LOS ANGELES - Angelina Jolie has told People magazine that her newly adopted Vietnamese son Pax Thien is a courageous boy who is "very strong" to be facing a future in a new country with a new family and language to learn.
"You can imagine what courage ittakes to be in all new surroundings with new people and a new language," Jolie said in an issue that hits newsstands April 2. "He is very strong."
Jolie, 31, flew to Vietnam earlier this week to adopt 3-1/2-year-old Pax, and yesterday returned to the United States to be with her companion, actor Brad Pitt, with whom she is raising three other children.
The Oscar-winning actress has a 5-year-old son, Maddox, and 2-year-old daughter Zahara, both of whom were adopted. She gave birth last year to daughter Shiloh, who was fathered by Pitt.
"It will take (Pax) a while to realize he has a family, and that his new life is permanent and that it won't keep changing," she said. "I will stay at home to help Pax adjust to his new life."
As Jolie flew back to the United States, several reports surfaced that she was paid up to US$2 million ($2.85 million) by People magazine for exclusive photos of her and the newly adopted boy, but a magazine spokeswoman said the figure was false.
"We never comment on the specifics of any negotiations but that number is completely inaccurate," said People's spokeswoman.
Meanwhile Jolie, whose movie roles range from action hero Lara Croft in the Tomb Raider movies to a mental patient in Girl, Interrupted which won her the Oscar for supporting actress, told People she was content to stay at home and tend to her growing brood.
"I have four children now, and caring for them is the most important thing for me at the moment. I am very happy to be their mother," she said.
