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

Angelina Jolie's estranged father Jon Voight sent a shout out to his grandkids Saturday, but it seems like absence makes the memory grow weaker -- he royally screwed up one of the names.

At the fourth annual BAFTA Tea Party (BAFTA is the Oscars for Brits), Voight was talking with a reporter on the red carpet when he decided to send birthday wishes to Maddox, Angelina's five-year-old child. That went well, but then things took an ugly turn. Voight also sent well-wishes to "Shakira" -- problem is, he was talking about Angelina's 1 1/2-year-old daughter. Shakira is considerably older -- 29. The correct name -- Zahara. Close, but no cigar. Actors are famous for always getting another chance, and take two was perfect.

Jolie and her father haven't spoken since he went on "Access Hollywood" four years ago, urging her daughter to get help for her "mental problems."






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91. Geez Mary........obviously you're mother was lacking in some parenting skills because your just mean.....you lack manners.....first of all i'm not a bitch...i'm a person ...and second of all ......you probably wouldn't say such mean things if i was walking past you down the street because i'd smack the taste right out your mouth .... you are a very rude person and if your mother or father read this blog....i'm sure they would be so proud......i hope you don't have any children because by the way you talk , like jon vogt , you would not be a very good example of what parenting is...have a nice day

Posted at 2:18PM on Aug 29th 2006 by Amy

92. Melody shut up please. You sound ignorant. White black puerto rican or asian every culture has unpronouncalbe name and for your info angie didnt name her im sure that name was given to her at birth and sorry if so many african people have hard names maybe they should take the high road an use names like piolet inspector or coco you racist since when do we put names in a catagory by race so is kim and asian or white name?

Posted at 2:19PM on Aug 29th 2006 by yeahrite

93. All I have to say is name your kids something there grandfather can remember.....I think some of these people must play scrabble to come up with a name...........

Posted at 2:30PM on Aug 29th 2006 by me

94. melody since ignorance and bigotry go hand in hand i am sure you would have alot of trouble remembering your own name.

Posted at 2:42PM on Aug 29th 2006 by vicki

95. some of you people trip me out why call Zahara a stupid African name. Zahara was adopted from Africa so why not give her an African name, what is wrong than that. And what exactly is an American name or is it that you wanted her to have a WHITE name, whatever the heck that is

Posted at 4:42PM on Sep 14th 2006 by Hannah

96. Don't know what happened in this relationship so I don't have a dog in this fight. I do believe though that relationships should be and are only repaired away from the public eye...other than that it just seems a bit too much publicity seeking

Posted at 4:59PM on Sep 14th 2006 by Tiny

97. In a perfect world we would all forgive our fathers.. the problem with forgiving is, you cant always forget some things. I think Angelina has a big heart to adopt all those children & adoption is a choice! Therefore, those children are problay more wanted than many others .. Leave the girl alone! Its her damn business if she wants to talk to her father! You all need to stop "raggin" on her. Her looks? Hell the girl is gorgeous~ so who the hell is dissing on them? Keep in mind that if all these women had such good relationships with thier men ... she could not have broken thier marriages up!

Posted at 3:01PM on Aug 29th 2006 by patti

98. Angelina I believe is a hypocrite, she bashes her dad for cheating on her mom, yet she cheats with Brad, I may not have the math correctly but she had to have been pregnant before The Pitt's divorce in 10/05, she must have gotten pregnant in late July or August. Whether Jen and Brad were separated pending divorce or not, you don't go get knocked up by someone else's husband, estranged or not. Anywho, I believe she should forgive her dad, he knows her crazy ass better than any of us.

Posted at 3:01PM on Aug 29th 2006 by Rochelle

99. Various cultures have various names, I don't get people ragging on children for having different names and I think the remarks about a name being less than because it is a African name is pure racism.

Posted at 5:03PM on Sep 14th 2006 by Harriet

100. How can you go about saving the world from whatever and can't find forgivness in your own heart? When he is dead and buried is a lousy time to forgive him. Life is too short not to forgive

Posted at 7:45PM on Aug 29th 2006 by cathy

101. Angie haters are sick, judgemental people.

Let's see...the woman had a relationship, albeit strained, with her dad for years. After years of abusing herself physically as a teen (she was a "cutter") and being in numerous dysfunctional relationships, she cuts off ties with her famous dad and will NOT publicly speak about why (while he galavants from camera-to-camera looking for sympathy).

Think people...use your BRAINS. It is clear that all is not what it seems. I don't think Angelina has ever denied that she has some psychological issues. In fact, she's been quite open about her dark past. The question is WHY would a young woman cut herself? WHY would a young woman go from dysfunctional relationship to dysfunctional relationship? And *IF* her relationship with her FAMOUS father were healthy, WHY would she cut him off???

