Reality show relationships have a tendency to crash and burn once the cameras have been turned off. A little time in the real world usually reveals that happily-ever-after isn't going to happen and the couples split up. But at least one made-for-television hookup seems to be standing the test of time - Trista and Ryan Sutter.
Perennially perky Trista and hunky fireman Ryan met on the first season of the Bachelorette and married in a lavish, televised wedding ceremony in 2003. In July of 2007, the couple welcomed their first child, Max.
The three Sutters may be just settling into family life, but soon they will be four. She tells Life & Style that she is about three months along with her second child. And while she admits that getting pregnant so soon after Max was a bit of a surprise, she and Ryan couldn't be happier.
"I was in total shock! I took a few tests, and they all came back negative. But a few weeks after Max's 1st birthday, all of a sudden I thought to myself, I don't think I've had my period in a while. So I took another test - the line was extremely faint, but it was there!" she said. And Ryan's reaction? "His first words were, "Holy crap!" It was positive shock, one of the best kinds you can have in your life," she said.
Trista admits that she longs for a girl, but would be happy with another happy and healthy boy. Although she is leaning towards having her tubes tied after this baby, she says doesn't rule out the possibility of adopting to get the little girl she's always wanted.
Levi Johnston wants to set the record straight about a few things: he's not being forced to marry Bristol Palin, he's not being bossed around by the McCain campaign, and he thinks Barack Obama "seems like a good guy."
But he'll be pulling for John McCain and Sarah Palin in November. "I just hope she wins," he said. "She's my future mother-in-law. She better win."
Smart kid.
Johnston admits that he was surprised by girlfriend Bristol Palin's pregnancy, but says that there's nothing shotgun about their upcoming wedding. "We were planning on getting married a long time ago with or without the kid," he told the Associated Press. "That was the plan from the start." The much-publicized MySpace page announcing that Johnston didn't want kids was a joke, he said, set up by some buddies. His own feelings are the exact opposite. "I'm excited to have my first kid."
Johnston hinted that he and Palin are expecting a boy, saying, "I'm looking forward to having him. I'm going to take him hunting and fishing. He'll be everywhere with me." The baby is due December 18.
He also explained the "Bristol" tattoo on his ring finger, which replaced a "promise" ring, given to him by Palin, that he lost on a hunting trip. He figured the tattoo was just easier than a ring, which he would lose anyway.
Other than dropping out of high school to go to work as an oil field electrician, Johnston claims that none of the events of the past few weeks have changed him. "I'm still the same old boy," said Johnston. "I'm just a workin' man."
Considering the grief that Lisa Marie Presley got before she announced her pregnancy last March, I don't blame her one bit for keeping quiet about giving birth. But the word is out now and her publicist confirms that Elvis Presley's only child is a mom again. She and her husband Michael Lockwood welcomed their twin girls this past Tuesday and according to that publicist, "babies and mom are happy and healthy and resting at home."
The girls names have not been revealed, but we do know that they arrived via C-section, one weighing in at 5 pounds, 15 ounces and the other at 5 pounds, 2 ounces.
The babies make three and four for Presley, who has two teenage children from her first marriage to Danny Keough - 19-year-old Danielle Riley, and 15-year-old Benjamin Storm.
Here's a newsflash--a celebrity who will have her child, or in this case, children, early! Most celebrities never make it through the ninth month or pregnancy, opting for c-sections at the eighth month in order to avoid getting ginormous during the final weeks of pregnancy. Too late, Rebecca!
Those carrying twins--celebrity or not--are more likely to give birth earlier anyway. Rebecca Romijn is both a celebrity and carrying twins, so she is expected to pop--or have her babies--sooner rather than later. She is allegedly being placed on bed rest starting in October in hopes of getting the twins she's expecting with super-lucky husband Jerry O'Connell in January through some time in December.
Romijn joins countless celebrities in recent months who've either gotten pregnant with or given birth to twins. Her husband Jerry recently commented that she was "huge" and then later apologized. Perhaps the baby hormones are affecting him too! Good luck, Rebecca! Here's to hoping you make it to the new year! I can't imagine a woman on the go like her having to deal with bed rest!!! That'll be harder than surgery!
