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CLAIM: Shiloh Jolie-Pitt Out of Control, Bullies Siblings, Has Gender Issues

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Star magazine split its cover story this week between bizarre claims about Suri Cruise (which Gossip Cop already examined) and equally weird allegations about another 6-year-old girl — Shiloh Jolie-Pitt.

According to the tabloid, little Shiloh is more than just a “rough-and-tumble tomboy” who emulates dad Brad Pitt with a short haircut and male clothes.

“Shiloh considers herself a boy,” a so-called “source” close to the family tells the magazine.

Star claims Shiloh has no boundaries, supposedly bullying her sisters by chasing them with a collection of dead spiders and sometimes hitting her siblings with shoes.

Jolie-Pitt is said to be obsessed with tarantulas, have “shockingly bad” table manners and a penchant for violence.

“If she gets a bloody knee, she acts like it’s a medal of honor,” says a so-called “insider,” adding, “She loves getting bloody.”

Um… OK.

The magazine consults a child psychologist who’s never met Shiloh Jolie-Pitt but confidently says, “Only having boy haircuts, wanting to be a boy — that’s more than being a tomboy. It’s closer to a gender-identity problem.”

We’re not sure why the tabloids feel the need to obsess over Shiloh’s tomboy style, going so far as to allege that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s mom Jane have wedding-threatening fight over it, but it’s always grossly sensationalized.

There have also been incessant stories about how out of control Jolie and Pitt’s children supposedly are, with various siblings labeled “bullies” at different times, when, really, they’re just acting like typical brothers and sisters that age.

Last January, Star wrongly reported that Pitt and Jolie were “on the verge of a split.”

Now, the same publication wants us to believe that it has inside information on the psychology of their six-year-old daughter.

If anything is likely to cause mental confusion for Shiloh, Suri Cruise and other kids who didn’t ask to be celebrities, it’s having their faces splashed across magazine covers and their inner lives analyzed by complete strangers.

Enough.

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  • ChicksMaaan

    When i first saw the picture I thought Angelina was holding that lady in her arms

  • locky

    Well it’s sad that she’s being raised as a boy being a girl, but that doesn’t give
    the creep pervy pappz the right to go after little children now, they’re so gross.

  • Gh

    OF COURSE THEY ARE ALL GOING TO BE OUT OF CONTROL. THEY ARE BEING RAISED BY A MENTALLY UNSTABLE WHACK JOB. DRUG ADDICT, MAKES OUT WITH HER BROTHER. SHE’S NUTS.

  • guest

    Angie has ALWAYS dressed that child like a boy, even as an infant. I recall seeing pictures of Brad’s mom out and about with Shiloh when Shiloh was about a year old. I was stunned because Shiloh was actually dressed like a little girl. Frilly smocked dress, white socks, etc. I mean, VERY girly. I remember thinking surely Grandma bought and put her in that dress because Angie would NEVER…LOL

  • jenver511

    Well, I’m confused. If homosexuality is NOT a choice, then Angelina and Brad are just allowing their daughter to be who she is. If she’s not a lesbian, and she’s just dressing like this because she’s a tomboy, then she’ll outgrow it. Where’s the problem?

  • jenver

    Wow. You’re worse than the Twi-hards. Let me guess: Angie cheated with Brad on Jennifer Aniston so she deserves all her kids to have problems. Classy.

  • Sibyl

    *yawn* Jennifer, is that you again?

  • Lola

    These stories really annoy me. Shiloh is just a child!. I have a 4 year old little girl who everyday tells me she wishes she was a boy, due to the fact that she is the only girl in our family, that doesn’t mean when she grows up she is going to want to be a boy, that is a ridiculous notion. There is nothing wrong with a girl being a tomboy, nothing wrong with a little girl wanting to play with trucks and in the dirt. Children do not understand the set boundaries that the world puts on each gender. They don’t understand that the world expects a girl to like wearing pink dresses and to play with a barbie dolls and that boys are expected to like to play sport and only wear boys clothes.These are the kind of things that society wrongly pushes on children. Children don’t have the capacity to understand what gender issues are. All of these children should be left to grow without cameras being shoved in their face, they cant walk down the street without having men with cameras chasing them. It must be terribly frightening for them, it really is sick. It should be against the law for children to be harassed like this. Having magazines writing stories about you, before you’re are even old enough to read properly is wrong. Also, no ethic doctor would ever agree to give a run down of a child’s mental state without ever even speaking to the child, there is no way that they can diagnose a child with having gender issues without even sitting down to ask the child how they feel about being the gender they are.

