hmmm...my goddaughter was adopted from china back in 2002 (right about when maddox was adopted from cambodia), and her mom is a big fan of angie's. she doesn't care about her movies and def. doesn't care about her and brad (she's actually on team aniston), but she thinks that angie's helped raised awareness about international adoption and kids in need.

I agree that all she has to do is speak and people will criticize her. I personally love her.

Yeah, I doubt Angelina would have known she had a shady adoption. She certainly treats Maddox well and that's what counts, in my book. Her kids aren't just toys that she bought and plays with once in awhile.

omg omg omg Someone in Hollywood uses birth control?

Angelina chooses her words very carefully when she gives her opinion about herself or others because I've seen her in some of her interviews. On top of that, she's has a very positive outlook on others who are adopting such as in Madonna's case. Also, she's not selfish and trying to promote her daughter Shiloh's birth at all. But, the tabloids always have a way of twisting things around to make money. I still love Angelina! She's inspiring and truly a wonderful soul

LOL flummoxes. y'know, my mom told me that i was an accident and i'm no worse for the wear. it just gives me something to tease her about.

I agree with OC and Pop. It's too bad. But, everybody that has a pet issue would prefer if the biggest stars worked for THEIR issue. She doesn't work for these people's issue and they don't like it. Too bad.

Just because she's an adoptive parent doesn't mean she sees the American adoption process as the number one issue she wants to put her time, energy and passion into.

I was an accident too. My Mom said she cried for three days when she found out she was pregnant with me because my sister was already eight & they had given all of the baby stuff away.

I love AJ. I think, though, that she's not going to 'win' no matter what she does. There seems to be a rather large target on her back and too many people gunning for her.

I have great respect for Angelina.

Well said Jennifer.

Why should Angie stop talking? This is one of the main reasons her fans LOVE her so much. She gives the best interviews she's not gonna sit on anyones couch just to talk about a phony relationship and then not answer questions about said relationship. She says whatever the heck she wants no matter what anybody thinks. Many of you may not be used to this because maybe you weren't a fan before. Any interviewer knows when they ask Angie a question you better be ready for the answer cause she tells it like it is and is not afraid to make YOU blush. I'm glad the real Angie is back!

Its also one thing to adopt from a shady agency vs adopting from a COUNTRY where adoption is illegal! I remember a time before Angelina adopted, and many other celebrities also, when people didn't openly and freely talk about adoption. As a matter of fact back in the day if you were adopted your parents probably hid it from you! I call BS that Angie isn't helping adoption she's setting a fantastic example in my eyes!

I guess if you hate Angelina, this has been a wonderful week for you. Me? I have even more admiration for her than ever, and without her and a few more people pointing some things out for me around the world, I wouldn't have ever began to educate myself.

By the way, wen did she ever say that her daughter was an accident? If she did, please show me where. If some want to read it like that it's one thing, but writing it as if it's actually something Angelina said is uh, pretty interesting.

I LOVE HER!!!

I think is trashy of these people to critize her for something that happened YEARS AFTER she adopted! Her adoption was still legal and is not her fault the directors were crooked!

And I do believe her words get twisted all the time!

...whatever, she loves those kids and is always with them, theres nothing bad to say about her parenting skills so people need to mind their own business...

Normally I really can't stand her, but come on. She's doing something good and has given those two kids a good home. People need to back off of her on that topic. Adoption is a good thing and she has started a "trend" in Hollywood, giving kids a chance at a better life.

I just wish she'd consider adoption here in the states though, too, there are plenty of kids here who need good homes.

bostonchick, i totally agree with you; there are soooo many kids in this country who need homes. and for all we know, their next kid will be adopted from nyc or texas. but i wonder (and this is not directed at you, just a rhetorical question) why it should even matter where the child is adopted from. one of my best friends was born in america and adopted while my goddaughter was adopted from china and i think the only thing that should be a factor is the home adopted children go to, not where they're from.

I definitely see your point. I think, personally, it just seems like celebs are all about adopting every else but America. Seems weird to me that they want to adopt every place but here.
I wish people who choose to adopt should pick a name of a child out of hat or something. That way they don't know where they are getting a child from, how old they are or anything just that they are getting a child that needs a home. Giving children of all countries a chance for a better life.

agreed. it's not just a celeb thing, though. international adoption can sometimes be easier because there's no risk of birth parents suing to get their child back. when michelle pfeiffer adopted her daughter 15 years ago, the birth father actually sued her (and lost). that spooks a lot of people, famous or not. anyway, i like your idea of just drawing straws. it'll be like the world's happiest bingo game!

Accidents of the world unite and take over baby! I think there is something to adopting in another country and it being more final. Also- in a lot of foreign countries- girls in particular are not given nearly the opportunities they are here- poor or rich or otherwise because a lot of third world countries still treat women as worthless babymaking machines and only value the men. That would be my reason for adopting out of country anyway...

am neutral towards her in that she spends a lot of time with her kids, but i doubt she has any good morals to pass onto them.

its sad that adoption is so hard despite the large number of orphans and hungry children in the world. in fact i saw some documentaries on newborn girls being disposed on sidewalks in the countryside in china, especially with the one child policy. this is not a way to treat your child.

