Angelina criticized for humiliating son
By Alexandra Heilbron on August 19, 2010 | 114 Comments
Angelina Jolie admitted that she fooled nine-year-old son, Maddox, on the set of her movie Salt, while she was dressed as a man. According to the British paper The Telegraph, the 35-year-old actress told Mandrake: “I invited him to come say ‘hi’ to me and I didn’t tell him who it was,” said the actress. “So he came down, he shook my hand and he hung out with me for a while and then I said ‘Mad?’ and he went ‘Aaaaagh! Muuum!’ and he totally freaked out.” Distinguished Australian psychologist Dr. Dorothy Rowe, whose book Why We Lie has just been published, believes Angelina may have damaged their relationship with her practical joke. “I think by the time a child reaches his age, he has a sense of himself and wants to appear to be in control,” she tells Mandrake. “In fooling her son in this way, she made a fool of him in public and this will make him feel betrayed, make him feel no longer in control, and break down the relationship of trust he has with his mother. Mothers play specific roles in their children’s lives, as fathers do, and, in forming a bond with her son as a man, and then unmasking herself as his mother, it throws his compass out entirely. It is the sort of thing that makes for a very insecure young man.”
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I think sometimes parents have no idea how much what they do affects their children.
i think practical jokes are fine, i seriously doubt this will have any outcome on the man this boy will become, just another this the media has to play off of… pathetic
Seriously? This is the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard. Clearly this rag hasn’t got anything else to fill the page so they write ridiculous drivel like this. She is a very famous, very busy, very wealthy actor. She could easily farm her kids out to Nannies at all times and barely ever see them. She seems to be the type who tries to keep her kids close by and have an actual relationship with them and people criticize her for playing a trick on him? Mental. They’re all mental. I bet the kid laughed and thought it was hilarious and thinks he has the coolest mother ever.
storyline couldn’t care less…must comment however this photo illustrates “pencil legs” to a T…
What? That wide-mouthed psychologist said what?????? C’mon people, Be realistic!! It is a friendly-“yet cute” joke between mother and the son!! Don’t make it too politic and bad publicists1! It is so normal.
Really?!? we have nothing better to write about then some doctors predictions of how people can “CAN” mess up thier kids….wow….get a new topic to write about…this is ridiculous. I am glad she spends as much time as she does with her kids when most famous people do not. WTG Angelina……practical jokes are fun for sure!!
I hope you didn’t pay for that ‘professional’ commentary. Maddox may develop a sense of humour from this experience….practical jokes have never hurt anyone. He has seen more of the world than most of us dream of…he has developed a better sense of himself than most adults….I won’t be buying that book.
I think she’s a total whacko. Maybe this shrink went a little overboard in her assessment (or maybe not, we’re not shrinks, we don’t have that training, maybe she’s 100% right and this is going to affect him quite a bit), but I have no doubt Jolie’s kids will need many visits to shrinks when they grow up. She had a completely abnormal childhood herself, so it’s no wonder she’s a weird person.
cry me a river! its time we stop cuddling our children so much we make them wimps. i think the author is a total wacko and crybaby.
Wow what a lame article to write, and it makes you look like desperate haters! Practical jokes are a part of a great relationship with your family, otherwise we’d ban April Fool’s Day!!
This is pathetic, parents have fun with their child, play with them like hide and seek, on halloween change their appearence, and so on. These thing create fun in the life make more bonding, create more easy going relationship, more friendly relationship.
Media has nothing except make story out of anything. I think the doctor want attention so he choose this nothingelse.
Hahahahaha… Oh My Gosh!!!
Well, if that bull $hy* is true… Then, I guess my nieces and nephews will forever be scared of me…
When they were little, I used to put a Troll mask on and scare them. Then I would take off the mask and show them it was me.
LOL……
This is such crap. I think that Dr. Rowe has made a mountain out of a molehill. Perhaps practical jokes are something done regularly in that household and Maddox will accept this one as a challenge from his mother to up the anti. There are so many things that a mother and father could do to damage a child, this isn’t one of them!!! Get a life Dr. Rowe – I certainly wouldn’t buy your book based on your opinion of this situation.
Boo hoo! Poor Maddox – now he’s got Angelina where he wants her, she’ll be buying him cars and houses for the rest of his life to make up for her abuse :/
I would be more worried about the boy walking around with a damn purse!!!