  • WTF

    Really????? So everybody that hates Angelina is a JA fan!!!!! That guys posts is just as “classy” as yours. LOL

  • Angela

    Aww leave the poor kid alone. I was a tom boy growing up. Catching bugs or frogs and getting scrapes. I’m all girly now. She’ll stay or grow out of it. It’s her life. :)

  • ma_mad_mom

    I hope Brad and angelina sue the ass off them!

  • Lori

    I’m afraid all of those kids are going to have lifelong issues because they have had so little stability. They haven’t had a chance to learn how to form lasting friendships outside of their siblings and they don’t have a place to call “home.”. I moved a lot growing up, though no where near as much as these kids, and I have no one I call a friend from childhood. To this day, I don’t tend to form tight bonds with people. It’s easy for me to walk away, because I learned that skill very well. Brad and Angelina have more money than they will ever need, so they could choose to live differently if they put the needs of the kids before their own wants. Upheaval is all these kids know, despite their life of privilege, and it will definitely have a lifelong effect on them. It makes me so sad for them…

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_GH6WSMX5ZKVKGI2VHIURFP655Y neil

    Children are immensely adaptive people. Stability is a state of mind. My fear for the children comes from the observation that with their reality they will never know what it is to not have strange people gawking at them, shouting at them and to have serious men standing between them and the world those people represent. To never know anonymity. To be judged long and hard without even knowing what the word means. They will not be like you and I and not like our children. It is not possible. Hopefully the highflying and unorthodox lifestyle is nevertheless nurturing and liberating for these children. They don’t have everything going for them but they do have plenty.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_GH6WSMX5ZKVKGI2VHIURFP655Y neil

    If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck ….well, you can see where this is going. And oh yeah, LOL.

  • http://twitter.com/Miadodi Anon

    Brad Pitt did NOT cheat on Jennifer Aniston with anybody. His romance with Jolie did not begin until after three months after their separation. People should not let a false accusation make them so hateful that they have to be classless enough to spread ill will towards their children. It is sick how hateful the flamers have become.

  • http://twitter.com/Miadodi Anon

    The people who wrongly hate her and take the time to insult her like this are mostly JA fans and tabloid sheep/media whores who buy into media manipulation and the spin. The two usually tend to go hand in hand.

  • http://twitter.com/Miadodi Anon

    Everybody experiences are different and this lifestyle is stability to them. Their personalities will most likely adapt to the circumstances differently than yours. Nobody can pass a judgement on their social skills and ability to form friendships at this stage. More likely, they will make friends all over the world and form an inner circle they can trust. Not all children who have jet-setting lifestyles have issues. Not all children who grew up in one place are stable and well-adjusted. That is too much of a generalization to make.
    Brad and Angelina made the best choice for their children. It is better for them to travel with them and have that security/buffer. Their circumstances are unusual. They are surrounded by an environment of unfounded hatred, slander, and persecution. I think they would be more likely to be ostracized, bullied, and harassed if they had normal schooling and were away from BA most of the time. I think that would be more destructive for them. We have seen how horrible and out of control adults can be when it comes to this ongoing pseudo-drama and ill will…I can’t even imagine how the majority of kids would mistreat them. I can relate to this.
    If one of their kids does grow up to have a problem with this, I am sure Brad & Angelina would try to accomodate them. Neither lifestyle is perfect and has its flaws but I personally think Brad and Angelina made the best choice. They are putting the needs of their children above their own wants because it would be more detrimental with the other scenario.

  • http://twitter.com/Miadodi Anon

    Good post. It is sick how the media continues to target Shiloh with these awful stories.

