Many celebrities have stipulations of taboo topics they won't talk about in interviews. It's understandable that there would be things that they would prefer not to get rehashed in the press, especially considering the ridiculous stories that get spread about them. Angelina Jolie has been doing the press circuit in the UK for Changeling, and among her interview requirements is the stipulation that journalists not bring up her partner's ex wife, Jennifer Aniston. It's usually media courtesy not to reveal the things interview subjects prefer not to talk about, but Grazia Magazine was all too happy to drop this tidbit. Grazia is a bit skeptical of Angelina, and the tone comes through clearly in their write up of this exclusive interview. Maybe they realized that she only gave them quotes she already told Hello, which were published by the competition over two weeks before they spoke to the actress.
Grazia translates some of Angelina's words to Brit-speak, as is common with UK publications, but they definitely bill this as a one-on-one interview and say they met her at a "suite at Claridge's."
Grazia says they have been told not to ask about Jennifer Aniston
[Angelina Jolie] has recently spoken of wanting to retire from acting altogether, a job she has referred to as 'therapy' in the past. 'I'm balanced, I'm alright now,' she smiles, when the subject of her 'retirement' comes up. 'I needed acting to help me express things, but now I'm learning a lot from being a mum. I need film less.' She certainly seems 'alright' during our interview. Perhaps that's because she knows we have been specifically asked not to ask any Jen-based questions. Hmmm. While the thorny subject goes untouched, Angelina relaxes into being interviewed and her barriers appear to come down. When asked who she draws on for the character of Christine Collins, Angelina immediately cerdits her mother, Marcheline, who passed away last year. Almost as soon as she mentions her name, telling an anecdote about how sweet and gentle her mother was, Angelina wells up. She pauses, trying to gather herself together, but it is clearly an emotional subject for her, and the tears are quick to flow. It is strange to see a public figure suddenly so vulnerable, and yet at the same time, almost a releief to know that Angelina Jolie is human. 'I live at home with six kids, and I'm a mum,' she tells me, when later I ask her about living her life so publicly. 'That's what I live with every day. But my job is to be here. It's a strange thing. When I was pregnant at Cannes this year, everyone there was asking what the babies were going to be called. But I was like every mum, just sitting there hoping that they would be healthy and, being twins, that they wouldn't be born prematurely. It's odd.'
[From Grazia, print edition, December 1, 2008, subheaders added]
As a person who can't help but get teary eyed at certain subjects, I completely understand how Angelina would cry every time she talks about her mom. Ceilidh covered this earlier today, and I agree with her that it's too cynical to criticize Jolie for crying over her mother every time she brings her up. She's mentioned her mother and has cried in several interviews. That doesn't mean she's any less sincere. She definitely has her talking points, though, and while Grazia has some sort-of unique quotes from Jolie they're not all that different from what she's said in other interviews.
Tells a cute story about getting all the kids up to watch TV
'We're having a lot of fun with the kids,' she smiles. 'I am very, very lucky. I have healthy children and a great partner and we are having such a wonderful time raising our kids together. There is a lot of love in our home. The other day, we all had terrible jet lag and we put the kids to bed, but then one woke up, and then another, so we got them all up, turned on the TV, made snacks and we were all up 'til 4am, laughing our heads off.
The boys play with the twins and the girls dress them up
'I don't know how we've managed to do it, but there's the right balance. They've all got each other an [sic], because of that, they're not really jealous. The girls dress the babies up and the boys want to play with them. They're lovely.'
Maddox is learning karate
'They're like every kid; they think their parents are OK, not too cool. Mad saw me do a carwheel the other day and went, "Mum!" I was like, "I'm pretty capable man, I can do some things!" He's learning how to do karate, and he's trying to teach Me how to punch,' she laughs.
On feeding the twins
'Every child is unique, and to have two at the same time has been hard, but it is twice as much fun, especially as we're both there. We'll hold one each, doing bottles at the same time.'
On being known as 'Brangelina'
Does it ever feel like her life as 'Brangelina' gets in the way of being taken seriously? 'I suppose I have felt like that,' she admits. 'But you can't focus on it. I have to believe that if I do my work and get into character enough, then people will watch the story. And I don't really have a thought either way on being known as "Brangelina".'
[From Grazia, print edition, December 1, 2008, subheaders added]
Angelina is really promoting her film overseas, and there are only so many things she can talk about, so she's bound to repeat stories and talk about the same subjects. I'm kind of surprised that Grazia would reveal her pre-interview requirements as it seems a little rude and could jeopardize their ability to get celebrity interviews in the future. It make sense that Jolie wouldn't want to talk about Aniston because that subject is brought up enough without either of them mentioning it - which one of them recently did.
Thanks to my husband for bringing Grazia back from his business trip.
