White Girl

Today’s people-who-should-really-think-twice-before-they-speak-to-reporters news is brought to us by Angelina Jolie. Whenever I used to walk by the supermarket tabloids and see cover stories about how she loves her adopted babies more than her biological child, I used to think, “She may be eccentric, doesn’t seem very nice and hasn’t made a good movie in 10 years, but nobody should write dirt like that about someone’s children.” It’s pretty much the lowest form of tabloid journalism, literally, therefore, the lowest of the low. It didn’t cross my mind that it could be true, but then, “it could be true” never crosses my mind when I’m reading in the supermarket aisle.
As turns out she’s said as much recently, and twice! That the second quote makes it sound like she shops for orphans the same way she would for dresses (“This one has PERSONALITY!”) is probably just context. I do find it alarming that she doesn’t see any harm any making comments like these. I try not to concern myself too much with the plights of celebrity children, nor do I have any real interest in celebrity gossip. I find this notable only because Jolie, for all her flaws, seems like a fairly intelligent woman, who should be savvy enough to watch what she says.