Angelina Jolie has apologised to her new son Pax, who she adopted from Vietnam last week, for the attention brought on him by the press.
The three-and-a-half-year-old boy, who has lived in an orphanage in Ho Chi Minh all his life, has been officially adopted by Angelina and she says her priority is settling him into a new life in the US.
Angelina adopted Pax as a single mother because she and partner Brad Pitt are not married. He cried when he was taken away and Angelina spoke a few words in Vitanamese to comfort him. The child has been renamed from Pham Quang Sang to Pax Thien Jolie (Pax is Latin for peace and Thien is Vietnamese for heaven).
Angelina told a Vietnamese newspaper she'll be a stay-at-home mum to her kids for the near future: "I will stay at home to help Pax adjust to his new life. I have four children and caring for them is the most important thing for me at the moment. I am very proud and happy to be their mother."
"Photographs and press coverage will make him upset. I'M very worried about that. I would like to say I'M sorry for bringing this into Pax's life."
Jolie responded to critics who have accused her of fast-tracking the adoption and brutally taking Pax away from everything he knows, saying: "Everyone would agree that children need to have a family. I have the ability to help children fulfill that desire. Why should I say no?" |