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flknight24 · Dooney & Bourke

RE: Angelina Pregnant for real!

MissMee · Kate Spade

They split last January and the divorce was completely final in October. So they must've gotten biz-ay as soon as the ink dried on the divorce papers. That would make a July baby.

atlgirl · Gucci

even if she had the baby in August, that would make it December BEFORE jen and brad "officially" split in January....

Ohh.. I hadn't realized that. It changes things a bit and I am respecting Angelina a bit less now. Even if she was not married at the time, it's completely inappropriate to dabble in someone else's marriage (if, indeed that's what happened - since we'll most likely never know the whole truth).

I had heard, long ago, that Jen wanted kids (I think this was somewhere in the middle of the "Friends" run) and Brad did not. Then more recently we all heard that he wanted them and she wanted to wait...maybe they just were never on the same page all at once about having kids.

It's just not a pretty situation all the way around. :(

-- Edited by atlgirl at 13:14, 2006-01-11

NCshopper · Hermes

bex wrote:

expecting this summer, eh? even if she had the baby in August, that would make it December BEFORE jen and brad "officially" split in January.... i LOVE backtracking pregnany dates!

They split this time last year, so it's not possible for Angelina to have been pregnant while Brad was still with Jennifer.

Elle · Hermes

NCshopper wrote:

bex wrote: expecting this summer, eh? even if she had the baby in August, that would make it December BEFORE jen and brad "officially" split in January.... i LOVE backtracking pregnany dates!

They split this time last year, so it's not possible for Angelina to have been pregnant while Brad was still with Jennifer.

True, but she looks pretty far along right now. IMO they probably got pregnant before his divorce was final, or very shortly thereafter. Maybe it's how they decided to 'celebrate' his official divorce

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-- Edited by Elle at 13:26, 2006-01-11

BargainQueen · Marc Jacobs

My heart hurt a little when I heard this on the radio this AM, I was totally on Jen's side.

tara t · Marc Jacobs

can i see this picture you guys are talking about?

bumblebee · Coach

blah. i'm so bored with the two of them and i don't really care. i mean, i'm happy for them, but why is this such a huge deal? they seem to be minding their own business, staying out of the limelight (as much as is possible for major celebrities)--i just want them to go about their business and have their happy family in peace.

Elle · Hermes

tara t wrote:

can i see this picture you guys are talking about?

bex · Chanel

laken1 wrote:

bex wrote: laken1 wrote: Her people confirmed it. They showed the pictures of her this morning & she looks pretty far along. Jolie pregnant with Brad Pitt's child: media Jan 11, 2006 — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Actress Angelina Jolie is pregnant with Brad Pitt's child and is expecting this summer, People magazine reported on Wednesday. expecting this summer, eh? even if she had the baby in August, that would make it December BEFORE jen and brad "officially" split in January.... i LOVE backtracking pregnany dates! I thought it's been a year since they split?

okay... brain is not working this morning when i wrote this. in Jan 'O5 they announced their split and JA filed in March and it finalized in October.

sooooooooo that makes it okay... i guess not really but i was about a year behind in my calculations this morning! sooooorry!!!!!

calico · Kenneth Cole

I can't believe that they would want to have a 4 or 5 year-old plus a one-year old, plus a newborn around... talk about work! Plus, you'd think that they would want to be together for awhile considering how much pressure and stress it is on a relationship to be in the media all the time like they are. I mean wow, what happens if they break up like within a year... everyone thought Brad and Jen were perfect.. and it would really suck to have a baby in the mix too (plus two now-adopted kids too!)

-- Edited by Miss Callie at 18:08, 2006-01-11

MissMee · Kate Spade

Miss Callie wrote:

I can't believe that they would want to have a 4 or 5 year-old plus a one-year old, plus a newborn around... talk about work!

Well, I'm still alive! I had a 5 year old, a 12 month old, and a newborn at once. It IS a lot of work, but I don't see anything bizarre about having 3 children in the ranges Angelina has. To each her own!

While I feel a little sorry for Jen, there are much worse things happening in Hollywood.

halleybird · Hermes

luckylily wrote:

I guess I'm in the minority, but I don't feel that bad for Jen. Altho she has denied it, I think that their split did have something to do with the fact that she didn't want to have kids as quickly as Brad. Clearly Brad wants insta-family. I'm sure it does hurt her, the end of any relationship has some degree of pain, but I think she's way better off with out him. Of course, I find Brad to be a complete bore, he just seems like he's no fun. I'd take Vince any day.

This is exactly how I feel. I don't understand how the public vilifies Angelina but says very little about Brad. Also, I don't think it's fair to judge anyone. We don't know what went on in Jen and Brad's relationship -- she could have told him she wanted out of the marriage before he got together with Angelina.

I have some experience with divorce & cheating (vis a vis my parents) and it's not as simple as people always make it out to be.

honey · Gucci

i agree with luckylily and halleybird. while i certainly feel for jen, i don't really understand the villification of angelina. maybe i'm idealistic but i feel like the marriage was on the rocks way b/f she entered the picture. as far as her being pregnant, well that's the breaks. at some point he was going to move on, and it's evident that they both really like children so it seems like a natural progression. i don't think they should have to put their lives on hold b/c of jen.

in general these sorts of situations always end up being overly simplified so that one person's good and the other is bad. but life is never really like that.

eta: i also think the family thing was an issue. i totally respect jen's decision that she's not ready to have children. her career is really just taking off, and brad's at a point where he's established himself. i feel like if she had just popped out some babies, she would've been a foot note in hollywood history. while there's nothing wrong with that, i can totally see (from a personal perspective) why that's not the life she wanted. and if two people are at odds about something so fundamental to a relationship (not that having kids is fundamental, but the decision is) it's going to lead to problems.

i feel like a lot of her comments about wanting to have kids are just a way to save face. b/c honestly as much as we think we've progressed as a society, a woman saying you don't want kids is still looked at as weird and inhuman. so imo she's kind of forced to make all these statements to spin it in a way that makes her look good. and i don't fault her for that.

-- Edited by honey at 21:44, 2006-01-11

TheLovelyLady71 · Hermes

Yeah - I just found out yesterday myself - they didn't waste any time.