OMG, that’s crazy. A practical joke isn’t going to scar the child for the rest of his life.
He will be fine.
The shrink needs to chill….what nonsense.
The shrink needs a SHRINK or needs to have kids!!! she has too much free time on her hand :X
Where did this shrink go to school? Did he get his degree by sending in cereal box tops?
What a lot of dribble who does this doctor think he is advice to the stars that’s a crock these movie stars have more to do than listen to that nonsense angelina is the boys mother and as a mother we are the ones who look after our children sure we make mistakes but she’s a movie star and wants her children around and I don’t think that this little episode is going to alienate the boy after all he knows she is an actor and that is what she did she acted to him I don’t see anythinhg wrong in what she did this doc only wants the limelight to sell his?her book I won’t buy it.
Who writes this stuff? This is old news since it happened on the set of Salt .Dr.Rowe got some free publicity out of that for her new book.The movie got some free publicity. Angelina got some free publicity (recently her husband’s illness was in the spot light,so why shouldn’t she be).I do not have a problem with practical jokes or do I think it will scar the child for life. However ,I got a problem with a 9 years old child hanging out with unknown man/women unsupervised.
Oh please. The kid is nine! He will be fine.
Oh please! Lighten up.
That DR. is an idiot, doesn,t have kids i bet. good grief, you aren,t allowed to fool your kids anymore. give me a break. i think the dr. needs help!
Please I joke with my kids and they joke with me we have a great relationship and my kids have so much self esteem. people tell me all the time how they wish they had a relationship like ours. My mom would jump out of closets to startle me and I am so close to my mom now. This shrink needs to get a life why do these people pick on celebs for loving their kids and doing things with them. get a life.
Seriously? you have got to be kidding me!?! I seriously doubt that Maddox is going to be an emotional cripple because his mom played a prank on him while in makeup for her movie. I mean come on! Give me a break! Everyday people have fun and play with their kids all the time – and no one over analyzes it and thinks their kids will be traumatized. And i doubt Maddox was ‘freaking out’ in a bad way – i can just imagine that he was all “awww mom!” and then laughing with her – this article is written in a way to make it seem as though something innocent was majorly dramatic. (rolls her eyes). The tabloids need to find another victim – or better yet – just go away!!! This is exactly why I never buy them
My parents had a healthy sense of humour and if they could have pulled something off like this, i’m sure they would have. AND I TURNED OUT JUST FINE!!! i’ve developed the same sense of humour and my son is awesome. i think that this psychiatrist or whatever is overanalyzing this to an extent that it is being blown way out of proportion. give me a break.
Oh common media hounds, leave this poor woman alone! She a saint among movie stars to have saved so many kids in the first place. I’m sure this won’t hurt her kid and that he thought it was funny in the long run. This kid is being more damaged by all the media coverage than the act itself, and if you think a 9 yr old, especially Angelina and Brad’s isn’t clever enough to understand, think again!
All the best
Laurie
ps I agree with the above too
What a load of BS! By the shrink’s standards, my sons should be blithering idiots. They are 30, well-adjusted and as normal as you can get in this world. I was a total prankster with them, including jumping out of places and scaring the daylights out of them. they loved it!
What a non-story!!!
Parents have fun with theit kids all the time. If anything it teaches the kids to have a sense of humour too. Should every parent who ever played peek-a-boo with their babies be criticized for for deceiving their child even though it made the baby laugh???
Morons!
Geez… are you kidding me? You can even play pranks to our own kids now?
Meanwhile, this so-called ‘professional’ own children, if she has any, probably are doing drugs and having unprotected sex with numerous partners…
People should just take care of their own mess and mind their business.
I think this shrink could do more damage to a child than Angelina could.
Amen, Linda!!! Oh brother…talk about making a mountain out of a non-existent mole hill! Sheesh.
Wow, alot of comments for this one!
And, it’s just a joke she played on him, it shouldn’t have that much of an effect on him. For crying out loud!
She was only pretending she was a guy and not herself. It’s not that bad! Calm down people!
This “professional” psychologist is nuts and her statement is totally ridiculous. I don’t see how Maddox could ever be damaged by this or not trust his mother ever again. Crazy.
Oh come on. What child hasn’t had to deal with finding out their parent’s wear clothes of the opposite sex….or was that just me ?? LOL
Okay…seriously this article is kind of laughable. I’m sure Maddox will not be damaged. People dress up all the time and play practical jokes. Sure, it might have frightened him but did Angelina tell us what he said after? If he laughed and wanted an explaination? Angelina probably showed him how she tricked him with the prostetics and all.
