with a weird looking nose. All those photos are Photoshopped, hardly any veins in the eyes, inside nostrils are solid black, wrinkles around the eyes taken out, eyebrows slightly lifted. I wish they would’ve left them raw. it would’ve been refreshing to see her natural beauty rather than the PS enhancement.
I think that in the lying down photo it shows how masculine her facial features are.
I’ve never liked her lips, but her eyes are magnificent to me. Did they make them blue-r? I always thought they had more of a green tinge to them, kind of like an aquamarine color, which looks nicer IMO.
I also dont like her lips, even though thats what her looks are famous for! I think her eyes are pretty though but I mainly love her facial shape and bone structure and her nose. Her features work well together.
Yes she is obviously beautiful, no denying that, however I just don’t get the huge fuss that surrounds her.
Before it was “Brangelina”, Brad and Jen were America’s sweetheart couple and then he cheated on his wife. How do people forget about that? I guess I’m still team Jen lol.
it’s kind of sad people keep bringing that up. We do not know what actually was going on in their relationship, and it might have been already ending. If he did actually cheat, assuming sense there is no real proof except gossip, why is he not blamed more? Everyone always blames the “other” women. He made a decision.
her bone structure is otherworldly! she would look good at any weight
her face never looks gaunt or chubby
Since she sees the suffering of these people from first hand, I can understand her. But that won’t change their situation.
BTW: really nice shoot!
I was going to write something similar. I do not doubt that seeing so much poverty has had a big impact on her.
I’m not sure if any one else has mentioned this but I find it hypocritical that she says she won’t eat but yet she runs around in thousands of dollars of clothes and all of the other stupid things celebs spend there money on yet she won’t eat hahahahahahah come on!
No kidding I was thinking the exact same thing. She spends loads of money jetting herself and her family around the world, and staying in uber expensive hotels and homes… Honestly, I think the comment (whether true or not) is total BS and completely hypocritical.
I completly agree!
And I would also like to say that I have travelled to South Africa last summer and was quite shocked with some poverty I saw there (there is both over there: the very rich and the very poor)!! But for me the opposite happened: I felt guilty being obsessed with being skinny when actually we are so lucky to have enough food! It’s actually such a luxury that we have to watch that we don’t eat too much (not everyone has that!!!)
Exactly. I can’t even see those commercials without feeling guilty over how much we have. I can’t imagine being around real starving people all the time.
So she feels guilty about eating, but doesn’t feel guilty parading in dolce and having 10 homes… oh, ok, nooooooow i get it.
my thoughts exactly. so, she doesn’t eat because she feels guilty due to the fact that food is scarce in these places she visits YET she has giant mansions in LA, France and god knows where else? pretty sure mansions are also scarce in these places too. weak justification imo
Stop judging!!! She stopped eating, you want her to get homeless too!?? She deserves to have all that she has.
I will not stop judging her because I am entitled to my opinion, just as you are. “She stopped eating, you want her to get homeless too?”–well first of all I could care less if she is eating/homeless (so no, I don’t WANT her to “get homeless.”) I am simply stating that her justification is ridiculous and contradicting. Same goes for her stance on not getting married. She claims that she will only going to get married if everyone has the right to get married. If she truly believes this then why doesn’t she refrain from purchasing another home until everyone has the means to do so as well? This is a truly stupid response she uses as defense for just about anything.
She didn´t say that she doesn´t eat because she feels guilty… . It comes from someone “close to Jolie-Pitt family” aka from someone who need to feel his/hers tabloid article. It´s weird to judge her for something she didn´t say, isn´t it?
Eva – Of course she lives in mansions – she’s a celebrity that is constantly (well, her as well as Brad) harassed by paparazzi. She doesn’t have much of a choice honestly – she needs security 24hours a day because of how some people go crazy over celebrities.
She often wears the same outfits over and over again unlike many other celebrities. Of course she has all these things but she goes to red carpets and she still is an actress. She gives so much to people in poverty, more than many other celebrities have. In a magazine it said how Brad is more of the one who is always shopping and she tries to get him to relax a little. She does a lot and people should understand that. Especially coming from a background of acting and having everything her whole life…at least she is trying, more so than others.
I agree pheard. Hey Ally, dumbass, noone thinks that anoyone should be homeless durrrrrrr. Just saying she is a bit of a hypocrite (if this article is indeed true at all)
agree with u Eva. @Ally celebrities aren’t going to change the laws, the only way to do that is to VOTE on congressmen etc who support what you believe in. Few celebrities vote, same with people my age it’s sad really.
Eva, you’re the smartest cookie here!
@Eva: I understand what you’re saying, I never said that she was doing the right thing or that it’s going to change anything, she’s harming herself. Although, everyone is different and react differently on emotional and harsh things. What she saw in poor countries has definitely had a huge impact on her, and feeling guilty to eat is a repercussion of that.
Again, i’m not saying it justifies her acts, but saying that she should stop buying expensive clothing or houses is not right either.
And by the way, the thing about not getting married before everyone can, she’s not the only celeb to do it. It’s a way to speak out and try to change things for the better. If everyone just didn’t care or do anything, many rights we have today, we would not have them. Little actions combined together can actually make a difference.
-my comment of ‘stop judging’ wasn’t a personal affront to you, but the wholething. I believe in giving opinions while remaining respecful. Peace out
I so agree with you
No, actually she isn’t, since “having an opinion” is not the same as “judging”. Having an opinion is fine, judging is a bit hard without more information then provided here.
BTW: it says “a source close to her” said she felt guilty about eating. I don’t believe its true, and if it was, I don’t think she would be blabbering about it.
hey you figured out that gossip magazines are full of lies, good for you
What is wrong with you?? Attacking people personally makes you feel good at the end of the day?? I shoudn’t even waste my time with this loll, you seem like a deperate case anyway…
Anon, that was really uncalled for. Ally, I see your point but it just annoys me that she’s covering up her eating disorder with this bizarre justification.
and yes, i do not know for a fact that she has one, but I don’t think my opinion is that far fetched.
isn’t*
wow. She sounds like a psycho. What a lame excuse for not eating. If she feels guilty about eating a burger clearly she doesn’t know how to maintain a balanced diet.
you’re totally missing a point
Agree Ana.
agree
I agree with Pewpy. Anyone who’s ever been truly hungered for food would probably take offense at another person starving themselve and potentially damaging their body when they have the option to be healthy! Unless she has an eating disorder, this makes no sense. If anything, she should promote people not wasting food.
She doesn’t eat but she lives house that worths millions, has a private jet and wears high fashion clothes? What exactly is the point that we are missing?
I admire her charity work and everything but this is the most stupid thing I ve ever heard
this is exactly what I was trying to write, except you did a much better job. lol. She sounds ridiculous.
Exactly. I was going to question why she isn’t saying “if they can’t live in a French chateau, I can’t live in a French chateau”. Her good works are impressive but I can’t stop finding her annoying. I also find Pitt and Aniston annoying as well but that’s off-topic.
yeah guys, you said what I was thinking. If starving people don’t wear designer clothes, perhaps Jolie shouldn’t either/
Agree!
That is so true! Good point, Zen. She’s completely contradicting herself, which I find a little disappointing actually, seeing as I always concidered her quite intellegent.
I agree. I’ve seen pictures of her homes. They are ridiculous. If these statements are true, she’s being very hypocritical.
Completely agree with u and pewpy. Offtopic have fun with poopy now anaheim!
I love it how your guys are taking this article for the Word. Unless I hear Jolie say this from her own mouth, I am going to doubt it. Especially after seeing an interview of her on 60 minutes.
Couldn’t agree more!
Brad is also a major architect enthusiast and the design of most of the homes they’ve built have had his hand heavily involved in the design and the intense focus on clean living, using sustainable materials etc…
Oh, and>>>
SHE IS UNBELIEVEABLY BEAUTIFUL!!! Like CRAZZZZZZY INSANELY BEAUTIFUL.
And still would be with 10-15 pounds on her for sure.
Anyone ever think of Kelly Lebrock ever when they look at her face and lips? I do…in occasion.
i do lotsa cleanses too and try hard not to get too rigid with them – not good for the mind or the body.
Tottally agree with you JN1976 and Alyssa
Agree JN1976! And Kelly Lebrock used to be gorgeous!
