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A new book claims that Angelina's mom had her live in a separate apartment building. Credit: US Weekly
Angelina Jolie's teenage years and young adulthood were marred by erratic behavior: drug-use, self-cutting and a volatile love life.
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And Andrew Morton's juicy new tell-all "Angelina: An Unauthorized Biography" -- excerpted exclusively in the new Us Weekly -- argues that it all began with a traumatic event in the star's infancy. According to former babysitter Krisann Morel, Jolie's late mother Marcheline Bertrand virtually abandoned her baby daughter after a painful 1976 split from husband Jon Voight.
Morel claims that, for two years, Bertrand sequestered Jolie in a separate apartment in her building, where the young girl was cared for by a revolving staff.
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Now 35 and a mother to six kids she shares with love Brad Pitt, Jolie has publicly declared her devotion to Bertrand, who passed away in January 2007 of cancer. But Morton writes that Jolie was permanently scarred by this early abandonment -- leading her to self-destructive acts and a "come here, now go away" personality.
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7-22-2010 @ 5:57PM
Anna Maria said...I have often wondered if this actress does not have Borderline Personality Disorder. Some of her behaviors would indicate that. While this new biography is "unauthorized", perhaps the author is insightful in his assessment. There is a brittleness to her demeanor even in her most contrived, alluring poses, that puts one thinking of Joan Crawford. And yes, abandomnent, or sexual abuse would be enough to cause BPD. Self-mutilation is a cardinal red flag for such traumas and such a psychological disorder. I have often thought her tatoos were another attempt in a sense of self mutilation.
For the most part, I will be happy when there is less publicity given to this woman and more focus on actresses who are more wholesome pictures of talented artists.
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