Jen and Brad - potheads?

The german tabloids are reporting (repeatedly) that Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt are "addicted" to pot, bragging that they were totally stoned when they met <some politician, probably Clinton during his "farewell-to-the prez"-tour>. Pitt is allegedly wearing a hemp symbol on his clothes all the time to sport his new "hobby".

That's been the rumor around Tinseltown for *ages*, tho it's mostly Brad. Why would Jen want to smoke out when you get the munchies so soon after? She's very particular about her weight and smoking out only makes you wanna eat. Brad's also a confessed nudist and turned Paltry and Jen on to it as well. Tho I saw enuf of Paltry's saggy ass in "The Talented Mr. Ripley". She's not toned enough to be wearing a bikini. <shudder>

~* Carina *~ I'm not being rude, you're insignificant.

"Marc Beckersjuergen" wrote in message news:94i387$voo$07$[email]...

"news.lvcm.com" wrote:

A rumor for ages or not, I just heard it last week also, as well as a bunch of people I converse with. A rumor isn't a rumor until it is "well known"., and well, most of us on this newsgroup don't live in Hollywood , CA. Regardless if it's "mostly Brad", it sounds like Jennifer is right in there also, now. That doesn't help my image of her one iota.

And I'm not sure what being addicted to something has to do with getting the munchies afterwards, (which, btw my friend, is only a rumor also - not everyone responds to pot that way). Being addicted to something is just that - addicted - i.e. not able to stop regardless of the consequences.

I was seriously depressed for a weekend when I heard that. Figures.

Randy Hinds wrote:

Depressed that Jen uses marijuana? I'd rather she did that than be a drunk! Really, unless they hurt somebody or their health suffers, or they start using cocaine or heroin or something really serious, I don't much care. We don't even know the extent to which it is actually true. Also, marijuana is not actually an addictive drug. It can become a habit, but you do not suffer any physical symptoms if you lay off. You do not develop a tolerance and desire does not escalate. It's not real smart to use pot because it's illegal, and an arrest can screw up your life,but it isn't the deadly danger that addictive drugs like heroin, alcohol and crack are. I will let this lie until it sounds like she's actually in trouble. There is stuff about MOST Hollywood idols we would be depressed to examine too closely.

Claire Abraham wrote:

Well, I disagree, a little. Marijuana in itself is not chemically addictive, like nicotine, but the reaction it causes in people is. And, I've been around enough college roommates who smoked the stuff daily for 5 years to know what it does if used regularly, year after year. And no, I'm not just being prude, I've done it several times.

Marijuana vs alcohol? Hmmm. That's a toughy. I think I'd prefer one be addicted to alcohol rather than marijuana (in whatever form of addiction that would be) just because I think there is a stronger support structure, and, well, I don't know. Maybe just because society doesn't seem to frown on it as much, atleast from my observations. . .

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I've known both alcoholics and career marijuana users, and there is no doubt in my mind that alcohol is the more systemically poisonous, the more destructive to both users and their friends and family, and more dangerous (as in drunk driving).

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Well, this gossip comes from last weeks issue of one of the most infamous rag mags in the world; Star. It's also Star that is behind most of the crap that has been written about Brad and Jen, like their 100 weddings, their 100 divorces, their 100 pregnancies and the 100 articles why they can't have a baby. 2 months ago they wrote that Jen is infertile cause she's so skinny so they have to adopt, now they say that Bard may be sterile from pot use. star just wants an interesting story why Brad and Jen don't have a baby yet. It doesn't matter that both Jen (in Elle) and Brad (in Details mag) both hav said they want to wait with having kids and doesn't want one now. The Star story was completley hilarious fileld with "sources say" etc. They say Brad and Jen smokes pot every day, hat people complains at the Friends set how much she smells pot, that she has been a pot addict since age 13 ,�that Brad and gwyneth broke up because of his pot use and that he then was looking for a woman who also was a drug addict and found Jennifer so that's why they started dating etc etc etc. There are a lot of twisted quotes etc. I mean they said how scared Gwyneth gotwhen she realised she and Brad was visting a pot store once. I thought that was funny cause Gwyneth is actually the only one of the three that has admitted loving to smoke pot. she said in Details magazine in 1995 that she loved doing it and that she was so stoned from drugs that new years eve that she had a 3 days hangover. I guess Star forgot about that now that they wanted to portray her as soooo innnocent and Jen and Bard as the bad and ugly drug addiucts.