    A girl does not have to conform gender stereotypes to be normal. Being a tomboy doesn’t mean she will have issues. It is way too young to label her or pass these kind of judgements. Nobody can claim she has a certain sexuality at this stage. The media keeps crossing the line and has no boundaries.

    Even if Shiloh did grow up to be gay, bisexual, and trans….I think Brad and Angelina would accept that and let her be herself by being supportive. There is NOTHING wrong with being GLBT. Also, it is way too early for anyone to make that presumption.

  • http://twitter.com/Miadodi Anon

    Wearing tomboyish clothes doesn’t mean she is being raised as a boy.

  • http://twitter.com/Miadodi Anon

    You are an ignorant flamer who buys into slander and hating people over lies.
    It is demented for you to degrade Angelina with all of these lies. She is far more well-adjusted than most of us will ever be and has dealt with all of this bs with integrity. She is an accomplished and extraordinary mother, humanitarian, activist, actress, and now has gone into directing. She improved herself, conquered her inner demons, and reformed herself from her wild phase which ended ages ago. She is not a drug addict and nothing about her behavior supports that. That whole ordeal played out over ten years ago and you are exaggerating it.

  • http://www.facebook.com/courtney.puzzo Courtney Puzzo

    stop complaining about the stuff the media says about Shiloh it’s par for the course because of her parents status in the film industry. the same thing happened to Melissa Newman when she was a bit older in the mid seventies and started taking voice lessons when her parents found out she sang beautifully like her mom used to. though Angelina & Brad don’t have the same type of high powered agents and legal teams as Newman & Woodward did then nor are they as beloved/respected/revered as Newman & Woodward were/are. though in the last few years since Paul passed away the tabs have grown increasingly rude to Joanne which is heartless on their part but they don’t care whatever sells papers

  • Gh

    I really wish that I could comment without you crazed JAniston fans bringing her up. Go seek help. You need help. Blah blah blah (fart noise) LOL.

  • Gh

    WOULD YOU CRAZED FANS QIUT BRINGING UP JENNIFER ANISTON. I MEAN. IT’S SO 2001. Gosh!!!! Go seek help. You probably all work for Jolie to bring aniston up. Maybe she recruited you all from the mental ward she was in. THAT ACTUALLY MAKES ALOT OF SENSE. time to check back in for awhile. Maybe some electro shock therapy would help you.

  • Gh

    You are insane. This is either Jolie herself or someone who is actually having delusions that they personally know her. Week some help dude. How do you know I’m a man anyways? Are you trying to make a pass at me? Btw. It’s not nice to call people flamers. It’s quite derogatory and I’m sure Angelina wouldnt approve of your language. She’s all for the gays and making out with relatives.

  • Go

    HOW DO YOU KNOW THEY DIDN’T CHEAT? WERE YOU THERE? DID YOU SEE JENNIFER ANISTONS PUS*Y AND CONFIRM THAT SHE DID NOT GET GENITAL HERPES PASSED FROM ANGELINA TO BRAD TO JEN? YOU ARE SERIOUSLY A NUT JOB. AND STOP USING GAY SLURS. YOUR IDOL JOLIE/SKELETOR WOULD NOT APPROVE. MAYBE YOU WERE THERE? MAYBE YOU HAVE SEEN ANGELINA’S PU*SY. IS THIS HER BROTHER?

  • VSLove

    Great post. I personally grew up with three older brothers and Military parents we traveled the world,move around constantly. which was an education to all of us. I loved wearing my older brothers clothes and acted like them. We are extremely sucessful adults and I am a very girly girl who has model in Victoria Secret runway shows. Please donot judge this little girl. I am a perfect example of growing a Tomboy and growing right out it.

  • vera

    This was me exactly also. I was a tom boy all of my young life but now I’m a real girly girl. lol I think it’s horrible the way these tabloids target the children of celebrities. There should be laws forbidding it.

  • SamJones

    Understood Neil…However some of what the world calls orthodox upbringing has been the cause of Horrific tragedies…Like we have just been witness to in a movie theater recently.

  • MKL

    Moving around alot and be able to learn others custom’s and language’s has been both enlightening and educational for my sibling’s and self.
    I am truly sorry it was not that type of experience for you.