According to The Guinness Book of Records, Bao Xishun is officially the world's tallest man. The 7'9" Chinese man earned that title by default as the actual tallest man in the world, 8' 9" Ukranian Leonid Stadnyk, has shunned all publicity and refuses to be measured. In guess one man's shame is another's pride. While Stadnyk is so distressed about his appearance that he refuses to even look in a mirror, 60-year-old Xishun has used his notoriety to find a wife.
After broadcasting his desire to marry with advertisements around the world, Xishun eventually found true love with a girl from his own hometown. Last year, he married 5'6" Xia Shujuan in a traditional Mongolian ceremony that was heavily sponsored by companies hoping to cash in on his fame. 29-year-old Xia insists it was love, not fame, that drew her to her husband. "You need to have feelings for someone to be in love. Even if he is a big shot, you can't love him without feelings", she said. Or in this case, maybe a ladder as well.
Despite the difference in heights, they are both walking tall now as they await the birth of their first child. Xishun is hoping the kid will be tall, but not that tall. "I hope he or she can be about 2 meters tall.' he said last year. "'Then he or she can play basketball." For those of you who are metric-impaired like myself, 2 meters is just over six feet - downright short compared to daddy.
Ah, the rumor mill. It was a'buzzin' with the notion that recent newlywed Mariah Carey is pregnant. Then it went on to buzz that Carey would announce her pregnancy on an upcoming stint with talk show guru Oprah Winfrey. Well, it looks like that ain't so, on any level.
According to Oprah's flack, the Butterfly singer has no plans spilling the beans on her show. The spokesperson did not make any statement as to verify if Carey is pregnant. The Glitter star's reps have been denying her pregnancy ever since she married Nick Cannon in a whirlwind.
Mimi certainly doesn't look pregnant. The singer has been quick to reveal her latest attempts at having the perfect body, which have been successful. Perhaps marriage--and maybe even pregnancy--have been good to her. Time, not the media, will tell.
Kate Moss has been known for a lot of things. In the eighties she was the face of the Calvin Klein fragrance Obsession. She was a supermodel. She was constantly embattled over her (lack of) weight. Then she had a child, and normalcy returned, until she was constantly in the spotlight for drugs and alleged partying ways.
In fact, rumor had it that Kate split from her most recent boyfriend, rocker Jamie Hince, because of her lifestyle. Not so, insists a source, who claims the real reason the couple split is that Moss was ready to become a mom again. According to the source the supermodel was keen to add to her family, which already consists of five-year-old daughter from a previous relationship.
So maybe Kate really is like the rest of us? She wanted a commitment, couldn't get one from the guy--he wanted to focus on his band--and perhaps she felt the clock ticking. Or not. I mean, this woman carries handbags that are worth more than my rent. But hey, you gotta feel for a woman who, if it's true, puts her family (and her biological needs) first. Good luck, Kate!
Kate's no stranger to the camera. Perhaps if she succeeds in becoming a mom again, she can join the ranks of these pregnant cover girls:
Many of you probably know Jamie Oliver. He is, among other things, one of the many chefs whose work is showcased on The Food Network and who enjoys the title Naked Chef. I don't know much about him, so I am not sure where he gets that title, except hat he wrote the book of the same name, but it certainly makes me want to tune in to his programming.
Well, Oliver and wife Jools (Juliette Norton) are apparently in the family way again. Jamie and his wife Jools are allegedly expecting the third child together. The couple currently has two girls, Poppy Honey and Daisy Boo, and it is also alleged that Jamie is keen for the third child to be a boy. In fact, according to the source, he's so desperate for a boy he'd be wiling to adopt to get one.
As the parent of a boy, I highly recommend it. It's great. That said, I am also about to become mom to a little girl, and I think that's the most exciting thing ever. There is a fifty/fifty chance that a child will be a girl or a boy, so it's tough to try to rationalize the sex of your unborn child one way or the other. Perhaps it is also not so wise to get your hopes up--and make them public--in case you happen to be wrong about what's lurking in that womb. I'm sure Jamie will be thrilled regardless of what his new child turns out to be.