Star can't back it up with any real names etc, it's just quotes from anonymous sources about anonymou parties and ho wthey wer estoned at the Clintin tribute after their wedding. anyone who saw Tv covergae of the tribute can see brad and Jen didn't look stoned at all. etc.

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Here's the full article in case anyone is interested...FWIW, I know that with gossip there's a grain of truth. IMO, I don't really care about pot smoking, it's a lot better than hard drugs. It's those darn prescription pills and mixing booze that you gotta watch out for them thangs are a doozy.

STAR MAGAZINE...

Brad and Jennifer are constantly smoking marijuana, sources say

Hollywood's hottest couple, newlyweds Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt, are hooked on drugs and are unwilling or unable to break free of their all-consuming habit, according to sources.

What's more, friends are worried that their nonstop marijuana use could jeopardize their health and may cause their dream of having children to literally go up in smoke!

The superstars regularly light up at home and at Hollywood parties, say sources. "They're totally hooked on the stuff!" claims a friend.

The glamorous couple's closest friends and associates have described in detail to Star the shocking drug secret they have kept hidden from their TV and movie fans for years:

Brad and Jennifer openly smoke pot at Hollywood parties without any apparent concern over who sees them.

Brad was a regular patron at a drug paraphernalia store and has told friends that the first thing he often does upon waking each morning is light up a joint.

"Jennifer and Brad tell pals that their idea of a perfect night is getting high together at home, then lying on the couch watching movies or playing games like Pictionary," says the friend.

"I think they smoke almost every day, and not just in their own house. They're quite open about their marijuana use and are happy to smoke up a storm in public at Hollywood parties."

But while Brad, 37, and Jennifer, 31, let the good times -- and the joints -- roll, friends are concerned that the illegal drug could be doing serious harm to their health.

Pot smoking has been linked to an increased risk of cancer and memory loss. But even more disturbing, the pair's pot smoking could be denying them the child they have been so desperately trying for since they married last year.

Jennifer told pals they smoked pot before they met President Bill Clinton "In males, prolonged use can cause a decrease in sperm count and mobility of the sperm and in females it can cause missed periods," says drug dependency expert Dr. Joseph Takamine, a co-founder of the famed Betty Ford Center, who has not treated Brad or Jennifer.

"A couple who smoke a lot of marijuana can have very great difficulty in getting pregnant."

Ironically, Jennifer is about to start work on a movie called The Good Girl, in which she'll play a convenience store clerk married to a man who is infertile because of his pot smoking!

But the superstar couple don't seem to care how much pot they smoke and are surprisingly open about their drug use.

Of the two, Brad's habit is so bad that he often lights up a joint first thing in the morning -- a routine, his pals say, he calls "Wake 'n' Bake."

One former employee at a drug paraphernalia shop reveals to Star that Brad was a regular customer in his premises on trendy Melrose Avenue in L.A. The store, called 2000BC, has since closed.

"A bong is a marijuana smoking device and the store sold a variety of them, as well as pipes," he explains.

"We had a special, private room called 'bong canyon' that was decorated by a famous Hollywood movie set director. Customers like Brad Pitt could relax there and try the bongs.

"Brad once came into the store and spent $1,500 on a dozen bongs with decorative bags to give as gifts for the cast and crew of a film he had just finished.

"Some of the covers were corduroy and some were crushed black velvet with a red lining. They even had a zip pocket for a lighter. We called them 'bong sleeping bags.'"

On another occasion, Brad boasted to the storeowner that he'd been working on an action movie with a famous leading man who was also a dedicated user of the drug.

"Brad told me: 'We blaze every day in his trailer!'" declared the employee.

Brad is so obsessed with his pastime, he even wears a marijuana leaf insignia somewhere on his clothes at all times. "When he'd come into the store, he'd show it to us," says the employee.

On one occasion, Brad came into the head shop, a place which sells rolling papers and other marijuana accessories, with his then-fiancee, prim-and-proper actress Gwyneth Paltrow.

