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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt ‘Staging Family Photo Ops’

Posted by Adam

Friday February 19, 2010

Angelina Jolie and Brad PittANGELINA Jolie and Brad Pitt are staging their family photo ops in Venice “like a military operation” in a bid to dampen rumors their romance is on the rocks.

The couple — who with their six kids are in Italy while Jolie films The Tourist with Johnny Depp — are keen to show the world they’re still together.

“They are usually very shy about being photo graphed, but now they’re making a point of being seen in public as a happy family unit,” a source told the New York Post newspaper.

“They’re making a statement. They want the world to know the reports are wrong and they are strong.”

Earlier this week, the Jolie-Pitt clan moved into a 16th century palace called Palazzo Mocenigo.

Angelina is expected to stay in their new digs for three month while The Tourist films in both Venice and Prague.

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  • ann

    What rubbish! How can they avoid being photographed while they are in Venice!!!!!

  • Annie

    Yes it looks like a show. I mean suddenly there is a need to be in public starting with cozy (and staged) moments on superbowl to now as media says a rare show of twins, ice cream outings with kids….. def good publicity. Esp with all those allegations by nannies that their house is full up with drugs Plus the famoud parental brawls and fights..

    Yes they are a normal couple with normal problems. It is time they recognise that esp. angelina and stop pretending to be super, out of the world human beings. Learn to be a decent human being first in personal life. 1.Angie must feel sme guilt at snatching someone’s man 2.Having temper tantrums and ‘her way’ self centeredness 3.being a bit more practical – having / adopting kids is not about giving them food shelter clothing. Having a bond with each child takes enormous amount of time.

    It is none of our business but we aren’t particularly taken by this ‘larger than life ‘ image or public show.

    • Clarissa

      You are crazy Angelina is great and she doesn’t need to feel shame, she did nothing wrogn. No one can steal a person or snatch a person away from a marriage. Angelina and Brad are in love and the divorce has long been over. Can you move on already and just wish them the best!

  • Anak

    No! They are using the kids to prove something to the world? They NEVER did it before! kkkkkkkk

  • nina

    Leave them aloone. Just tell the papparazo not to photograph them to make big money period!!!! Using Kids??? Want them to use dogs??

  • Marla

    She is starting a movie, and I’m sure she wants to spend time with the family before they start shooting The Tourist. They seem to be great parents. Kids look healthy and happy until they see the paps. Enough with all the bull sh*t, and speculation. Enough with the man snatching, read articles where Courtney Cox & JA said there was issues in JA & Brads marriage way before Angelina came along. They have kids and I wish them the best. The ONLY people that can’t get over Brad and Jens divorce is the public/tabloids it sells.

    • livitup_1978

      considering the only time “fans” see this couple/family is when they’re photographed, how can you say the kids are happy until the paps come along? Fly on the wall or wishful thinking? Just saying…

      • Marla

        I have seen them in Smithville TX on location- so I guess that would be fly on the wall????? Just sayin…

      • Laura

        Plenty of other actors have said wonderful things about the Jolie Pitt kids. Tom and Katie said last summer that Suri loves to play with Zahara and Shilou they just wish they got together more often. Also people from stores like baby Gap and toys r us that the children have visited had said the kids behave well and they are very polite and smiling. So yes I belive they just don’t like the paparazi. Poor kids. I believe Brad and Angelina are doing wonderful work with their family.

  • Annie

    So if a man is having some troubles in his marriage, it is good to break it up for him? Good advise.No one is perfect, everyone makes mistakes including falling for married men but everyone feels guilty about it or should. Angie never has – just because she does social work kind of entitles her to be as irresponsible personally to others? – claims by nannies that their house is full of drugs, public temper tantrums, first calling brad pitt boring and toxic and soon as public anger hits her, backtracking it and staging a happy couple show in superbowl, changing nannies every 2 months so kids don’t get attached to them (all moms who engage help try to get the same person so that the kid IS bonded to them).. on and on.

    I respect someone like ScarJo who does not treat her marriage and private life like a movie show to earn a larger than life image.

