Did Maddox get to help pick his new brother?
Angelina Jolie let her son Maddox choose the orphan who would become his brother, it was revealed last night.The movie beauty, 31, was determined to adopt another child from a poor background.
But she found it heartbreaking to decide which of the dozens of kids to pick from the orphanage in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
So she let her eldest child, five-year-old Maddox (pictured), make the choice.
And Maddox – adopted from Cambodia in 2002 – singled out three-year-old Pham Quang Sang.
The actress has renamed him Pax Thien, meaning Peaceful Sky, and has got him a passport so she can take him to the US next week.
A source said: “She was almost moved to tears when she saw these kids who desperately need a home, knowing she could adopt only one.
“It was too hard for her to pick so she let Maddox play with them and then asked which of the children he’d like to be his new brother.?
As well as Maddox, the Lara Croft star has an Ethiopian child Zahara, two, and her tot Shiloh – fathered by Brad Pitt – who was born last May.
Brad, 43, stayed in the US as unwed couples cannot adopt in Vietnam.
Yesterday he visited the offices of director Ridley Scott, 69, in LA, then left on his Ducati bike.
Angelina told a Vietnamese newspaper she is now taking a break from films. She said: “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.?
June 4th, 2007 at 9:10 am
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