On January 27, Angelina Jolie’s mother Marcheline Bertrand, pictured left with her daughter, lost her battle with breast cancer. The 56 year-old Bertrand died surrounded by her children at Cedars-Sinai Medial Center. While most people are afforded the luxury of privacy while coping with the death of a parent, Jolie and partner Brad Pitt, found themselves amid a mob of paparazzi and media coverage. Throughout her mother’s treatment, the media chose to focus on Jolie’s infamous affair and pregnancy with one-time co-star Brad Pitt, having never been questioned about her mother’s illness until her recent Larry King Live Interview. But now that tragedy has struck the young star, the media has decided to take an interest. The attention was so intense as to force Pitt to get a police escort while leaving his office. Later that week, Pitt went so far as to personally plead with photographers camping on the couples’ front lawn to leave. Anyone who has ever lost someone whom they loved understands how ignorant the comments posted on The Superficial blog are. How can anyone honestly suggest that during her final moments on Earth, Bertrand’s last thoughts were romantic allusions to the father of her daughter’s children? Before writing such ridiculous statements, one should consider how they would feel if they were in Jolie’s position? If it were your mother, and your grief, how would you feel about such postings? Obviously, this posting is exploiting the misfortune of this celebrity, and unfortunately, it is merely one of many media outlets that have crossed the line with its coverage of this sad story. Shame on you, and others like you!Anna Nicole Smith is no stranger to tabloid articles; in fact,
the former model seems to have gone out of her way in recent memory to receive media attention. But the September 10th death of her 20 year old son, seen with his mother on the right, brought an abundance of unwanted media attention. The star’s devastation warranted doctors placing her under sedation just days after having given birth to her daughter. The interviews given by Smith following the death, show her to be heavily sedated and clearly grief stricken. However, interviews with Smith’s family members, questioned the stars parenting ability and even her involvement in her son’s drug overdosed death. The relentless media attention continued, making any sort of healing impossible. After months of being hounded by the media, the star was found dead in her Florida hotel room, Thursday. One would think that now the celebrity would be able to escape the unwanted attention. But the MollyGood Posting attempts to take one final pot shot, by claiming
to have a picture of Smith refrigerator, as seen on the left, complete with Methadone (the drug which killed her son) and Slim Fast, taking the opportunity to poke fun at Smith’s weight battle. What ever happened to respecting the memory of those who are no longer with us? As if it weren’t enough that the woman’s last days were marked with tragedy, now media outlets are going to take cheap shots at someone who isn’t even able to defend herself? At the very least, have the decency to let this clearly troubled soul rest in peace.
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