Why You Shouldn’t Be Mad Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt Let Their Kids Terrorize A Pizza Joint

11/15/2012 11:00 am by

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While visiting Brad Pitt‘s home digs in Springfield, MO, he and Angelina Jolie sat back and did absolutely nothing while their brood of six wild animals (“children”) tore up a local pizza place, throwing food at each other and jumping on the tables.

An inside source told US Magazine that whenever Brangelina and their murder of minis cruise through town they shut down Arris’ Pizza for the night, give the nannies the night off, and unleash the madness for some family time. The kids roamed in a pack and under the tables while Brad and Angelina engage in some good old fashioned adult conversation.

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Paparazzi coverage of the Jolie-Pitts at Arris’.

But wait wait wait, I’m going to stop here and ask you to put a hold on the flaming parenting outrage (and yes, there’s always outrage about how someone else is choosing to raise their kids). The key phrase in that really-none-of-our-business-who-leaks-this-stuff-anyway news is ‘they shut down Arris’ Pizza for the night.‘

It would be one thing if Brad and Angelina let their crew get rowdy at a restaurant while it was open to the public, ruining the meals of everyone around them. It would be one thing if they hadn’t paid for that service and whatever cleanup I’m sure it required. But they didn’t.

The couple is clearly self-aware enough to realize that if they want to dine casual college-party-style with their six children, the place for that is not in public. They closed the restaurant for the night both for some semblance of privacy and to save the other patrons the same pain we’ve all felt trying to supervise a herd of 4-year-olds at a birthday party, because they know no one except a parent wants to have dinner with that.

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Dinner with toddlers.

Since it’s implied that this is a semi-regular arrangement for the Brangelinas it’s also safe (ish) to assume that they haven’t been kicked out and asked never to return. As long as they’ve paid their bill, hopefully tipped well, and said their (profuse) thank-yous to the staff my beef ends there.

To the slew of parents (and non-parents) getting ready to spit out, “I WOULD NEVER,” and, “WELL MY PERFECT ANGELS–” Stop. Just stop. We get it, you’re so much better than everyone else and your kids have never, ever misbehaved in public.

Is table jumping and food throwing appropriate for an evening out at a restaurant? No, of course not. Is it appropriate when you’ve rented out an entire restaurant for a private party? Eh. Appropriate? Maybe not. Natural behavior for six excited kids who are letting off steam? Definitely.

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U mad bro?

We have no way to know if this is a nightly occurrence for the Brangelina family or a one time a year special blowout, but there’s a time and place for everything, even practicing your table manners (or not). Whether you agree with their parenting decisions (also or not) from the outside Brad and Angelina seem hands-on and madly in love with their wild brood.

PSA: No matter how “rude” you may find it throwing food is not going to turn any of these kids into murderers. Lighten up.

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About Jamie Jamerson

Jamie, aka The Grumbles, cries every day that an update on the cast of My Monkey Baby isn't released. Her tears could fill a river of regret. She blogs at Grumbles and Grunts.

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  • Ally

    Most kids know when they can be crazy and when they have to behave. Mine know when we got to Chick-fil-a it’s ok to go from the play room to the table and go back and forth all night. They also know how to act when we go to nice places. I’d love to have the money to have a pizza place all to ourselves and let the kids loose!

    • ButteryMuffyn

      roaming is fine, but what Miranda here seems to have missed is the difference between playing and being out of control. Have more respect for other peoples stuff and DON”T let them jump all over the tables and throw food. Just because they may have tons of money doesn’t mean they can buy manners. The kids obviously aren’t being taught that.

      • sayitlikeiseeit

        thank you that’s what i’ve been saying along. (see my post under sayitlikeiseeit)

      • eljerry

        Oh go screw yourself, miss perfect. You probably don’t have any kids to begin with, are you even married and most importantly do you really believe everything you read? Get of the computer and go after your kids they are probably jumping on the table, talk about manners and then start cussing over an article that you don’t even know is true.

        • Kolae

          I would say you don’t have children of your own. I actually agree with her I have seen far too many spoiled children as teenagers wreck other peoples things because they think they can when mom and dad say it is okay or when they think mom and dad say it is okay. In this society if you have enough money it can solve all your problems and those of your children. Having the restaurant to yourself if you own the restaurant is one thing renting it is another, This was not their restaurant or their home and I am sorry but if their kids trashed the place for fun than that is poor parenting and will have consequences when the children are older and they allow this thing more than this one time to happen. Which I will not doubt they will, we will see. Regardless to this article being true or not some responses show a lack of judgment of some individuals and I dread the idea of them some day being parents or are already parents.

