Angelina Jolie isn't a fan of hugs.
'The Good Shepherd' actress revealed she finds it difficult to talk about
her emotions and finds hugging people particularly uncomfortable.
Angelina said: "I'm not a hugger. People make fun of me. It's something that
I have a hard time with.
"If someone hugs me, I hold my breath. Snuggling, cuddling, hugging,
crying - all that stuff makes me very uncomfortable.
"I've often been accused of not talking about my personal things. I mean,
even with Brad. He usually has to draw something out of me.
"I have had a lot of people - ex-husbands - suggest that they'd be very open
to being a shoulder to cry on. If I had the inclination, it would be very
lovely if I could possibly let that go.
"But I have this odd sense of it's not going to accomplish anything to cry.
It's not going to help you to get a hug!"
Angelina, 31, twice divorced, has two adopted children, Maddox, five, and
Zahara, two, with partner Brad Pitt. She gave birth to the couple's daughter
Shiloh Nouvel seven months ago.


Angie needs serious, intensive therapy. She’s so fucked up!
Posted by
janicedickinson on 01/22 at 06:18 PM
You know, i am the same way, not into hugging BUT i do cry, i am human,....Maybe Angie needs to shed a tear and be alittle more human….But i do sympathize with her on the hugging, its uncomfortable to me too….
Posted by
mimimumbi on 01/22 at 06:18 PM
@@@ Janicedickinson, You would be suprised as to how many people out there that are like that. Dont like displaying any affection. I always feel like my space is being invaded or i donno…cant explain it. BUT for once, i do aggree with Angie. This statement only stands out because she is a Celebrity….trust me, many many people dont like to be touched etc.
Posted by
mimimumbi on 01/22 at 06:20 PM
Whorelina Jolie is a certifiable nut case.
Posted by
someone on 01/22 at 06:21 PM
“If someone hugs me, I hold my breath. Snuggling, cuddling, hugging,
crying - all that stuff makes me very uncomfortable.”
Well..as long as that ‘someone’ isn’t your own brother, Angelina?
Posted by
imani1968 on 01/22 at 06:24 PM
I’m not a big hugger only because i don’t hug people but i would. I would cry in front of strangers if i had to that don’t matter to me, i can be a touchy feely type person if i know you well enough.
Posted by
AgentHollywood on 01/22 at 06:33 PM
I like hugs…from my family. LOL! I don’t like crying in front of people…just alone.
Posted by
aladdin610 on 01/22 at 06:40 PM
She doesn’t like cuddling? Poor Brad.
Anyway, I am a hugger, but I also find it hard to talk about my feelings and people has to draw somethings out of me too, so I tottaly understand her.
Posted by
GossipGirl** on 01/22 at 08:29 PM
Old story, already been told. She’s a freak and odds are she’s lying about that too. She had no problem hugging on Billy Bob after they had sex in the limo, no problem hugging on her brother and sucking face with him, and no problem hugging a married man long enough to get knocked up. She’s just an all around liar looking for attention.
Posted by
pache on 01/22 at 08:43 PM
Ah hell, she’s just a Gemini. Sometimes we love attention, other times, it’s “Please go away”. I understand completely.
Posted by
vtgal on 01/22 at 08:52 PM
i hate hugs too.
i like my personal space and don’t like crying either
Posted by
moose on 01/22 at 09:06 PM
When you cry you become very voulnerable, and I guess thats what she can’t handle. I myself don’t feel comfortable crying in front of people, hugs I don’t mind though. Even if they are tears of joy, it’s just not me. To each its own.
Posted by
marydoll512 on 01/22 at 09:10 PM
Angie comes off as a tough girl and not one to display her emotions everywhere. It’s cool that she likes and wants her space without all the mushy stuff .. But I do cry and I do hug and my emotions are almost everywhere L0L but I guess being a Celeb means holding it all in and away from the media ...
Posted by
BiggestMariahCareyFan on 01/22 at 09:28 PM
I am the very same. I can’t stand to be hugged… by strangers especially.
I always shake people’s hands, preferrably.
I do cry though, in the privacy of my own home. I don’t usually let anyone see me crying.
If I need therapy of some kind, so be it.
I have a great job though and a great career.
I am happy.
Posted by
Ayrshire on 01/22 at 09:32 PM
Ayrshire, that is great that you are happy. Not many people are. We all seem to find some reasons to cry or complain. Myself personally. We all need to appreciate life more and definately smile more ... I’m happy for you ..
Posted by
BiggestMariahCareyFan on 01/22 at 09:35 PM
i.e. she’s a cold and unfeeling bitch. nice one brad!