Third time's a charm for Mark Wahlberg. The actor and his girlfriend Rhea Durham (who might possibly be the most beautiful woman in the word, seriously) welcomed a baby boy into the world this past Tuesday! The baby, whose name was not given at the time of this writing, joins older sister Ella and brother Michael.
The Funky Bunch front man has refused to reveal details or sell pictures of the baby, wanting to keep the family matter a private affair. Wahlberg will probably stay true to his word, too--we haven't seen much of his other children, and I am sure that is on purpose. Good for you, Mark!
The actor previously revealed he feels it's finally time to settle down and tie the knot with Rhea, speculating it would happen after the birth of their third child. Well, the baby is here, Marky Mark, so you'd better pull out the old tux!
Congrats to the couple on their newest bundle of joy!
Move over "John & Kate Plus 8." You ain't got nothin' on the Duggar family. For those of you unfamiliar with the Duggars (as I was), they're a family of nineteen, seventeen of which are the children. And now, according to reports, they're being given their own television show.
Like it or not the world has yet to see the last of reality television. The Duggars are to get their own stint in the world of reality showing what it's like not only to have seventeen kids (do I need a reality show to imagine what that's like?) but also what it's like to travel the talk show circuit and bathe in the limelight of stardom through (constant) procreation.
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What's more, the show will follow the family as they grow--that's right, Mom Michelle is expecting another child! That will make enough for two baseball teams. What could we learn from the Duggars? I'm not really sure, but the Discovery Channel will give us the opportunity to find out. Will you watch the show, or are you too wrapped up in your own kids to try to watch someone else manage ALL of theirs?
Recently we at ParentDish reported to you that Naomi Campbell was ready to be a mom now that she's had some secretive corrective surgery to help her conceive. well, now all the walls are down and Campbell is being extremely open and detailed with the surgery, which occurred in Brazil and was until now kept pretty secretive. Apparently the supermodel underwent surgery to remove several cysts when doctors also repaired her fallopian tubes, which were damaged, meaning she would be able to have children.
Campbell said that in the year before the surgery she'd been in a great deal of pain and actually collapsed in her friend's apartment before following her pal's advice to see a Brazilian doctor. One of the two tumors (cysts) was infected and was leaking, and, according to the supermodel, would have put her in danger had it gone untreated. She says the doctors doing the surgery noted one of her fallopian tubes was blocked and took care of that issue as well. Campbell claims the surgery saved her life.
Perhaps it did. Perhaps it did in more ways than one. We've been quick to snark at Naomi's desire to have a child, now that we know all about her tantrums and violent behavior. That said, many a person has become changed after having a child--we tend to have more patience and generally be happier. Perhaps being able to be a mom will give Campbell a new lease on life (and more control of her temper!).
Would-be Dancing with the Stars champ Laila Ali is a mommy! (She was robbed, I'm telling you!) Ali and her husband, footballer Curtis Conway, welcomed a six pound, eight ounce, nineteen inch son into the world this past Thursday. Little Curtis Muhammad Conway is named, in part, for Ali's famous boxing champ father Muhammad Ali (real name Cassius Clay, a name I would have LOVED to see her incorporate, but Curtis rocks equally well).
People Magazine is reporting, in conjunction with Ali's website, however, that the labor did not go the way the American Gladiator star, 30, thought it would, and that her birth plan was altered. Uhm, yeah--it's not like doctors actually pay attention to those things anyway! Frankly, they do whatever it takes to get the kid into the world as quickly, easily, painlessly and safely as possible! No word on how the birth plan was changed, but if there's anything I can attest to, it's that the baby, and not the mommy, calls the shots in pretty much everything, including how he gets here!
Congrats to Laila and Curtis, who must be over the moon. Ali noted that Conway, who has two children from a previous relationship, had been picking up a lot of slack during the pregnancy and that he was going to be great with the baby once he/she arrived. Ali also noted that the child was sure to be an athlete given the awesome level of athleticism on both sides of the family. Good luck to little "CJ" as they're calling him, in everything he does, sports-wise and otherwise!