I think something horrible happened between Angelina and her father...whether psychological or physical, who knows, but as an adult, she has the RIGHT to disasssociate herself from whatever dysfunction existed between them. She is not obligated to report to you or me exactly why she won't speak to her father anymore. People with HEALTHY parental relationships should know that it would be extremely difficult to cut off your parent, so there has to be something terribly wrong between them.

She also has the OBLIGATION to protect her children if she feels this man could cause physical or emotional harm to them. Sticking your d**k in someone and making a baby doesn't give you the right to someone's life if you have not treated them well. She doesn't owe him anything. She didn't ask to be brought here, and he obviously didn't earn her respect (which most parents get).

Leave her alone. She and he know what the real deal is, but the rest of us have no right to get involved.

Posted at 3:29PM on Aug 29th 2006 by Tracey

102. I think he sexually abused her...she was a cutter and I know one of the signs of this kind of abuse is cutting. I know more than one person that told me this about themselves... there is something creepy about that man.

Angelina is happy with Brad...I am happy for them.

Posted at 3:37PM on Aug 29th 2006 by Linda

103. angelina.........what comes around goes around.

Posted at 4:19PM on Aug 29th 2006 by jjackson

104. 93. Angelina I believe is a hypocrite, she bashes her dad for cheating on her mom, yet she cheats with Brad, I may not have the math correctly but she had to have been pregnant before The Pitt's divorce in 10/05, she must have gotten pregnant in late July or August. Whether Jen and Brad were separated pending divorce or not, you don't go get knocked up by someone else's husband, estranged or not.

Posted at 3:00PM on Aug 29th 2006 by Rochelle

Oh give me a break, Brad was OFFICIALLY and LEGALLY considered a single man by mid August, the October date was a final date for their properties distributions and other properties settlements. Using math and since pregnancy takes 9 months only, Angelina got pregnant in Sept which means AFTER Brad was announced a single guy by Californian law and not someone's husband.


Anyway I'm glad Angelina is taking the difficult and unpopular road and cut that asshole from her life, he should be an example for all he sperm donators who were never there for their daughters and sons and later one demand a "father" role. It is an enough evidence that since their fued and her cutting him out if her life she is calmer, healthier and a better person. She changed ALOT and evolved into a mature, confident and loving human being.

For fuck's sake, why should Angelina let HER children see that pity racist father? Doesn't she as a mother has an obligation to protect her children from abusive (emotionally or/and physically) individuals even if they were related?? And why do some act as if they were holier-than-thou when i am 100% sure those same self-righteous individuals will do exactly the same or even worse had their dads:
1) Abandon them as kids;
2) Left them for other women;
3) never took serious role in their lives;
4) humilate them publicly and guess what more than once.

Exactly Angelina was a self-destructive teen but where was her father during that time? He spoke about her mental "disturbance" when she was 25 and MARRIED, but she was cutting herself when she was 14! where was he when she was suicidal and got addicted to drugs!! Don't give me the crap that he worried about her, she almost killed herself but i guess he was too busy with his career. Why did he try to jeopradize her adoption of Maddox? Why did he criticised her when the media blamed her for Brad's broken matrriage when even Jennifer stated Angelina has nothing to do with it? and how did he dare to call Shiloh "the first grandchild" in an interview he did to promote his latest movie? and why did he refer to Maddox and Zahara as "the other kids"? and why now he can't even say her name? Oh and let's not forget why all of the sudden and since, "coincidentially", when "his" biological grandchild was born he started to be crybaby and publicly nagging Angelina to reconcile? why didn't he bother himself to do half what he is doing right now when Maddox and Zahara were adopted?!!

Finally for those who said Angelina changed so why not give her a father a chance. As i said Angelina did not "say" she changed, her actions prove and speak louder than words. There is nothing her dad proved so far that he changed, if anything he is keeping fueling the fire. She said she forgave him but doesn't want to have a relationship with him since its unhealthy and if he thinks using the media against her will work then he should know better that she doesn't give a shit about others judgments because she knows how truely an ass he is more than anyone.

Posted at 2:45AM on Aug 30th 2006 by Ahmad

105. i dont think he uses the public forum try to talk to Angelina. these bloody reporters ask, what the heck is he supposed to do? So what if he got the name wrong. They have been estranged for years, and good grief he is an old man. My mom usually takes two or three times to name me correctly, after sayng 2 or 3 of my sisters names first. Plus its a whack name. Angelina is a weirdo and childish. Grow up Angelina!

Posted at 4:55PM on Aug 29th 2006 by Angela

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