Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie Affection “All For Show!” Declares Desperate Magazine

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1:20 pm, February 10th, 2010

When it comes to hammering a square peg through a round hole, no one does it with Star magazine‘s tireless creativity.

(If only the tab excelled in accuracy.)

The “biggest show” at Super Bowl XLIV “was in the stands,” Star declares, “and it involved Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt!”

“Angelina was all over Brad,” the mag’s “eyewitness” reports.

OK. So far, so good. The couple was indeed affectionate, as photographs everywhere demonstrated.

But wait, Star warns. It wasn’t real affection. Instead, according to the tabloid, it’s all an act. Jolie “knew [the Super Bowl] was the perfect opportunity to downplay the rumors of her splitting from Brad,” an “insider” tells Star, adding that while Pitt “is miserable about what they’ve become as a couple, he’s going along with the charade — for now.”

But rather than employing actual facts, the mag trots out a body-language expert to “explain” what’s really going on in the couple’s lives. The expert observes that with public displays of affection the stars “are trying to show that they’re in sync [and] happy… but to me this feels contrived and exaggerated.”

Hmm. “Charade”… “contrived”… “exaggerated”… yup, all terms Star knows well.

After all, it’s the same magazine that recently illustrated a bogus Brangelina “Fight To End All Fights!” cover exclusive with outrageously misleading photographs of a downcast Pitt (at a film festival months earlier) and a sobbing Jolie (during a World Refugee Day event six years earlier).

Gossip Cop wants to point out just how ridiculous this has become.

When there’s no evidence of trouble with the couple, Star uses old photographs to deceive readers into thinking Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are warring.

When there IS evidence of happiness, Star tells readers not to believe their eyes, because it’s “All for Show!”

If anyone is playing games, it’s the tab.

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