Sad Brad Puffs and Ponders

Brad Pitt took a pensive break from helping Angelina Jolie collect items from her late mother's hotel room, and sat on the balcony floor to have a cigarette on Wednesday.

Angelina's mother, Marcheline Bertrand, passed away on Saturday after a long battle with ovarian cancer. She had been living at L'Ermitage Hotel in Beverly Hills.

The tragic news brought the supercouple back to Los Angeles after their relocation to New Orleans where Brad is shooting his latest film, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button."



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46. I agree; Angie going around the world, helping everybody else & not standing by her mom & suporting her on her last painfull days; Bratt smoking?
Please, wait until he get cancer.

Posted at 2:53PM on Feb 1st 2007 by Voula

47. Am not a Angelina fan, but I can understand the tragic loss of a mother who suffered and died of Ovarian Cancer, I too loss my mom to this disgusting disease last year, my deepest sympathies to her.

Posted at 2:58PM on Feb 1st 2007 by Carmen

48. These comments are classic!!!!
People now a days make me want to move to a far away place.
The "I'm right...your wrong mentality" is amazing.
Why don't we all just wear uniforms and goose step everywhere!!!!
Just because one person smokes and you don't agree with it doesn't make them an asshole....
It makes you an arrogant dick head who forgets what this country was found for!!!!!

Posted at 2:58PM on Feb 1st 2007 by ron

49. Nice of him to light up a cig after losing a dear one to cancer. I wonder if he brushes his teeth and changes his clothes before he plays with the babies since he's such a stellar dad...? GROSS. Come on Brad, smoking is so 80's!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 3:06PM on Feb 1st 2007 by What a D*ck!

50. #11

I'm not saying if you don't live in the same sate, aren't present in the same state at the time of your mother's death....you care less....but, chances are....you can't AFFORD to devote the time, or the money to be next to your parent at that time....because if you could....YOU MOST CERTAINLY WOULD......

Posted at 3:12PM on Feb 1st 2007 by Great Dane

51. I though Brad quit smoking? And as far as the comments about Angelina not being with her mother, I agree with b #6. You don't know what went on between Angelina and her mother. Maybe her mother encouraged her to go on with her life? Maybe Angelina didn't realize her mother was at the end of her life? I don't know the answers to these questions and neither does any of the finger-pointing nazis of TMZ!

Posted at 3:14PM on Feb 1st 2007 by Get Real

52. I understand the criticism about a model father smoking in 2007.

This is not a pretty sight and I guess the critics who see nothing wrong with this picture are probably smokers themselves.

This picture is painting a very twisted message to the world.

"See me smoke now..........even though I just had a tragic loss of a close one to an evil disease called cancer."

Ovarian cancer may not be caused from smoking but we don't need to be told one more time that "smoking is dangerous to our health and cancer may result from smoking. Dah!!

This is very troubling.

Wake up....

Posted at 3:18PM on Feb 1st 2007 by bee

53. BRAD, KEEP SMOKING, MAN. I HEARD THAT HELPS THE OLD MAN WRINKLES YOU'RE GETTING.

ANGELINA, SO SAD FOR YOUR LOSS. I BET IT COULDN'T HURT ANY WORSE IF SOMEONE WAS TO JUST COME RIGHT UP AND STEAL YOUR HUSBAND.

Posted at 3:29PM on Feb 1st 2007 by BIATCH

54. I can't say I'm shocked or surprised that the majority of you are using the death of Ms.Jolie's mother to judge. Angelina has always spoken highly of her mother and her brother, they appeared to to extremely tight.
As a SINGLE mother, Ms. Bertrand raised an exceptional daughter. She raised a spirited, independent, caring woman with a heart of gold, a young woman who is doing what she can to make the world a better place.
If I were Ms.Bertrand I would be so very proud of such a daughter; I doubt she was the selfish type of mother who would have wanted or expected her daughter to put her life on hold to sit at her bedside daily. I have no doubt Ms.bertrand received the very best care, and the love and support of both her children.
I think it's wonderful that she had the strength to hold on for seven years, in those years she was able to witness the profound change in her beautiful daughter, and became a grandmother three times. What more could a mother wqnt?

Many of you can't see pass the the beautiful face. It's such a shame, all the sanctimonious BS is only fooling the fools. If the tabloids are to be believed Julia Roberts has a much more notches on her bedposts, and she is now married to a man who was already married when she met him; but that's okay.

Face it people, envy is what fuels the Brangelina fire. Nothing more.

Posted at 3:38PM on Feb 1st 2007 by Sonia

55. SARA J, YOU CAN GET ALL KINDS OF CANCERS, BUT THEY ALL KILL. MY GRANDMOTHER HAS LUNG AND COLON CANCER. SHE, TOO, HAS NEVER TOUCHED A CIGARETTE. I'VE SEEN RADIATION, CHEMO, AND DIALISYS, AND THAT IS ENOUGH FOR ME TO PLAY IT SAFE. YOUR MOM WAS EXTREMELY LUCKY IF SHE SMOKED THAT LONG AND IS COMPLETELY HEALTHY. I, MYSELF, CARE FOR MY LOVED ONES ENOUGH TO NOT TAKE THE RISK. DO YOU??

Posted at 3:43PM on Feb 1st 2007 by umustbesosmart

56. It sure must suck for you guys to live in a world that Brad and Angie inhabit, because the bitterness is pushing most of you to lose the most basic decency.

How crappy must your life be that your only way to feel good about yourself is to be such judgemental and inhumane. So your lives are perfect, and your choices are the best ever, well good for you, but if so, why this need to show the ugliest side of humanity. Brad Pitt was never married to you, he is happy with Angelina and has used every opportunity to say so. You women are bitter because you know that Jennifer Anniston lost a good man and is still reeling from it just like Gwyneth Paltrow has been for years.

You can call both of them any vile name under the sun, it will not change that Brad and Angelina are decent human beings and have refused to respond to the game being played by Anniston and her PR people.

Posted at 4:07PM on Feb 1st 2007 by Mary

57. I do find it bit ODD that Ang. and her mother were so very close, but yet her mother was living in a hotel while Ang has these houses. hhmmm

Posted at 4:14PM on Feb 1st 2007 by KC

58. angelina's mom had battled cancer for SEVEN years so yes in that time angelina traveled and had a life. as a mother i would want my daughter to live her life as i'm sure her mom did. it is assinine to make remarks like that, what should she have done, tied herself to her? idiots.

Posted at 4:23PM on Feb 1st 2007 by sue

59. I don't smoke but I.ve read that cigarettes are the hardest addiction to break . I've read that Brad has tried unsuccessfully to quit this habit numerous times . I'm sure he's thinking about the horrible consequences of this habit . I applaud him for going outside to smoke and not expose others to the effects of the smoke . I also believe that Angie kept very close communuicaton with her Mom and her Mom's doctors . I'm sure that she was always a plane ride or car ride from getting to her . No one wants our loved ones to hover over us waiting for us to die . That would be too morbid. Her Mom was probably very proud of AJ Un work and encouraged her to continue doing it with the hope and understanding that she would get better and if not AJ would be at her side if she called or was needed . We cannot pass judgement on what happened over the last few months of Marcheline's life . We cannot say what we would have done since the circumstances for eachof us is unique . To say something in judgement either makes you look very immature or backwards .

Posted at 4:34PM on Feb 1st 2007 by carolynlee

60. Why is that some posters do not think that we all have different opinions?

It would be nice if posters understand that not everyone favors Brangelina.

Posted at 4:40PM on Feb 1st 2007 by bee

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