Parents of the Stars

Brad Pitt's mother Jane Pitt made headlines over the summer when Missouri newspaper Springfield News-Leader published her letter to the editor. "Any Christian who does not vote or writes in a name is casting a vote for Romney’s opponent, Barack Hussein Obama," she wrote, "a man who sat in Jeremiah Wright’s church for years, did not hold a public ceremony to mark the National Day of Prayer, and is a liberal who supports the killing of unborn ... more 

Brad Pitt's mother Jane Pitt made headlines over the summer when Missouri newspaper Springfield News-Leader published her letter to the editor. "Any Christian who does not vote or writes in a name is casting a vote for Romney’s opponent, Barack Hussein Obama," she wrote, "a man who sat in Jeremiah Wright’s church for years, did not hold a public ceremony to mark the National Day of Prayer, and is a liberal who supports the killing of unborn babies and same-sex marriage." The apple fell pretty far from the tree in this case. The 48-year-old actor is an Obama supporter and strong proponent of gay marriage. less