Brad Pitt should really stick to his day job.
This past week we saw a barrage of images and TV clips displaying a dressed-down Pitt surveying the disastrous remnants of hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. If you were lucky enough to see more than just b-roll of the Pitt-ster, you would have heard how disappointed he is in the lack of change in horrendous conditions still throughout much of New Orleans, even a year later. Pitt says that he was shocked at the “staggering” conditions still in disarray. Shocked, eh?
Well, of course you would be shocked, Brad. You’ve spent the better part of 2006 on a private jet with Angelina Jolie. Had you gone to New Orleans soon after the disaster like the true altruist you claim to be, then maybe you wouldn’t be so shocked a year later at what a mess the place still is. And if your next thought was to start pointing fingers at the federal government for not coughing up sufficient funds to clean the place up, don’t even think it – you probably have more money than the federal government, so why don’t you cut the city of New Orleans a check yourself? In his defense, Pitt did mention that he was going to start sharing some of his vast movie star wealth with those in need. But are you cutting that check before or after you leave to start filming Ocean’s 11 Three?
In case that contrast isn’t clear enough, I can spell it out – Pitt did his sympathetic PR trip to New Orleans, showing that he is just as concerned about the world around him as Angelina. As soon as his most recent insanely large pay check cashes though, he will probably go buy a private island for his new family to vacation on.
Let us not forget that this is the man that just a year ago orchestrated that uber-hyped and over-stylized W Magazine spread with the woman he left his wife for. A year before that he was playing architect on a home that was worth over $20 million. If not in Majorca dressed as Achilles, he was on a yacht throwing back champagne cocktails with George Clooney a year before that.
Brad’s better half has made it a point in the last five years to anchor her celebrity for good causes. Angelina’s relief work and dedication to helping the lost children of the world is a sincere and heartfelt ambition. I hate to think that Brad is just in New Orleans because that is what his current relationship dictates, but I’m at a loss for any other explanation. It’s a plus to see a celebrity think of those in need as opposed to themselves for a bit, but it is becoming a bit trendy.
Next up: Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie head to Lebanon to patch up both their friendship and Hezbollah-torn Beruit in the Simple Life 5.
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