Celebrity Babies
Posted
Thursday, October 25, 2007 10:19 AM
Here are my thoughts on celebrity babies...
What's with the obsession??? I get that famous people are interesting. There is something mysterious about "knowing" someone but not really knowing anything about them at all. But to be so involved in their lives and curious about their offspring, it's just bizarre in my opinion. Granted, I look at People online and I glance through US Weekly while waiting in line at the grocery store. But all I want to see are photos at premieres, stills from upcoming movies the stars are in, posed portraits of them with their new baby, etc. I don't want to see them coming out of Starbucks, leaving the gym, eating their dinner at a restaurant, or prancing around at the beach. That's their own life, their own privacy, their own time. Yes, they chose to become actors, but that doesn't mean they signed up for the obsessive fans, the lunatic photographers, and trash magazines starting rumors about them. They signed up for snapshots at movie premieres and red carpet events, they volunteer to be featured in a magazine, they submit their own personal wedding photographs to be printed. That's all their choice. But walking down the street, that should be off-limits.
Especially when they are with their children. Maybe these actors/actresses are used to this sort of behavior and lifestyle, but their children are not. And celebrities are allowed to procreate just as much as anyone else (althought some probably shouldn't, but that's also true for non-celebrities). I hate when someone says, "They asked for this, they shouldn't have had kids then." Um, what? As if they should become reclusive just because the occupation they chose puts them in the public eye. People are constantly pointing out that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are always carrying their children. Hell, would you put your child down, no matter how old they are, among that slew of paparazzi, video cameras, screaming crowds of people? I wouldn't. I'd cling that child so close to my chest.
If celebrities choose to have their photograph taken with their children, perhaps in a portrait session, that's great. I enjoyed looking at the photos of Jason Priestley's new baby (showing my age here, a big 90210 fan back in the day). However, to snap Maggie Gyllenhaal breastfeeding at a table, that's just wrong.
Lastly, who cares if Jennifer Lopez and Christina Aguilara want to keep their pregnancies a secret. Isn't that their right? People keep saying, "They should just admit it already," or, "Who do they think they are fooling?" Seriously, do people think their families don't know, their close friends. Since when are complete strangers top priority for them to share their business to? I don't think they owe anything to the public, such as a formal announcement. It's not our business. It's their own lives, we have nothing to do with it.
Like when I tell my husband something new about a celebrity I learned, such as "Halle Berry is pregnant," he says, "Great, do you think she's going to care when you get pregnant?" Point made.