Angelina Cries Talking About Late Mother (VIDEO)

Actress Angelina Jolie welled up with tears as she talked about her late mother at a press conference for her new film 'Changeling' in London on Monday, even cursing as she welled up (the word "fuck" is muted in the video below). Her mom Marcheline died of cancer early last year.

'We used to call her Marshmallow, as a joke, because she was just the softest, most gentle woman in the world.

'She was really sweet and was never angry - she couldn't swear to save her life. But when it came to her kids, she was really fierce and so this (film) is very much her, her story.

'She was the woman I related to, who had that elegance and strength for knowing what was right.'

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[UP0777]

WHEN YOU LOOSE AND HAVE STRENGTH BEHIND IT YOU'LL MEET THEM IN THE GATES OF HEAVEN THE STRENGTH HOLDERS SOMETIMES LEAVE US BEHIND WE HAVE TO GIVE THE KNOWLEDGE THEY GAVE US TO OUR CHILDREN SO THEY CAN GROW BIGGER THAN US AS WE BECAME BIGGER THAN THEM WE MUST BE THE TORCH FOR A NEW SEASON FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION

[LovingHope]

Maybe you are having fun, but Brad doesn't seem to be as happy as you say he is.

[andj]

Well done Angelina - now if only you could act that well in your films. ( girl interrupted doesn't count as you were not really acting )

[SlippingInTheDip]

She did get those big lips from her mother. Her Mom was Canadian Indain(Eskomo) Eskomo's all have large lips from sucking Fish Heads.

[Maezeppa]

Why does Huffingtonpost want to put this sensitive moment on display?

[andj]

because jolie orchestrated this "sensitive" moment. Its part of her image.

[lgalloway]

Lovely to see someone speak of their mother in such a lovely way. Celebrity or not - it's very touching.

[gnorrfa]

oh, please, more on angelina. get a 24hour news alert on angelina. angelina burped. angelina laughed.an­gelina cried. angelina coughed! there's a lotta things going on all over the world. the post wants to appeal to everybody? astrology? muffin recipes? how to build a submarine in your basement?

[lunchlady]

Why doesn't she get instantly blotchy and ugly when she cries like most of us? Is this stage crying or are actors just different that the rest of us? I still hate her lips- I want to pop them with a pin.
Everything this woman does increases her fame, wealth and access to other rich and famous people. I predict she'll be trading Brad in for something better within 2 years.

[transe]

Why is it a surprise she misses her mom? The press is getting rediculous. I have to admit though, I do like her a lot. She puts her money where her mouth is. She doesn't sit on her hands complaining about poverty, or whatever. She donates something like 1/3 of the money she makes from every movie to the UN, or some other group. When she travels as a UN ambassador, she pays her own way, most of them do not. Three of her children, she adopted from third world countries, poverty stricken ones anyway. I'm not sure if Vietnam is a third world nation anymore. She doesn't seem phoney.

[SoAppropos]

I've never seen her more real and raw than in this moment. She is indeed lovely; however, I have always felt and still do feel, that her actions regarding the break up of the Aniston-Pitt marriage were reprehensible. I could not help but feel that again when she spoke of being lucky to have the partner she has. It still amazes me that she is not embarrassed nor has ever acknowledged this behavior. She carries proudly on without a thought of how she conducted herself. I do wish her well and the whole family. She certainly does good in the world but I keep waiting for her next reprehensible act because a tiger rarely changes stripes.

[MikeWardSF]

Do you know her specific actions that allegedly broke Aniston/Pitt up? Were you in the room when it happened?

Have you considered that Aniston hasn't had a single lasting relationship? That she runs men away more frequently than she keeps them? That her pattern is fairly much the same?

Everyone wants to point the finger at Angelina and no one wants to look at the machinations of the less-talented and over-bearing Jennifer.

While there is enough culpability for all involved, look at who is more grounded, doing more in the world for others, raising a family, having a successful career and is one of the most beautiful women in the world.

Those are the reasons people leap at Angelina's throat. People don't like it when someone does all of that, and does it well.

