Angelina Jolie Compares Raising Her Adopted Children To Her Daughter Shiloh

Publications ran headlines that included: “Angelina has trouble loving boring Shiloh, calls her a blob.”

However, upon reading Jolie’s comments, her acknowledgment of Shiloh’s privilege isn’t a far-off opinion to have, and especially doesn’t mean that she is cruel to any of her children.

Jolie has previously supported Shiloh while she questioned her sexuality.

In the years since Jolie’s comments about Shiloh that garnered negative reactions from fans, the ‘Maleficient’ actress and her daughter have continued to make headlines.

In 2010, during an interview with Vanity Fair, via Today, Jolie and Shiloh were once again thrust under a microscope after Jolie addressed the young girl’s recent fashion attire, and why she was starting to dress in clothes traditionally associated with male children.

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The actress admitted that Shiloh, then 4, dressed “like a little dude.”

“She likes tracksuits, she likes [regular] suits. She likes to dress like a boy. She wants to be a boy. So we had to cut her hair. She likes to wear boys’ everything. She thinks she’s one of the brothers.”

While speaking to Reuters that same year, Jolie shared that she wasn’t the kind of parent who would “force somebody to be something they are not.”

“Children should be allowed to express themselves in whatever way they wish without anybody judging them because it is an important part of their growth,” she said.

“Society always has something to learn when it comes to the way we judge each other, label each other. We have far to go.”

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Nia Tipton is a writer living in Brooklyn. She covers pop culture, social justice issues, and trending topics. Keep up with her on Instagram and Twitter.