Voight to Jolie -- "Regards to....What's Her Name?"

256. Posted at 1:37PM on Aug 29th 2006 by Jillian: "My parents are a bunch of crazy asses to, but I havent cut them off from their grandchildren, nor out of my life. I just tell them when they are getting to pushy or to personal and they give me my distance. "

Your parents sound pretty normal to me. At least they back off when you tell them, for a period of time. Let me ask you Jillian, what would happen if your parents had abandoned you when you were a child and then shows up later in life and became too pushy or personal. And when you tell them to back off, they tell you that you are crazy, continued to undermine and criticise you, don't actually listen to you, dont back up and dont apologise. Would you still be talking to them?? And what if they were critical of your children, never constructively of course, just can't stop comparing in a dissatisfied way. Do you even understand what I mean?? If you don't then you are lucky you can talk to yours who will respect your wish for space, at least for a period of time.Unfortunately, some people don't have good parents. Some people have parents who abandon them. Some parents have parents who don't know their boundaries and are constantly criticising, commenting, comparing, and rarely supportively and favourably. if you don't have those sorts of parents, please don't comment on those who do. You have been blessed, and they were not.

Ms Kris, getting divorce twice isn't a sin anymore you know. 50% of marriages end in divorce in america. Angelina's no more an adulterer then you are (assuming that you aren't just a hypocrite of course). Who said she had sex with Brad before his legal separation. Didn't Jennifer say that after the separation Brad and Angelina were free to do what they want? WAIT A MINUTE - actually didn't Jennifer AND her bff Courtney say they didn't think Brad was cheating? How do you know better?? Were you there??

What did Angelina lie about her relationship with Brad. He's just a friend? he was at the time. She didn't sleep with him?? It appears that Jennifer and her BFF Courtney take the same view. It all seems consistent to me. But of course, you are privy to some secret information so you can be absolutely certain Brad and Angelina had an affair. LOL.

No, no secret information? It's just all over the tabloids? LOL you believe the tabloids??? Oh no, its because , Brad and Angelina got together so fast, something must have been going on. Yes, no one denies their attraction to each other but though you might have acted like a bitch on heat if you were attracted to a man like Brad Pitt, not every one is like you.

No, you wouldnt have coz you wouldn't be attracted to another man/woman while still married. hahahaha. You haven't, but that doesn't mean you won't if your marriage is not a happy one. In fact, I hope you will be because its not a bad thing to be attracted to another person and have the hope to rebuild your life with another person if the marriage/relationship you are in is already terminally sick. I mean that in the nicest possible way.

But if you were attracted to another man/woman while still married, you'd be able to control yourself, sort out your marriage first. If you think you can do that, why do you think Brad and Angelina can't. Because they are beautiful? Because they are celebrities? And after the separation from your hypothetically, unhappy marriage, you are going to give yourself a 6 month mourning period before dating the man/woman you are attracted to?? Yeah, right.

BTW, I hope your outrage about adoption by divorcess is also being directed to Sharon stone, a divorcee single parent who just adopted another child. And also Meg ryan, and a confirm adulteress and a single parent - need I go on?? Then there is rosie o donnell, who is a gay, though before she came out gay, she was also bi. I've had fun with you. As FAIRNESS is important to you, I suggest that you make sure you express your views equally strongly and fervently. There's news about Sharon and Meg and Rosie regularly enough.

Posted at 9:34PM on Sep 4th 2006 by Judgmental much?

257. I hope Angelina forgive her father for her sake, not for him.

Posted at 5:20AM on Sep 4th 2006 by may

258. Jillian I didn't read this comment you wrote:

ther than being a little cooky, the guy hasnt really done anything seriously wrong. Believe me, there are kids with parents out there that have not much worse, and they would give their left arm to have a dad like hers. At least she has a father.

Are you kidding me. JV ABANDONED (by his own admission, he wasnt around much) his children when they were young. Show up as an erratic presence in her life. I don't know about you but a father who is absent and admitted it HAS done a lot of wrong to his child. In effect, he deprived Angelina of a father and now, if she doesn't think of him as a father, but a sperm doner, can you blame her??

