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October 16, 2007

Angelina's War with Dad Far From Over


Angelina Jolie’s feud with her father Jon Voight appears to be far from over.

Angie’s brother James said in this month’s Marie Claire magazine, “I don’t want to constantly berate my father,” but he added that Jon put their mother Marcheline through “years of mental abuse, and it made me care especially for abandoned women and children.”

Now Jon has fired back, telling Life & Style, “I find it very heartbreaking that my children want to paint a bad guy portrait of me. I feel it comes from their inability to let go of years of programmed anger from their mother, who understandably felt quite hurt when we divorced…God knows, for years I've tried to mend this relationship…perhaps the trauma of their mother's passing has made it worse. I continuously send them my heart and love and am always available to them for whatever they need from me."

Marcheline passed away this year after a battle with ovarian cancer. Angelina, 32, and James, 34, have frequently insisted that their mother raised them after she divorced Jon in 1978.

Angie’s relationship with Jon, 69, has been frigid since he suggested that she seek help for what he called “mental problems” following her split from Billy Bob Thorton in 2002.

He still has not met any of his grandchildren.


NEXT: Is Sheryl Crow Adopting Again?

 

It’s time to forgive your father Angelina. What happened between your father and mother is between them only. Maybe your mother was no angel either.


- Joe
Posted 07/15/08 06:52 PM
 

how much suffering could there have been, children of privalige, what a corvette instead of a farrari on your 16th, get over and commit suicide already, im really getting sick of these celbrities and their hardships, poor britt, poor angelina, go die


- just me
Posted 01/06/08 10:05 AM
 

AMEN lINDA!!!!!!!!!!!!!1


- Shannon
Posted 12/11/07 08:27 AM
 

I do think Jon should stop using the media to reconcile with his children. I think he should try to get together with them and they can all express their feelings. After that hopefully every one can move forward.


- E
Posted 10/30/07 10:45 AM
 

(Right, cause you NEVER hear anything about a lack family values regarding any non-white people!)At least in this box o’crazy, there’s a FATHER. The media comments and judges constantly w/ those they’ve never even met! Why is speculation from a stranger okay, but, a response from a contrite and heartbroken dad is not?


- stef
Posted 10/21/07 12:29 PM
 

By the way,I meant that for the Anonymous who can’t spell ‘family’


- mona
Posted 10/21/07 09:04 AM
 

Anonymous, you’re funny. Misinformed, but funny.


- mona
Posted 10/21/07 09:02 AM
 

I think Jon’s statement was very honest and on the up and up. Don’t forget his son is the one who attacked him. He did not ask to be dragged into this. I think the three of them together need to go into private counseling and leave it there. Giving interviews to world-known magazines and dumping on their father is not the answer. I am really sick of hearing about it. Jon, James and Brangelina…don’t be so eager to air your dirty laundry.


- jason
Posted 10/18/07 06:23 AM
 

I’m staying the crap out of this unholy mess.


- Anonymous
Posted 10/17/07 08:25 PM
 

Jon should stop responding about his childrens accusation to him. His kids grew up with their mom and they’ve seen how their mother suffered. He should wait for his kids to forgive him and to not blame their mother.


- Anonymous
Posted 10/17/07 01:24 PM
 

Again, the media using Angelina when she has nothing to do with it. She has been mostly silent for the past six years since she adopted Maddox and split with him. If Mr. Voight wanted to make up with his own children, he would stop talking to the media every chance he gets and whining like he is the child.


- Anonymous
Posted 10/17/07 12:14 PM
 

I agree with jon his children have mental problems and they need to get on with their lives. Both of his children are weird and are basket cases. Angelina does things to be noticed and for attention can you imagine how those children she adopted are going to be and is Shiloh really Brad’s.


- amcv
Posted 10/17/07 11:42 AM
 

typical white people not to have any faimily values


- Anonymous
Posted 10/17/07 07:35 AM
 

I agree with Jon both angie and her brother are weird. I don’t care that for the last 2 years she’s been trying to save the world. She’s still a fruit cake and that had to do with her mama brain washing her. or from sleeping with her brother and all the other 400 men she’s slept with!!! Jon should not sweat the small stuff, we still love him


- linda
Posted 10/17/07 06:10 AM
 

James gave the interview, not Angelina. She had nothing to do with this. Why drag Angelina’s name into this? Shame on Extra!


- what
Posted 10/16/07 08:53 PM
 

Didn’t this whole thing finally hit the fan when someone started discussing their personal relationship issues in the media??

Have they not learned from this? Obviously I am as interested as anybody in the lives that Celebrity’s live. But I do not need to know about their personal conflicts and the media does not need to be used as a means for them to communicate with each other. Stop spilling family conficts to the media.


- Connie/Canada
Posted 10/16/07 07:43 PM
 

Jon sure does have a lot of nerve to
put his daughter and son down like that.
He even has ‘bigger’ nerve to blame his dead wife for the non-loving relationship between him, angie, & james. How much more “foot” is he going to shove in his mouth already.


- Anonymous
Posted 10/16/07 06:18 PM
 

If Jon doesn’t like his children saying bad things ‘bout him on the media then why did he suggest his pretty daughter, Angie, gets help?
The bleached-blonde tramp he calls his “Goddaughter” she’s the total opposite of Angie, she’s not pretty she’s more like “Fugly”


- Lisa Pickles
Posted 10/16/07 06:05 PM
 

angelina’s war? what a joke of a headline extra tv.
what does this have to do with angelina? angelina was busy filming her new movie with clint eastwood today and over the weekend. this new fued is bewteen james and jon voight. stop dragging angelina’s name into it. you should be ashamed.


- real?
Posted 10/16/07 03:24 PM
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