  • ButteryMuffyn

    I don’t care if the restaurant is shut down for them or not. I have 4 kids and they HAVE NEVER jumped on tables or had food fights, in a restaurant, at home or friends houses. I don’t have perfect children, but jeez, this is just about manners.

    • http://twitter.com/notsuperjustmom Miranda

      Point? Most definitely missed here. Thanks for playing.

      • ButteryMuffyn

        Nope. didn’t miss the point. It’s just about raising your kids with manners and respect. If there is a table, don’t fucking stand on it. I don’t care how much money you have, have manners.

        • Dee

          Are any of your kids teenagers? Because if they are, I’m willing to bet they’ve stood on a table. With a bottle of tequila.

          • RiotousDigits

            My kids prefer rum.

          • http://twitter.com/MovesLikeAxl Cynthia Day

            Awesome reply!

        • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1018095867 Jeannie Reed

          Miss manners is pissed. You dropped the F bomb!

      • ButteryMuffyn

        No point missed. I obviously have a different parenting style from you and Ms Jolie, one that means, regardless of money, you teach respect for other peoples property.

    • SugaryByskit

      Finally! We have found the winner of parenting! All the gold medals are belong to you. Many, many congrats.

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1018095867 Jeannie Reed

        Exactly!

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1018095867 Jeannie Reed

      It’s Brads home town, and he probably knows the owner of the pizza place. I’m sure they wouldn’t have let the kids be crazy if it wasn’t arranged with the owner ahead of time. I don’t care for AJ but you can’t fault them on this one. Leave it alone already.

  • http://twitter.com/postpartumprog Katherine Stone

    If I could afford to shut down a whole restaurant, I’d let my kids run free too. (Not jump on the tables or throw plates at the wall, mind you, but roaming free would be fine.) Let’s hope the Jolie-Pitts left a massive tip.

    • http://twitter.com/thegrumbles the grumbles

      I really, really hope so.

  • Dee

    One thing I’ve learned in 20+ years of parenting is that kids will sometimes do all those things we said they never would. We parents tend to eat a lot of crow.

  • Anna

    best part of the whole thing: the dinner with toddlers picture. yes. this is my house daily. the throwing of food… gah. I’m over it. but sometimes you pick your battles. I am thinking that if this behavior was a regular thing with the Jolie-Pitts that shit would have been out a long time ago. (see: unending media coverage of famous kids).

  • DorothyP

    “Inside source”? Great reporting.

  • Roo Ciambriello

    I’m not down with food fights unless it’s one of those Salute Your Shorts FOOOOOOD FIIIIIIIGHTS!, but I think you’re spot on with everything else. I would HOPE that they paid cha-ching to shut it down, tip everyone, make the owners happy, and give the place some good press. :) I’m sure the nannies appreciated the night off, too.

  • dovelove1097

    First, EPIC pictures. Really. Second, the thing that surprised me the most about this whole episode? That Angelina Jolie eats pizza. I figured she just existed on air and juice cleanses.

    • kblue

      EPIC? really?? you should look that word up…

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Sarah-Gregory/1058482392 Sarah Gregory

      She probably didn’t eat any pizza (if she ate anything at all, most pizza places also serve salads). The location was probably more for the kids.

  • Erin Dinger

    the link to take readers to the author’s personal blog is busted- ya got an extra ‘n’ in the and of grumblesandgrunts so it won’t go where it oughta

  • SuzyQuzey

    I can tell you with absolute certainty that my imaginary child has never misbehaved in public. His mother, I can’t vouch for.

    • MollyGMartin

      Suzy throws food.

  • k8

    what should be said here is that Arris’ Pizza is horrible. i judge them for that parenting decision ;)

  • NinaN2

    I think it is hilarious and alarming that people are judging them for this alleged behaviour. Our do we take everything said by an “inside source” as the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth????

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=585931384 Tracy Miller

    I haven’t seen the pictures, but everybody with children can think of at least one night when they JUST WANTED TO EAT AND TALK TO THEIR COMPANY without one more stinkin’ interruption. Especially people that you don’t get to see that often. Sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do to survive. When we go out to eat, we let our kids play with our iPhones at the table, something we would NEVER do at home, but it gives us just a few minutes of peace. No judgment here.

  • MollyGMartin

    Sorry, I couldn’t hear people’s righteous indignation from under the table, where my two-year-old is chewing on a table leg.