I traveled to rural Tanzania over the summer and witnessed children who suffering from severe malnutrition. It evokes feelings that are hard to put into words, you literally just feel broken, and like she said so, so guilty. I think what she is referring to isn’t in the least psychotic but just sheds light on her incredible capacity to empathize with others, I commend her for it, I wish I had had the will power and strength to do the same.
her face would be perfect… if she hadn’t those lips.. IMO, it’s the only thing about her i really dislike… hate the shape, the volume, the colour…
she is extraordinarily beautiful. It’s easy to forget in a way because she’s plastered all over the tabloids all the time. I do think she needs to gain about 20lbs though.
And the whole fasting thing is stupid. You can’t equate fasting to starving. she has a choice and the people she visits don’t. if anything it’s kind of insulting.
You’re right fasting and starving are different, My parents fast as part of their religion, and while you are fasting you STILL eat there are just some things you dont eat (like meat and dairy). But that’s when the millions of fasting recipes come in handy!! US Weekly is just full of crap
She should be grateful she has food than choosing to stave herself!
stats guesses?5’7 maybe 120 lbs?i dont think 20 lbs -but she could stand to gain about 10
less, definitely. I’m 5 7 and 123 and am not near her, weight wise (different body shape, but still).
in fact, if I search the mybodygallery, girls 5’7 and 100-110 lbs look most similar to Angie here.
there’s no way, I’m 5’6 and 110 and I look waay less skinny than her. She’s gotta be 100 maybe 105 at most (if she is like 5’9 I dont remember her height)
I thought she was 5’6” tall? she has long limbs and wear pumps all the time and Brad wears shoe lifts (most guys in hollywood do, I heard). I bet Angelina is under 100lbs
Not sure if under, but I agree that she is definitely around the 100 lbs mark, give or take. Assuming she is 120 is hilarious. She is at least 20 lbs smaller than in her Gia or Tomb Rider days, and she was on the thin/slim side as well back then,
stats guesses?5’7 120 lbs>she could stan d to gain about 10 pounnds. 20 would be too much.
I am 5’7 and 150 and look pretty good but 135 is my ideal. I bet she would look great at around 130-135 if she is 120 now.
Totally agree! I think when she did the Tomb Raider she was at her best body wise; also when she did the Actors Studio interview – she just looked completely radiant, glowing, healthy, beautiful, divine etc. She did absolutely not come across as being frail or glass-like at that time…
I think I can relate to what she’s saying about children starving to death… It’s so bloody unreasonable, unfair and terrible, and for the most part, we can blame the ‘Western World’… So I totally get why she’s feeling guilty after eating – and this especially – hamburgers, nuggets, french fries etc. See this http://www.mccruelty.com/why.aspx for instance…
But ultimately I love her, and have done so since Girl, Interrupted.
omg she was so amazing in that movie!
I read she was 128 while filming Tomb Raider and I agree, she looked her best then.
agreed. she looked good in “Gia” too.
Yeah Gia is so great too… Left me in a very strange/sad emotional place for three entire days after watching it…
simple curiosity, how old are you??
Sorry, I’m asking Debbs
I love these photos! I wish she would wear her hair like this more often, I prefer it over the “backswept” style she seems to favor on the red carpet recently.
I used to really like her but not so much lately…however she looks like the “old” Angie here and I really like this shoot. I used to be so envious of her but as I get older I am less envious of celebs because I am grateful for what I have.
I agree – She hasn’t had that wow-factor in some years, but she looks like the old Angie i these pics – SO beautiful!!
I think it sounds selfish to be able to have food and not eat it. But she’s always been skinny, even when she wasn’t a “humanitarian”. She looks gorgeous in these pictures.
a bunch of other websites have been posing pics of her at some recent premiere and she’s gotten a bit of the demi moore super-boney thing going on right now. her face is still beautiful but her body really could use some extra padding on it.
http://www.thesuperficial.com/photos/angelina-jolie-at-hollywood-premiere-of-in-the-land-of-blood-and-honey/angelina-jolie-at-the-premiere-of-in-the-land-of-blood-and-honey-4
That’s what I was thinking when I was watching her interview on 60 Minutes – that her face is always beautiful but her body is so bony.
i love her so much, and those silly pictures are so cute. it’s sad that she feels this way about food. it’s understandable, but still sad, and i hope she can develop a better outlook on food.
Really? Does she feel guilty, I wonder, when she spends huge amounts of money on other luxuries such as designer clothing and makeup and spa treatments and all that jazz? The money spent on that could feed a lot of people….
seriously? the woman does a lot ( and I mean A LOT) already as a humanitarian.
Stop blaming someone who already dedicated their life to doing something meaningful.
I bet you don’t feel too hesitant about buying a new pair of shoes or going out to eat. so instead of criticizing the finer things in life she has, do something yourself
Great comment Ana.
I also want to add that she also spends a lot of her time helping people, not just money.
I so can’t wait to see” In The Land of Blood and Honey” movie! I can only imagine how moved she felt after spending time with the women that survived and stayed strong through mass rapes, starvation, deaths of their husbands during Bosnian war
“Ana,
She makes 20 million dollars for doing a movie. The average person has a very different job and many of us donate time. She has a jet and the ability to jet around the world. Your comparison is ridiculous.”
Oh please put a sock in it. If you had her money you probably wouldn’t part with any of it, you sound so bitter and resentful. At least she is doing something, what are you doing other than being bitter and spiteful of people with more than you?
Get over yourself.
I completely disagree with Ana. The woman has numerous million dollar mansions around the world. If the point is that she is feeling guilty for a simple burger, then she would definitely feel guilty for all the ECCENTRIC and EXCESSIVE things she owns. A pair of shoes and lunch out are neither eccentric or excessive.
it’s kind of ridiculous to ask someone who has more than an average person to give everything away when most of middle class people don’t do anything at all.
that extra pair of shoes can buy someone a mosquito tent that can potentially save them from malaria and quite a few meals.
like Neri said, she spends 1/3 of her income on humanitarian projects. get a grip
Your comment lacks intelligence. You do not understand the topic of the conversation. AGAIN: noone says she should donate all her money. But owning 20 unnecessary homes and feeling guilty at the same time is practically impossible.
Oh, donating, 1/3. Spare me! She’s left with what, 40 million out of 60? How much generosity! It’s completely the same with someone who makes 300$/month and donates 100$, right?
Sonja, you are the one who shows lack of intelligence by getting personal with someone who’s opinion just simply differs from yours.
in my comment below you can see that I don’t think you should give everything away. that’s unrealistic. but the fact of the matter is that most people don’t try to help out at all.
the fact that she still has a lot is irrelevant. she does put a lot of time, effort, money into helping others while most people don’t do crap.
i get that some people can’t afford donating money. but there are lots of other ways. donate your clothes when you know you are not going to wear them anymore instead of throwing them out, volunteer and so on.
I agree, I think it’s admirable. What I also really admire about Angelina too is that she often addresses the underlying causes of tremendous poverty such as armed conflict and political/social oppression. While I do believe that donating money is extremely valuable and can make a difference, money alone is not going to solve the most serious humanitarian issues that exist in the world. I believe that Angelina understands that better than most (including me!) and that makes me respect her.
I think it is much more admirable for middle class or working class people donating their time and money that a mega rich celebrity. When your time and money really is in short supply, it is a lot more valuable. Angelina’s money is not and she doesn’t work a traditional job like many, her job at the moment appears to be in the humanitarian field which most average-income/background people can’t get a job in that pays!
Just as an example, yesterday my city had a day of donating and in 24 hours over half a million was raised- here is the link
http://www.roctheday.org/event-finished.aspx
You may not have personal experience with it, but I know many who donate regularly and my lower middle class family makes a point to donate often especially during the Christmas season. We can hardly afford it, we do not live a life of luxury and the amount we do donate is much more valuable IMO than Angelina and her excesses.
Ana,
She makes 20 million dollars for doing a movie. The average person has a very different job and many of us donate time. She has a jet and the ability to jet around the world. Your comparison is ridiculous. I don’t understand why so many people worship this woman. There are others who work tirelessly for humanitarian causes that get no publicity and like it that way. Honestly, I think she has a good heart but I see no reason to worship her.
Actually, those from the lower classes give proportionally more of their income than the upper classes (see: http://www.slideshare.net/whinda1620/having-less-giving-more). So while while I applaud Angelina for having donated as much as she has, her giving 1/3 of her millions doesn’t strike me as as generous as donations from those who struggle to make ends meet. And let’s be honest here, why does she need the other 2/3 of her millions? In my opinion, it’s obscene for any one person to have that much money; it’s incredibly wasteful and greedy.
i’m sure that she could afford many, many more “excessive” things than she has, and that she abstains from them for this reason. it’s all relative, and she should be allowed to enjoy some of the fruits of her labor. She’s definitely not flashy compared to most celebs, even those which much less fame and fortune than she has.
