Angelina Jolie is a decent human being. She donates one third of her enormous salary to her causes, and truly cares about humanity. So why is she being persecuted negatively by various media types, and other so-called celebrities? Because she is drop dead gorgeous. It doesn’t matter that she is with Brad Pitt. Those two were meant to be together, because they respect each other. People are jealous of their relationship, and the media has tried to make their love a circus. If she weren’t such a rare beauty, the cattiness wouldn’t be so severe, but women and even some men, are green with envy. The claws come out because of this. Brad Pitt was more than ready to go his own way before they met, and when he met Angelina, he met a woman with a heart and someone with a sense of pride in his endeavors and other interests aside from acting, like architecture and charity work.

Now why would people even attempt to make negative comments about them, aside from the fact that they make a pathetic living doing so? Because they will never have a relationship with Brad Pitt, who is one of a kind as well, and they will never be as beautiful as Angelina. Some well-known talk show hosts and reporters have said some very catty things about her, and it makes one wonder just when respectable journalism went out the window and shoddy reporting became the norm. If anything, these vultures should be criticized for their megalomaniac persona’s that go against the code of ethics journalists are suppose to adhere to. They can’t attack Angelina’s true character, because she is decent. Who knows what skeletons are in their closets? They can’t attack her talent, because she has plenty of that, an Oscar to prove it. But they can go after the woman, and it is so pathetic to hear about her eyeliner, her being “too sexy” (as if there is such a thing) or how she poses on the red carpet, some calling it pompous.

Of course she holds her head up high, she has a lot to be proud of, and isn’t about to hide in the house away from media twits. For the lay people out there that don’t make their living following the graceful and poised Angelina and Brad like little lap dogs, don’t be jealous of what they have. Try to emulate what they do. It is great to see celebrities doing so much more with their money than buying Rolexes, cars and mansions. If anything these two people should be praised, not persecuted, period.

Linda Stamberger is a writer and author living in Florida.