Wednesday, 2 January 2008

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Angelina Jolie had cold feet over her first adoption

Actress feared she would not be a good mother

Angelina carries Maddox as they leave the Lycee Francais De New York in September 2007

Angelina Jolie almost pulled of adopting her first child for fear of not being a good enough mum.

The 32-year-old Hollywood star adopted 6-year-old Maddox from a Cambodian orphanage in 2002.

‘They put him in my arms and I stared at him and I started crying and he smiled,’ she tells Hollywood TV.

‘I hadn’t held children before in my life. I was always considered so dark and I thought maybe I shouldn’t be someone’s mom because I’m not so sure about myself.’

Angelina overcame her anxiety and is now a mother of 4. She adopted a further two children, Zahara, 2 and Pax Thien, 3, and has a daughter, Shiloh, 1, with lover Brad Pitt, 43.

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