It’s just silly that this was written saying that the boy might be damanged. How do we know he was humiliated? That’s kind of an exaggeration, no? Anyways, that’s just my opinion.
BULLSH*T!!
What a bunch of bullshit on the part of the psychologist and all like him. It’s the stupidist thing I’ve ever heard. Absolute crap!!
it was a joke, if she did it multiple times over a course of some time, with him only finding out later on. than it could mess him up, but she did it once, it’s how parents have fun with there kids some times. playing jokes, it’s a back and fourth thing, kids play pranks on parents. Psychologists may know a lot about the mind, but they can be wrong, have been wrong, and their findings do not always apply to all!
I think the doctor and writer have too much free time on their hands and no sense of humor.
I agree with most of the former written critiques. If a parent loves their child enough to play a joke or two on them, then I say more power to them. Plus, she always keeps them close by, even when she’s working. I think she Loves her children very much, and wouldn’t do anything to purposely harm or confuse them. Angelina & Brad are very “hands on” parents, and are financially well-off enough, that they can give their adopted kids a great upbringing; including travelling the world. Hats off to them! As far as this “psychiatrist”is concerned, she’s way off her mark! Sometimes, they think thatthey can be the judge & jury! Not a believable critic. Most likely,just wanted publicity.
I think that Madox is old enough to know Mommy is an actress and plays many many different rolls. He was obviously on set knew his mother would be there and finding out she was playing the male character at first yes might have been a shock however with how “worldly” her children are I doubt it effects them much. Seeing as they’ve been to war torn countries before and survived seemingly unscathed. Give the woman a break she was having fun who hasn’t scared the crap out of their kid? UGH and yes the Dr and the Psychiatrist have FAR to much time on their hands.
Oops sorry “Roles”
What the hell is wrong with teaching your kid to have a sense of humor? Not to mention, if a simple practical joke is going to scar him in life, what do they think all the paparazzi around with do? The shrink is out of touch with reality!
Give me a break! I’m not this woman’s biggest fan by any stretch of the imagination but this little joke will not hurt her son one bit. He will, no doubt, look back on it and laugh. When I saw the headline, I thought she had done something awful. This is trivial. What a stupid article!
This Rowe chick is retarded! “I believe that moms can ruin their children’s lives and make them shy and unconfident adults, simply by playing peek-a-boo with their babies. It’s a fact, I have useless degree and tell people how to run their lives instead of doing something useful.”
There are many things that a parent would do to scar their children for life. This kind of teasing would not even begin to start a negative reaction for normal up-bringing. Maddox knows his mother is an actress, and her disguising herself to him will show how talented she is. If anything, this display will prove informative to him.
The scarring of this child, would be the critisism of others about the people he loves. Back off naysayers and let people alone!!
Ur. I think he KNOWS that his mom is an actress. That should say it all. I don’t think he’ll be damaged in any sort of way from that. He probably thought it was hilarious later.
I think that it was totally funny. I have fooled my children on a few occasions and they still love, trust and behave normally. If you can’t jok around with your kids than there is something wrong. I agree that there will be no damage after this joke. It sounds like it was totally funny! It will be great to look back on too!
andrea……………how is she weird?sure she went through a wacky phase when young but,who hasn’t?
a mother who keeps her kids close when she could farm them out,gives lost children a home,donates millions to charity,gives her kids an amazingly full life?
if that’s weird,please angie adopt me
Balderdash!!!!!!!!!!!
What a waste of time! Obviously the whole point of this ridiculous “article” was to try and promote this what’s-her-name-again shrink’s new book–and judging from people’s comments, it didn’t even do a very good job at that! I certainly wouldn’t buy her book!!
As for Angelina, sounds like a pretty funny moment between a mother & her son… 🙂
Oh for God’s sake,,,now you cant even have a bit of fun and play a joke on your kid without someone spouting that the parent child relationship may be damaged????????
Give me a break and remind not to buy that book!
Give me a break what a bunch of rubbish i fooled my kids all the time with pratical jokes and they turned out just fine . I think the papers just have nothing else to wtite about period…
Well I think it was a pretty dumb joke to play honestly. She needs to find better material. It probably will have some impact since things like this can, but the media really is just jumping all over it. A lot of things can mess with kids so you’d be pretty busy to make articles for everything.
