Who needs a publicist when you can be your own PR master like ANGELINA JOLIE? Here’s how she’s allegedly controlled the Brangelina narrative in the media following her divorce from BRAD PITT.
1 Choosing the right time and medium to break the divorce news.
There are stars who know how the media works. And there are stars who know how the media works and play it to their advantage. Then, there’s Angelina Jolie, who’s said to be such a master manipulator of the media that she could probably help mend Taylor Swift’s public image. Angie filed for divorce from Brad on a Monday, and then dropped the divorce bomb online through divorce lawyer, Laura Wasser, who has defended the likes of Johnny Depp and Britney Spears and is known to have close ties to TMZ, on Tuesday morning — mere hours after all the major US tabloids like People and Us Weekly go to print. It was the ultimate killer move thrown at the gossip rags who could only jump on the Brangelina divorce bandwagon a week later. Even Angie’s decision to bypass the tabloids and break the news via TMZ was so she could get her message across instantaneously. Which brings us to our next point…
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