[SneathLane]

The Huffington Post main page says it all:

"Entertainment WATCH: Angelina Cries Talking About Late Mother"

This story is for our entertainment - Ms. Jolie's emotional responses are being packaged by HuffPo and served up for our reading pleasure. We don't know her, she's not our acquaintance, much less our friend, why are we intruding into her private life like this? For our entertainment.

Everyone making snide cracks about her should slink away and be ashamed of themselves.

[demfriend]

Not too many of those who have posted here do as much for the world and it's kids as this woman does. She donates thousands of dollars from her films for the foundation for kids she and Brad Pitt put together. She and he have adopted kids from all over the world as well as now have some of their own to show others the adoptions can work out. Sure she had her young and crazy years but I canno fault her for being who she is an those who have slammed her on this post should put out the bucks for the kids like she does or shut up. The Jolie-Pitt family at least is loved and they love each other. Much more than many can say as they strive to keep the kids as "normal" as they can while having so much money etc. Just look at New Orleans and th housing project Brad Pitt put together. Our Government hasn't done as much as he has and between he and Angie they have invested a whole lot of money there too. Good people.

[Samirah1368]

they are very good people...t­he hearts of those who choose to hate amazes me...but I have to check myself on that emotion as well but damn she's a mom and seems to be a very good one...

[moreupnorth]

No offence because I have nothing really against either one of them. They are allowed to make their own decisions and have to live with them.

But I find it a moral conundrum that folks like yourself would call these two people good when one cheated on his wife and the other one was responsible for breaking up a marriage. You mention the love of the Jolie-Pitt family without ever touching on the fact that one cheats while the other one is a "home wrecker" just not in their current relationships.

Yes they do good in the world, and the world needs more good done. I think the good these two do in the world needs to be emulated by far more of the "rich" than is already being done! But that is no excuse to deflect blame or not hold accountable, two people who have done more to "demean and disparage the sanctity of the institution of marriage" than any gay couple who have tied the knot in the last 4 years!

You do not pardon criminals because they do the occasional good thing! So why is it that moral failure is acceptable if you appear good and rich?

[pilgrim7]

1 But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2 Early in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the people were coming to Him; and He sat down and began to teach them. 3 The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman caught in adultery, and having set her in the center of the court, 4 they said to Him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in adultery, in the very act. 5 “Now in the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women; what then do You say?” 6 They were saying this, testing Him, so that they might have grounds for accusing Him. But Jesus stooped down and with His finger wrote on the ground. 7 But when they persisted in asking Him, He straightened up, and said to them, "LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN AMONG YOU, LET HIM BE THE FIRST TO THROW A STONE AT HER.” 8 Again He stooped down and wrote on the ground. 9 When they heard it, they began to go out one by one, beginning with the older ones, and He was left alone, and the woman, where she was, in the center of the court. 10 Straightening up, Jesus said to her, “Woman, where are they? Did no one condemn you?” 11 She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, “I do not condemn you, either. Go. From now on sin no more.”]

http://nasb.scripturetext.com/john/8.htm

[KathrynHunt]

Love covers a multitude of sins.

[gnorrfa]

she should put a lot of money to acting lessons for herself and 'droid.

[callmeacynic]

Why was my post removed? I didn't violate the terms of service that I'm aware of except to question Angelina's motives in getting emotional now (with a movie to promote) when she was clearly ANYWHERE but with her mother when she was ill.
I also questioned her statement that she see's no difference between her adopted and bio children when It looks to me that only the bio children get named after family members. That is just weird to me.

So do only the gushy "fanposts" get to stay up?

[GregJL]

And you know where she was at the time of her mother's death because you are stalking her?

[SlippingInTheDip]

Look who's back...she only faded away for a day...

[ltyr2002]

I'm pretty tired of movie stars and the whole icky-phoney thing. But I have to say Angelina Jolie seems different is some respects to what we normally see.
I respect her and Brad Pitt for doing more than just living like hedonistic, narcissists and doing positive things with their lives.

Good for her!