Posted by
Gambitgirl on 01/22 at 09:37 PM
Nah, not cold and unfeeling. I hate hugs too. All my friends are huggers and even though they’re my friends, I still feel incredibly uncomfortable hugging them. The one person on this earth that I don’t feel uncomfortable hugging is my fiance, but we have a different kind of connection.
It’s all just about personal space and she’s not the only one in the world to dislike hugging and the such.
Posted by
robibuni on 01/22 at 09:52 PM
The reason she can’t let go and tell her partner about her emotions is becasue he’s not paying her and putting her words and photo in the national press.
It seems she only opens up to the tabloids.
Posted by
West Ham on 01/22 at 09:56 PM
I actually love hugs…from the right people. They are comforting, and can demonstrate love withoput having to say anything.
I really hope she is at least “huggy” and demonstrative with her children. That really fucks a kid up when their parent isn’t affectionate. (of course they shouldn’t be TOO touchy either)
Posted by
parissucksliterally on 01/22 at 10:01 PM
I can understand why she doesn’t like hugging and showing her emotions to people other than her children. She was sorely let down by the people she should have been able to trust the most in her life, and for some people, that puts up an instant wall. Her kids have mellowed her out a lot, and I think with time, we’ll see her ass hug everyone on the damn street like in that Dave Matthews Band video. Of course, we’ll also see her ass being hauled off in handcuffs afterwards, but still, it’ll be an interesting video to watch.
Posted by
DaisyFly on 01/22 at 10:40 PM
I wouldn’t be surprised if she pats maddox on the head instead of hugging him when he brings home a football trophy or something.
Posted by
AgentHollywood on 01/22 at 10:41 PM
Don’t cry for me, Angelina..oppss I mean Argentina…argh..whatever….
Posted by
SpongeBrit SquareSpears on 01/23 at 12:40 AM
I CAN SURE RELATE ANGIE BABY! i don’t like hugs either, and i hate crying in front of people. obviously angelina IS NOT A WIMP LIKE BRAD’S EX THE CHINOCCHIO! yeah! wasn’t that ugly man looking face going around crying to everybody about brad dumping her! yes, that is that dingbats style! DAMN THAT JEN IS FREAKIN UGLY! ITS NO WONDER BRAD RAN. GUESS HE WAS LOOKING FOR A FEMALE WITH BETTER LOOKING GENES! AND YES HE FOUND ONE. MAN! THAT ANGELINA IS SO DAMN BEAUTIFUL AND GORGEOUS, ONCE YOU SEE HER YOU JUST GET SO MESMERMIZED WITH HER LOOKS. SHE IS JUST TOO DAMN EXQUISITELY BEAUTIFUL; LIKE A CLEOPATRA BEAUTY. LOVE HER, AND BRAD TOGETHER! THEY TRULY ARE MEANT FOR EACH OTHER. SHE HAS SUCH CLASS AND BEAUTY AND THIS IS WHY BRAD PICKED HER, PLUS WITH THOSE EXCELLENT GENES, LOOK AT THE BEAUTIFUL LITTLE GIRL THEY CREATED. GOTTA LOVE IT! ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS THAT ITS BEEN 2 YEARS NOW, AND THAT 40 YEAR OLD LOSER HAS BEEN MANNISTEN IS STILL BLAMING ANGELINA FOR EVERYTHING. AMAZING! THAT SHE REALLY AND TRULY IS A STUPID, IDIOT INDIVIDUAL; THAT CAN’T EVEN UNDERSTAND THAT BRAD HIMSELF PICKED ANGELINA FOR MMS MOVIE, AND THAT BRAD WANTED TO END UP WITH ANGELINA AND NOT THE MANNISTEN, BUT YET THIS FUGLY IDIOT MANNISTEN FOR 2 YEARS NOW CONTINUES TO GO AROUND AND BLAME ANGELINA FOR EVERYTHING. I GUESS WHAT THE MANNISTEN SHOULD REALLY BE SAYING TO THE WORLD, IS THAT SHE BLAMES ANGELINA FOR STEALING HER MEAL TICKET AWAY FROM HER. YES THIS REALLY IS THE TRUTH! FACT IS, THAT THE MANNISTEN FELT THAT BEING MARRIED TO BRAD, IS WHAT HAD MOVIE PRODUCERS PUT HER IN THEIR MOVIES, BUT NOW THAT BRAD HAS LEFT, NO ONE REALLY WANTS HER. AND, THIS IS WHAT SHE CAN’T ACCEPT AND HANDLE. THE FACT THAT NO ONE CALLS HER ANYMORE FOR ANY ROLES IN THE BIG MOVIES OUT THERE. SO THIS JUST GOES TO SHOW THE WORLD, THAT SHE SUCKS AT ACTING, AND SHE HAS NO CLOUT, AND THIS IS WHY SHE IS NOT WANTED ANYMORE, BUT WHILE SHE WAS MARRIED TO BRAD, SHE SAW THE BEING WITH HIM HAD ITS ADVANTAGES. WELL TOO BAD SHEMAN, YOUR SO OUTTA THE PICTURE NOW, AND YOU DID THIS TO YOURSELF. PLUS YOU REALLY ARE UGLY ON THE BIG SCREEN. REALLY!
