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Angelina Jolie may be taking great pains to avoid having to see or speak to her father Jon Voight, but that does little to deter him from trying, using the somewhat unorthodox, bad-grandpa technique of sending messages of love to his daughter, son-in-law, and their pancultural grandchildren through the nearest available red carpet lens. Matters were rendered even worse when he recently offered an impromptu Happy Birthday message to Maddox, and soon confused his toddler granddaughter Zahara with a 29-year-old Columbian pop star whose most recent album is called "Oral Fixation Vol. 2."

Voight:Maddox just had a birthday. Happy birthday, Maddox! 5 years old—it's a big one! You're getting to be a young man, and I send my love to you. And send my love to...uh...Shakira...and...Shahira... [To reporter] Is it Shakira or Shahira? Reporter: Zahara. Voight: Shahara! Shahara!

While his sentiments were undoubtedly sincere, Voight might want to quickly scan his talking points before the next time he goes on the record about how much he loves his family. Perhaps he should consider having his grandchildren's names tattooed on his forearms—a gesture that would serve the dual purpose of not only offering a quick prompt should his memory fail him again, but might also serve to impress his belly-scripted daughter.