She is not the “UN Ambassador.” That would be one John Bolton. Her title, UN High Commission on Refugees can actually be conferred for doing little of nothing, as it is given to celebrities who are interested in promoting the cause of the commission. Good on her, using her fame for something, though.

I repeat, if you dont’ want the attention, stop putting the kids in the damn limelight.

If this were a random question thrown out at some other event, unprepared, say the Oscars, or a restaurant, of COURSE it wouldn’t matter.

However, as a “celebrity” actor in the US who also moonlights as any kind of advocate, doing “serious” interviews is part of your job that is in the public eye.

Put it this way: among friends, I joke that wetlands are “land that goes squish for most of the year,” and noone cares (even if I work with them). If I put that into a report or say it at a professional meeting, I deserve any flack I get.

It’s a public interview. Therefore, it’s up the public to listen and critique and decide whether to care.

Funny thing is, personally, I don’t. Two or three adopted kids from developing nations will likely not improve the lot of the thousands of other kids. Yay, you’re rich, famous, and adopting! Now, how about working to get some better infrastructure to get malaria meds to where they’re most needed?

My whole idea is that you can be taking what she said in the wrong context, understand?

Also…. I dunno… at least she is someone who actually gives a damn about the children in developing countries, so I dont think she deserves so much backlash for one stupid comment.

See, as far as I’m concerned, she’s a very well known professional actress who has deliberately chosen to place her children in the public eye. She chose to do this interview (among others) and she SHOULD be choosing her words differently. She’s also chosen to be some sort of public awareness model (for what, I’m still not sure - While I don’t know her own favorite charities, I think I’d take bets on U2 and Bill and Melinda Gates doing a little bit more for developing nations at the moment). She even took a UN job as part of it.

If someone is that public, then they deserve to have their words picked apart for substance (or the lack of). Otherwise, do as other celebrities have done and KEEP THE KIDS OUT OF IT.

Although I’m not a famous celebrity or anything, but I have thought about adopting children from different races, and I realised that there is much more than just giving them a good home to live in. If Jolie is any kind of a good mother she WOULD consider what “kind” of child she adopts next, celebrity or not.

One thing I noticed in the comments on this thread, is that there is more of a focus on this actress being more superficial as opposed to REAL. We do not know what is in her heart.