Still dumb joke to play on the kid.
Wow| Talk about a load of crap. If Dr.Rowe believes that a mother dressed up as a man to surprise her son will traumatize him to the point of requiring years of therapy then what kind of effect a parent dressing up as santa claus on Christmas have on those thousands of kids. It`s so obvious that this Dr Rowe is using a famous person in order to get attention to himself in order to sell his book. If this Dr Rowe is such a famous Psychologist then his book should sell itself and he should not be using personal experiences of famous people.
Dr. Dorothy Rowe – you need to bust out of your shell and have a laugh. You’re stupid.
Lois – it’s a she, not a he! lol
..plus, SHE’S AN ACTRESS for gods sake! She plays dress up and make believe every freaken day. She’s on TV, on the big screen dressed up like a mental patient (girl interupted), like a drug addicted junky modle (gia), an action hero (lora croft), gets to shoot at her husband – the kids father (mr and mrs smith), a cia agent (salt), a patrol cop (bone collector)…….and the list goes on…
If seeing your Mom be all the people above isn’t going to screw the kid(s) up for life, then playing one silly little joke on him isn’t going to make any difference.
OMG people – stop baby’ing kids!
I’m in agreement with the majority here. How can this permanently scar a child? If I were one of Dr. Rowe’s patient, I would be demanding a full refund.
I think that we are forgetting we are the parents and the ones responsible for bringing up our children. I may be mistaken but I think most children have a basic sense of right or wrong by the age of 5 and also have developed a simple sense of humor. Parents spending time with their children is a plus and it is so nice to see also children are very flexible and seem to cope with all kinds of problems daily. I think some Dr’s and their ideas scar kids more than the practical joking parent.
Seriously? If your kid can’t handle a damn joke like that, especially considering the field she works in and how long he’s been familiarized with it, then I think she has bigger things to worry about.
I agree with Monique:
Somehow the good doctor seems to forget that the kid’s mum wears disguises for a living… she acts for a living. Jolie will not look the same on the set as she does at home. I’m presuming her son is aware of what she does for a living.
Personally, I would think it would be more embarrassing for the kid to deal with his mother’s sex symbol status.
Dr. Rowe not only lost the paddle on this one but the entire boat. Live, Love and Laugh. I think it is wonderful that Angelina has such a wonderful personality and can joke around with her children. She is a great role model for her children, she’s actively involved in her children’s lives where as she has enough money to send them to someone else to raise! Thanks to anyone who can pose as a positive role model in our lives.
OMG…..every child in the free world would be scarred for life if this crap were true…..now if Angelina revealed that she really was a man, now that would be scarring for him but a practical joke…..he will be telling his grandchildren about it someday.
So this shrink says that because Jolie tricked her son by pretending to be a man is going to scar him for life??? What about the fact that poor Shiloh has NEVER been seen in any kind of girl’s clothes (or colors either)!!!!!THAT poor kid is going to forget that she’s a girl!!!!!!!!! She’s constantly seen dressed completely like a boy. Nope, won’t be any identity issues there when she hits the teen years, will there?
Omg get over it. It was a joke. Psycho making way too much out of it. Did anyone ask Maddox?
This is a silly article. But whatever–because this woman is a phoney bi**h with all her PR induced “Saving the world” crap. Are people SO naeve that they actually FALL for this completely set-up media circus? (apparantly so) WAKE UP PEOPLE. She is simply buying your undying love by participating in very carefully set up group of PR tactics. YOU ARE ALL PATHETIC AND SO EASY TO MANIPULATE. Such is life–filled with chumps.
Camman!
Ruined his life and his trust issues? So extreme for a therapist who published a book to acuse and assume such radical and extreme diagnosis haha..
HE is fine, they’ll both look back and laugh at how much fun his mom is/was and the sense of humor from a child is more common than an outbreak of him having felt embarrassed, that is a nutty conclusion!
OMG I can’t believe a shrink would think a simple practical joke would have such effects on a child. By that logic, my kids should be in therapy for the rest of their lives. We played practical jokes on each other all the time and looked forward to April 1st. Every year my eldest daughter would come running on the first of April saying, “Mom and Dad, the cows are out!!!”(we lived on a farm). Of course we would spring in to action to run and get the cows back into the pasture and there would be an exaggerated sigh of relief and laughter when she would yell “April Fool!!!”
