Angelina escapes kidnapping plot
While on a visit to an unnamed destination in the capacity of a Goodwill Ambassador for the UNHCR, Angelina Jolie narrowly escaped being kidnapped!
The mommy-of-three, who became a Goodwill Ambassador back in 2001, has travelled to some of the most war-torn areas of the world raising awareness of the plight of refugees.
However, Angie was left reeling when she learned that gangsters were plotting to kidnap her and hold her for a multimillion dollar ransom.
In an exclusive interview with the British weekly News of the World, the actress-turned-humanitarian said: "It was in a small village. I won't say where, or with whom, but some gangsters planned to kidnap me and extort a massive ransom. I was warned at the last minute, and managed to escape, luckily."
But fear not -- Angie insists that she’s not about let one kidnap plot scare her away from the work she does for she wants to do her bit in lending a helping hand to underprivileged people.
"I don't want to act like the Mother Teresa of Hollywood," she said. "But I want to help where there is poverty and destruction."
As for how babydadddy Brad Pitt copes with their trips, well, Angelina revealed that the couple solved their problems by working as a team.
"I love Brad very much and on our trips we pull together as a team," she said.
The Oscar-winning actress does admit that things get tough when it affects the couple’s three kids – Maddox, Zahara and Shiloh – all of whom have been accompanying their parents on their trips to far-off places.
"Things only get difficult when it affects our children," she said. "I have become more mature. I have learned to accept responsibility for myself, my children and my partner. Becoming a mum was the biggest change in my life, and it made me feel like a complete woman. At times in my life I was lost, without a purpose, now I'm more grounded"
4 votes