  • http://twitter.com/Miadodi Anon

    Other people have spoken to them and the behavioral evidence matches up their statements as well them denying cheating. I have dozens of reasons to believe them over the false tabloid claims. It also corroborates with people who actually have retained an understanding of Brad’s character. I have addressed this a dozen times before with a lot of depth so I am not going to repeat it again. I know they didn’t have an affair and their real associates know when they actually became romantically involved. The truth is also available to the masses if they actually bothered to investigate it instead of buying into media spin and misportrayals.

    You are basing your entire viewpoint on a lie and tabloid gossip that has zero true backing of any sort. You hate them beause the media made it fashionable.

    You are a hypocrite as well as the worst kind of troll. I didn’t use any gay slurs. You are trash who spouts trash. Your comments just get more delusional and despicable.

  • http://twitter.com/Miadodi Anon

    Are you a child? You are the one who needs counseling and a dose of reality. There is zero truth or class to your posts. You are the crazed Faniston commenting here.

  • http://twitter.com/Miadodi Anon

    You are very depraved and nasty for claiming that people who respond to your lies and garbage should go to the mental ward for speaking the truth and speaking out against your sick slanderous remarks. Also, you made it pretty clear about why you are behaving like this. You are a fan of hers and clearly hate them over being ignorant to believe all of the garbage.Your posts prove that. Your comments cause people to bring her up.
    I can claim the same for the thousands of fanistons who dominate most of these sites. They got recruited by being manipulated by a twisted version that doesn’t fit the facts and completely surrending to tabloid fiction & hate mongering.

  • http://twitter.com/Miadodi Anon

    You prove that you are only capable of trolling, hypocrisy, and spouting trash.
    Your comments do NOT make any sense. It is nice for you to insult people as mentally ill/insane or to slander celebs when you only operate by the most stupid lies. I meant flamer as in hater.
    There are actually people out there who do know her. They are people out there who are associated or acquainted with her. They are people who respect her because they acquired knowledge and understanding of her over a period of time.

  • Grace_Leah

    @Gh…And here you are again. How those house hang out parties going?
    Talk about unstable whack job,Well that appears to be you! And so Jealous too!

  • LMR90

    WOW! Neilly such class you display. This is a child.

  • http://www.facebook.com/corliss.holly Corliss V. Holly

    Shiloh is no different than her mother who cut her hair, wore tank tops, jeans, and combat boots. Angelina dated girls and boys before she got married the first time. Its a phase.

  • http://twitter.com/vallybutterfly vallybutterfly

    Who cares, she’s a child. Leave her alone. People don’t buy these disgusting tabloids that exploit the children of famous people.My sister was a tomboy who refused to wear a bra until she was 18(she needed one at 14) she used a wrap to hold them in. Now she’s a happily married woman with kids. It doesnt matter. Leave her ALONE!!!

  • Joelle

    IS THAT WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU? CAUSE THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE,THE WAY YOU POST WITH SUCH VENGEANCE.
    AND IF JOLIE IS A NUT AT LEAST SHE IS SCREWED ON THE RIGHT BOLT.
    GO GET SOME HELP.

  • Seabee

    Shiloh was barely a toddler when her beautiful blond hair got chopped off and she was dressed in boy’s clothes. Not her choice. Furthermore, she was an infant when her mom decided adopting Pax was a grand idea and then before Shiloh was two, her Mom had in vitro to conceive twins. Angelina has said many weird things about her lack of bonding with Shiloh and how entitled she must be. She certainly seems to have made life tougher for Shiloh than her siblings and turning her into the freaky, dykey daughter might all be part of her wacky plan. After all, Shiloh had a shot of being more beautiful than Angelina and Brad certainly doted on her. Angelina Jolie is completely nuts, lest not forget. Child collecting does not cure one of that.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_GH6WSMX5ZKVKGI2VHIURFP655Y neil

    Star Magazine EXLUSIVE!!!
    Seabee’s Obsessive Tabloid Addiction; Growing Concern For Family. Fear She Is Losing Touch With Reality!!!