Angelina Jolie is shown out in London with Brad Pitt on 11/17/08 and at the Kung Fu Panda Premiere on 11/9/08. Credit: Bauergriffin and PRPhotos
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101 RESPONSES TO "ANGELINA JOLIE'S INTERVIEW REQUIREMENTS: DON'T BRING UP JENNIFER ANISTON"
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Cheyenne: November 28th, 2008 at 9:53 pm
A-effing-men! Now if only Aniston makes the same requirement for her interviews, i.e. nobody brings up Angelina or Jolie or Brad Pitt, we can finally lay this damn triangle to rest once and for all. Shit gets OLD, yanno?
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Mairead: November 28th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
Hardly a shock that.
They REEEEALLY don't like her though do they?
Maybe someone else can clear this up for me, but hasn't JA appeared in Grazia a good few times, like, even as their very first cover?
But hey, there's another cute story about the kids, so I'm happy enough. (as someone who isn't mad about kids - they're alright, but I couldn't eat a whole one - I just love these guy's antics!)
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Annie: November 28th, 2008 at 9:59 pm
Not at all sure Grazia is quite truthful, as all other interviews she did in the UK in support of Changeling have said Angelina has no publicist and imposed no restrictions on the questions to be asked. Grazia is a tabloid. No reputable reliable media would want to ask her about JA as she has no connection to JA. Only tabloids want to keep the totally irrevalent media created false triangle tale of woe alive. The quotes in Grazia have all appeared in other media, so my take on this is that Grazia just copied interview quotes from other media. Grazia has done this before.
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Celebitchy: November 28th, 2008 at 10:03 pm
Annie they say several times it's an exclusive interview, that they met her at a suite, and they refer to what she was wearing, how she behaved, etc. It's possible the whole thing is fabricated, of course, but they have enough detail to back it up. I've read plenty of those articles where they weasel around lifting quotes and it's pretty obvious. In this case if they're doing it they outright lied in several cases, and made up supporting details, which I doubt.
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HallieB: November 28th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
Hum, I don't believe the "Grazia no questions re JA". I think it is just Grazia lately jumping on the bandwagon of "Angelina controls the press/media" which was put forth by disgruntled media who don't like people who take charge of their own lives. Neither Angelina nor Brad have publicists and are probably happier people as they decide for themselves what they want to discuss and save the 15-20% fees paid by others to their publicists.
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Baholicious: November 28th, 2008 at 10:09 pm
To her request about not being asked about Aniston I say 'who cares'? Celebrities often kibosh questions that would be personally uncomfortable for them. She's well within her right to set terms of the interview since that stuff is going to be published and once it's out there in the ether, it can't be taken back. She's being smart. For the magazine to leak that is disrespectful and bad journalism ( I use that term loosely here). To do so after the interview had been given is just greasy but of course I'm sure they knew she would've canceled if the JA term was leaked before.
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Annie: November 28th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
Well CB, Angelina did many interviews the one day she and Brad and the twins were in London for the Changling event, and in all the videos I've seen (BBC and others), she met all in the same suite, was dressed in the same (gray sweater and pants, black high heeled boots) outfit for all, and said much the same in all the media events. It would be very easy for Grazia to note the details of an interview just as I just did. Now I don't know if she gave an exclusive one on one interview to Grazia, but it would be very easy to say one happened when in fact it did not. I am a skeptic as to much of what is supposely said unless I see the video or hear or see it in person, too many lies are told these days. JMO
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Shar: November 28th, 2008 at 10:15 pm
I agree with that interview requirements, and I think Jen Aniston should've done the same thing to Vogue when they tried to ask her about her "100 year old" past.
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Kristen: November 28th, 2008 at 10:15 pm
IF this is true and that's a big if. I agree with Baho.
It is not uncommon for celebrities to ask that certain questions not be asked. Many of Heath Ledger's friends have given that statement before interviews. As well as Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal, just to name a few.
Can't the media find anything else to dredge up about Angelina. Now they are criticizing her for things that almost every celebrity has done at one point or anothe in their career.
Sounds the tabloids (sorry I cannot use the term journalists) are just scrambling for more negative things to write about her while the 'feud' is heated up again!
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pattyanne: November 28th, 2008 at 10:20 pm
I firmly believe that if Angelina Jolie would quit bringing up things that occured between her and Brad while he was a year away from a separation with his then wife, it would make most of the insanity surrounding the trio go away. Sounds as if Angelina Jolie is a Passive/Agressive personalityshe jabs at the ex-wife, but claims to be mearly stating an emotion she has had in the past. I wish those six or soon to be seven children good luck in growing up in that disfunctional family atmosphere. Clearly Mz Jolie is still not "well"
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HallieB: November 28th, 2008 at 10:22 pm
Baholicious, I so agree with you. Terrible journalist behavior, and just contributes to the lack of respect of socalled journalists these days. If this restriction was imposed, then why mention it? It adds nothing to the interview, but just appeals to certain people who may then buy an issue of the mag. Sensationalism not journalism rules these days. And since when can a person say what they will or will not discuss if this indeed was said by Angelina? After all the interview was to be about her movie and life, no one else's.
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RAN: November 28th, 2008 at 10:22 pm
Yep, if she did this good for her.
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