Weird Jolie interview with Larry King from 2001

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KING: You've been very private or very open in your life, right? Very alone and very with it? Have you had help, have you had psychiatric help? Were you ever depressed?

JOLIE: Uh-huh, yes.

KING: At an early age?

JOLIE: I never had like a therapist. It was probably like -- then I was in school. They -- I had a therapist for a day.

KING: That's all he could take. He ran out.

JOLIE: Well, I -- yes. I...

KING: So how did you get help?

JOLIE: Well, I went to -- this is a probably a longer than you've got time for. When I went through a period -- and I don't think it's a (UNINTELLIGIBLE) where Billy and I -- right before, we're on the time right before we got married. I thought something had happened to him. And we had some time where -- and I was so worried. And we kind of...

KING: An instuition or something?

JOLIE: Yes, or just -- it was like a night where somehow we were on a road trip and I couldn't find him and I couldn't -- and I ended up going crazy because I thought I like actually lost him.

KING: Lost him?

JOLIE: Not a girlfriend lost a boyfriend, like I actually thought...

KING: That he died?

JOLIE: Like I thought just something, yes.

KING: So you went crazy by...

JOLIE: So I went -- I couldn't -- so I called my mom and I was, we had been on a road trip. And I called my mom and I didn't realize how bad it was until she kind of said, "What's wrong with you? I never heard you stutter before" and got me on a plane. And I was just hysterical. And by the time I got to L.A., my mom picked me up at the airport, I had lost kind of speech almost completely. It was very strange.

KING: Wow.

JOLIE: And told my mom that I thought I should have -- get some kind of help or go to a hospital because I didn't want to be suicidal. I didn't want to do any drugs. I didn't want to, you know, because I didn't want to do anything to try to hurt myself or try to shut off my fear. So I thought I want to get help. So I -- we had a doctor come in and see me. And he said, you should go to UCLA. And I went to UCLA. And they said, you're suffering from, you know, like the loss of somebody. You've got like -- you're having a nervous breakdown.

KING: By that time, had you contacted him?

JOLIE: No. They thought I was having a nervous breakdown from loss and they...

KING: Then how -- what happened?

JOLIE: They suggested that I go under a 72-hour hold and put me in the hospital. And they're like...

KING: Hold it right there.

JOLIE: Yes.

KING: We'll be right back with Angelina Jolie. Don't go away.

KING: We're back with Angelina Jolie. "Original Sin" opens this weekend. So you were on the 72-hour hold?

JOLIE: I was in a 72-hour hold not to hurt myself or others. And...

KING: I mean, did they stand by your door? They watch you?

JOLIE: No, no, no, you're just in a place where there just isn't -- you know, you're with other people. You've got different rooms you're in. It's that kind of, you know, yes, they don't allow razors. You're not allowed to, you know -- but it's mainly you're just in a place where they talk to you a lot or they give you things to like calm down a bit, which is like not an extreme thing.

KING: In this period, had you heard from him?

JOLIE: After a few days, somehow my mom got in touch. They got in touch with each other.

KING: Where was he?

JOLIE: He was on the road and he thought I'd lost touch with him. It was a confusing -- there's no, like, secret drama.

KING: Was he upset?

JOLIE: There was like -- yes. And he was wondering where I was. Yes, we just...

KING: So he's calling looking for you?

JOLIE: It was just one of those -- and we weren't fighting. It was just like a -- somehow things just got...

KING: All right, in retrospect, Angelina, how do you explain it? What do you think that was?

JOLIE: I think I thought something happened to the person I finally felt at peace with in this world and the person I care most about. And I don't know if I could live without him. And...

KING: Does that make you dependent?

JOLIE: Yes, yes. But I don't think that's a bad thing. I mean...

KING: It's only bad if something does...

JOLIE: It's bad if anything happens, but I think you know, it was before we had any time. We hadn't had any time together. So I was angry. You know, it was just a very -- but I think it was also, for somebody like me, I was an extremely feeling person. I'm an extremely emotional person.

KING: Obviously.

JOLIE: And I'm very connected to him. And so the thought that somebody -- that the person I care most about and is so -- was suddenly -- after I finally met somebody in this world that made sense to me, that I could talk to, that made me feel at peace and you know, was -- I felt...

KING: How did he react when he heard what had happened to you?

JOLIE: I think he was happy I was OK. You know, we both didn't know what happened. And we just kept talking on the phone. And I eventually took -- it was hard to talk to him for a second because I still hadn't started talking yet probably.

KING: Boy.

JOLIE: So it took me a few. And he wanted me to just, you know, so whatever I needed to do to just talk to them, so then just get out.

KING: No recurrence since?

JOLIE: Oh, no. And it wasn't like a, you know -- I mean I haven't really talked about because I know people will misunderstand it and say I went insane or...

KING: I understand it. You felt a grieving loss.

JOLIE: But it's just like if anybody lost somebody they loved so much, they'd have a nervous breakdown. And so that's... KING: Ever seen some people at funerals jump down to a casket?

JOLIE: Yes.

KING: Go incommunicado for months, months. Loss is a terrible thing.

JOLIE: Yes.

KING: No one knows how to deal with it. There's no lessons in it, is there? Why did you do "Lara Croft?"

JOLIE: Because I wanted to.

[moods of norway]

She was REALLY psychotic there!!!
She had NO contact with reality at all!!!
Hmm.. for one who has been in a psycosis once, - the trap stays open the rest of your life. You can go years around it, but one day - just suddenly fall back in...

[MYGUEST]

.....and this right here, is what Brad Pitt has to live with each and every day.........a psychotic drama queen. No wonder why he drinks and does drugs....can you imagine how exhausting it is to be around her??