  • tttn

    Love Angelina for doing everything she’s done and her kids are super cute and adorable, speaking from a mother’s point of view. I think if people have nothing nice to say, don’t say anything at all. People need to do something useful with the extra time in their lives and not obscessing over tabloids. Imagine the dirt they have on you and your love ones if the table is turned around.

  • Billy

    There’s nothing wrong with all the things she does, even if they were true. I remember as a child I would do exactly the same things; would mostly wear boys’ clothes, climb the trees, be proud of my cuts and bruises. I turned out fine. She is still too young to be determined as a boy. A lot of little girls act that this way and it does not necessarily mean she will grow into something otherworldly.

  • Tubu

    I prefer my kid to grow up as a tomboyish girl rather than being a woman wannabe, maked up, high heeled freaky kid. Period.

  • http://twitter.com/stephanyxf Stephany Fofano

    I wish Angelina Jolie would stop allowing Shiloh two dress like a boy she is a girl

  • deedee

    Bottom line these crazy and do mean crazy Angie, same girl that put a blood necklace around her neck, doesn’t maintain healthy relationships; is raising a boy before she was potty trained. The child dresses worse than a welfare baby with homemade hair cuts. Might as we glue a kick me sign on her back! No she should not be forced to wear dresses and uncomfortable shoes, but come on her brothers don’t dress like a Butch. Like I said crazy Angie has her own world she lives in and nobody told cut the silliness. Just watch and see how happy this child is when she realizes her mom never told her no and her brothers are thugs.

  • deedee

    Angie has admitted to Shiloh wasn’t to be a boy. That kid will be the angry one the other boys are known to be mean. She has to act tough to survive

  • deedee

    They are all going to be hell on two legs. I’ve got a friend that has visited thesame play area with angies oldest kids and boys are out of control. Im going say a told you so when drugs consume them.

  • deedee

    She might be more well adjusted then you. But, no my kids are in their teen years and they don’t behave in foul manners. I know first hand that the those kids are a mess. They swear, bully, and are allowed to behave like boobs out in public. Yes they are well loved but friend plays in the same areas the Pitt clan does and my friend avoids them when she sees them

  • deedee

    BTW… NOTICE HOW MUCH SHILOH FROWNS, THEN GOOGLE OTHER CELEBRITY CHILDREN yep…she looks happy. Pictures don’t lie

  • http://www.facebook.com/LoliKay Katie Wakerley

    Your peoples writing skills really do disgust me, shiloh does have gender identity issues. Wth is the issue. I am transgender, i’ve know so since i perhaps 4 years old in primary school, when i was strongly desiring what the girls had. To any parent who gender defines what your child has, youve failed as a parent already. If i didnt want an alternate body then still wanting to wear a dress and have dolls wont make me trans or gay, so lets shoot those ignorant ideas right out the window. Full credit goes to angelina as a wonderful parent who is at least on the face of it coping with what for many parents cant be a really distressing time- but it doesnt need to be! This magazine like so many other gossips need to get with the times, there is nothing weird about it anymore, there hasnt been since the end of the last century, people are coming to terms with gender dysphoria and after gay marriage is legalized hopefully our british government will start looking at ways to make the transition process easier. If you are genuinely curious and dont want to be ignorant feel free to ask careful questions below-

  • bob

    no ethic doctor would ever agree to give a run down of a child’s mental state :

    I do agree that no doctors would accept to just tell whether the kid is trans or not like this at this age since you still explore much… but “mental state”, it sounds like an illness, and transgenderism is not a mental disease at all.

  • Anon

    There are heterosexual women who grew up as tomboys and never outgrew it. Where’s the prob? Tomboy means lesbian?

    Besides, being LGBT is not a choice that you made. No sane human being would choose to be marginalized, bullied, being outcasted or even killed on purpose. And it is a thing that people should understand. Being gay or bi is all about loving somebody just like straight people.

  • raph009

    Whether she is transgendered or not, it’s fine from her mother to let her wear whatever she wants. My mom denied me for my whole life trying to decide everything for me thinking she knew better than me what I needed and everytime I’d tell her that I’m transgender, she would deny it and tell me it’s just a phase, trying to push me the other way… and now, I hate her for doing so. So if any parents do understand the importance of letting kids express themselves this way, then I totally respect that.

