After giving birth to their baby about a week ago, Hollywood actors Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are almost on their way home. They are to leave Namibia within the next few days, but said yesterday that they would be back.
Swakopmund: Their baby, Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, will always be a Namibian. The proud mother announced at a press conference after giving birth to her daughter, that the child is to keep its Namibian citizenship, and has already received a Namibian passport. The father, Brad Pitt, repeatedly emphasized how pleased he is with the medical attention provided the couple in Namibia.
“We had top-notch medical care. We could not have received better care, even in America. The doctors, the medical aides and the overall care were overwhelming.”
According to Pitt, the dire predictions about how reckless and frivolous it would be to give birth to the child in Namibia were utter nonsense.
“We did our homework and I was certain that Angelina and our child would be in the best of hands.”
Under the most severe security, about 20 members of the Namibian media attended the press conference at the Hansa Hotel in Swakopmund [Namibia’s second biggest city and top beach resort, with 35,000 people RealVideo]. Foreign journalists, on the other hand, were forced to wait outside.
Beside the actor-couple, other special guests included First Lady Penexupifo Pohamba, Minister of Gender Equality and Child Welfare Marlene Mungunda, Deputy Environment and Tourism Minister Leon Jooste, and Erongo Governor Samuel Nuuyoma. The famous Hollywood-duo came to the event, however, without the next generation.
The Jolie-Pitt family will leave Namibia some time in the next few days and return to their home to the U.S. Jolie joked, “My mom will kill me if she doesn’t see her granddaughter soon.”
Both actors emphasized that nowhere on Earth could they have picked a better place for the birth of their child, Shiloh. They repeatedly thanked everyone for their hospitality and Jolie added, “We are very sorry for having caused such a tumult.”
She said the couple is very grateful to the government for taking quick and strict measures against reporters from Star magazine, who had traveled to Namibia.
“I understand we are public people, but I want peace when I’m home. I don’t want people with telephoto lenses taking pictures of my children in pajamas.”
In the future the couple wants to continue to support Namibia and plans to visit the country regularly.
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