She’s spending 1/3 of her total income on humanitarian projects. Think if all people did the same – no one would starve to death!
Example: http://www.thelifeyoucansave.com/
About the Louis Vuitton commercials… Well, I actually came to the conclusion, that she maybe is reaching out to a very peticular crowd that otherwise perhaps do not care about starvation, refugees, crime, poverty, illnesses, mineral wars etc.
particular* – doh…! Sorry!
Yes imagine if everyone gave 1/3 of their income to charity – thing is though many people could not actually survive on 1/3 less income. Many families would then not be able to pay bills or put foo on the table of they had a whole 1/3 off their income. I think it’s wonderful to give, and any giving is positive, even if it’s just £10 a month coming out of the bank, if everyone just gave a BIT then so much could be achieved. Most people give nothing though.
As for angie giving 1/3 of her income to humanitarian causes, great, honestly it’s great so much more than most other wealthy celebs, but she is still left with excessive amounts of money, they kind that you and I could never even dream of, enough to live a life of ridiculous luxury for many lifetimes over. So the food thing just doesnt make sense, she is no gandhi, she isn’t living in rags, living a life of poverty, she still has an amazing life with so many luxuries, starving/fasting is just a contradiction, which is why I believe that if she really does do that (I never believe these sources) there are other issues under the surface that cause her to chose not to eat.
agree, i think what angie is doing is amazing buttt 1/3 of your income is not reasonable if you are not a millionaire.
I don’t see what permanent good Angie (or anyone) donating her fortune would do. Money runs out. Creating awareness and finding solutions for the impoverished nations will go much further than simply throwing money at the problem.
yep Snoops you hit the nail on the head! No one is saying that she isn’t doing an amazing thing by donating so much time and money and passion into these causes! I’ve always admired that. BUT in comparison, the food thing doesn’t make sense because if it was “they cant eat, then I cant eat” then it would be “they dont have homes, I cant live in a home for 6 weeks/ever”. The point is, WHY is there an emphasis on her not eating? They dont have clean water supplies…does she still drink water? They dont have homes, does she have a home? They dont have great clothes…does she go with whatever’s given to her clothes wise? I mean, no one can debate that she doesnt do HEAPS for charity. It really is admirable. However, the eating thing to me sounds more like an ed excuse. Its not like most of us on here are unfamiliar with the old ED excuses! I mean, food is a necessity so to not eat would be ridiculous- she should be sustaining her health so she can be of more help to the people in need!
Right? I should totally do the same! I mean, I live in a poor country and make as a doctor 400$ / month, money that pays my rent. PERIOD. I should totally start donating 1/3 to be as good as Angelina, right??
You are very ignorant. You think everybody lives in America and has a good salary? Most people of the world can barely survive themselves with the money they make. Get out of your house a little.
Jesus, nobody asks you to give 1/3 of your income away. even if you donate a little it will go a long way.
No idea where you are getting any of that from Ana, I asked a genuine question, and yes it was genuine – I really wonder does she feel guilty about that stuff? She almost always wears black, simple pieces, and in comparison to most celebs her style is almost drab, does she maybe feel “guilt” over other things other than just eating? I think she has some issues, she seems an intense person naturally, add to that that she has seen, first-hand, the kind of suffering that goes on in the world. I genuinely do wonder if she is uncomfortable with being as glamorous as most other female celebrities are.
As for me “blaming” her for problems in the world, I have no idea where you see me doing that, I didn’t write anything like that and I don’t think anyone is stupid enough to think that angelina jolie is the cause of third-world hunger.
Regards your comment about how guilty I do or don’t feel when I buy new shoes, or “doing something” myself, I do volunteer for the red cross and I do donate to them monthly, which is the most I can give in terms of time and money at this point in my life. Only 7% of people give to charity in the U.K, at least I can say I am one of them but really don’t see why I have to defend myself when I never even said or implied any of that i have been accused of.
your comment seemed like you were criticizing her for having those things rather than wondering to what extent she feels guilty. if that wasn’t your intention my bad.
I volunteer and donate too. and I can’t give a lot as well as i’m a student. i don’t seem it lessens your efforts in any way.
I just find it disappointing and baffling that most people don’t seem to care about anyone outside of their little lives. May be that is why I misread your comment. But you have to agree that most people just sit there and do nothing while expecting celebs do everything
It’s true that most people simply don’t think about others outside of those in their own lives, and it is a shame, I don’t think its because people are inherently bad, it’s just that people are so busy and so caught up in their own lives, we live in a very individualistic society and it just seems to be part of that sadly, I’m not gonna lie either about critisizing celebs I do it myself, angelina is one of the few I actually couldn’t care less if she walks around with a handbag made of pure diamonds, she is a giver, but she is not going to give up everything, and so what, being honest neither am I. I try to do my bit and do hope for a career in a non-profit organization, but I’m not mother theresa, I’m not gandhi, I want stuff for myself too (just being honest).
I think you are missing the point. She (or the mag) talks about feeling so guilty, that she stops eating. If it is that bad, she could not possibly be fine with having mansions all over the world, wearing designer clothes etc.
I don’t expect celebrities to spend all of their money on good causes, but if a celebrity claims to feel guilty from eating (!), because people starve in other countries, I actually would expect him/her to have another lifestyle than the average celebrity.
I have to put my two cents in here. This isn’t really a response to snoops just kind of in general and especially to Ana who seems to be a huge fan of angie– do you realize how dense you sound talking about how amazing she is donating 1/3 of her money? The fact of the matter is, there are so many other celebs out there who donate and volunteer their time BUT DON’T HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IT like her. She seriously disgusts me and if she did give two shits she wouldn’t have to constantly be reminding us about how she gives away her money and her baby pictures money, etc, etc….
Who I admire are those celebs who do their research, find a charity they are genuinely interested in and give a QUIET donation or even an anonymous donation or even start their own charity for kids, etc…
give me a break with this “angelina is the best most amazing celebrity out there” are you kidding me…..
i don’t dislike her and good for her but COME ON!! she’s not the best person in the world people!! there are so many other celebrities who do as much and MORE who don’t have to be constantly talking about their charity work. she’s pathetic
Ana: I think the movie looks good too, but since I am from Serbia I’m worried it will be stretched truth and make Bosnians look like heros and my people look bad…which is the opposite of what happened. I will wait and see!
i was thinking the same. having several houses all over the world occupying huge spaces which are not used most of the time but at the same time still waste energies/water, THAT doesn’t make her feel guilty? weird.
it feels a little bit clueles, out of proportion, when she uses third world problems to explain her appearance.
she looks great. if it does matter.
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Well you guys… She did work her ass of since she was 20 years old – in a business where it’s very hard to succeed. But she did become a huge succes, and did therefore earn incredibly large amounts of money… But I think she deserves that! She earned it!
Hell, if I could have her life (minus the papparazzi-and-famous-all-over-the-world-stuff) I would – from the outside it does look quite amazing… And she also appears to be very grateful.
Being that kind of person she is, she needs to do so many things in order to be able to live a somewhat ‘normal’ life. I guess that require a LOT of money too.
Of course I’m not expecting ‘everyone’ to give 1/3 of their income to charity – that’s just a very ridiculous interpretation…!
I meant people like her – the millionaires and billionaires and so on – if they did so the same, I think we perhaps would see more equality in the world…
I don’t mean ‘just give away money’ – no, the money has to be ‘spent’ the right way, on the right projects and so on. For example, the Micro Loanes to poor women in order to make them more self-sufficient, or on EDUCATION (which I guess is kind of the most important thing for long lasting improvement?!), agriculture, hospitals, the list goes on…
I think she’s great – though I do find her too skinny… Also, I think she needs to be a healthy rolemodel for her daughters – would be awfull if they got ‘infected’ with her tendency to avoid food (assuming what is written is actually true). (Hope it’s not!).
tl;dr
She looks stunning on those pics. I think gaining 10lbs is not enough for her, 15-20 would better ! But i dont’t think that’s right, i think that if she does not eat enough, it is not caused by what we read. She always has been skinny…
She is so extraordinary to me. She is like an epitome of a beautiful person inside and out.