On any given night we watched horror movies and the girls would call “dibs” on our rottweiler dog to sleep with one of them that night. Shall I go on? Well, only to tell you that one of them is now a Registered Nurse and the other teaches High School Band as well as other subjects. My point being, raising kids is largely instinct. We don’t get a manual to do it and we really don’t get a lot of instruction about it in school. We are all just winging it and trying to do our best. Some being more successful than others.
We certainly don’t need some shrink critizing what we do, especially one who quite possibly has never had children herself. keep doing what your doing Ang and Brad. From what I see, your kids are spending lots of time with family, and aside from all the world travelling, (which I also believe is wonderful for them), their lives appear to be much like anybody elses. People need to find other things to bitch about.
I just also want to add that in our house, laughter was paramount! We took every opportunity to have fun, laugh and make others laugh. As a mother I tried not to sweat the small stuff and to pick my battles, rather than make a big deal about every little thing. Parents I know who did not follow that philosophy now have grown kids who definitely do have problems. My daughters are very well adjusted adults who are contributing to society and to those under their care. I couldn’t be more proud.
Give me a break! I’d like to know the educational background for Dr. Rowe. I was brought up in a family where kids were played jokes on and teased (nicely of course). What happened to me and my siblilng/cousins? We all turned out to have a great sense of humour. Talk about trying to make yourself known to sell books. And really why did someone waste their time even publishing this garbage.
I really dislike those breaking news stories where they say “here is a psychologist’s opinion. NOTE: this person does not currently and has never treated this star. Nor have they ever looked at their medical records….but based on looking at them this is what they think….”
“Distinguished Australian psychologist Dr. Dorothy Rowe,”
Phish Posh Dr Rowe, its the likes of you, psychologist, who have screwed up peoples minds. Who made you an expert…silly nosey parker woman.
I think these “professionals” and their advice do more harm to society than good.
I really think that if she is going to do these kind of rude & hurtful type of tricks that will end up damaging her many childrens’s self esteem and etc. like she did to her 9 yr. old son Maddox, she should not be allowed to keep her children or be able to adopt any more children or have any more children the normal way,
Come on!! Are you kidding me. Kids loves stuff like this. I think the doctor needs to be around kids more. It just seems that any one will make stupid comments to make sure that Angelina never gets good press. I for one think she is great!
I do counseling with children. This statement is completely ridiculous. You have to assess for so many things before making such an assumption. This doctor has no idea what their home life is like. Maybe they are a bunch of practical jokers. Perhaps this 9 year old is mature and has a good sense of self-worth and self-esteem. Statements like the one made by this doctor are dangerous!
Come on folks, are you going to say that Halloween is bad for our kids when we dress up and fool our kids, what aboutthe lies surrounding SANTA should we not let them believe, ruin it for them. Playing dress up and being creative will not harm our children, in fact the opposite. See it for what it is, fun between a mother and child. Yo all take these little things and blow them up to something totally bogus..
she was on th set, in costume, her kids are on the set with her all the time, the kids have gron up with this
as a natural part of ther lives. I think Angie and Brad are doing a wonderful job raising their kids – they may be in show business but their life is their children and they go to great lengths to insure their kids get their needs me, they are a vey talented and supportive family –
Hell Katie + 8 postitutes her 8 kids to feed her ego, her kids pay her, with out them she is nothing – totally the oposite of Angie and Brad, at least Angies kids get to have an imaginative and fun, free play upbringing, unlike Kate who forces her kids to perform so she can live in the manner to which they afford her.
I support Angie, she is a very loving Mother whokeeps her kids as kids, you dont see Shilo strutting around ni high heels like Suri Crus , who has a 3000 dollar a week personl shopper, Suri is nothin more than a trained barbie doll, she has no idea who she is or what she likes. You never see Suri having fun and playing like a child her age should. Angie incourages each childs individual self to explore who they are and how they feel,its called having an imagination – something that TV and VIDEO games and over controlling parenting has taken away from children today.
I SUPPORT ANGIE she is a wonderful Mother, I wish mine had been so selfless
Dear Dr. Rowe, please remove the pretty long stick out of your a$$… babying kids only lead to them sticking around the house until they are 30, living rent-free, free-food and no ambition in life…
Doctor, you need to see a doctor! That is going to be a story that he will probably be telling and joking about, and the fact that his Mum is taking time to have some fun time with him.