  • http://twitter.com/nene1855 Jeannie Reed

    I think it’s great. They probably paid to rent out the place and tipped well. I’ve been out with other people who do that in a full restaurant. I wish everyone did what B & A did. LOL.

  • Tyskkvinna

    You know, all they are saying is “food was thrown”.. this could be anything from smearing pizza on the walls to having a little french fry fight.

    • AmandaK

      My kids have both thrown food at a restaurant…once. Did I allow it to continue? No. Who knows if they let it continue to happen.

      They’ve also jumped on a few booths, which I also stopped. I’m glad no one is following me around pointing out my kids’ bad behavior!

  • Paula

    Whatever! So they throw food? I have the same reaction for all table manners issues: show me an adult who throws food or has the urge to blow milk bubbles on a dinner date and I’ll consider teaching my children table manners when I have them (I am 16). I could not care less what rude restaurant patrons think of my loved ones, they want constant quiet, eat at home

    • Steve

      16 eh A DNA line that should stop now

  • sayitlikeiseeit

    i’m sorry but even if they had rented the place and there were no customers in there i think that they should still have more respect for the owner of the place and the poor people who have to clean up after they trash the place. i still think that it is disrespectful of them to let the kids run wild anywhere that is not outdoors or that they do not own. granted they probably get paid a really pretty penny but the main thing is that these kids are going to grow up thinking just because they have money that they don’t have to care if they tear up others property.

    • http://twitter.com/motherstuttered Ellen Harger

      Living in the area, I can say that the restaurant makes no complaints. And it’s a HUGE deal that they rent it out. That right there is paying some respect. No one said they tore up property! They made a mess. Get over it.

      Yes, I’m late to the party on this topic but still had to grumble. GEEZ

  • H4bert

    As long as they teach them to jump on tables and throw food, it means they are true Obama supporters (Maybe they’ll show up for the Psy show at the Whitehouse with ‘Down with America’ signs too)

  • LauraSFS

    Some people just need to stop being so judgemental…they are little kids having fun and yes kids like to throw things. I was 8 when me, my brother (10), and neices (9 & 12) were making tamales in the kitchen when we suddenly started throwing the masa at each other. Mind you, we threw masa at each other in spite of the fact that my father was extremely strict…we risked our hides with such behavior. However, we were just having fun and yes we cleaned up afterward. Harmless fun that’s all. Tamales got made and no one was hurt…I was left with a great memory from my childhood.

  • 507sandrakay

    Will it be okay to blow off steam by trashing a hotel room when they’re teenagers too?

  • Jojo’s Girl

    What exactly is the point of this article? The title insinuates that holy hell should rain down upon the family but the content of the article suggests the opposite. I don’t understand how this is anything worth writing about.

  • Felice

    Very dumb parenting. In school, kids are taught respect for food,people who cook food,people who clean up and manners.
    If they want the kids to let off steam…take them to a basketball court,pool,track,or park.
    If this behavior did really happen,then Brad and Angie are in big trouble!

    • Dennis T87

      You know Brad and Angelina aren’t the brightest of people. They have “its about me” syndrome. Hollywood trash.

  • DazzleMe55

    They are @sses!

  • Steve

    The kids are just accesories just like their cars/cloths/jewellery ,its just PR of course they don’t care how they act, never is this acceptable behavior. No boundaries… a new batch of spoiled write offs

  • John Mayo

    What is Jollie-Pitts? I thought Angelina Jolie had one L. Also, is there an S at the end of Brad’s name? No, there is not. Stick with Brangelina. It’s a stupid contraction, but a known one.
    Secondly, these Jolie bastards (or are they Pitt bastards?) (until they get married!) probably have no rules at home. Why would they have any at a Pizza joint?
    And lastly, it seems as if the full of themselves due closed the Pizza joint so at least their spawn (by another mother) could run free in private and theoretically, they did pay for their exclusive use of the place. Still – how much more full of themselves can they be? Not much, I’m sure. Also, Brad, make a movie already. Too busy with Dad type work?

  • WONTON

    WHAT WILL THESE KIDS BE LIKE AS ADULTS. JUST WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS IS SPOILED DISRESPECTFUL IDIOTS! ANGIE, WHAT DOES THIS SAY FOR YOUR UN WORK WITNESSING ALL THE POOR STARVING CHILDREN AND YOURS THROWS GOOD FOOD AROUND FOR FUN???