I think her outlook on food is not healthy. Meaning that she has to be healthy for herself and her kids. But I totally get that some of the things that she saw can totally mess someone up and screw their attitude towards the things that they think they are deserving of.
i completely agree, ana.
i completely disagree. she “used” to be a complete freak. she still is. she hides it behind her “do-gooder -ness”.
she had a drug addiction, and a possible mental illness… and you’re calling her a freak?
and regardless of whether she still is a “freak”, what she does in her private life is none of our business and shouldn’t warrant judgement as long as she’s not hurting anyone.
I dont think many celebs really do have mental health issues. I think they are narcissists. For the most part anyway.
she looks like gollum in the first pic.
this times a thousand
omg she does lol
I used to say I was ‘fasting’ when I had severe non-purging bulimia. I can relate to what she’s saying, as I’m sure I used to make such a claim myself, though I don’t exactly do the type of work she does, but I do have a strong social conscious and work in a humanitarian field. Thing is, i really believed it at the time. I was completely deluded. I had no idea I had an eating disorder. So strange to think about that now. I do still feel strongly that fasting, actual fasting, done properly, with the ‘right’ intentions is enormously beneficial on both a physical and spiritual level. It’s certainly not a behavior I would engage in given my history, but maybe one day further down the road of recovery. Just to clarify, I’m not saying she has an ED, simply stating what her comments triggered for me regarding my own story. Peace
And i really think that they made look her “fatter” on those pics, especially on the first, and on arms-hands on others pics
I think there is nothing more trivializing than self-inducing the types of suffering around the world on yourself. Now that you went hungry you think you know how it feels do be too poor and be from a land with too little resources to eat? It is not even similar. Angelina has the option of any time to eat literally any thing she wants in the entire world at the snap of her fingers. To think you could possibly come close to the level of suffering faced by famine-ravaged areas is very ignorant and in the process of try to “relate to” and “empathize with” those starving, it is sort of a slap in the face in my eyes. Having a light at the end of your tunnel (knowing you could stop fasting at any point) does not have the same effect on your psyche and life as endless, seemingly hopeless starvation. I don’t see a real point in fasting for the purpose of empathizing. I think those truly starving who never know where or when their next meal will come would think self-induced fasting [to prove a point or to connect to starving people] is idiotic.
Same with groups of people who stay a few nights in cardboard boxes on the street to simulate being homeless…. it is totally different knowing you have a warm house to get into in 24 hours versus wondering if the police will get you, if you will get mugged and killed or just the sad fact you literally have no home.
Angelina is super self-righteous… I know she probably does contribute some good to the world but at the same time there is no fooling me, she is no Mother Theresa.
EXACTLY. I agree with this 100% Mallory. Well said.
I can understand where she’s coming from with those statements. And, she is absolutely stunning.
It makes sense that she feels guilty, when you see real poverty it changes the way you view the simple things such as food, clean water, sleep in a matress, electricity to watch tv, a roof to shelter from rain, new clothes and shoes. When you face the reality you learn to appreciate things you have and take for granted. Angelina is so wealthy while many are so uncredible poor in the rest of the world, she recognized her power and been trying to help others in need. Audrey Hepburn did a lot of charity work as well and became actively involved in campaigns to improve conditions for children around the world. I wish more celebrities did the same. IMHO the fasting is symbolic, I remember Mother Theresa told Princess Diana “to heal other people you must suffer yourself.”, I guess it means that you will be able to have more empathy if you try walk in others shoes.. . Of course I fear for her because she should try to keep herself healthy in order to be able to help others. I’m not as privileged as Angelina but I do feel guilty about a lot of stuff when I remember how lucky I am while others have nothing, I like to believe that this is the reason behind her eating habits, but we will never know for sure.
hm, when i started thinking about what i should chose for my studies at the university what i heard most was that “you have to be sane and stable yourself if you want to cure other/the world” (that’s why i didn’t immatriculate at the medical or psychological faculty).
my father and some of my friends are doctors “sans frontieres” and when being with them i sure understand what it means: being stable, balanced, if you want to truely help other people.
just wanted to share a different point of view on the mother theresa quote.
thanks for your input. Lady Di and Mother Theresa were both full of contradictions, a bit like Angelina, that’s why I remembered that particular quote. I do believe that we need to be stable and healthy to be able to help others in need. But sometimes a little luggage helps, for instance, someone who overcame poverty, drug addiction or even an eating disorder maybe will be able to connect faster to others that need help. When reading about celebrities I take everything with a grain of salt because we can never be sure if they actually believe in those statements or if it’s just another gimmick to keep the publicity for some movie going. Truth or lie, it doesn’t really matter to me, as long as some money goes to charity, I’m happy, because I can’t help as much as I wished. Doctors without borders (sans frontieres?) do a lot of good so you must be proud of your father
I don’t admire her much, but damn she looks great in these photos.
she is absolutely stunning. so gorgeous!!!!! i know they photoshopped some of the harshness from her thin frame and some wrinkles, but overall she is such a beautiful woman.
“She says, ‘If they can’t eat, I can’t eat,’” the source adds.
If it is true, (which I don’t believe) I don’t see how she doing anyone any favours. If she doesn’t eat and becomes weak and malnourished, how can she help anyone anywhere? I think that’s BS honestly, I think her not eating either has to do with other issues. Plus, that’s quite a weight to take on ones shoulders, to say that she won’t eat until everyone can??? I think she’s disturbed in a lot of ways, and even though she has this family image now, I think she’s got some serious issues underneath….
I read somewhere she has probably been abused as a child, that is why she don´t want contact with her father. Futhermore the cutting herself and the obsession with knifes etc in her teens and twenties must have had some cause.
Although I completely understand people think she is the most beautiful and sexiest woman in the world (before the weight loss), I somehow don´t like her. Also her personality is a turn off for me. But I hope she will get better.
´doesn´t want contact´
I think she was pretty at one point, (Original Sin, Tomb Raider) but I haven’t thought she was pretty ever since she got with Brad! It’s like they both sucked the hotness out of each other lol. And yes, some weight would look better on her.
She is absolutely, dumbfoundingly gorgeous. She also knows it very well.
This woman doesn’t know how to take a terrible picture.
I think I’ll never understand the hype about that woman.Her body is average at best (she just has big boobs),her face can look good with the proper makeup; but since her weight loss + nose job, everything is disproportionate.
She does look better when she smiles ,but otherwise, I find her almost ugly.
I admire the humanitarian work she does and how she juggles family and career but let’s be honest…her eating quote is reidiculous…You don’t want to eat b/c of the poor but you still wear expensive clothes,own several homes,ad drive big cars!! I find that statement very weak.
man I wish everyone around me had her *average* body, her average arms and average face. I never been a fan of Angelina but I can still see that she is so not average compared to other actresses. She may be over exposed or overrated but I don’t think she is average! Doing charity may not be enough for a lot of people but she is a public person, that sure may influence other celebrities, like she first adopted and then came a long all the copycats because adopting became the new black, great for PR stunts. And as for giving ‘only’ 1/3 of her income, a lot of people complaining would probably give even less or not give anything at all except if it could help with taxes, if they were in angelina’s place. you all probably would be spending money in haute couture, ferrarris, niptuck and boytoys! I know I would do that, rather than go to field work and see emaciated african sick children in the middle of nowhere, heat and dirty place full of flies? At least the woman is showing something to the other airhead celebrities. While Angelina might wear louboutins she doesn’t go around looking like a christmas tree covered with gold/jewelry wearing the latest trend in catwalk EVERY SINGLE APPEAREANCE like other celebrities do. Her style is very modest for a millionaire. Oh and I don’t think someone this famous could get rid of their mansions around the world.Would you prefer spending your time in some hotel and be assaulted by the papparazzi everywhere you go? once you get this rich you cannot live in modest places! you have no peace at all, you are basicaly obliged to live in the best places because this way you have less chances of being stalked, kidnapped or mobbed by the public and the press. I don’t like Angelina but seriously some people should give her some slack, cause I doubt if you were Angelina you would be so willing to do as much as she does. As for me I would rather be by the pool drinking maritinis than to travel around visiting the excluded and needy. So kudos for Angelina to have the guts to do so.
you don’t think she’s average? good for you,your opinion. I did not deny the good she has done and specifically mentioned her charity work in my first comment.Thanks anyways for the dissertation about what makes AJ so awesome,you just said things I already knew.Again,I do not blame her for enjoying the fruit of her labor but the idea of her not eating by choice while others actually have nothing rubs me the wrong way.
whatever, I’m an ordinary person, I don’t live in LOS ANGELES and do not think she is average, but that is my opinion. I don’t like her anyway, don’t need to be rude about my dissertation. She belongs to the elite, she hugs a starved kid, the press takes her picture and off she leaves in her private jet. At least she is doing some sh**T unlike her peers who would rather spend money on nazi memorabilia. PEace
Agree )
She is gorgeous but a little batty.
