Angelina Jolie Calls for Laws Protecting Kids from Paparazzi

By John Mitchell Posted Dec 9th 2010 11:16AM

Angelina Jolie sat down with Larry King Wednesday night to promote her new film 'The Tourist' and opened up about everything from partner Brad Pitt and their six children to her film career and how a chance meeting in King's studio may have led her to her most recent Oscar nomination.

In one of the interview's more serious moments, Jolie discussed her hope that some day there will be a law protecting the children of celebrities from the invasive paparazzi. "I do think and I do hope that there will at some point be laws about how close they can get to children with cameras," Jolie told King.

Asked by King if she felt there would ever be a "cure ... for the paparazzi and the invasion of privacy," Jolie said, "I don't think the hunger for it will ever go away, and so I think it will always be fed."

In an about-face from many of her peers, who often lament the existence of the paparazzi altogether, the Oscar-winning actress spoke specifically to how the aggressive nature of some photographers affects the welfare of children. "I think at some point it's going to be clearer that it's emotionally not healthy," Jolie said. "And with long lenses, there's no need. I'm somebody that would like there to be a law about the distance they have to children."

When King listed off the many roles Jolie plays in her real life -- working actress, goodwill ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, mother of six -- and asked how she keeps it all balanced, the actress credited Pitt, who she called "an extremely hands-on, wonderful father."

"I'm very, very lucky that I have a career where it seems like I'm very busy but I work for a few months and then I have months off. So my schedule is not as demanding as many, many mothers across the world who have two, three jobs and no help," Jolie told King. "When I was shooting 'The Tourist,' for example, [Brad] was home with the kids, helping them with school, bringing them to set. We never work at the same time, we never separate the family, and that's the best thing we can do to try to keep it all balanced."

Jolie also informed King that he may have played a part in her landing the lead role in director Clint Eastwood's acclaimed 2008 film 'Changeling,' for which she earned a Best Actress Academy Award nomination.

The actress and the legendary actor-director met for the first time backstage at King's studio before Jolie's last appearance on CNN's 'Larry King Live.' "We joked that we really, really wanted to work together, and I told him how crazy I was about him and his films and we ate in your little craft service in the back and I think a few months later we decided to do 'Changeling.'"

King, of course, also asked Jolie if she and Pitt planned to have more children. Smiling, she said, "[We have] no plans at the moment, but we're always open."

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Thursday 09 December

By Tiffany

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How about a law that doesn't allow celebs to put their kids on the front of People magazine so there won't be a "hunger" for the pics of children

By sandy

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HER POINT IS: THE HUNGER IS THERE AND ALWAYS WILL BE, SO CONTROL IT.

By ruby

So it's o.k for her to parade them in front of the pap's when she needs a good publicity photo op making her look like a "doting mother", but not when she is not in the mood? Then keep your adopted and Autistic bio kids under masks, like Jackson did ya nut job!

By Office Manager

@Ruby.... you're a terrible person, whom I suspect, has either perfect children or none and does nothing for anyone but make baseless, mean statements.

By Bruce

About damn time there is a control factor on them. Whats it going to take some one else being killed while trying to flee them.

By Milagros

These two are always flaunting their kids in front of the cameras. They should take a cue from other celebrities who don't.

By Susan

They have just as much right to leave thier home with thier kids as everyone else. I took my kids out with me places all the time when they were younger. I take my grandkids places with me now. Should thier kids have to stay inside all the time? The paparazzi have even been known to stalk the child's school waiting for a picture. It's not flaunting to want to go places and do things with your own child.

By SANDY

they have to live, don't they? what would you do, keep your kids chained up I suppose

By sniper

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EXACTLY!!!!!!!!!!

By Katherine

I think getting rid of realilty shows that deal with raising children, having children on the cover of magazines and cutesy pics of kids with their parents need eliminated. Maybe celebrities need to follow the paparazzi and take pictures of them in all kinds of vulnerable situations, along with pics of their families. Then, a reality show can be created about this.

By Shelby T

Are you serious? I mean really, we already know what your kids look like! You better pull a Will and Jada and make some money!

By JC

Now isn't this the same airheaded celeb who declared Thanksgiving to be a "Day of Murder?" I detect a distinct lack of credibility here. Go play in the traffic, Angelina.

By Karen

It is the price of fame to be hounded by photographers.

By Megs

Celebreties are just that! They make the big bucks, they have the fame and/or notoriety - therefore their kids are lumped in the same basket. No special rules for celebreties kids please.
Let her / them hire private security guards and surround the little 'darlings'

By Jodie

I wonder if she thinks Sarah Palin's kids should be protected too. Or is it just the leftie's kids?

By rona barrett

Cameras aren't guns, Jolie.
If she was so protective she wouldn't be showing her children in public for the world to view.
You can't blame the public for being hungry for the celebrity when that's all they're fed.
Protect your children, Jolie, leave them out of the public eye.

By JJ

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How about if she doesn't like all that attention she gets then perhaps she should just go away. But since we all know she wouldn't know what to do if she didn't have all those cameras in her face she should just shut the hell up.

Mean much?

Monday 20 December

By Lilly

If you ask me, she's not a really "in your face" celebrity. All she does is make movies and promote them. That's her job and she's really good at it. She's not a Speidi or Kardashian that appears on everything you see. You only think she is because the paps plaster her all over magazine. And for those of you who say, "well, she sells her babies pictures to magazines!" -Umm.... every penny of that money went towards charity. You're just cold judgemental people who love to put others down. Especially successful good people.

By Stephen J. Tripi Sr.

It is always "for the children" from we all should all pay higher taxes to these idiot Hollywood celebs calling for controls on picture taking. Isn't it ironic that when these same celebs need some publicity -THEY ALWAYS LOVE THE CAMERA AND THE PAPARAZZI THAT MAKE THEM EVEN MORE FAMOUS AND AS A RESULT MAKE THEM A LOT MORE MONEY!! Don't believe a word Jolie and Pitt ever utter. It is all about them.

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