  • Jan

    When are they going to start correcting their kids poor behavior? When they are 12 or 16 that’s way way too late. You have to nip these things in the bud. Discipline is a necessary part of growing up. If they do this in a restaurant what will they do in a school or a church or a department store? What gives them the right to act out like spoiled brats? Just because they have fame and fortune? I don’t think so….. I think they should show the world a GOOD EXAMPLE.

  • usermisty618

    I live in Springfield and I just can’t believe that Arris is their go-to place. It’s kind of a dump, even for the other half of us, let alone uber-rich movie stars. I don’t get it…

  • lolly79

    What are they teaching their kids? That as long as you tip that you have the right to destroy the place? I’ve been the worker on the other end that had to clean up after kids make a huge mess. The minimum wage that you get paid for it isn’t really worth it.

  • mille1

    sorry what will they be like as teens and grownups,,thwy should have some kind of respect for themselves and the resturant…..

  • GHOTI

    The “writer” is a JERK. A royal suck-up and not worth reading. I would hope the “writer” defends the family raising Honey Boo Boo also.

  • Amy T

    I must have raised my children differently, but they were not allowed on tables or to throw their food in restaurants. You need to teach your children respect and not have others pick up after them. They need to learn responsibility.

  • http://www.facebook.com/BDThumper Timothy Woodcock

    I love it! When my daughter was young, about that age 6-7, we used to have “Yelling Thursday” about once a month; she really loved it. When she was home from school and I got home from work anything we would say we would say at the top of our lungs; no inside voices allowed.
    We stayed at home and never went out in public on a “yelling Thursday” but man it was a hoot, finally she would say Dad I don’t want to yell anymore and we would quit but her little stress level; and yes children at that age have stress from school and friends, would be zero.
    Was it tough at times, absolutely if I had a bad day at work, headache, just didn’t feel well but it was my job and my pleasure to raise my child; who is now 23, engaged, and a well adjusted young woman, “Who is not afraid to stand up for herself and speak her mind”. To this day she will occasionally say, “Dad do you remember when we would have those scream days” with a big smile on her face – and I warm up inside and smile and say yes, baby I do.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_ETNYHFBZFPUAD7V2YGVNN67SQE dryeye

    The owner is not complaining. I appreciate their renting the restaurant for the day instead of imposing their presence on other diners.

  • Disgusted

    In 10 years the “kids” will be in / out of rehab and the parents will ask “what did we do wrong?”

  • justforkicks

    Here’s an idea – instead of renting out the restaurant for the evening so that your kids can be disrespectful to you and your surroundings….try parenting your kids so they act accordingly in public….just a thought…

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1273365443 Terry Dunn

    ive read these replys and laughed all of you who says your childern are angels. how many times do they go to chucky cheez are other places with game rooms at restaurts are how many times have your angels piched a fit in the store for something now that you have the spotlight

  • aunty

    Before admonishing your readers to not over-react to the bad behavior of celebrity children, maybe you shouldn’t use the word “terrorize” in the title of your article.

    How kind of them to give their nannies the night off while still not parenting their children and still leaving the clean up to someone else.

    And what a great lesson to teach their kids: As long as you can rent the whole place for the night and pay for the clean up, you don’t have to act like a civilized human being in a restaurant. Jumping on furniture and throwing food? Really? When is that ever an acceptable way for kids to “let off steam”?
    BTW, even parents don’t want to have dinner with “that”.

    Besides, it’s not as if the uber-rich celebrities would have room at home for their children to behave like heathens while mom and dad enjoyed some “adult conversation”. Oh, that’s right. That would involve having food stains in their home, not someone else’s place of business.

  • jaime

    wow….what a kiss ___ writer.

  • xxBratsxx

    If I ever so much as threw a piece of food anywhere public/private I would get the belt, those kids obviously have no respect for food/people if they act like that, especially with their so called humanitarian parents, It’s not ok even if they rented out the space, if they wanted to behave like animals they should of rented a zoo

  • http://www.facebook.com/mike.merritt.75436 Mike Merritt

    So they are teaching their kids “You can do anything you want, as long as you have money”? “letting off steam” Good Grief they are kids, thats all they do is let off steam…Its not okay to teach kids (anybody’s kids) that they are above the rules with a little added cash….Never…

  • Kiki598

    1. You’re right. If all parties involved are perfectly happy with the situation, then end of story.
    2. Because we live in America, the rest of us have a right to speculate for the future and say if that is how these children behave out in public, wonder if these children of celebrities grow up with the same sense of entitlement that we see and hear so much about these days. This teacher has come across way too many parents who just find it easier to let them run wild and then are insulted if anything is said about their children’s behavior.