I also read somewhere she dislike food. I don’t know much about Angie, I think she has some internal issues that’s always a mystery. Seems like doing all the good cause, she is trying to save herself, find salvation and make peace with whatever happened in her private life or past. I do admire her act of goodwill, but food is not the root of all evil. I think her life, career, charity and family really reflects the intensity going on inside her mind. Wish her the best and hope she finds true peace.
I agree, Really great comment- you sound like a thinker, and really empathic. =o)
thank you, there are many good comments here too.
I think she is amazaing and what she is doing for this is pure greatness for one woman.
Angelina is gorgeous and she knows it.
starvation is usually accompanied by poverty. so i guess she should stop living in mansions and stop wearing expensive clothes or use any expensive things. she might as well not use plumbing.
she’s ridiculous. what’s the point of starving yourself? why don’t you just feed all those children with your millions instead of starving yourself? she has no career. she does the same roles every time and it’s boring. now i realize that she’s always going to be crazy. she’s just tamer now.
Never found her pretty, beautiful, or sexy. She’s just unattractive to me. Period. Don’t see the fuss about her. And this whole “not eating because the poor can’t” business is so dumb. If she really wants to relate to them, she should ditch her otherwise lavish lifestyle, as well.
i think she’s beautiful. People who don’t are more than likely jealous of her. Let her do her own thing.
Nope, I’m not jealous. Her face is strange looking to me, kind of like a Muppet. She even says she thinks she looks like one. Not to mention she looks old and haggard. She’s not aging well at ALL IMO.
Though I know her methods are unhealthy, I can understand how affected she is. She is a compassionate person, she isn’t doing it to be skinny (she is naturally slim) and I sympathize with how much these children change the way she sees each meal.
On a seperate note, she looks absolutely stunning and natural in these photographs.
Surprise of the century. Honestly, she has a beautiful face and is very striking. But that is honestly not healthy, and being this thin is taking away some of her attractiveness.
First of all I gotta say that she looks fantastic.
I have an eating disorder myself and I admit that, and earlier I used to think the same; “Oh my God, so many children are starving, and I want to eat” – This may be an eating disorder! If she really feels guilty about what she has that poor people don’t, she would most likely say i.e. “I wear Cavalli dresses, they don’t!” or “I live in an enormous house, they don’t!” . I mean.. IMO it’s so obvious that she has an ED.
+ I love her for making a movie about the Bosnian war!
And for visiting Bosnia..
I used to tell my family I was only eating what I needed to and nothing else because I was of the mindset that it was irresponsible to gorge myself when so many people in the world are starving. Now I know it was just the anorexia fooling me into thinking I was doing the right thing. People with ED truly believe such rot. I ended up in hospital for 6 months being re-fed and rehabilitated. Enough said.
I think she has a stunning face. Her body would look better with at least 20 pounds, but her face is just unstoppable. I also appreciate that she’s compassionate and that she tries to be aware of her own privilege. I’m not sure I buy it as a reason for not eating; it sounds like an ED to me. Either way, though, I commend her for her awareness, but I see no reason to worship her.
Neh. Well, I REALLY just do NOT like Angelina Jolie very much. I mean, she’s pretty and she’s very philanthropic. But I just don’t care about her at all….
As for her quote, I mean, it sounds noble, but at the same time, charity is kind of a privilege. Like you have to have money and access to resources to give these days. Like, I would if I could, but I just can’t afford it.
And maybe it’s because I just can’t relate to the guilt. I wouldn’t stop eating just because there’s someone out there who can’t. (It’s sort of the same thing with her & Brad’s reasoning for not getting married; It SOUNDS noble, but at the end of the day, no one needs you to get married so you’re not really boycotting anything.)
I mean, I don’t know if it makes me a bad person, but I just do NOT feel guilty about having more than some people. I do want to give and help a lot, but it really just makes me appreciate my life and how much I have. But I really just don’t feel guilty about having a more because I don’t see any reason to. I didn’t ask to be born in this country and to the parents I have :/
Just my POV; but whatevs
Yeah, I agree. I feel BAD that they have less, but not necessarily guilty.
I usually never think of angelina is my type of beautiful but THIS. THIS photoshoot alone will alter your perception of her beauty regardless!
SHE IS STUNNING HERE!! <3 the shoot so much. it doesn't look like it's trying too hard with overdone, showy makeup or super bold colored lips. no. it's simple, natural, and gorgeous all in one! this is a win! the cover is FABULOUS. I'll definitely be picking up this issue!!
I get what she is saying and I understand to an extent, but I don’t quite see it in the same way. Granted, I have never been around starving people, but I have been around poverty and I have felt ‘guilt’. I don’t feel guilty about having more than others per se – it’s not as if I have cheated anyone to get it, so I don’t feel personal guilt – but I feel pity and a sense of outrage that the world is so unbalanced. Food should be a basic human right, and it is for the vast majority of people, so when people don’t have food they are at the very bottom and that is awful. What I feel guilty about, food-wise, is wasting food – not eating, but throwing out perfectly good food. A lot of people do that and I hate to see it at a restaurant or something; people ordering lots of food, picking away at it and then leaving most of it on their plate. That food is expensive and perfectly good, but it will just get tossed in a garbage can – not even composted or fed to animals. That makes me feel guilty and angry. But actually eating? No, I don’t feel guilty about that because it’s a basic human need and everyone should be able to do it – it makes me angry that the world is so messed up that some people can’t get enough food, because it shouldn’t be an issue.
Whether she likes it or not, Angelina is in the top 1% of the world population – she has more money than she can reasonably use and a lifestyle that even relatively wealthy people can’t imagine. That is what I would feel guilty about. I would feel guilty about belonging to and contributing to an elite that ties up most of the world’s money, spends a small amount on charity but most of it on overpriced clothing, accessories, real estate, vehicles, amoral investments etc, etc. I would feel guilty about spending more on a dress, handbag or beauty treatment than most people in the world earn in several years! If wealth was more evenly distributed, the banking system overhauled and made more fair and priority given to equality for the world’s peoples, instead of profit, war and luxury, then there would be no starving people. Economics is at the heart of most of the world’s problems – the ones who control the vast majority of wealth are basically addicted to their money and just want more and more and more – they give a small percentage to charity to assuage some guilt and appear worthy but they also do it for tax breaks. Not saying Angelina is necessarily part of that group of course, her altruism seems sincere enough and she is actually there on the front lines experiencing it herself, but she is still part of that elite 1% that has more than any human needs. And that is more worthy of guilt than eating in my eyes – but she shouldn’t feel personally guilty unless she is not doing all she can to make things better. She seems to be doing a lot, so I think true ‘guilt’ is unreasonable. She should feel pity, she should look at herself and her peers and the system they live in and think about how to change that. She should feel outraged that billions of dollars are spent on the military, lobbying for various nefarious interest groups or bailing out the banks that caused the global financial crisis and put millions of peoples livelihoods at great risk instead of spending that money helping to develop the world’s poorest countries, make important medicine cheaper and invest in greener energy sources for the future of our world. Most of the 1% are concerned with short-term profits – they don’t care what world they leave behind has long as they line their beds nice and thick with money they will never actually use. Those are the ones who should feel guilt!
Sorry for the rant! Angelina looks beautiful here, but she needs to start eating more because she has looked too frail for too long – she used to look so strong and powerful! I saw Salt on tv the other day and I just couldn’t believe her character as a tough assassin kicking huge men’s butts because she looked so very skinny and weak. I really hope she can see that looking after her own body well and eating well is not anything to feel guilty about!
Lol don’t worry about the rant…I agree. She still is in that 1% and that doesn’t make her some kind of saint at all.
I hate the amount of food that gets wasted! That is what I feel guilty about. Not eating because of guilt doesn’t really help anyone, and only really hurts you. I can understand guilt to a degree, when I came back from some …without borders trips, seeing the excess wastefulness really grabbed at me.
As far as the ‘St Angie’ thing, I don’t get it. She’s doing great work, but she’s not the only one. I know people that dedicate they’re entire lives to helping people, given up successful careers, people that have much less than her. I guess, it seems easy to give when you have more than enough.