[moods of norway]

.....and this right here, is what Brad Pitt has to live with each and every day.........a psychotic drama queen. No wonder why he drinks and does drugs....can you imagine how exhausting it is to be around her??

Then WHY is he?!

[Guest]

UCLA...?

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UCLA...?

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[ballerina]

My previous post seems to have disappeared so I will post again. I remember years ago reading an interview Angelina gave in which she mentioned this time when she was in the institution. I seem to recall her saying that she thought she had killed someone, she thought she had murdered someone. Now here she is saying that she was mad at Billy Bob at the time for not spending time with her and then she thought he was dead. Maybe she was really angry with him and in some messed up state impulsively called up someone and tried to put a hit on him, she then panicked because she couldn't find him and thought he was dead and that it was her fault. Sounds farfetched but possible. Why would she have been so convinced he was dead, why did she think she had killed someone. She may have just been in a psychotic state but there could be more to it.

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Ballerina I think you theory is more than plausible. Remember she said that she hired a hit man to try and kill herself but the hitman talked her out of it? We've seen the drug den videos and magazine spreads with her out of it plus the interview which the OP posted. IF THIS IS WHAT SHE DOES IN PUBLIC THINK WHAT SHE IS CAPABLE OF IN PRIVATE?

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cuckoo....cuckoo.......

And she adopted a child very shortly after this. Scary.

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She's out of her mind & needs serious help. If she didn't have millions & the Voight name, she would likely be homeless & on the streets.

Pitt is a selfish, weak idiot. Instead of getting out of that situation, he allowed her to obtain 4 more children while they were together. Six kids are now caught in that situation. He's too embarrassed to call her out for who she really is, and can't admit that he messed up big time. He's unwilling to stick his neck on the line to protect those kids, so he stays in their little agreement & thinks it's in the best interest of everyone. Well, it's not. Kids who grow up with a mentally ill parent know it, no matter how much you try & shelter them from it. They will grow up to be resentful & will likely have a host of issues to deal with from the situation, not to mention a manipulative mother that will probably try her best to torture them long after they've left her cold grip.

[Guest]

My previous post seems to have disappeared so I will post again. I remember years ago reading an interview Angelina gave in which she mentioned this time when she was in the institution. I seem to recall her saying that she thought she had killed someone, she thought she had murdered someone. Now here she is saying that she was mad at Billy Bob at the time for not spending time with her and then she thought he was dead. Maybe she was really angry with him and in some messed up state impulsively called up someone and tried to put a hit on him, she then panicked because she couldn't find him and thought he was dead and that it was her fault. Sounds farfetched but possible. Why would she have been so convinced he was dead, why did she think she had killed someone. She may have just been in a psychotic state but there could be more to it.

True.

Angelina: 'I Thought I Killed Someone'

Hollywood beauty ANGELINA JOLIE checked herself into a psychiatric hospital after convincing herself she was a dangerous killer.

The TOMB RAIDER actress spent three days at Los Angeles UCLA hospital's Neuropsychiatric Institute after imagining she'd attacked and murdered someone.

She was so disturbed by the events, she couldn't speak for several days.

It happened in 2000, shortly after Jolie picked up an ACADEMY AWARD for her role as a mentally ill patient in movie GIRL, INTERRUPTED.

She says, "I was in for grief counselling. I lost my voice and then I was held in for a 72-hour watch period so I wouldn't hurt myself or anybody else.

"It wasn't just a personal, 'I feel crazy' - it was something very specific that happened.

"The big concern was the grief - and I think that it would happen to me again tomorrow if I thought I had killed somebody. I didn't and it turned out fine, so it shocked me."

But she maintains the events had a positive conclusion.

Angelina adds, "I couldn't speak, but on my last day, when I was clear and coming out of it all, I did talk to a lot of people and I tried to communicate what I had learned about things.

"I think people in that kind of situation are somewhat relieved to know that everybody is human - and I think it helped them. And I think it was a good thing."

http://www.contactmusic.com/news-article/angelina.-.i-thought-i-killed-someone.

I think this was actually the true scenario. But she changed it to her "just" having a nervous breakdown, because this made her sound way to crazy.

[moods of norway]

That's the tricks too much drugs will play on your brain.... PSYCHOTIC!!

[Guest]

She was REALLY psychotic there!!!
She had NO contact with reality at all!!!
Hmm.. for one who has been in a psycosis once, - the trap stays open the rest of your life. You can go years around it, but one day - just suddenly fall back in...

FREEKS are desparate, going BACK 11 years, now that is really SAD...LOL

[moods of norway]

She was REALLY psychotic there!!!
She had NO contact with reality at all!!!
Hmm.. for one who has been in a psycosis once, - the trap stays open the rest of your life. You can go years around it, but one day - just suddenly fall back in...

FREEKS are desparate, going BACK 11 years, now that is really SAD...LOL

How about YOU comment on that interview, instead of just attacking those who DO keep on thread?!.... Too hard?

[Guest]

My previous post seems to have disappeared so I will post again. I remember years ago reading an interview Angelina gave in which she mentioned this time when she was in the institution. I seem to recall her saying that she thought she had killed someone, she thought she had murdered someone. Now here she is saying that she was mad at Billy Bob at the time for not spending time with her and then she thought he was dead. Maybe she was really angry with him and in some messed up state impulsively called up someone and tried to put a hit on him, she then panicked because she couldn't find him and thought he was dead and that it was her fault. Sounds farfetched but possible. Why would she have been so convinced he was dead, why did she think she had killed someone. She may have just been in a psychotic state but there could be more to it.

She was trying to get BBT to marry her. Shortly after she pulled this stunt, they were married. This woman will stop at NOTHING.