Hey did anybody else hear that Michael Jackson died?!?!?!?! 😐
It is people like Dorothy Rowe who cause problems, not Angie, I have a son and I am sure that he would have found it really funny if I had done the same thing , she is just a news munger, I support A
It is Dorothy Rowe who has problems and hangups as far as I am conserned, I have a son and he would have found it really funny and cracked up laughing if I did the same thing, it is people like Dorothy Rowe who cause problems and put doubts in childrens minds, well done Angie you were just being a normal mom
I don’t see what’s wrong… you can scare a kid by dressing up like santa… how would it be humiliating for him… it’s like playing dress up… that is why i don’t like psychologist… they take EVERYTHING so serious… should say that kinda stuff if they don’t know if that is really how maddox feel…
What nonsense! Any one that knows children, especial once of that age, knows that they love nothing more than a good joke. they love to fool and be fooled. If Ms.Rowe wanted publicity for herself and her book she could have done so in a more honest way, she did not need to call Ms. Jolie’s parenting skills into question. But,what better way to do so then to pick on someone prominent and in the public eye?
I think the psychiatric society overanalyzes everything too much! It is my opinion that there is not an explanation for everything. This psych definitely has too much time on her hands to be analyzing someone’s actions and/or words which could have been taken out of context. This psych needs to get a sense of humor and needs to take the pole out of you know where. Practical jokes…..when did they become a thing of the past. Parents are allowed to have fun with their children and I think a child of this age especially knows what is real and what is not! Hello! Wake up! She just does what any good parent does and enjoys her child(ren)!
OMG he’ll be in therapy for the rest of his life now.
She ruined him.
Send child services over immediately.
haha this is retarded. she played a joke on her kid, as if thats a BAD thing. it shows that shes playful and she wants to be a part of her kids life. everyone needs to CALM down and stop making this into such a huge mess over something so simple. i didnt read the other comments bc theres too many 😛
holy crap………….its a joke people………..A JOKE…are we all forgetting that a little fun is all it is………..seriously….this world needs a slap in the face of fun…….
I don’t know what’s more humiliating: Having the name of some asshole who’s website is named “the best page in the universe” or being dressed like such a liberal 3rd worlder like in that picture. That little fun joke was the least of his “insecurities”. And that was such a stupid physcological analysis. It’s just a joke, why are people so sensitive? OMFG, one practical joke and the kid will suffer from being a loser the rest of his life. Dude, look at the way he’s dressed in the picture! And look at his name!
“Colin on August 19, 2010 11:19 AM
I would be more worried about the boy walking around with a damn purse!!!”
IT’S A SATCHEL! lol
BUNK
Wow. That doctor’s poor kids (if there are any) must be seriously messed up and completely lacking in a sense of humour. What a bunch of bull.
…and although most of US know it’s a satchel,I think That purse is the most humiliating thing on this page. Good thing he doesn’t go to public school lol.
I think distinguished Australian psychologist Dr. Dorothy Rowe is an attention-whore, who was looking for another excuse to get her name in the public eye. I highly doubt this one practical joke, especially when the child is fully aware his mother is an actress, is going to scar him. He’ll be laughing about it with his friends next week. Aren’t the psychologists the ones who’re always telling us how resilient children are?
the psychologists are also the ones that are always telling us to drug our children up so they arent “hyper” go figure.
wow a little over analyzed.
First of all, psychiatrists (=M.D.s) are the pill pushers, not psychologists (no M.D.). Secondly, most people on here are showing a great deal of common sense… Hurray!
Also, besides instilling a sense of humor in children, they can also observe that we all share masculine and feminine qualities despite our masculine or feminine appearance.
There must be something else to write about. She didn’t change herself to a man, she just dressed up like a man”BIG DIFFERENCE”. Parents have fun with their children which build memories so they could laugh about it later in their lives. It will be a “Hey Mom remember when…..” Life is so full of seriousness for goodness sake we have to have fun too. So lighten up Doc!
psychologist, psychiatrist, all the same to me 😛 and thanks for clearing that up. but, clearly they also think any fun and games is bad for children. they probably agree with drugging all kids.
Maybe that shrink is battling with his own inner fear due to a time he bought a “female” hooker only to find out she was a MAN. Perhaps he should get help for that.
Big surprise,another asinine assumption from another $%^&&# know it all.If playing jokes on your kids and having a laugh is damaging than omg I’m unleashing a couple of monsters on the world.
