9:01AM Clem Bastow | Right, we’re going to take this moment to declare a ban on any further press speculation about Nicole Kidman’s pregnant tummy (note: NOT her “baby bump”, which is a repugnant term than infantilises one of a woman’s most womanly times).
It’s no secret that pregnant celebrities get a hard time, though it used to be – in the case of, for example, Kate Hudson or Milla Jovovich – that they were “too fat!” or “can’t stop eating for two!”
Quite frankly we feel the flipside of that, this unnerving obsession with Nicole Kidman’s pregnant tum – or apparent lack of, if you listen to the frothing tabloids – is even more off. It seems she’s not pregnant enough! She must be lying! There’s no baby in there, maybe Keith’s having it! Ho, ho. ho! Sadly, we’re not making it up, either – all of those sentiments have been aired by newspapers and magazines over the past few months.
And now:
Of course they’d say they were referring to the “Little Kidman” that was “
growing” inside her, but honestly, if the past month is anything to go by, it’s just another thinly-veiled slight at Nicole’s apparent inability to be “properly” pregnant.
Or perhaps you’d prefer
this charming effort, from the Daily Mail?
Enough! She’s doing fine, the baby’s doing fine, her marriage is fine, can we all find something else to talk about now?
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