Exactly, that’s another point – she’s nothing special really in her charity work, she’s just high profile. Plenty of people sacrifice creature comforts and their own personal ambitions to help people or animals that need it – what Angelina does is good, but it’s not above and beyond what thousands of other people do around the world – most of whom don’t get rewarded or recognised in the way she does.
Why devalue the good that someone does because she’s a celebrity? Yes, many people make sacrifices to help others, but it is exceptionally rare for a celebrity to do what she does, especially a celebrity who was born to two famous parents. Most celebrities who are the face of a charity simply donate money and make public appearances. Occasionally they’ll get in on a photo op in the country they help to support, but pretty much no one else living that lifestyle gets in the thick of things the way she does. Read her book “Notes from my Travels” and tell me that what she does isn’t special. I don’t think she’s a saint, but she is definitely an exception and a credit to American celebrity culture. I wish more privileged people would behave the way she does.
amazing comment
I completely agree with you.
I’m a freshman at college and the amount of food that is wasted is truly disgusting! All of the cafeterias on campus ask students to only get the minimum amount of food they could eat and, if they are still hungry, they can get more. But no. I’ve seen trays of food, where quite a few items are left untouched, dumped.
You’re talking about poor people as if they’re something less than human. You feel pity? Really? Well, they don’t need your pity. I grew up in stark poverty and I know what it’s like not to be able to eat for days, and let me tell you, it’s people like you who “pity” people like me that really get me pissed off. As for your “Occupy”-influenced comments about the 1%; as least she’s doing something to help people, which is more than I can say for most people who have to means to do so. You finishing your entire order at the Olive Garden has absolutely no positive impact on the world. In fact, it contributes to overconsumption and waste. You think you’re a voice of reason, but you’re just another part of the problem.. Just because a person is poor doesn’t mean that they have lost all dignity, so take your “pity” elsewhere and have some respect for others. And don’t pretend to know about a lifestyle that you seem to have no frame of reference for.
Wow, sorry to offend! I certainly don’t equate pitying people with devaluing their humanity or seeing them as less than myself – it’s about compassion. No, I don’t know what it’s like to live in poverty and I am incredibly fortunate not to – does that mean that I can’t feel compassion (pity) for those that do? Maybe we have different definitions of pity – but I don’t see it as a bad thing. Obviously you are taking me as insincere and believe I am being condescending – I certainly don’t mean it in that way.
I wish I could change the world and I do truly care about the lives and feelings of others – if you knew me as a person, you’d know how hurtful your words actually are to me! But because you don’t know me and I don’t know you, I can’t take you personally. You are taking your anger out on someone you don’t know and that’s okay – I’ll fill in for the people who actually have looked down on you in life. Just know that I’m not that one of those people and if you actually knew me, you wouldn’t think that of me.
“You are taking your anger out on someone you don’t know and that’s okay – I’ll fill in for the people who actually have looked down on you in life.” Oh, please. Don’t martyr yourself. I’m not a child who needs to be pacified.
There is a difference between compassion and empathy, and pity. And you don’t need to “fill in” for anyone (condescending much?) in my life. I don’t know you personally, that’s true, but I am angry at your comment. I’m not angry at those who have “looked down” on me. I am angry at YOU for what you said, and I believe that if you say these sorts of things in person and not just on the internet, we would have this disagreement face-to-face as well. Also, I’m not taking you as insincere. If I didn’t think you truly believed what you said, it wouldn’t have offended me. I don’t doubt you care about the world, but you’re misguided in your placement of pity, as well as your placement of resentment. Don’t do me any favors. Assuming that I’m pissed at the world for my past is just as insulting as your first comment. I have done quite well for myself, considering my odds, and I’m still reaching higher. I don’t blame anyone for my misfortunes, and I am grateful for those who have helped me along the way. You’re not always going to get to play the good guy, and when you say something ignorant chances are you are going to be called out on it.
I don’t think Erica is ignorant, nor are you….just basic misunderstanding and miscommunication. Sometimes people who have the same good intentions tend to express themselves differently, using different adjectives or verbs, thus leading to some written collision. This is online writing, somethings are never expressed better in words with expressions, emotions of the body language and the gestures of human nature. I think both of you got your point and neither is wrong, things got lost in translation. I love Erica’s comment though.
*somethings are expressed better*
Okay, we are obviously antagonising one another – but I think you are being very unfair to me personally.
You made personal assumptions about me based on one (albeit long) comment and your interpretation of it. You seemed to lump me into a category of people you have a personal grudge against, because your response was angry and quite bitter. That was a personal assumption I made based on what you wrote. I said you could take it out on me if you like, but I’m not one of those people you should be angry with. If we had this conversation face to face, I could explain myself in more words, you would see the nuances that don’t translate well in words and I would be able to reply to your misinterpretation of my meaning immediately.
This is an interesting Wiki article about the word ‘pity’ and how different people use it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pity I mean it in it’s original sense of feeling compassion and sympathy for others – you believe I mean it in the other sense. From now on I will use compassion in place of pity as it is obviously no longer taken as a positive emotion by most people. I’m sorry you see it in that negative way and I’m sorry you have decided I am ignorant, condescending and insulting. But I’m not sorry for what I wrote in my original comment, because I don’t think most people would take it in the negative way you have. I’m happy for you that you have done well and are reaching higher – I too have things I have struggled with and prevailed over that maybe you haven’t experienced just as I don’t know what you might have gone through. Everyone wrestles with things in life and I don’t ever intend to belittle someone because they have struggles that I don’t have experience of.
I will be more careful in the future when I write such comments, but I think you should also be more forgiving and less cynical of the intentions of others.
You maybe won’t care, or you’ll think it’s a ploy to get sympathy or seem sanctimonious, but what you wrote actually did hurt my feelings and I don’t believe I deserved it.
@Erica. I get the feeling that you really don’t have much understanding of what it’s like to live in poverty. That’s not your fault, and you’re very lucky. To me, the word “pity” has very negative connotations. I apologize for hurting your feelings. It just always seems insincere (or at least naive) to me when people who have spent their lives in the middle-class or higher try to champion the cause of poverty without having experienced it firsthand. Angelina Jolie has seen poverty, lived among those in poverty, and is obviously deeply affected by it. You seem to have your heart in the right place, wanting to help and all, but imagine that you’ve gone through something deeply personal and someone who has never experienced the same thing says that they know what you’re going through and offers you advice that you’ve heard a million times before. They think they’re helping, but they’re really being pretty offensive without meaning to. Poverty is a very complex problem and a very touchy subject for those who have experienced it, and I’ve seen comments of yours before mentioning socio-economic problems as reasons for things such as obesity etc. as if you think you understand what that’s really like. I guess I overreacted, and could have stated my case more gracefully, but what you said hurt me in the same way that what I said hurt you.
@Aria you probably won’t read this now as it’s a bit late, but I just wanted to say I’m sorry too for hurting your feelings. I think we misunderstood each other somewhat and both overreacted! I really didn’t mean to belittle you.
The only other thing I wanted to say/ask is: is it wrong in your view to blame socio-economic problems for obesity in part? I think there is quite a good correlation between the two, but it’s in no way the main cause, imo. I just don’t see how it is prejudicial or elitist of me to sight socio-economics as a contributor to obesity. I am overweight myself and have been obese in the past, so I know what contributes to weight issues and it’s not just about money, of course! But I think in some countries it plays a part in the food choices people make.
It’s easy to see why she is considered one of the most beautiful woman in the world. Even if I don’t like what she did to Aniston.
what did she do to aniston? brad willingly left his marriage to jennifer for angelina, because he was unhappy. and from the sounds of things, jennifer and brad’s marriage was pretty much over long before angelina was on the scene.
It’s best to wait for someone to break things off with their ex before you start sleeping with them. We all know brad was sleeping with angelina or had sexual connections with her while he was still in the process of divorce. It’s not right.
I’ve always disliked her mouth — she looks like she has vagina lips.
omfg that was hilarious! vagina lips — that made me laugh! (even though it’s kind of mean….)
LOL maybe thats why men like them so much?
Who are these ‘sources’ that the media always seems to have? I don’t know if I believe it. I suppose it could be true, she seems like a dark, tortured soul.
