
Looks like Angelina Jolie has taken her celeb status and her popularity straight to her head. Or she thinks she was a born celebrity and people have to
come to terms with her instead of vice-versa.
She messed up real bad with the press at her new movie A Mighty Heart’s premier in New York, so much that they labelled her has ‘a mighty hypocrite’.
She tried to make reporters sign a contract stating that they would limit their questions to the movie only, and not venture anywhere near her personal life.
It all started when A Mighty Heart premiered in New York with an aim to support the organisation Reporters Without Borders, which not only seeks to
protect journos against persecution, but also works to combat censorship and laws that undermine freedom of the press.
It thus came as a bit of a surprise when Jolie’s attorney tried to make reporters covering the event sign pre-interview contracts limiting exactly what they
could and could not ask her. A Mighty Heart premiered in NY to support the organisation Reporters Without Borders
According to Roger Friedman, the Fox.com writer who covered the event, the contract stated that they “not ask Ms Jolie any questions regarding her
personal relationships, reports the Telegraph.
Adding that if the journalists dared to venture into this forbidden territory, they faced the risk of the actress terminating the interview.
“In the event the interviewer does ask Ms Jolie any questions regarding her personal relationships, Ms Jolie will have the right to immediately terminate the
interview and leave,” the contract continued, he said.
Friedman, who then called Jolie ‘a mighty hypocrite’, added that the contract also stated that “the interview may only be used to promote the picture”, and
that it could not be used in connection with any other story or “used in a manner that is disparaging, demeaning, or derogatory to Ms Jolie.” Reporters
Without Borders seeks to protect journalists against persecution and to combat censorship and laws that undermine press freedom
The move however backfired when annoyed reporters not only refused to sign the contract, but also refused to cover the event, forcing Jolie to recall the
order.
Jeff Julliard, the editorial director of Reporters Without Borders in Paris, told Fox that he did not support Jolie’s attempts to gag the press.
“Paparazzi should be allowed to do their job,” Fox quoted him as saying.
Poor ‘Ms. Jolie’ ……………… you thought you can be a celebrity on your own terms, didnt you? Pity!