Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt split! or not yet?
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If Brad and Angelina's former bodyguard is to be believed, Angelina is selfish and controlling, laughs at her children's tears and sleeps in a separate room from Brad.
Last year Brad and Angelina had to take legal action to keep another former bodyguard from talking about them.
In Touch released the following statement:
In an exclusive interview with In Touch, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's former bodyguard describes what he claims to be a woman whose erratic behavior, yelling fits and unreasonable demands deeply hurt not only staff members -- but especially Brad and their six children. "Angelina has a public and a private persona," claims the former bodyguard, who for security reasons chooses only to be identified by his first name, Bill. "In my opinion, the real Angelina is self-centered and a control freak. She has no patience at all. She doesn't do things out of the kindness of her heart. And she's totally psycho." While Brad is laid-back and patient with his kids' often wild behavior, Angelina is anything but. "She screams and yells a lot, then walks away," Bill says, explaining that Angelina would often "disappear into her suite for hours," leaving staffers -- and Brad -- to deal with her children. "She would punish them with silence," says Bill, adding, "I think she could be abusive at times in a mental way." If the children were to get upset by her withholding behavior, he says, Angelina didn't seem to care. "She is not moved by tears," he explains. Still more disturbing, he recalls, Angelina has a "quirky habit" of "giggling when one of her kids would start crying."
The bodyguard, who was working for Brad and Angelina at the start of their relationship, remembers "a lot of laughing and fun" and "spontaneous sex" back then. Now, though, the couple often sleeps in separate bedrooms, and that honeymoon phase seems to be ancient history. Even when they aren't actively arguing, Bill says, Angelina "nitpicks" Brad -- criticizing him constantly. "She says things like, 'Are you going to wear that shirt again today?' and tells him he's like another one of the kids." According to Bill, Brad has come to dread Angelina's phone calls. "She'll call him from the set to interrogate him," Bill explains. "His face goes white, and he just stares at his feet." When Angelina's yelling gets to be too much, Brad will "put her on speaker and walk away from the phone," Bill reveals. "Angelina will hang up and continue calling until one of the staff picks up."
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt split rumors not true: sources tell mag
BY RICH SHAPIRO AND KATE NELSON
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS
Originally Published:Sunday, January 24th 2010, 1:47 PM
Updated: Sunday, January 24th 2010, 3:24 PM
A report that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are splitting is "totally false" several sources are saying, but Hollywood's glam power couple remained mum Sunday.
"Everything is fine," one source told People.com.
London's News of the World and other sources say otherwise.
The pair reportedly met with California divorce lawyers - even though they're not married - to hash out an amicable division of their vast fortune and custody of their six kids.
"The paperwork is already organized for a breakup - and for it to be as unmessy for them as possible," the London paper reported Sunday.
Canadian journalist Ian Halperin reported Sunday that a close friend of Pitt's says the hunky actor has been preparing to bail from his five-year relationship with the pillow-lipped Jolie for at least six months.
"Brad is miserable and wants a new start," said the friend, a Hollywood industry veteran.
"He's looked miserable and exhausted the past couple of years because he can't handle Angie's explosive personality and self destructive ways.
"I love Brad and am in his corner all the way. I feel so bad for him because Angie put him through the ringer. I can confirm that his relationship with Angie is over," the pal told Halperin, author of the book, "Brangelina: The Untold Story of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie," in which he predicted the bustup.
The children will reportedly live full-time with Jolie, the News of the World report said.
"The contract was like a tailor-made version of a prenuptial agreement," a source told the tab.
"It seemed clear they want the world to know they'll both play a part in the upbringing of the children."
Buzz about a Brangelina breakup has been circulating for months.
Us Weekly reported Friday that Jolie despises New Orleans and calls the home she and Pitt bought there in 2007 "his house." Jolie instead prefers Chateau Miraval, their 1,000-acre, $70 million estate in Provence, France, the magazine said.
"Brad loves spending time in New Orleans, but Angie doesn't," the source dished. "They fight because of it... She keeps yelling at him that she hates New Orleans and never wants to go back."
The National Enquirer reported that Pitt and Jolie had a heated argument Jan. 6 inside the Alto restaurant in midtown Manhattan. But just three days earlier, a source also told the Daily News, the duo shared a "pleasant" meal of foie gras, cold salad and roasted chicken at Le Perigord on 52nd St.
"They looked happy - very, very happy. I don't think they have a problem together," Pierre, a server manager said.
Either way, the Jolie-Pitts haven't been seen in public together much as of late. They skipped the Golden Globes last week and the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Saturday night, where there was an awkward silence among Pitt's "Inglourious Basterds" co-stars when asked about his absence by Foxnews.com.
"You've got Jacky Ido (a fellow cast member) all the way from France," actor Eli Roth mumbled to Fox's Pop Tarts entertainment column.
The scraggly-bearded Pitt also made a solo appearance Friday night in Los Angeles at George Clooney's "Hope for Haiti" telethon, while Jolie is said to be in the Big Apple this week for a Vanity Fair magazine shoot.
Reps for Pitt and Jolie did not returned calls for comment Sunday.