Anyway, I’ve never been a huge fan of her looks, I do understand what people see in her though. Regardless, this is the best she’s looked in a while (like pre-Brad).
amazing and simply stunning woman.
man I wish everyone around me had her *average* body, her average arms and average face. I never been a fan of Angelina but I can still see that she is so not average compared to other actresses. She may be over exposed or overrated but I don’t think she is average! Doing charity may not be enough for a lot of people but she is a public person, that sure may influence other celebrities, like she first adopted and then came a long all the copycats because adopting became the new black, great for PR stunts. And as for giving ‘only’ 1/3 of her income, a lot of people complaining would probably give even less or not give anything at all except if it could help with taxes, if they were in angelina’s place. you all probably would be spending money in haute couture, ferrarris, niptuck and boytoys! I know I would do that, rather than go to field work and see emaciated african sick children in the middle of nowhere, heat and dirty place full of flies? At least the woman is showing something to the other airhead celebrities. While Angelina might wear louboutins she doesn’t go around looking like a christmas tree covered with gold/jewelry wearing the latest trend in catwalk EVERY SINGLE APPEAREANCE like other celebrities do. Her style is very modest for a millionaire. Oh and I don’t think someone this famous could get rid of their mansions around the world.Would you prefer spending your time in some hotel and be assaulted by the papparazzi everywhere you go? once you get this rich you cannot live in modest places! you have no peace at all, you are basicaly obliged to live in the best places because this way you have less chances of being stalked, kidnapped or mobbed by the public and the press. I don’t like Angelina but seriously some people should give her some slack, cause I doubt if you were Angelina you would be so willing to do as much as she does. As for me I would rather be by the pool drinking maritinis than to travel around visiting the excluded and needy. So kudos for Angelina to have the guts to do so. If this is to long to read, not my fault you can only read twitter lenght comments.
I agree with you – she’s doing the best she can as far as I can tell. She can’t give it all up and live like Mother Teresa – just wouldn’t work! She just shouldn’t feel guilt over food – depriving herself is not going to help anyone else, it’s just going to leave her with less strength and energy to help others (and make her look frail, as she does now).
I LOVE Angelina. To me, she has an elegance, classiness and beauty comparable to classic movie stars. This quote about her not eating could be entirely made up, I’ve no idea why people are taking it so seriously.
Angelina is 5’7 tall, probably around 110lbs – thats my best guess. Anyone else think lower or higher?
Marie Claire added a bit of weight on her, she looks a lot more frail in candids and her height is around 169cm according to celebheights, some people say she is taller others shorter. To me she looks around 95lbs, maybe less judging from the recent pictures here:
http://www.thesuperficial.com/photos/angelina-jolie-at-hollywood-premiere-of-in-the-land-of-blood-and-honey/angelina-jolie-at-the-premiere-of-in-the-land-of-blood-and-honey-4
5’7 is believable. She’s not tall (especially not by hollywood standards – aka. victoria’s secret model tall or Charlize Theron, Blake lively or Nicole Kidman tall) – so maybe 95lbs is possible.
She is stunning. unbelievably beautiful, my all-time favorite beauty.
i understand her point about food, because she has had some very moving experiences with people around the world affected by diseases and starvation. Actually many people who did charity works like her, or who witnessed in a way or another these facts, committed suicide because they couldn’t cope with it.
My god she looks stunning!
She is indeed a very beautiful woman, but definitely nothing I have never seen before. Honestly, I see a LOT of beautiful women on maybe not daily, but on weekly basis and they are all comparable to angelinas beauty, if not more beautiful and unique looking. And a beauty to me is not just from the outside, someone who radiates from inside, who is fun, happy, healthy, that is real beauty, and angelina doesn’t radiate beauty to me, she always seems so weak, so depressed, bored.
I would guess she’s about 100-105 lbs, cause when I was 110 I think I looked a bit fuller than her, but I don’t really know. and somehow I am still being shocked that shes only 36, I thought she was 40 or a bit over…
and that food comment, completely stupid, sorry, but like some of the people above said, why is she then wearing clothes that cost more than one persons month salary? why is she living in a mansion worth millions? doesn’t she feel guilty about that? and no, fame doesn’t mean you can’t afford to live like a normal person.. in a normal house, wearing normal clothes. If I’d have so much money ofcourse I would buy more, but then not make stupid comments about food. I just think that was a clumsy excuse for an eating disorder. nobody is so thin when eating normally.
I agree with you on the points you made in your comment. A lot of the comments on this site are intelligent and thoughtful. Kudos!
I’m not a fan of AJ but do respect her to a certain extent for her humanitarian efforts.
My issue with her, though, is that somehow, despite her claims to the contrary, it does seem that she is acutely aware and dependent on her popularity, fame, status and public image.
She seems to carefully construct her responses on subjects like her child-rearing, her partnership with Brad, her views of the world and its various issues, etc. so that everything she does deliberately takes on a larger-than-life purpose. It’s like she needs to constantly show that she’s a more profound human being than most others because even the simplest actions she takes have deep, significant meaning. It’s a form of self-aggrandizement.
I feel she’s a woman of extremes, and that again, despite denying it, she needs the gratification of being appreciated on a public platform. That’s why although I feel that she takes a genuine interest in her charity work, a part of her also does it to continue to perpetuate her “Saint Jolie” reputation. I’m not a hater, like I said, I appreciate her humanitarianism. I just think she’s much more calculating than some people realize.
She does flub at times, though. She doesn’t always seem conscious of contradicting herself, like some people on this board have actually already pointed out. To bring up a few different points … She is a proponent of peace, yet stars in movies and plays roles that have a lot of violence in them (regardless of being cast as a protagonist/hero). She teaches her son(s) (Maddox, I believe, and possibly also Pax) Buddhism, one of the most pro-peace religions, but has admitted in interviews she has given to reputable magazines that she lets them play with toy guns. She even had some sort of sketch that Maddox, I think, made of a rifle, into a commemorative pendant. Maddox, Pax and Zahara all come from war-torn countries, so all of this is a bit unconscientious. I don’t want to jump to conclusions, but I wonder sometimes if the cute clothes she dresses her kids in are manufactured in foreign countries that still employ child labor. I’m not trying to pick her apart, I just find it ironic that a woman who states such specific world views so publicly and passionately isn’t always consistent in her own actions.
I think Jolie is different in many ways from many of her Hollywood peers, but I don’t think she is totally in touch with reality, which is typical for celebrities, who tend to “self-exceptionalize,” that is, they tend to excuse themselves from the “rules” that apply to other people. I don’t think she always tells the truth, but as an actress, this probably isn’t too hard for her either. She doesn’t abide by any conventions but the ones she has made for herself. I think she has a bit of a “God complex,” but am glad she’s using it in positive ways, at least.
I think she and Brad Pitt could, if they really wanted to, retain even more privacy in their lives. They are of course huge media magnets, and the paparazzi won’t quit hounding them, so they do need to compromise and appease the shutterbugs sometimes, but I get a strong feeling that they intentionally keep the wheels moving by re-entering the public forum whenever it suits them. (And then proclaim that they hate the spotlight.) They’re smart like that. It’s a “skill” many Hollywood celebs perfect over the courses of their careers. Jolie certainly seems to have done so. I don’t doubt one bit that the fear of losing her popularity and reputation is still a reason that motivates her to self-promote. She just does it by claiming to want to bring world issues to the public consciousness. Clever woman indeed.
She does look cute in those silk pajamas, though.
I think she’s a normal, flawed human being and that’s actually out there on show, rather than hidden behind a perfect veneer like it is with most celebs. That’s what makes her alluring in many ways – not just her beauty. She’s contradictory; she can be extreme, shocking and also very sensitive and fragile – she’s quite raw and not ashamed of it. Most of us are struggling through life trying to figure it out and we do some things purely for ourselves without thought or care of the opinions of others, but other things we do to conform, to placate – I think she does both and that is why she can seem on the one hand truthful and enlightened with her charity work and personal philosophies, but then be contradictory in her choice of movie roles and other things. She’s imperfect and I think that makes her quite fascinating. So many celebs just project perfection and a sense of being fulfilled and so happy with their lives (*cough* Gwyneth Paltrow *cough*) – she projects that at times, but underneath you still get the sense that she’s just a slightly tortured, thoughtful human being trying to navigate life.
I agree with Hmmm.
If you have such defined opinions of how things should should be done and what is wrong and what is right you shouldn t go ahead and not apply those rules for yourself just because you don t want to, even though you made them up.
If you say “It has to be way A” as if it was the only possibility (at least for yourself) and then go ahead and choose way B you can t expect people to believe you and you seem like a hypocrite. And that s what she s doing.
I don t get how she can give her children toy guns and all that stuff considering where they come from.
Hypocricy is not having flaws, it s not giving a sh*t when contradicting yourself and to not follow the rules you publicly said you were going to follow.
She s talking the talk pretty good, but she has to practice walking the walk a bit more.
