nannies

Rob Lowe’s Nanny Finally Teaches Us The Definition Of ‘False Terrible’

3:35AM Molly Friedman | As we learned last week, Brat Pack alum Rob Lowe’s method of dealing with a pesky sexual harrassment charge made by his nanny includes letting the world know just how angry he is via blog. And coining our favourite new entry into the celebrity lexicon by calling the nanny’s claims “false terribles.” But as we saw on the Today Show this morning, nanny Jessica Gibson isn’t letting catchy phrases stop her from standing by her accusations. And she’s got one heck of a pit bull for an attorney to say that for her. Though Gibson could barely get a word in this morning, People reveals the lascivious nature of what exactly qualifies as a false terrible. The gory details and video of her interview, after the jump.

Rob Lowe Accused Of Sexual Harrassment, Takes To The Blogosphere To Fight Nanny’s Extortion Attempt

2:30AM Molly Friedman | It’s one thing when Courtney Love blogs about her legal problems, but Rob Lowe? Maybe it’s our Brat Pack fever or simply the fact that he’s always flashing the peace sign, but we never figured Lowe as the type to air his dirty laundry online. Especially when the laundry in question involves an alleged “close and intimate relationship” with a former nanny. According to a HuffPo post by Lowe yesterday, a longtime nanny is trying to extort money from him and his wife after claiming Rob pulled a Jude Law: “A former employee is demanding my wife Sheryl and I pay her $1.5 million by the end of the week or she will accuse us both of a vicious laundry list of false terribles.” But Lowe isn’t stopping at fierce prose to set things straight; more details on the “false terribles” and hanky panky after the jump.

Kate Moss’ Mum Becomes Lila Grace’s Nanny; Takes Crash Course In Foreign Languages, Partying, Drug-Addict Rockstars

11:01AM Clem Bastow | Although it probably doesn’t put you in the line of fire when it comes to flying phones and punches, it would be fair to say that being the nanny of Kate Moss’ daughter Lila Grace is roughly the childcare equivalent of being Naomi Campbell’s PA, or maybe Britney Spears’ press officer: stressful and reasonably dangerous. Not because Lila is a little terror – if anything, she looks rather serene, at least within the celebrity spawn spectrum – but more because of Moss’ hard-partying and jet-setting lifestyle, which has left some nannies with little birds and planets spinning around their heads. Pity, then, the new employee: Moss’ mother Mary! The supermodel’s current nanny, Jade Davidson, 21, has quit and her mother Mary, 54, is now taking over the turbulent reins – but not without some help from her daughter. Jade, who is Sadie Frost’s younger sister, has written a rule book of advice for her mother, with tips on how to handle Kate’s hectic party lifestyle and her occasional fraught moods. Sadie, Jade and their other sister Holly all clubbed together to buy Mary a ticket to India to have a holiday before she takes on the task of a lifetime. Mary is understandably nervous, but Jade flew to India to be with her and give her two weeks of schooling on how to handle one of the most demanding and dynamic job descriptions going. Together they filled two journals of advice, a Kate journal and a Lila Grace journal, packed full of tips and hints from Jade to Mary. A friend said: “The books are bulging with phone numbers and techniques which Jade is handing over to her mum. Chief among them was how to handle Kate when she comes home after a rough night – and the answer is avoidance and silence.” On the topic of Kate’s mother practicing “avoidance and silence” when her daughter comes home weaving? ZIF MATE! We’d say she’s more likely to practice “a smack on the bum with the back of the hairbrush and a few stern words before a comforting hug a couple of hours later”. Which is probably just what Kate needs, really. It’s a brainwave! DEFAMER AUSTRALIA SLIGHTLY CONFUSED UPDATE! Eagle-eyed Defamer readers have expressed their concern as to just whose mum is in fact becoming Lila Grace’s new nanny, and this may have something to do with the exceptional subediting skills being exhibited in the original story, which seems to be confused as to whether “Mary” is Moss’ mother, or former nanny Jade’s: So who is this “Mary”? Is it Kate’s mum or Jade’s mum? Or just some bird from down the pub? LILA GRACE IS IS MORTAL DANGER! More »

Nanny Makes Jordan Pay

3:05PM Clem Bastow | Despite what her repeated OK! appearances with Harvey, Princess and The Other One may suggest, Jordan aka Katie Price isn’t a full-time stay-at-home mum. Like most “stars”, she relies on the assistance of nannies. And, after making the mistake of a) sacking one, b) sacking her on air on her reality program, and c) humiliating her as well, Jordan’s set to cough up the mad bux to her ex-employee. Jordan has been ordered to pay her nanny £4,000 compensation – after humiliatingly sacking her on TV. Viewers saw her stuffing Rebecca Gauld’s possessions into a bin bag on ITV2’s The Baby Diaries – which documented the birth of third child Princess Tiaamii. Rebecca, 25 – fired from her £250-a-week job in a row over time off on holiday – was kicked out of a cottage she lived in which was attached to the busty model’s luxury pad in Oxley, Surrey. A bin bag! How humiliating! Personally, we’d have been more concerned if Gauld had revealed that Jordan used to make her ride in the Swarovski crystal pumpkin carriage while making horse noises or something like that. Because you just know that sort of freaky shit goes on for sure in the Andre-Price household. More »