"I didn't know who she was, so I asked her if she was with Brad and she replied, 'Yes,' and told me her name, Gwyneth," says the source.

"She gave the store the once-over and realized what kind of place it was. She went over to Brad and hissed: 'This is not good, not good at all. What if someone saw you in here?'

"She was bitching at him pretty good until he finally shot her a look that said: 'Shut up!'

"My wife saw them and said: 'That relationship is never going to work.' Sure enough, they broke up three weeks later."

After the split, Gwyneth was quoted as saying she and Pitt called it quits because the relationship "wasn't healthy."

Sources reveal that Brad was determined to find a new partner who could live with his pot smoking after he split with Gwyneth in June 1997. And when he started dating Jennifer in May 1998, Brad decided he'd found his perfect match.

"When I heard that Brad and Jennifer were going out, I immediately said: 'That'll work out great because they both love reefer,'" says a former acting-school friend of Jennifer.

"Me and Jen used to smoke dope all the time at acting school in New York. We'd visit each other's apartments and smoke!

"Jennifer was totally comfortable with smoking pot. She said it made her sociable with people and that it helped her to relax."

Sources on the set of Friends say it's obvious that her habit has resumed. They claim they regularly smell marijuana on her clothes when she's rehearsing and taping the show.

"People on the set started noticing the strange smell right after she began dating Brad," says the source.

At a Tinseltown bash thrown by a top Hollywood publicist last year, Brad and Jennifer jumped at the chance to smoke a joint with other party guests on the balcony at the host's home.

"The guy with the pot said anyone who wanted to join him, could," says the source. "Brad and Jennifer leaped up and went onto the balcony.

"When Brad and Jennifer came back about 10 minutes later, it was obvious that they were high. Their eyes were half-closed and red.

"Brad lazily slumped down on the couch and began talking to another guest. He was real mellow and relaxed."

But the pot had the exact opposite effect on Jennifer, says the eyewitness: "She became giggly and flighty.

"She was dashing 'round the room talking to everyone. Suddenly, she was everyone's best friend."

While many celebs like Brad and Jennifer think pot smoking is harmless, they're dead wrong, says Amy Seifert, a counselor at the renowned Hazelden rehab center in Center City, Minn. "Too many times Hollywood stars mistakenly think marijuana is not dangerous and not habit-forming," says Seifert, who has not counseled the couple.

"Not only do the vast majority of pot users go on to experiment with more potent drugs, they also run a real risk of smoking marijuana tainted by pesticides or laced with stronger, mind-altering drugs."

But the biggest concern for Brad and Jen should be its effect on fertility.

As Star revealed in November, Jennifer is suffering from a hormone imbalance that could be affecting her fertility. The last thing she should do is smoke pot on top of that, say sources.

And their dirty habit doesn't just affect them, says Seifert.

"Any time a celebrity, especially one who is a role model for teens, indulges in drug abuse, there are enormous repercussions," she says.

"Impressionable young people see such behavior as glamorous and exciting. That is the wrong signal for any star to send. It's terribly irresponsible."

But Brad and Jennifer don't seem to care. At another Hollywood party, this one thrown by her sitcom co-star Courteney Cox Arquette in February 2000, witnesses saw Brad and Jen smoke at least three joints in two hours.

"They showed up together and politely said 'Hi' to everyone," says an observer. "Then Jen joined Brad on the couch."

A joint was passed around and it eventually came to Brad, says the source.

"Brad grabbed it eagerly and took a few hits," the source confides.

Brad's habit is so bad that he often lights up a joint first thing in the morning "He passed the reefer to Jennifer and she took a few hits, too.

"The joints kept coming and we blew through about three or four of them in all. In about two hours, most of the party guests, including Brad and Jennifer, were completely stoned.

"I remember being surprised at how open they were about their drug use.

"They didn't know some of the people at the party, but they were quite happy to sit there and smoke pot in front of them."

After dinner, the guests played a game of charades and both Brad and Jennifer took part. "It was hilarious," says the source.

"Jennifer and Courteney were laughing so hard that they could hardly breathe."

