Orlando Bloom's Maternal Woes  9/29/06

Hollywood actor Orlando Bloom has to continuously defend himself against his own mother - because she believes everything she reads about him in the press.

The Pirates of the Caribbean star finds it frustrating his suspicious mum is taken in by media speculation, although often the stories are so convincing, he starts to believe them himself.

He says, "I'm like, 'Mum. Who do you believe? Someone who talks rubbish and creates something or your son who is 29 years old and you've known since he was born and brought into the world?'

"She believes the rubbish. So do I!"