    Sorry angie fans, no respect for this machiavillian lady this end. I see her as a person who escapes personal problems by being a larger than life social humanitarian all while being a bit reckless and self centered user with people who are close to her personally.

    • Marla

      Good Advice!!!! It takes 2 to make things work or not. No one can take your man, unless there is something lacking in the relationship. You don’t know these people other than reading about them in Rag Mags. Two sides to every story, and you know neither. Don’t just blame Angelina if you must blame someone for THEIR personal life.

      I do know they are both humanitarians, and I’m sure Brad, Angie, or Jen could care less about your respect or lack there of. I am sure that the people they have helped could also care less.

    • Laura

      Hey if there is someone to blame it is JENNIFER ANISTON, she was the one that couldn’t make Brad happy. She is the one that should have given more attention to her husband and her marriage. Brad and Jen had a lot of problems before Angelina came along. If you didn’t see the interview of Brad and Barbara Walters google it, that was before Brad even knew Angelina. I remember seeing it back then and thinking poor Brad. Jennifer was all about winning her nominations for friends and even forgot to mention him on the thank you speech. That was all before Mr and Mrs Smith. I think Brad stood as long as he could. Furthermore, Jennifer Aniston told Oprah that she never knew of Brad being unfaithful or messing around. That there was nothing like that.

  • MS P

    you make me sick at every chane you are going to always have something negative to say about them because it is probably the only way to sell magazines

    • livitup_1978

      I’ve said this over and over and over: this site regurgitates information in the tabs and newspapers. It’s not a tabloid in and unto itself. If you read the article, you’d see it clearly states they got the story from the New York Post. Stop attacking Showbizspy, and go attack the newspaper.

  • livitup_1978

    Hmm. All this from a couple who claims to “never read what tabloids say about us”. (If you don’t read any of it, how do you know to sue the said publication?) Brange either cares what the public thinks, or they don’t. They need to pick one already. But honestly, for a couple that got together under such dirty circumstances, and ignored all the negative press for at least a year (during which they were pregnant), I can’t imagine why they’d suddenly want to sue and give credit to tabloids NOW (over a split story. when there are reports that are ongoing about them splitting every year), unless there’s a bit of truth to it all and it struck a nerve.

    • Laura

      Wow you really hate them, HATER!

      Stop lying, Angelina and Brad didn’t do anything wrong. You can’t even prove that they cheated on Aniston, not even Aniston can. So stop making up the lies that you wish happened and get a life. Angelina and Brad are in love let them be happy. I hope they make millions out of suing for that report. God bless them, their family and their work.

      As for you, I can tell you are very hateful against them. I hope you start giving them a chance or stop talking lies about them. Shame on you and I hope God comes into your life to teach you that you do not know all the answers and that people are not always what you think, thinking the worse and believing garbage just because it makes you feel good makes you a sick person. Find God or get a professional to help you.

      • livitup_1978

        …and you think I need help? It’s absolutely awful that you would attack me simply because I don’t worship them like a blind sheep. And how dare you bring God into it? You don’t know me at all and have no right. I don’t respect many celebs, and really, I don’t have to. Glad people like you don’t know where I live, so you can’t come murder me in the name of YOUR god: “Brangie”. P.S.–if you really believed in God, you’d know you can’t use his name to spew vitrol on others. That’s more like the devil’s advocate.

      • Lauran

        To livitup_1978
        I am a Christian and have been my entire life. I said what I concluded from your posts. You hate them.
        You don’t even know them and you hate them.
        Your comments say it. I don’t hate them. I would rather give them a chance and wish them the best and blessings from God. Why wouldn’t I? they have 6 wonderful children, they take time to give back to the poor, they care for their children, they work for a living. They are good people. I wish they got married but other than that I have no problem with them.

