Exactly, it’s the ‘I do all my own stunts’ of the PR game.

Joile’s PR team has been off the ball ever since she filed from divorce from Brad.

Which pretty much goes to show Jolie’s sociopathy. Which begs the question; has she really learned any damn thing with all the social work she’s done? If anyone should know better, it’s her.

Jolie believes her own Saint Angelina hype.

lol if you thought that “wild child” shit wasnt run by her pr firm.

Even if it was ‘just an acting exercise’ it’s exploitation as they weren’t looking for great actors they were looking for pain and tears to then reframe into their story to tell and profit and get praised for on the backs of these children.

Right. It’s truly shocking how both VF and Jolie agree on what happened, yet Jolie sincerely thinks there’s nothing wrong here because “we were totally kidding!” She’s so confident the children were aware of everything while ignoring the poverty they faced every day before they met her and the casting directors.

I mean this probably isn’t much different with how she cast her children in real life, right? The whole “saving babies of color from their horrible lives in their home countries” trend has always been kind of gross. Especially considering how the demand tends to outpace supply leading to outright freaking…

I used to love her when I was younger, but in the last 10 years she has become so disappointing. I miss the old, wild child Angie who would say and do whatever the fuck she wanted and gave two shits about her public image.

Angelina and the casting directors knew what was going on. A bunch poor children, who have literally known nothing but a life of poverty and hunger, most likely did not even if it was explained to them. They’re kids! They don’t have the same grasp on complex emotional matters that adults do!

Why is a former Heroine Junkie more credible than the people victimized by her?

of course she said it. shes a rich person so out of touch she didnt realize how bad it would sound so she backtracked

Angie made a huge mistake treating Vanity Fair like People. She responded like a celeb and underestimated the magazine by trying strong arm them. I love her but this entire debacle has been an excercise in hubris.

I take it she was using lipstick to defuse landmines or something.

She’s more interested in wallowing in other people’s pain than actually doing anything about it.

Jolie’s version of the story is the same as the story that the magazine printed - she doesn’t seem to get what was wrong with it in the first place. It doesn’t matter if YOU think ‘this is an acting exercise, this money is meaningless and the children don’t get to keep it anyway’ - to those kids they’re just seeing a…

Maybe you should stop assuming and guessing? Maybe the court had more information than you?

Her reputation was destroyed. The judgement wasn’t intended to be dollar per dollar restitution. It’s meant to compensate for suffering and reputation.

She wasn’t reimbursed for 2 years wages, but for being the victim of a malicious stunt by nasty people.