But later, the effects of the marijuana made one of the party guests paranoid and she went outside for some air.

"When that happened, we started talking about the effects of smoking pot," says the source.

"One guest said they were so confident when they were high that they could smoke a joint and meet the president.

"Jennifer smiled and announced to the whole room that she and Brad had already done that.

"She said they'd been high when they met Bill Clinton.

"Everyone collapsed in fits of laughter."

Meanwhile, Courteney didn't touch any marijuana, says the source.

"It's not her thing.

"She just stuck to glasses of wine," the insider adds. "But she obviously didn't mind other people smoking it in her home."

But Brad and Jen's other friends are no longer willing to look the other way.

"If they really want kids, they both need to lay off the weed," says one pal.

"It's well-known that marijuana affects your ability to have children.

"Some people are starting to wonder whether that's the reason she hasn't managed to get pregnant yet."

~* Carina *~ I'm not being rude, you're insignificant.

"news.lvcm.com" wrote:

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This is true. Generally, the first thing to shut down in a woman's body is their ability to get pregnant, if something else is out-of-wack. Jen isn't getting any younger either. She'll be 32 this year? That's still pretty young, but if she wants more than one kid, she's gonna have to start thinking about it. . .

How utterly disrespectful, if this is true. As anit-Clinton as I was (am?), I would certainly treat the man with the respect due the President of the US, if I were in their shoes, which would involve not using the opportunity to get stoned . . And it is also rumored they were Clinton supporters.

However, this whole story may not be true, so who knows?

You shouldn't believe everything you read, whilst t's true that Cannibis does this stuff, who's to say that Jen smokes it? The article is badly written and seems to be a string of lies

again, don't believe this, if she is a high profile star, then why would she want to risk her career by openly admitting that she smoked pot when she met Clinton?

This story can't be true, it looks to me like a string of lies just from the way it's written. There are no reliable resources. They probably heard something as a joke and made it nigger just so they'd have a stury, tabloids do it all the time...

Oh bloody hell! I realy should learn to type. The "nigger" is supposed to be"bigger". I'm so sorry if this offended anyone, but the letters are really close together on the keyboard, and I can't type! So sorry!

"Toni Perry If only" wrote in message news:[email]...

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No prob Toni. I'm sure everyone will know its a typo.

girl I hope so! :)

"Toni Perry If only" wrote in message news:[email]...

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lol Although you got a little gasp from me I knew it was a typo. I'm always afraid I'll make a typo like this but thank god it hasn't happened. Yet!

When one person does a bad typo it doesn't happen to anyone else... There's a law for that somewhere. Sods law is it?

In article , [email] (Toni Perry If only) wrote:

Eek - that was unfortunate, (and a spellchecker wouldn't have helped you), but never mind. At least you don't give partial credence to gossipmongers.

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Well that's civilization done for then. Film stars like to spend time with their friends and partners, and play games. Oh my god. Evacuate your homes now.... ;)

Jac

Jacqui wrote:

Excellent observation. Two nice little stoners happily sitting around playing pictionary with each other. Worse could definitely happen. I don't quite buy the idea that they can't have a baby anymore, either.

Annica Svensson wrote:

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Well, I hope you're right, about this and the rest of your post. I too must admit that I "jumped to conclusions" about that information without really looking at where it originated. Thanks for the info.

Being a fan of Jen-Aniston, I should practice what I preach and give her the benefit of the doubt.

"Randy Hinds" wrote in message news:[email]...

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You are right to give Jen the benefit of the doubt on this one. I have a hard time believing that they smoke as much as the tabloids say they do. I used to smoke pot very heavily and trust me if they were smoking that much they wouldn't be able to hold a simple conversation much less remember their lines! I know that when someone smokes pot on a regular basis they have a hard time concentrating as well. Just try to have a conversation with someone that is stoned its hard to stay on one subject for longer then a couple of minutes.

when are people going to weak up, that one cannot be addicted to pot. it doesn�t mean that someone who smokes hash starts using hard drugs. and there are peoples in the world (south america) and ALSO the usa (though banned in some states) who use it as medication for mentally ill people or for people who suffer from incurable diseases!

so what, they smoke pot (if it�s true) good for them, they should have fun

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