“My husband was driving us all to lunch,” says Asma al-Assad, “and out of the corner of my eye I could see Brad Pitt was fidgeting. I turned around and asked, ‘Is anything wrong?’ ”
“Where’s your security?” asked Pitt.
“So I started teasing him—‘See that old woman on the street? That’s one of them! And that old guy crossing the road?
That’s the other one!’ ” They both laugh.
The president joins in the punch line: “Brad Pitt wanted to send his security guards here to come and get some training!”
Vogue (pulled article), Asma al-Assad: A Rose in the Desertcited in: http://www.alaa-alazem.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=242%3Aasma-al-assad-a-rose-in-the-desert&catid=45%3Aothers&Itemid=18&lang=en
Haaahaaahaaaa, the "old guy crossing the road" is security. Funny, funny, funny.
Not so funny is the acknowledgement that: “the Syrian government conducts intense physical and electronic surveillance of both Syrian citizens and foreign visitors”.
Oh, and that, in the same breath, Vogue whitewashed the oppression of a nation with a gushing "Syria is known as the safest country in the Middle East".
Tell that "safest" rubbish to those being killed on the streets of Syria.
Anyway, the Hollywood bubble-heads do lunch with the Desert Rose & the tyrant ... and discuss their mutual need for hired help.
Gee, Brangie, that's sooooo far removed from the despised, privileged American lifestyle that all those "dull" Hollywood movie stars so enjoy.
But get this: Brangelina, were eager to train their hired help along lines of a Syrian despot's security ... because they're soooooo important, this set-trailer duo.
Wow, it doesn't get any more dull, shallow & narcissistic than this. Kind of like the modern day Edward & Wallis Simpson -- only without the standing (however negligible that was following the abdication).
Were this the era of Adolf & Eva, this "social climbing" American celebrity duo, Brangelina, would surely covet jackbooted SS guards to reflect their "glory".