Angelina Jolie has revealed in an interview with Reader's Digest that she was initially averse to the idea of having biological children, but changed her mind because of how cute Brad Pitt looked with Maddox and Zahara. Said Angelina:
Before I met Brad, I always said I was happy never to have a child biologically. He told me he hadn't given up that thought. Then, a few months after Z came home, I saw Brad with her and Mad, and I realized how much he loved him, that a biological child would not in any way be a threat. So I said, "I want to try."
Sure Angie - you looked at Brad and the kids, mostly Brad, and thought, "Hmm, I'd really like to be impregnated by him." Who wouldn't, Angelina.
And how nice of you to put aside your fears that a bio-child would somehow be a threat to...what exactly was the bio-child supposed to be a threat to? I don't think you really explained that. You just said, "I realized ... that a biological child would not in any way be a threat." I don't know, seems kind of creepy to me - a woman with a healthy reproductive system feeling threatened by the thought of a biological child. Your concerns don't spring somehow from some crazy image you have of yourself, do they Angelina? You know, the old "my body's a temple" thing. The tattoos and cutting would seem to indicate that you do not have what would be considered a normal relationship with your own flesh. So the idea of having a baby inside you - what, you saw that as some violation of the sanctity of your temple-body? Most women, I think, view having that kid inside them as a marvelous, final consummation of their womanhood - a chance to genuinely be in touch with themselves. But not you, special, sanctified creature that you are. Still, you did get past your weird-ass complex for Brad's sake - that must mean you really love him. Or are just desperate to hang onto him, and figured giving him a kid would buy you some time.
Here are some other bits from Angie's big Reader's Digest interview:
On she and Brad's new life as parents of a giant brood:
I met this amazing person, and we realized we had very similar views on how we wanted to live our lives. It's happened quickly, with so many children. Yesterday, picking up the kids from school, Brad turned around in the car, and there were three of them. He couldn't stop laughing.
He couldn't stop laughing - and wondering where the three kids in the back of the freaking car came from. He has memory problems.
On maintaining the racial balance in the household:
As kids get older, it's harder for them to be adopted. ... Something changed for me with Shiloh. We had Mad and Z, and neither looked like Mommy or Daddy. Then suddenly somebody in the house looked like Mommy and Daddy. It became clear to us that it might be important to have somebody around who is similar to the other children so they have a connection. Mad's very excited that his brother is from Asia.
Course, Mad wouldn't even think of his brother as being "from Asia" if you hadn't told him he was "from Asia." And what if Mad's brother had been "from Wichita" instead? Would Mad have kicked him in the head rather than befriend him? Does Mad have some aversion to round-eyed people? "Don't look at me round-eye, or I call on all my ancestors to make your pee-pee turn blue and worms crawl from your nostrils."
On making time for her and Brad:
Right now, that's our problem! We hang out. We try to talk over the swing set. We'll have a date night once everybody is settled. ... Especially now with Pax, he still gets scared if I'm gone more than a few hours. But we'll get them occupied with a movie and popcorn and try to run off and lock the door for a bit.
Oh, Pax gets scared if you're gone more than a few hours. That's what really gets you off, isn't it Angelina? Him needing you that bad. You want all of them to behave that way - like dogs that slobber and go crazy every time you come through the door. Especially Brad. Unfortunately, he's a grown man with his own mind. He doesn't slobber enough for you. So you take little jabs at him whenever you get the chance. You go ballistic if he sends Aniston a thoughtful card, and you give lap-dances to your exes knowing it will be in the tabs and he'll find out about it. You manipulative, conniving, egomaniacal, self-absorbed little bitch.
(source)
Thanks (or should I say "grazie") to Italian Crabbiefan Adele for the tip (sorry but I don't know how to say "tip" in Italian).