        If you believe in God then you believe in salvation and redemption. I do. I believe in Jesus! I also believe anyone that has HATE in their mind should seek help.
        I never said anything frightful to you. I said you needed help. You immediately portrayed me as a Psycho person who would try to kill you. Which I would never do since I don’t hate you and killing is something that I would never do. But you did write that, just because I gave you advice, advice you did not like. Hate is a terrible feeling to have with you, especially against people you don’t even know like Brad and Angelina. I will say it again. You enjoy reading garbage about them because you wish the garbage was true. You do this because it makes you feel good to see them either with trouble in their relationship, or like to believe using their kids for publicity. I believe they are well and hope God blesses them and their children so they can continue being happy. If you have a problem with that then you need HELP. I hope you one day understand that God is wonderful, he is forgiving and he loves you and me and all of his children. He is not a hater he is a God of love and second chances. God bless you and get help.

    • Annie

      livitup..I also feel the same way.

      Up until last year I always thought these two are strong and did not believe angelina’s media whore image.

      But after this year’s reports (with very obvious tell tale signs of problems like brad’s haggard look, their tense faces, her comments he is toxic and boring, infedility is ok, nanny’s claims their house is full of drugs – how much did they pay her to shut up? etc.) my mind changed. If they had continued ignoring media I wd have thought nothing of it. But after negative publicity, angelina suddenly made up with Brad, that appearance at superbowl, now kids outings esp. with the twins.. I kind of see her in a different light now.

      Looks like they wanna play the media game only so long as they are winning!!

      • Jenna

        I can’t help but disagree. This is the first time I read the gossip about Angelina and Brad Pitt. My daughthers are big followers of all of their news and talk about them constantly. However, from what I have followod from what I have been reading today I belive Angelina and Brad are just trying to go about their day as normally as possibly for them. I read here that many other actors and actresses also go out with their kids and get snap from paparazzi. I looked it up and it is true, there are pictures from just two days ago of the daughter of Tom Cruise, some pictures of Britneys sons, pictures of several kids at the superbowl, pictures of celeb kids in general seem to be out every day. So how are these two using them for publicity? There are stories on celeb kids on the internet every day so I believe this is unfair to say these two particular actors are using them.

      • Ally

        I totally agree. Plus they are in Venice. The city is not big and wherever they go they will need to take a gondola. There are no streets, the streets are WATER GET IT. So how else or they going to get their kids from one place to another if they don’t put them on one? We will be seeing a lot of the kids Jolie and Brad if they stay in Venice, there will be no way for them to avoid the paparazzi. Let them be they are a great family and they seem very happy. Stop being so close minded and get a life alll you haters.

  • getalife

    Sure, New York Post!
    Come guys, get a life and report something real.
    Want to get attention wiht a real story?
    John Myer , Jessica Simpson & Jennifer A!
    How about that story that is real right now?
    But you can’t cause nobody cares!
    Get a life and leave them alone!

    • A

      That would be John MAyer. The douche bag loser who thinks far too highly of himself :)

  • Anak

    Operation “we are very happy” in progress … Poor kids.

    • Annie

      that one line says it all.

  • Mariana

    They are verry strong.The love is not that what you share when you are happy,bt when you share when you have dificolt time as well!! I admire them!

  • media circus

    What a fake couple, im so sick of them, and their obvious PR, and using their kids as a circus is even more sicking, sell them to the mags..biggest fake, media whores i’ve ever seen ughhhh

  • frankeeeeee

    Laura, sorry to burst your massive bubble but Angelina and Brad are using their kids to gain media attention. Along the charitable work Angelina does. Don’t get me wrong i love how Angelina takes time out to be with the less fortunate BUT she won’t go unless the entire world knows about it.She is a massive media whore. :-)

  • Cecil

    Everyone who agains’t Angelina & Brad can say what they want to say, the fact is Angelina is far organise than Jennifer A. considering she is a lot younger than. Angelina & Brad are two busy people who at the same time have 6 kids between them. What people doesn’t realize they cannot be seen together all the time as they are overly work (which they don’t complain) so they can help with their respected charities. They are not just a normal husband and wife, that after work they need to be home to do the house chores. At least Angelina is doing something for the unfortunate not like Jennifer seeking sympathy and showing to the workl look at me…..look at me I am beautiful (thanks to the plastic surgeons). The bottom line is, to me she is not a nice person, very selfish ….remember she cannot even stomach her mother that give her life – what more can you expect from her. Sorry to all Jennifer Aniston fans, she is a manipulative and very unattractive person,

    • A

      Ahem. Did you drop school in grade 7 or so? You, my dear, need spell check.