She has raised more awareness about international adoption than anyone in HISTORY! This is one person's opinion, and I don't see anything that backs it up as being a statement from the "adoption community".

kittycat...you doubt she has any morals? That is a HUGE assumption about a person you do not know. She teaches her kids about poverty, and to respect all of the different cultures and customs of the world. She is giving them a vast international education at such a young age. I know this for a fact, and it is not an assumption.

I love Angie and just about everything she does.

Angelina is human and who the hell are we to judge her.

Live on Angie!

Orphanages in America are a lot better stabled and more prepared to deal with nutrition and medical care than those in thirdworld countries which is one of the major reasons that people rush to them for adoption. This gets third world children a better chance of survival. Zahara is a great example of that, the girl was close to death's door before Jolie came to give her all that medical help. I'm not saying the children here don't deserve to be adopted because they are better taken care of but they do have a better chance and opportunity.

Oh! by the way, Everyone here knew Agelina would get attacked sooner or later no matter what she said. As soon as she gave a piece of info about her and Brad she would go under fire and I'm sure she knew that, but we also know the girl doesn't give a damn and with good reason. She could care less if she ever talks to her dad or not, much less if anyone has anything to say about her, she helps people here and there and what are the others doing? On this subject I say leave the girl alone. She may deserve fire for something else but not this.

She's a good mom and they should just shutup.
I went to rock and roll heaven, and I wasn't on the guest list.
Debra - Empire Records

Other than Mia Farrow, I can't think of anyone else who has raised more awareness for international adoptions and frankly, after that whole Soon-Yi and Woody affair, no one was trying to adopt teen girls lest they steal their daddies.

If said shady agency acted inappropriately, I can understand why Cambodia would stop allowing international adoptions. Another pov is that it brought attention to the problems in Cambodia and governments never want bad international press. Many governments go to great lengths to make their problems seem much smaller than they actually are. Considering the great many countries that allow for international adoptions, I really don't think we should be knocking down other people's doors. If I want a blond hair, blue eyed baby, I can't force the swedes to hand me one just cuz. What exactly is wrong with the kids in other countries? There's no shortage of children in the countries that allow intl adoptions, are there? Some countries don't allow it because of abuse of adopted children and more importantly, a feeling that the country should take care of their own...even if it means staying in an orphanage instead of with a family elsewhere.

Edwina- it was on pop a few days ago, although she didn't actually say Shiloh was an accident. She just said she wasn't planning on getting pregnant.

lola_k -

Please ----

There. Are. No. Orphanages. In. The. US.

Ma and Pa Kettle cannot look at each other one night and say, "Hey, let's go down to the orphanage and take a look at the kids! Maybe we can pick one out!"

That doesn't happen here.

We have foster care.
We have group homes - these are definitely not orphanages.

OK?

Oh and Bostonchick -

.."wish people who chose to adopt should pick a name...out of a hat... That way they don't know where they are getting a child from how old they are or anything just that they are getting a child that needs a home. Giving children of all countries a chance for a better life."

I have a little project for you. Pretend that you are a 40 year old woman with a 45 year old husband (Caucasian). You have been married for 7 years and have a modest suburban home. Start calling adoption professionals at the state level, local agencies, international agencies and let me know what you come up with.

Everyone assumes it is the PARENTS who are making all these choices when in reality it comes down to what countries and agencies are willing to work with your demographics. All the US domestic adoption agencies I contacted advised me to go international. The state would not work with me on any young child placement, regardless of race. They refused to discuss an African American placement with me. Illegal? Probably - but when you can only afford one or at the most two adoptions, you don't spend a lot of money and emotional trauma making a socio-political point. It is your family.

I don't even like to write these things because it feels that in doing so I am rejecting the way our family is formed. We went through a fair amount of rejection during the adoption process - but we know we ended up in the right place. Our children were meant to be our children. We love our agency and recommend them to everyone. If we find out tomorrow that they have done some things we don't agree with, we would be shocked.

I believe Angelina did not know that Lauryn Galindo was anything other than a trustworthy adoption professional when they worked together. Sometimes you don't have all the information.

Adopting an older or special needs child is a very personal decision - one has to take all personal, financial and emotional resources into consideration. Most families don't dream of a child and automatically hope for one who has a multitude of problems. As for the masses of people who advocate domestic adoption and adoption of children who have been through the US foster care system, I sincerely hope they follow through with their beliefs because there are a lot of hurt children who need homes.

Mom to two beautiful children who were adopted internationally.

I've always loved Angie, even when she was a wild child, and I always will.
And those adoption agency people should be thanking her.
I hope this backlash won't last for long.

ehh she also called shiloh a blob. so far she is an overprivileged accidental blob. yes i think she needs to keep her mouth shut for awhile
i know he thinks you're fine and stuff but does he know how to wind you up?

How could she have known it was a shady organization!? Didn't the number of Americans looking to adopt in Africa skyrocket after she brought Zahara home? That's BS that she does nothing for raising awareness.