Posted by
deenappr28 on 01/23 at 01:08 AM
Funny, she has no problem hugging people with her legs. Go figure.
Posted by
Oscar on 01/23 at 02:43 AM
yeah..she’s such a WOMB RIDER..i mean tomb..errr..arghh..whatever!
Posted by
SpongeBrit SquareSpears on 01/23 at 05:49 AM
Jen seems *boring*
Angelina has a dark side that attracts ppl.
Her shock factor makes her more interesting
and ‘us’ more curious.
Now that Brad has crossed-over to the
dark side, ppl are waiting to see how far he
will sink into it.
Who will be the first to screw up?
I predict Angelina will.
It’s inevitable!
Posted by
Brokngivashitter on 01/23 at 07:23 AM
Fuckin’ wacko.
Posted by
Marvin on 01/23 at 09:34 AM
I love hugs! That is just me! I am a very touchy feely person. Now, my husband , on the other hand, is not at all. He can’t stand for anyone except me to touch him. He will literally jerk away from them and give them and evil look without even thinking first. I am overly emotional and he sometimes acts as if he has no feelings at all except for me and our kids. People are just different. Angelina just seems to be a little too detached from everyone…........even Brad and her own children.
Posted by
wtjo on 01/23 at 09:57 AM
I’m somewhat like Angie. I don’t talk about my personal problems with ANYONE!!! There are a ton of things i would love to be able to discuss with people so i could get advice,suggestions or just to let out my feelings & emotions, but i just can’t seem to trust anyone enough to open myself up. I’m a very emotional person BUT in private! I hate for people to see me cry. As for hugging….i only hug and feel comfortable hugging ONLY family and my boyfriend, thats about it!
Posted by
lolitaa on 01/23 at 10:30 AM
Wait - anyone remember when she and Billy Bob Thornton were together? She was constantly making out and crawling all over him. It was actually disgusting.
Where does she come up with this crap??
Posted by
poppy on 01/23 at 10:31 AM
“Funny, she has no problem hugging people with her legs. Go figure.”
AHAHAHAHA!!! Thanks for that, Oscar!!
Honestly she sounds like me when I was a 15-yr old death-rock wannabe (aka: “Goth” to you younguns)...thank heavens I grew out of that detachment in the past 20 yrs! This whole thing just strikes me as more proof of Angie’s arrested development. She’s definitely not a healthy person. But who would imagine this chronic man-stealing, child-acquiring psychopath as being healthy?
Case in point: she’s still not allowing her dad any contact with his grandblobs. How cold is that?!
Posted by
magicdress on 01/23 at 10:32 AM
I think someone (deenappr28) forgot to take their meds again….or took too many I don’t really know which one it is.
It’s alright honey! Just breath! Relax! The hallunications will go away if you just BREATH!! Angelina DOES NOT love you…no matter what the lump-a-loon says! Don’t beleive him! He’s is NOT real! Angelina WILL NOT be yours, one day. You both WERE NOT made for each other! Put the mask, bionoculars, duct tape, cattle rope, lighter fluid, and matches AWAY! Kidnapping won’t work either!
Posted by
crissy27 on 01/23 at 11:35 AM
*backs away slowly from deenappr*
whoa, take a valium already.
Posted by
Gambitgirl on 01/23 at 11:39 AM
deeapr28
can you LEAVE JEN OUT OF IT?!
It’s been TWO FUCKING YEARS since they split. Why do some idiots keep DRAGGING her into anything that has to do with Brad and Angie.
LET HER GET ON WITH HER LIFE…YOU FUCKING LOSER.
Posted by
parissucksliterally on 01/23 at 11:42 AM
She’s one majorly fucked-up bitch. One interview with her then husband, Billy Bob Thornton she was all over him, billing and cooing about their wild sex in the limo on the way over to the event…now this is not a woman who has phobias about hugging!!! Just another press release to keep her name in the public….so sad, such a loser.
