Brad and Angelina fooled the world

“I love that they managed to sneak away and get wed and the world didn’t know about it for a whole five days.”

So Brad and Angelina have finally tied the knot!

Over the past few years, we’ve read countless times they were getting married “this weekend”.

I love that they managed to sneak away and get wed and the world didn’t know about it for a whole five days.

It just makes you realise that no matter how famous you are, you can lead a private life. They’re bound to be feeling just a wee bit smug and quite right too.

Let’s not forget that Brangelina have “form” here. Angelina had a double mastectomy and we knew nothing about it until she wanted us to know. It makes me chuckle that more minor celebs complain they get ambushed by the paparazzi and can’t lead a normal life. Here we have two of the biggest stars in the world and they manage the media on their own terms. You’ve got to take your hat off to them.

There wasn’t a peep about the marriage in LA before they tied the knot. It’s so ironic, given we’ve read reports of their impending nuptials so many times and they’ve turned out to be pure fiction.

I’ve interviewed both Brad and Angie and, though it sometimes doesn’t come across, they’ve both got a good sense of humour. Once on the red carpet everyone was screaming for Angelina to come over and I shouted: “Adopt me, Angelina”. Well, she only came over, laughing her head off. Result!

Brad doesn’t mind taking the mickey out of himself, either. He once said at a press conference he knew half the reporters there hadn’t seen his new film, Tree of Life.

Well, not to worry neither had he, but he’d heard he was really good in it!

Brad and Angelina have done everything in their powers to be “normal”. That’s why they’re so private. They aren’t, of course. They can strive for it and be as down to earth as possible. But at the end of the day, movie stars are different. It’s as simple as that!

Their six children are bound to be delighted that mum and dad have got hitched. In fact, Brad admitted not so long ago the kids had been nagging them to get on with it. It seems pester power might have been a factor in this particular marriage!

You know what’s bound to be coming next. Within a couple of months, you’ll start to hear “marriage in trouble” rumours. That’s just the way it works in this town, I’m afraid.

It’s the price you pay for being a world-famous movie star. Is it a price worth paying?

Well, all I’m going to say is you don’t get many movie stars quitting and moving back to Obscurity-ville once you’ve reached the top, do you?

You never know what goes on behind closed doors, of course.

There’s still a storm of speculation surrounding Beyonce and Jay Z possibly splitting up, even though he appeared on stage with their daughter Ivy Blue when she sang at Sunday night’s MTV Video Music Awards.

Beyonce’s dad Mathew has now come out and said they played up to the divorce rumours to hype ticket sales. Would they really be that cynical? Who knows?

But while once couples used to stay together for the kids, now they often stay together for the “brand”. And they don’t come any bigger than Beyonce and Jay Z. Well, maybe Brad and Angelina.

The last date of Beyonce and Jay Z’s tour is in Paris city of lurve in September. Will we hear some sort of announcement after that?

It wouldn’t totally surprise me, put it that way. But, as I say, we never truly know what goes on behind closed doors.

Well, unless they’re lift doors, that is, and Jay Z, Beyonce and her sister Solange are in the elevator!