Angelina Jolie's Daily Show appearance

By Stone Martindale Jun 15, 2007, 18:26 GMT

06/13/2007 - Angelina Jolie - A Mighty Heart - New York City Movie Premiere - Arrivals - Ziegfeld Theatre - New York City, NY © Janet Mayer / Photorazzi

Disturbing photos are everywhere on the Internet showing a rail thin Angelina Jolie with bulging blue veins on her forehead, arms and hands.

Y stand for Yowzah AP photo credit

The 32-year-old actress, admitted to several news sources in her sweeping press junkets for "A Mighty Heart" that this has been a hard year, compounded by the death of her mother.  "I’ve always been lean and this year I lost my mom and I’ve gone through a lot. I have four kids and I finished breastfeeding – it’s been hard to get my nutrition back on track," said Jolie.

"A Mighty Heart" is about the widow of slain reporter Daniel Pearl and freedom of the press.

The Washington Post reports that Jolie nows claims her representatives were trying to protect her when they sought to make media outlets sign an agreement not to ask personal questions during interviews.

"I didn't put it out there," Jolie said Thursday on Jon Stewart's "The Daily Show." "It was from my representatives trying to be protective of me, but it was excessive and I wouldn't have put it out there. But it's all right and nobody was forced to do it."

Jolie joked with Jon about her large family, musing she could go for upwards of 13 children, and Jon, himself a father of two, slyly quipped he wanted to make a play date, with her.  As the audience and Jolie laughed, Stewart said, "Wow, I'll tell you this: I admire that, because two is kicking my a**."

Media outlets seeking one-on-one interviews, "including The Associated Press, were asked to sign a legal document banning certain questions and mandating that any story from the interview must be about the movie," reported the Washington Post.

Stewart asked Jolie about the story that claimed journalists schedule to interview her had been asked to sign a contract requiring that they not ask about her personal life.

Jolie confirmed "there was a memo" and explained it was from a representative trying to be protective of her.

She agreed: "It was excessive and I wouldn't have put it out there."