Posted by
patty on 01/23 at 11:45 AM
LOL!
Since you asked so nicely.
And by the way… bite my ass!
Posted by
Brokngivashitter on 01/23 at 11:45 AM
Sometimes I think she goes out of her way to project this weird, cold, hardcore concrete persona who can show attention to her adopted children but not her own flesh and blood (Shiloh) because she didn’t come from a third-world country like the others did, who can’t give hugs or show affection but can make sexual comments about her own brother.
It’s like she thinks up new and inventive ways to make herself into this tough, rebellious, S&M queen whose love has to be EARNED by draining your blood into a vial or being born into abject poverty or slitting your wrists…. I bet she’s got a secret stash of Precious Moments figurines and teddy bears in a room of her mansion that nobody knows about.
Posted by
Damaris on 01/23 at 12:14 PM
Hey deenappr28- Angie has had work done- so those “better looking genes” you are referring to are FAKE!
Poor kids- mommy doesn’t want to hug or cuddle with them- especially Shiloh, we already know she likes her least because she was born privileged!!
Posted by
RainyDay on 01/23 at 04:44 PM
Can this dumb bitch just shut up already. Angelina was one of those overprivelaged kids who had to prove how cool and different they were by telling lies and acting tough. This cunt changes her story every few years. She actually forgets that people are listening to what she is saying because she is pretty. If she was not into hugging or affection than why was she practically dry-humping Billy- Bob everytime we saw them together. Oh and those better looking jeans were created by a nose job and cheek implants. Hollywood is an illusion people. Actors are as made up as the movies they star in.
Posted by
viola on 01/23 at 05:32 PM
( viola ) Despite what you think about her, all these things are disrespectful. I love Angelina and I love Jen, but we have to admit that Angelina is gorgeous, fake or real. And there is a difference in ” Genes ” and ” Jeans ” ... People love her and she is a great actress .. You just seem mad at the world and those old, and gross names like c**t ... get real ..
Posted by
BiggestMariahCareyFan on 01/23 at 06:06 PM
Skeletor should stop clattering her jaws for a while.
Lately she’s been shooting herself in the foot every time she opens her mouth.
I hope she at least hugs her children, otherwise, they are not better off in her care.
Posted by
Midnight Toker on 01/23 at 06:15 PM
is there a source to this story? am am i just missing it?
Posted by
spencer on 01/23 at 07:00 PM
*hugs wtjo *
Posted by
marydoll512 on 01/23 at 08:45 PM
Angelina is a liar! She was always hugging, cuddling, and kissing Billy Bob Thornton for years and doing it all over the place, on Tv Etc.. She is a real winner!
Poor Brad!
Posted by
Bu on 01/23 at 09:27 PM
I agree with her actually, I’m totally not a touchy-feely person and people hugging me, holding my hand etc bothers me and makes me uncomfortable (yes even my family and closest friends).
I also hate crying in front of anyone (actually hate crying at all, even if I’m alone) and absolutely hate when other people cry, I can’t be dealing with that!
Posted by
Gemz7 on 01/24 at 09:27 AM
F*** OFF! YOU MANNISTEN LOVERS!! TOTAL BRANGELINA FAN, AND ALL OF YOU ARE PATHETICALLY UGLY MANNISTEN FANS, AND YOUR JUST EXTREMELY JEALOUS OF THIS BEAUTIFUL WOMAN. I CAN SAY WHAT I WANT, AND YOU DON’T HAVE TO READ IT. BUNCH OF IGNORAMOUSES! ANGELINA IS ONE HELLUVA GOOD LOOKING WOMAN, AND SHE HAS EVERYTHING GOOD GOING FOR HER, UNLIKE THE OTHER UGLY DOG MUTT, THAT HAD TO GO AND GET A MAJOR NOSE JOB, BECAUSE THE SHEMAN KNOWS THAT SHE’S F****** UGLY! HELL, IF I HAD PLASTIC SURGERY, I SURE AS HELL WOULD WANT TO LOOK LIKE AJ, BETTER THAN THE FRUMPY, UGLY MUTT! YEAH! AND I LOVE THE TALL, LEAN GOOD LOOKING WOMEN, VS THE SHORT, FRUMPY, STOCKY, SCRAGGLY HAIR, LOOKING SHEMANS. OH! AND DON’T READ THIS YOU IDIOTS, IF YOUR A SHEMAN FAN!
Hate the Mannisten Mutt All The Way
Posted by
deenappr28 on 01/28 at 09:31 PM