Angelina is very close to her children… this ‘fun ‘ pranked would have resulted in some good laughs and something to share at the dinner table with the others…
The Dr. is a QUACK!
Don’t you get it?? This is nothing to do with the kid. It is all to trash Angelina because there is nothing bad that she is doing but on the contrary so they have to “invent” something like that she is a bad mother. She is a great mother, loves, cares, plays, travels and jokes with her kids and make each one feels special.This is pure malice. Who prints that garbage??Can you people stop with this attacks? She WAS ONCE MAYBE be some or ever all of that weird, wild, distrurbed and lost kid but look at her NOW – since 2001!!!! already 9 years – humanitarian, great mother and partner and a human being not to mention exceptionally gifted actress.
Give me a goddamn break, are you effing kidding me? If this is gonna screw with his psyche, imagine how effed up the kid’s gonna be when he finds out that wasn’t really Santa whose lap he sat on for all those Christmases.
Somebody had nothing better to do than blow stupid crap out of proportion, apparently. Get a damn life.
Playing a trick on her child is the smallest issue that will screw her child(ren) up. She marries Miller in ’96 in a white wedding dress with “Jonnie Miller” written in blood across the front of it, divorces him and claims she’s bi-sexual while dating/sleeping with Jennie (Gia),marries Billy Bob and wears a vial of his blood around her neck,wins an academy award and celebrates by kissing her brother Haven using porn tongue on national televison, steals a married man Brad from Jen then calls Jen names publicly, adopts Maddox and gives him a mohawk (Anglie’s mom is French Canadian and Iroguis) confusing him by getting him to call her mom, adopts Zahara and cinfuses her with the whole mom thing, has Shiloh, adopts Pax and confuses him with mom again, has the twins and ignores, sorry, builds a positive maternal relationship with her newbornes meaning that the other children are shopped out to a nanny and the bodyguard who claims she lets him bang her and has proof. She globe trots helping save the world one photo-op at a time but who provides a stable, constant home for the Benetton Colors sub ins. Salt, it sucked but she claims it was the hardest movie she did due to trying 20 hours a day for stunts leaving 4 hours to sleep and spend quality time with the younger version of 21 Jump Street.
SO, a sexually confused woman, obsessed with blood, a home wrecker, brother kisser, a negligent parent, a do-gooder but only for a photo-op, did not let daddy Voight speak or see his grandchildren or her for just under 2 years because he “is a bad, inconsolable, cruel man.” Do you think dressing as a man and triking her child is the worst she can do.
Amanda’s right, Jolie dresses Vivienne like a he-she to match her brother. Daddy issues anyone.
Where the hell did drugs come into play from? Mandee, are riding the horse again? Rein that stallion in, say NO
Seriously people…a mother having fun with her son? Where is your sense of humor? Their relationship is playful and fun… you can see it! She lives in a world of ShowBiz…so does he!!! This is normal for any creative family living in the arts and entertainment world. If my mother did this to me I would appreciate the joke…she cared enough to try to pull off “Punked!” on me! GET A LIFE PEOPLE!!!
does everything need analyzing? I have 4 kids and we fool around all the time…I guess my kids are done for life now too…get a life and write about a real problems and don’t pay some psych major $$$ to read something ridiculous into a mom and son moment of fun.
I’m still laughing so hard from this article that I can’t focus hard enough to type my comment. So stupid!
GET A LIFE. IT WAS JUST A JOKE…….
Give us a break! Is this the best they could come up with to write about. I am not a fan of Angelina Jole’but playing a joke on her son is funny not harmful. Parents play games with their children all the time like peekaboo, hide and seek and dress up in disguises(Santa Claus,Halloween costumes)with no negative effects. Phychologists should find more serious topics to address, don’t you think?
Oh for Christ’s sake, we can’t even play practical jokes anymore without damaging someone’s psyche???? Come on! All this “blame your mother” crap has got to stop. Give your heads a shake people and get real. If we don’t stop with all this coddling bullshit we ARE going to be breeding nothing but sociopaths!
This psychologist needs to be preyed on by some woman in a mans suit. How utterly stupid of her, the doctor I mean. Angelina loves her children, it was a joke. I think this Dr needs to go back to school. Maybe a nice clown college.
Typical pyschobabble bullsh..t.
some people will say anything to get publicity.