You are a parent, you should know that a parent child relationship can be incredibily robust when the parent invests the time on the child just by being there. You will make mistakes, too strict, not strict enough, too pushy, didn't spend as much time as you would like, didn't notice when your child was getting bullied at school, what ever. Despite these mistakes, the fact that you show up at home every day, or regularly every week (if you are a divorce parent) MAKES a huge difference to your child. What ever it is, one day, your child will know you CARED enough to be there, to be regular. But to disappear from your child's life for months on end, not present, not calling not being there at all, then show up may be for a few days to play nice nice (or not), then disappearing again shows only one thing - YOU DON'T CARE. And that is a huge offence as far as I'm concerned.

I don't know Angelina but I have met 2 people who were abandoned children. One just told me, he divorced his father and never wants him in his life. The other tried to reconnect but her father was so manipulative that in the end, she gave up on him. They don't hate their dads. They would just rather not care. That's all.

Posted at 9:35PM on Sep 4th 2006 by Judgmental much?

259. Jon should just tell the truth about what he did to Angelina to make her so angry toward him and stop taking cheap shots to discredit her in the event she decides to no longer keep his dirty little secrets...Angelina, no one cares about what he says or does, he just a scared, little old man trying to hold on to the facade.

Posted at 4:31PM on Sep 4th 2006 by Kenni

260. I thought what Melody said was kind of funny. She tried giving her daughter a fancy exotic name. But Zahara is just a stupid, ugly name for an ugly little baby girl. It fits her perfect.

Posted at 9:33PM on Sep 4th 2006 by Brian

261. Angelina Jolie is such a skank. Her father is right, she DOES need mental help. No wonder he doesn't know their names. What an idiot Brad Pitt was ...............

Posted at 12:38AM on Sep 6th 2006 by denise

262. "SOMEONE NEEDS TO SMACK HER ON THOSE PUFFY LIPS AND GIVE HER A REALITY CHECK."

I laughed so hard at this I scared my dogs.

Posted at 7:23AM on Sep 5th 2006 by Kris

263. my daughter's father was an absentee dad. he wasn't around for her birthdays or holidays. he lived in the same town and could've taken her to visit at any time but didn't. when she was in her twenties he just showed up. he had lost his job and needed a place to stay. i felt like telling her to leave him out of her life, but i didn't she so desperately wanted a father. he sponged off her for several months, then as soon as he was on his feet he left without even offering her any money. she has a son who got used to having him around. when he left he pulled the same trick on my grandson, no communication. children get hurt by their grandparents. I think Angelina is using good judgement.

Posted at 8:19AM on Sep 5th 2006 by Melissa

264. The poll on forgiveness embedded in this article reflects an overwhelming three-quarters of people who voted believe that AJ should speak to her father and FORGIVE. Not easy, but it is the best advice.

Posted at 9:30AM on Sep 5th 2006 by Laura

265. No offence, but this isn't the LA Times. people who read these articles (me included) would frighten me if they were ever sitting in a jury. all that said, we sould give opinions, NOT advise!

Posted at 11:28AM on Sep 5th 2006 by Becky

266. my parents confused mine and my sisters' name all the time but they never called us by the name of a pop star! Stick to your guns Angie!!!!

Posted at 6:54PM on Sep 5th 2006 by mary

267. Stop with the mental help thing. if that dude was my dad i'd put a restraining order against him. i'd go public with whatever dirty secrets i had on him. she has lived her life in the public eye since she was very young. she made mistakes and has out grown them. why everyone is so riled up up about her is beyond me. she was there at the end of a failed marriage, so what? to harbor a grudge against someone you don't even know is just bizarre!

Posted at 8:54AM on Sep 6th 2006 by marianne

268. Hey you know what let Angelina do whatever the heck she wants. Its her life and her family. NO one knows what's happened besides what's been said on the news. Let them live their lives its nothing to get angry and fight about over. ITs not your life

Posted at 11:06AM on Sep 7th 2006 by Angela

269. you all need to stop hating on her and saying shes a b* nd stuff. you have never met her or sat down and talked with her. you dont know anything about her, except the stuff in magazines and on the tv. dont judge people you dont know.

Posted at 11:45PM on Sep 7th 2006 by kayla

270. I thought that this article summed it up very well:

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/58435/jon_voight_unlikely_to_be_grandfather.html

Posted at 10:24PM on Sep 19th 2006 by Tabitha