Agree so much, dzhii . And you’re absolutely right here: “And a beauty to me is not just from the outside, someone who radiates from inside, who is fun, happy, healthy, that is real beauty, and Angelina doesn’t radiate beauty to me, she always seems so weak, so depressed, bored.”
She ALWAYS seems bored, enthused, lifeless to me. Her personality is dull imo.
*unenthused.
More likely than not she has some sort of predisposition toward neuroticism and manic-depressive behavior, not exactly something she can help. She has always come across (to me) as someone who grew up in the spotlight and is torn about whether she actually wants to be there or not. She is intense, hermitic, moody, overly empathetic. It doesn’t make her an ugly person; she is just misunderstood by the “average” person who doesn’t understand that level of emotion. Society is unnecessarily biased toward people who are “fun, happy, healthy.” Not everyone is like that naturally (or will ever be).
“Society is unnecessarily biased toward people who are “fun, happy, healthy.” Not everyone is like that naturally (or will ever be).”
Yeah…that’s not what I was trying to say. Nor, I’m sure, was the poster above me. She just seems lifeless. Manic depressive or not, which I have no proof that she is, she just isn’t really radiant inside/outside. The fact that she seems so bored makes her outsides that much duller, I guess. That’s all.
You gotta love how people jump to accuse her of hypocrisy and self-contradiction for something she wasn’t even quoted saying. We all know how trustworthy those “sources” are.
Even if there is some truth to this article, I don’t see how “feeling bad about eating” is hypocritical of her. Sure, she has more privileges than access to nutrition. But what would you expect her to do? Give up her fortune and live in a buddhist monastery?
She’s a celebrity, she has money, she will always have the privilege of luxury. Feeling guilty about that doesn’t mean she has (or wants) to become Ghandi.
We all feel bad about our Western world lifestyles every now and then, but most of us are still consumer whores
Anyway, it was about time that a new “Angelina’s thinness” headline appeared, magazines never get tired of that story. I don’t buy it.
I think Angelina Jolie isn’t that stupid to fasting because she feels guilty, if yes she should feel guilty also of what she have and can have. I don’t understand how people believe in this “source”, you know that this kind of things aren’t trustworthy.
But then I don’t know her so much to state that she have an ED. I’m prone to think she’s stressed, and I hope it’s this, even because she would have her reasons.
About her look she’s a beauty like always, but I’m starting to dislike her lips; they are huge compared to her face and nose.
There is no point whatsoever in speculating and arguing over this quote because we don’t even know if she said it or not. It’s from ‘a Jolie source’.
It surprises me how people are so quick to notice the deception of Photoshop, yet don’t take the articles themselves with the same pinch of salt.
She is really beautiful in this photoshoot. However, lately she definitely does not look this radiant, photoshop was definitely involved (there is no such thing as a non-editet picture in a magazine) but at least not to ridiculous extents, but just to bring out her beauty.
love her!! what a great beauty and amazing role-model
Oh you people… I’m 100% sure that the comment regarding feeling guilty about eating is made up. Like really, when was the last time that US Weekly published something that wasn’t bollocks?
Well, I’ve heard this comment in relation to her more than once. It’s possible that it’s true, at least to some degree. I imagine that when you spend a lot of time around starving refugees, especially children, it becomes difficult not to reflect on your own life and feel guilty about the things you have.
Beautiful, perfect woman, inside and out. I definitely have a girl-crush on her.
Just because other people can t pop in a McDonald s and get a burger and fries doesn t mean she shouldn t.
I m from a country where real hunger is knwon to lots of folk and if she thinks like that “Oh, they can t eat, so I can t eat” – it s BS.
If she cares about this stuff that much she should put her effort into opening soup kitchens there and stuff like that and not walking around looking malnourished and thinking such crap (if she does, who knows, but she doesn t look healthy).And first of all, she should think about her children and get settled down so they have a stable environment. It is known tht hanging the environment constantly ain t good for any kid and especially not for adopted ones.
She doesn t look healthy in any non-altered pictures so I guess she s having some kind of ED , to control her life because she can t control anything else…She looked amazing before her mother dies and I get that it shook her from head to toe, but since then she s been looking like a shell of her former self. Sad, she used to have such a vivid vibe.
I think most people feel guilty when they have ate burger and fries.She doesn’t seem right with the if they can’t eat statement that’s not right at all.
Sorry to burst any bubbles, but this is a heaping pile of sheets. she has a film coming out, and there you go. She has amicable qualities, but woman is far from a saint in any charitable form. I too
iPad 1 ruins me. Just as well, this woman is not worth your time of day like a Kardashian. Harsh, sorry.
Women feel guilty for eating all the time. It is apparently more socially acceptable to feel guilt over eating a burger and fries if your concern is the size of your ass than it is if your concern is whether or not other people get to eat.
I have a feeling I am gunna get flamed for this but here goes… I really dont understand why this women is so popular, I dont think she is attractive at all and her acting is stiff (I have fallen asleep during her movies) …she is just boring to me looks wise and acting wise.
You haven’t caught the Angelina bug obviously but the whole controversy of her lesbian affair with that Asian girl got me and from then on she became this intriguing figure of “exquisite beauty”. Her acting is not spectular I agree but I love watching her on screen anyways.
Well, I don’t find her beautiful AT ALL
she’s the most beautiful woman in hollywood, no match for anyone
I think she’s physically beautiful, but she’s always been annoying. Even though she didn’t say she feels guilty about eating, and the “source” probably made it up, I still wouldn’t be surprised if she felt that way. And that’s stupid.
Humanitarianism is useless in general. They’re not really helping any of the people in those countries, they are just temporarily feeding them and prolonging their suffering. Who cares if Angelina was able to prolong the lives of a few million children who most likely ended up dying anyway? There’s nothing you can do unless you are able to take over their government, colonize them, and totally restructure the country. A few millions of dollars won’t make a real, lasting difference. Besides, All those millions of dollars “humanitarians” donate to 3rd world countries could go towards helping poor people in America and building free clinics and hospitals for the 50,000,0000 uninsured Americans. You don’t need to go overseas to help people. The vibe I get from most “humanitarians” is that they are incredibly arrogant and just want to brag to the world how great they are that they helped little dying children in Africa or Asia, etc. One time I went to whole foods, and there were people staked outside the entrance harassing people to donate money to “Doctors without Borders”. I don’t even have health insurance myself and I have a $12,000 hospital bill that will probably never be paid off, how dare these people ask me to give them money to help people in other countries? How about these “doctors” help Americans first??? UGH!
….why can’t we just aim to help everyone? I don’t see why it has to be either/or.
seeing all the comments from top to down I feel that people really care for her and love her much not for her beauty but also for her work and helping nature , the way she is helping poor people shows her generous nature and I love her very much, to see some of her rare pictures see this link http://bollywooddamakha.blogspot.com/2011/01/hollywood-actress-hot-angelina-jolie.html
What a convenient excuse for her to not eat….
She is gorgeous and such a talented woman and a great person.
She’s so gorgeous… so talented… and always helping out. I love her.
that’s it.
that woman is batsh*t crazy, nuts, lost it.
seriously…so much money, and no one checks what crazy mess you are gonna say this time?
If she is so concerned about feeling ‘guilty’ when she eat a burger and fries then why the F did she have three of her own children. She isn’t helping the starving people in world. She is apart of the problem. Hypocrite.
why can’t she have three children if she can afford them ? At least she has three other children whom she has adopted so that is three lives she has made a difference in as well as the lives of the kids’ parents. How many lives have you changed?
So she fasts because less privileged people can’t eat, but she doesn’t live in a modest home to acknowledge people who are homeless or wear inexpensive clothes to acknowledge the poor. She is so full of shit, trying to pass it off as righteousness.
Apart from her BS, she looks incredibly beautiful here. A little malnourished, obviously. But beautiful, despite.
What we have to do is changing the world and the system and being aware of how our governments, yes our governments, affect people in other regions of the world. Not charity. Poverty doesn’t come out of thin air
Has anyone else noticed that she has no tattoos on arm or her back by the looks of the first pic!!!!! hmmmmmmm luv her anyways
look closer. she does
I dont’ care how striking her face is (she lost her beauty a long time ago in my opinion) nor how many charities she supports
I’m just sick of everyone excusing her silly comments and smug mother Theresa attitude because she poses in war torn areas and has adopted kids
she’s now become strikingly grotesque and a master of media manipulation… taints everything she touches
“She taints everything she touches” explain that one to me please.
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