A source close to R&B star Usher and his wife Tameka Foster let the cat out of the bag recently, announcing that the couple is expecting baby number two sometime in December. If the rumor is true -- Tameka was spotted at a recent even wearing a "deceiving" dress -- the couple will welcome their second baby just over a year after their son Usher Raymond V was born.
Usher's rep couldn't be reached for comment, so let the bump watch begin. But if you listen to the way Usher talks about his firstborn, nicknamed Cinco, it's easy to see a second baby would be a welcome addition to the family. Calling Cinco an "extension of his union" with wife Tameka, he said that becoming a dad inspired him to give back. "Having a child completed the story. I had a giving heart, and I wanted to do something to mentor children." Usher started the New Look Foundation to help teens trying to break into sports and show business.
I love it when dads gush about their kids, don't you? We'll have to wait a bit to see if the rumors are true, but if so, congratulations to the whole family!
I LOVE Alex Borstein. Many may know her as the voice of Lois on the hit Fox adult cartoon series Family Guy (where she also serves as on of the producers), but I remember her from a little show called Mad TV, where she was a freakin' hoot. One of her best known and loved characters is that of Miss Swan, who was partially based on her grandmother. Well, now Borstein is adding to her resume by bringing a baby into the world.
The funny lady and husband Jackson Douglas welcomed son Barnaby Borstein Douglas, who weighed eight pounds, ten ounces, last Monday. Douglas stars in television's Gilmore Girls. It's the first child for the couple, who've been together since 1999. Douglas proposed to Borstein on the set of Mad TV.
Somehow, and I don't know why this is, but I feel like Uma Thurman is such a normal person. Sure she has ethereal beauty and is a megawatt star on the big screen, musing for heavy hitters such as Quentin Tarantino, but really she seems like she's just like everyone else. So I don't know what the big deal is with her bump watch. Rumors continue to fly that Ms. Thurman is once again in the family way. Sadly, Uma's actions are doing little to dispel those rumors.
The former Mrs. Ethan Hawke is already mom to two children, along with Hawke, Maya, 10, and Levon, 6. She recently became engaged to big wig money man Arki Busson. She's hinted that she'd like to add to her family. And now, goodness gracious, she's gone and ordered some clothes from Fred Segal that are a few sizes larger than her normal frame. Clearly someone at Segal needs to be fired, immediately, for letting her purchases slip, which, to me, is the much larger issue.
Also, hey, maybe Uma ordered those clothes for SOMEONE ELSE. Of course, there was that shot of her from this past summer in a bathing suit looking slightly bumped-out, so who knows. Obviously if she is pregnant she'll tell us about it when she's good and ready, unless someone at Fred Segal would like to do it for her. I know normal people don't really shop at Fred Segal (they can't afford it), but I rather feel like Uma deserves her privacy, just like the rest of us!
Reality show relationships have a tendency to crash and burn once the cameras have been turned off. A little time in the real world usually reveals that happily-ever-after isn't going to happen and the couples split up. But at least one made-for-television hookup seems to be standing the test of time - Trista and Ryan Sutter. 
Levi Johnston wants to 
Considering the grief that Lisa Marie Presley got 
According to The Guinness Book of Records, Bao Xishun is officially the world's tallest man. The 7'9" Chinese man earned that title by default as the actual tallest man in the world, 8' 9" Ukranian Leonid Stadnyk, has shunned all publicity and refuses to be measured. In guess one man's shame is another's pride. While Stadnyk is so distressed about his appearance that he refuses to even look in a mirror, 60-year-old Xishun has used his notoriety to find a wife. 
Move over "John & Kate Plus 8." You ain't got nothin' on the Duggar family. For those of you unfamiliar with the Duggars (as I was), they're a family of nineteen, seventeen of which are the children. And now, according to reports, they're being given their own 
A source close to R&B star Usher and his wife Tameka Foster let the cat out of the bag recently, announcing that the 
I LOVE Alex Borstein. Many may know her as the voice of Lois on the hit Fox adult cartoon series Family Guy (where she also serves as on of the producers), but I remember her from a little show called Mad TV, where she was a freakin' hoot. One of her best known and loved characters is that of Miss Swan, who was partially based on her grandmother. Well, now Borstein is adding to her resume by 