      • Ally

        I am sorry but regardless of the spelling she makes a valid point. Angelina and Brad are always working on something productive. Movies, charities, going out with their kids,art exhibits,romantic dates, etc. They are not a normal couple, they are superstars. They organize their time very well in order to manage everything they do and still have time to be with each other.

        Jennifer is a horrible self center woman that makes movies and vacations in Mexico frequently that is all she ever does.

  • ROSA MIA

    Don’t you understand? Venice is such a small town not to be seen! Even if they don’t want to be photographed, it wouldn’t be easy for them! Blame the paparazzi and keep on following them and the tabloids for writing lies about them just to earn money.

  • ROSA MIA

    correction: blame the paparazzi who*

  • ROSA MIA

    To the tabloids and paparazzi, Let the Brangelina family live in a normal way by not following them everywhere, please!!!

  • Annie

    I don’t doubt angelina’s humanitarian work. She must mean it. But I think in its shade she is a shady person. I mean it is ALL ABOUT HER. Her kids, her humanitarian work etc. etc. She wants to keep all 6 kids if they split.. blah! What is he in all this ? A “clueless hanger on” ? I think because of her humanitarian image brad the pitts is unable to see what she is as a person. An insecure unstable irresponsible brat who pays no attention to his needs or advice. (be it seeking help when she is suicidal or being on drugs philanderous ways and most definitely an attention seeker. She needs to have a larger than life image to hide herself away).

  • getalife

    Annie: Is that you Jennifer?
    Brad :Let go Jennifer (Annie) cause I am inlove with the real woman- my Angie and my beautiful kids are everything to me!

    • Annie

      getalfe: u caught me there. wow. u popped my secret now let me pop yours getalife is brad himself.

      hey people can u imagine all we superstars are hanging around these forums spreading gossip about each other. Can u believe you guys are talking to Jennifer Aniston (myself), Brad Pitt (getalife), Angelina Jolie (Laura). Idk who else is here. This is a soiree!

      • Ally

        YEAH RIGHT!
        LOL

  • http://showbizspy sylvia lowe

    The taboids are sometimes right.Have you forgot about Tiger Woods and John Edwards.

  • http://Yahoo Star*

    Cecil probably speaks 4-5 languages, so “A”, how many languages do YOU speak? I am an American, I admire people from other countries who speak several languages. (some Americans don’t realize there is a whole lot more places on this earth) I spent 30 days traveling all over Europe, it was fascinating. Yes, Venice too, it is a small town, but fabulously different! {Unless any of you can say that you know Brad & Angie personally,.. then I chalk your chatter off to jealousy… :P }

  • http://Yahoo Star*

    Talk the talk, walk the walk, chalking the chatter.. How many of you bashers have 1. adopted even 1 kid 2. donated to 1 charity 3. Been over 2000 miles from your home 4. Speak more than 1 language – fluently. 5. Visited a disaster site – and helped out. .. etc, etc.

  • Cristina

    I think Brad look so incredible manipulated by Jolie..All the pictures he has a fake smile. Even the kiss look like Angelina kiss him but he did not answer. So all look fake as Angelina is..She fake everything only because she want to be see on pages..That is what she look adopting kids..

  • livitup_1978

    I think it will be interesting to see if Depp and his children are photographed a lot while staying in the same city…he seems to be able to be a lot more private.

    • Clara

      Jhonny is not bringing his family to Venice. He hinted that today on his interview. He doesn’t like paparazzi and knows Angelina is followed everywhere she goes by them.

  • CC

    There is a little “doth protest too much” with these two. If they’re so happy, why do they care what is written? Why go to so much trouble to pose for photos if you’re truly a happy partnership?

    I’ll be so glad when this scrawny, heroin addicted, self serving, disloyal, untalented, man stealing whore is reduced to F list status!