Brad Pitt won’t drink while his daughter is choking
In yet another article aimed at deifying celebrities and making everything they do seemingly brilliant, stuff.co.nz reports on how selflessly Brad Pitt has decided to cut back his drinking after seeing his daughter choke on an ice cube.
“You have to be absolutely on top of every situation. The other s**t doesn’t work anymore. When they wake up in the middle of the night you have to be there.
And you can’t deal with children when you have a hangover - that’s just a misery!”
Wow, he’s incredible.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not picking on Brad. I do think it’s commendable that someone who lives a fairly fast-paced lifestyle slows things down in recognition of what it takes to be a parent. But if Joe Average made a comment like that, the media would question why he was drinking around his kids in the first place. It just amazes me what makes it into the news!
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4 opinions for Brad Pitt won’t drink while his daughter is choking
brent
Oct 16, 2007 at 1:50 am
I think the deal is that Brad Pitt probably isn’t lacking access to quality child care if he wants to go out to a reasonably priced restaraunt for dinner and have a couple of glasses of wine (or eight) with the meal before splitting a taxi ride with his missus.
…it sounds like he’s coming to realise that there’s more to child care than just finding a warm body to sit in your living room while the children are asleep - you also need to be human enough to cope the following morning.
I remember the last time that my wife and I went away together for a weekend a couple of years ago. Our kids were 2 and 1, and we farmed them out to a combination of different grandparents and friends over the 2 nights that we were away. We went to a rock festival and had a great time, including plenty of booze.
Ordinarily that’d be fine. We had a great time. Spent too much time in the Australian sun. Drank too much booze. Smoked a couple of things I don’t particularly want the cops to find out about. Listened to some great live music and hung out with good friends. It’s nice to let your hair down every two years or so, if you can afford it.
The thing was… come Sunday afternoon when we got home and they all handed the kids over and we were crashing and in desperate need of sleep we were just not good parents. Headaches call for quietness…
…Fast forward two years and now I don’t think I’ve been drunk this year, and maybe haven’t even touched a drop for the last 6 months.
Why am I giving my life’s story in a blog comment? Oh, that’s right, I’m bored at work.
Erin- ExpectingExecutive
Oct 16, 2007 at 10:24 am
The general public hears and understands important information across a broad spectrum of intellect and comprehension abilities. If even a few parents are moved to alter their drinking behavior due to this simple story that Brad Pitt was able to share, then the story ( however already obvious to many) has positive and life changing value. It doesn’t bother me in the least if someone decides to not drink around their kids because Brad Pitt doesn’t think it’s cool. Maybe he could make a phone call to Britney Spears and provide this advice in a personal telephone call. Thanks for the article.
Bill
Oct 16, 2007 at 12:22 pm
Great point about the ‘delivery mechanism’ Erin. I’d mail Brad a prepaid phone card just to facilitate the Britney call. Somehow I don’t he’d need it though.
Brent, interesting perspective on dealing with the after effects of having a few. It may not be the initial drinking, but the reduction in the quality of care afterwards.
Cozmo
Oct 19, 2007 at 11:10 pm
Of course this article couldn’t pass by without someone mentioning Britney. It could certainly be a whole lot worse. At least he seems to be getting a clue.
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