Why do movie stars ( Milano, Pitt, Jolie ) act like they care about poor kids, then go home to their mansions

Answer 1

Don't forget about Madonna. She's very spiritual, you know.

Answer 2

For the same reasons we all do. I assume that you are talking about them having so much money and using it for themselves and not helping the poor. Most of us are fortunate to have excess money and we spend most of it on luxuries we are no different from the rich it is just on a different scale. Add up what you spend on cd's, unnecessary clothes, eat out, the extra for the better appointed car and house, the huge amount of Christmas presents and then look at the world vision or similar sites and see what that money can buy for the poor and you will be very surprised. Even average Joe can change the future of whole villages of people all around the world.

We all say we care so why don't we?

Answer 3

Umm, they do a lot more than is advertised ... you only see what the press wants to show you.

I know that Jolie built several orphanages in Africa, and runs them from private contributions ... this was part of the story of the whole media blitz on her last adoption. She'd opened up an orphanage in a region that was difficult, if not impossible, to adopt a child from, then when she decided to adopt one of the kids, everyone told her to go to another region where it was easier. She thought it ridiculous and used her influence to get a child from her own orphanage.

So how about you give people a bit of slack here eh? I mean sure they have mansions, they earned the money fair and square ... and they DO help others, sometimes to the detriment of their own public image.

Answer 4

So does having concern for the poor mean you are not entitled to be rich? There is nothing wrong with having money and living in a mansion. Where it becomes a problem is when rich people consider themselves to be better than those who have less and they have an arrogant attitude about others. If movie stars care about poor kids to the point of there being publicity about it, chances are, they already give a tremendous amount of their vast income to organizations which provide assistance to these children. Let's not judge others by outward appearances. Unless we have hard and fast evidence that these celebrities care about kids in word only, we need to not waste energy judging them. Who are we to judge others anyway? Would we want others to judge us without having all the facts? God is the only judge, and He sees our hearts. That is what's important.

Answer 5

Who with the wealth does this? Look at all those in the United States on the top 1000 list of the most wealthy. How can they all go home and sleep, knowing there are homeless children laying in the gutters of our streets, curled up near a metal trash can that is being fueled with trash, just to keep them warm.

Its not just the "stars" but all the wealthy in America. If they would help, America would be a much better place to live and really call home.

Illegals are being treated better than our homeless and those from poverty to middle class "legal" citizens. Go figure... "only in America"!!!!!!!

Answer 6

I think they do a great deal more than act like they do. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have started foundations in the countries from which their children were adopted in effort to better the lives of all children living there. The Maddox Jolie Foundation is opening schools in Cambodia and helping insure kids get quality health care.

Here is one article about what they are doing:
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,26334,1537302,00.html

Answer 7

They may genuinely care or it may simply be a publicity stunt. I can't delve into an individuals mind but know there actions will out them if they are hypocrites. It frustrates me also when a couple adopts a child from Africa and hires a nanny to raise the kid. To me that's a hypocrite. It frustrates me when Jane Fonda apologizes to the Vietnam Vets for protesting during the war in the 1960s and she does it again just a few days ago. Don't get too frustrated there hypocritical behavior will be dragged into the light for everyone to see.

Answer 8

Just because they care about poor kids doesn't mean they can't live in a mansion. Don't be jealous. Everyone wants to live somewhere nice and have money to buy things. Having lots of money, clothes, and a big house doesn't show what kind of person you are. It's what you do in life (such as care about poor kids) that does.

Answer 9

I have trouble with the idea of the large divide between the rich and the poor too, BUT:

The same reason everyone else does exactly the same thing (their house just isn’t quite as big). Half-Fast Guilt.

To be perfectly honest, they do more than most people do.

Answer 10

Good question. If they really cared they would sell their lavish possessions so they could help thousands of people. It's all an act and pony show. You never here about Joe Smo giving most of his savings to charity, but these celebrities give what is comparable to an ordinary person giving a $1, but they're sure to have the cameras rolling.

Answer 11

well they do care about poor kids. They go home to their big mansions because they could afford one, if they couldn't they'de go home in their 2 bedroom appartment. They couldn't sfford to help so many poor kids if they could only afford a appartment. the bigger the house, the more money they have, the more money they have the more they could give away to kids!!!