I love adoption and I think more people should open their hearts to it, nationally and internationally. HOwever, I have to say the Adoption people here are acting like jealous playground brats! Angelina is an ACTRESS and a UN Ambassador for poverty and children in 3rd world countries. She is NOT the Adoption PResident of the World and why should she be criticized as if she is!?!?!

This is ridiculous. It's not backlash, it's stupid.

I would love it if she never spoke again.

I agree llg1113. She should definitely stop talking, especially about liking her adopted kids more than her own baby!

LLg1113 and sugar bear...............no one is making you read a word she has to say. You have a choice not to subject yourself to anything pertaining to Angelina Jolie whatsover and yet in every thread you do. Oh you have a right to read, b*tch and complain from sun up to sun down about whatever you want, but I have a right to think it's strange for someone to wish another be silent when no one is forcing the hearer to listen.

Angelina's words were definitely TWISTED in that interview.

She said she "never planned on being pregnant" before she met Brad.

What she meant was that BRAD CHANGED HER MIND. Shiloh was not an accident. She was a baby that Angelina had because she loved Brad so much that she changed her plans. She was joking when she said "I'm the one that got knocked up." She was trying to explain that SHE was the one who was changed by their relationship, not Brad.

ive never seen angelina talk in a bad way towards anything, she is very intelligent and well grounded

Whatever she says WILL be twisted, the media wants the old Angelina controversial and crazy, this mom with a serious partner is boring, so i am glad that she wont be giving any new interview until her next movie (in the end of year, by then the media will be used to her relaationship with Brad and wont make a big deal.
But i hope she stay more private and actually start to dodge some questions, this open book persona is only hurting her image, some things are better if kept as personal.

PopChina- There is an orphanage here in my home town called the Jenkins Orphanage. It has been caring for children w/o families for over 100 years.
This story is such BS!! It states that the woman who ran the program was found guilty 2 years after AJ adoptd Mad of fraud & money laundering & then goes straight into the JOLIE "adoption scandel". there is never mention of a Jolie adoption scandel. The adoption scandel was that of the agency, NOT AJ. I really am getting sick of people literally making things up about AJ or telling a story that she is only peripherally involved in

I think it's nice to see White people adopting children of other races BUT........aren't there enough multi racial or non White children right here in the goold ole' US of A to adopt? International adoptions leave a bad taste in my mouth. If your option is to provide a child who has no home with one why not adopt from the US? If your aim is to get an infant at any cost then I suppose I can understand why people do international adoptions.

I found her comment about Shilo being a blob interesting. To me it sounded like she was going overboard in her characterization because the natural inclination would be to feel differently about your own flesh & blood. Perhaps that is truly how she felt but it comes across as crass & rude. She put it out there that there was a risk that she'd ignore Shilo because she was over compensating with her other children because they came from such terrible circumstances. Just wait a few years the effect of AJ's parenting will show up in the behavior of her children.

Also if you adopt in the US go to a social service agency & choose among the children whose parents have ALREADY RELINQUISHED them-this means there's no chance of them popping back up & taking the children. There is this movement in the US for "open" adoptions meaning that the birth parents will continue to have contact with the child. I'm not for that necessarily. How is the child suppose to reconcile that you gave them up but 3 months later you got pregnant again but kept this other baby???? I will say that actually knowing who gave birth to you would be a benefit but I don't see routine contact as being beneficial. I also don't think that people should have to wait until they're 18 to contact their biological parents--it's a difficult tightrope to walk.

Angelina will always be Angelina. She's done good, but someday it will all come out. I still think she has an evil, evil, evil side. People have been like making her into a God, OH PLEASE, give me a break. She is just a devil in disguise. I still say she did her very, very best to take Brad from Jen and yes she won with her ways of gasing men's brains. I also don't like the fact that she is always photographed with her adopted children and always talking about them, but keep Shiloh away. She seems very drifted from her and shows no happiness towards her. Is a shame. I also feel that Angelina and Brad will not last forever. This is just my opinion

Yes, and I do agree with you all that she should keep her mouth shut and keep her stuff private.

I feel sorry for Shiloh! Doesn't sound like Angie has what it takes to bond with her own child, that's why she is so into adoption.

Tina

The good thing is that Shiloh will always have her daddy Brad. Angelina always runs away......

that is ridiculous. People will hate her no matter what she does everything she says gets twisted into something else & anytime anything remotely negative happens anywhere near her, she is at fault. NOWHERE in the Elle interview did she say that she did not love Shiloh or that she had not bonded w/ her. the way that family concstaly gets mobbed & all the violence that happened around them in India it is no surprise that they don't take Shiloh out in public all the time, she is an infant after all

AJ has never run away from Mad...

I was an accident too! And You know what my mom still loves me... hehehe.... Angelina has never said she does not loves Shiloh... so big deal! I bet 70% of the population of this world is an "accident".

She is one amazing human being, she finds time to be with her kids, she makes money, she also finds time to do charity, she travels to several countries to contribute.... last Decmber she was visiting my mother's country... Costa Rica. People can talk sh*t about her, but the rest of the "normal" dont do anything that really matters.

ok sashak, is your opinion. you obviously have a deep feeling about AJ and there is nothing wrong with that. is OKAY.....