  • BluBel123

    Weird ’cause when I was a lil girl and wore dresses & some pink clothes,also play barbie & dolls…Now am 26 & hate dresses,and hate looking girly girl,am more tomboy now & do wear some women’s clothes & shoes,sometimes I wished I was a boy but still & never am changing my gender,I accept the body I was born!

  • anon

    Honestly, the fact that they’re addressing this as a gender ISSUE is obscene. If Shiloh feels more comfortable identifying as a male than a female there is nothing unnatural or wrong about that. The only reason I feel bad is because the child has to go through life under the scrutiny of the media and that is sure to make things even more difficult than they already may be. On another note, hitting your siblings with shoes and chasing them with gross stuff is what siblings do, I know my brother and I did it when we were little kids and there is nothing wrong with liking to play a bit rough when you’re at such a young age. A big trend is media and hollywood these days is self acceptance and acceptance of others but they seem to promote everything that contradicts it. I just hope that Shiloh doesn’t feel too much pressure and that the family surrounds themselves with accepting people.

  • C K

    It’s incredible interesting though how trans kids say that they knew at a really young age. I have a friend who is trans and he said that one of his earliest memorizing was
    realizing he was in the wrong body.

  • Anna

    Gender issues? Probably the reason it seems a bit extreme is that most parents wouldn’t allow their child the opportunity (especially at that young an age when kids have less control over their choices) to dress so unconventionally. If memory serves, her mom was pretty tom-boyish as well. She’ll grow out of it or she won’t.

  • http://twitter.com/Miadodi Anon

    You are just a liar and a troll.

    It is disgusting to defame her children like this because you wrongly hate their mother over believing gossip. Shame on you. Do not target her innocent kids by spreading nasty lies.

  • http://twitter.com/Miadodi Anon

    This is such a vile post. It is deceitful and slanderous on every level.

    Angelina did not have in vitro. Now you are villifying her adoption of Pax?! Adopting her other children was not child-collecting. She gave them better homes and better lives. You are also clearly homophobic and buy into nasty garbage that the tabloids print. You have zero basis for trashing Angelina’s parenting this way. There is zero evidence and merit to your post.

    Angelina NEVER said that she lacked bonding time with Shiloh and never said anything about entitlement. You are projecting your sick hatred onto them.

    There is nothing freaky or weird about being a lesbian. Shiloh is way too young for her sexuality to be labeled.

  • http://twitter.com/Miadodi Anon

    Quit responding with your lies. Attacking Jolie is despicable enough but now you are spreading trash about her children which is beyond disgraceful! Now you are claiming they will become drug addicts. Truly gross.

  • http://twitter.com/Miadodi Anon

    You are the one demonstrating your craziness and ignorance.

    She is not raising Shiloh as a boy just because she is tomboyish and not wearing stereotypical feminine outfits. Now you are attacking her brothers as well by calling them thugs. What the hell?

    Angelina outgrew her wild child days over a decade ago. She has maintained a healthy relationship with Brad for over eight years.

  • http://twitter.com/Miadodi Anon

    People who believe lies misperceive with their tunnel vision. You just want to see what you want to see because you wrongly hate Angelina Jolie and wants to desperately believe she is a bad mother when the reality contradicts that.

  • lynn

    You’re dumb! Everyone knows Angie has issues with being normal, she’s anti this and that. She acted out all her life. Dressing her kid like a boy is another way she feels she’s sticking it to world. Not impressed. Shiloh chemistry hasn’t full developed, and i hated dresses to but my mother dressed me cute pants and sandals. Angie is putting a kick me sign on her back….stupid parents. Btw… Her kids are well known for bad behavior

  • http://twitter.com/Miadodi Anon

    Your post reflects your stupidity and lack of tolerance. You have no basis for trashing their parenting skills because it doesn’t conform to mainstream gender roles. Angelina is not abnormal, you are just close minded.

  • Wonder

    I am just wondering how many folks who support Shiloh dressing like a boy, even wearing trunks to go swimming, would have been as supportive if one of the boys were being dressed like a girl (e.g dresses) all the time.

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