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By Sarah Kensington in Celebaby on
29 July, 2010 at 11:00 am
It’s all about two dads in Celebaby today – Michael Jackson and one of the best conspiracy love child theories I’ve heard in a long time, and the nation’s ‘favourite’ celebrity dad, Peter Andre, could be about to get his goody-two-shoes knuckles wrapped by Ofcom.
Michael Jackson’s My Dad!
 I’m surprised it’s taken this long to be honest!
You have to feel for the Jackson family as a whole. Some of them quirky, yes, but they’re still human beings like the rest of us, but just because they’re one of the most famous families in the world, doesn’t make them immune from the emotions that the near-constant barrage of accusations, revelations, stories, theories and speculation must trigger.
A woman named Mocienne Petit Jackson is claiming that Michael Jackson is her bilogical father. She also says that her mother, Barbara, is Diana Ross’ sister and has filed legal documents with the Los Angeles County Superior Court making a claim for an inheritance cheque from the Jackson estate, pending the results of a DNA test.
Wait, it gets ‘better’! She also says that Katherine Jackson, Michael’s mother, faked an ‘abduction’ where she was squirrelled away to Belgium and her alleged abductors were subsequently murdered to cover it all up!
If I was a member of the Jackson family, I wouldn’t know whether to laugh or cry at this one.
An OFCOM Slap On the Wrist
 I’ve never watched Peter Andre’s reality TV show – I really don’t see the appeal of any of them to be honest. But I did have to chuckle when I read that someone has complained to Ofcom claiming that he advertised the Emirates airline and the Atlantis Palm resort in Dubai.
So, the episode went a bit like this: ‘Peeder’ takes Princess and Junior on holiday to Dubai. Princess dressed up as a member of the Emirates cabin crew (if you’ve ever seen a female Emirates cabin crew member then you’ll understand why a little girl would want to dress like them – they are always STUNNING!) and a while later Peter said to the kids, “Will you look at this hotel!” whilst the camera showed shots of the Atlantis Palm brochure.
Well, was he advertising and endorsing all things Dubai and Emirates? I don’t think so!
 If I took my kids to the Atlantis Palm I think I might be saying a whole lot more than ‘will you look at this hotel!’ although I can’t see my 15-year-old daughter dressing up as Emirates cabin crew *grin*.
What’s going to be next? If we’re not careful all celebrities with their own reality shows will have to be naked and walk everywhere for fear of being accused of advertising clothing ranges and car manufacturers.
Bonkers!
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By Sarah Kensington in Celebaby on
27 July, 2010 at 11:00 am
Time waits for no man and no pop star either and the maternal clock countdown is ticking fast for Kylie Minogue.
Halle Berry and her ex-husband have, supposedly, been locked in a ‘talks’ over custody of their little daughter Nahla since their separation, but the next three months will see them living together in South Africa!
No Kids For Kylie?
 Kylie Minogue has always said that she’d like to have a family of her own one day. She appeared on Australian TV show ‘A Current Affair’ recently and seemed to cast doubt on the pitter patter of tiny Kylie feet even becoming a reality by saying…
“I don’t really know if it’s going to happen for me. All I can say is, we’ll see.”
Kylie recently became Aunty Kylie and is totally smitten with her little nephew, “He’s so diddy and cute! My sister and Kris have taken to parenthood like a duck to water, it would seem, so all is well.”
She was asked whether meeting her little nephew had made her broody, “Yeah, a little. I’m putting in the aunty hours instead,” was the inevitable reply.
Live and Let Live Together!
 That’s about as tenuous a James Bond movie link as I could forge! Forget Live and Let Die, former Bond girl Halle Berry and her ex-husband have been ‘discussing’ custody and access to their daughter Nahla for a while now.
It all seemed to come to a head when Halle Berry revealed she was jetting off to South Africa for three months to film her next movie, and was going to take Nahla with her (well she wasn’t exactly going to lock her in the broom cupboard was she!).
Nahla’s father, Gabriel Aubry, felt this was an unacceptable length of time to be away from his daughter so they’ve all jetted off to SA together, so he can be her primary carer whilst Halle is working.
Not only that, but they’ve rented a house and are going to live together for the duration too. One of those useful sources said…
“Basically Halle is going to pay Gabriel to be a kind of full time nanny and to come to South Africa for the three months she’s there, and to be Nahla’s full-time caregiver. ‘Halle has a huge house that’s being rented for her and she and Gabriel are going to try to live under the same roof and get along for the sake of Nahla.”
It’ll either work brilliantly or be a complete disaster – I hope it’s the former, not the latter and good for them I say!
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By Sarah Kensington in Celebaby on
24 July, 2010 at 11:00 am
A serious Celebaby today looks at post-natal depression.
 It’s easy, I suppose, to think that celebrity mothers don’t struggle. That they don’t get frustrated, that they don’t sit and wonder why ON EARTH their baby won’t stop crying! That they don’t wonder if they’re doing it right or wrong.
The rest of their lives are SO very far removed from our own it’s difficult to imagine them up to their armpits in nappies and rooms strewn with every single toy their little one(s) possess. So when a celebrity mother decides to share that they suffered from this devestating illness, I have nothing but admiration for them.
It’s difficult to admit you weren’t/aren’t coping with an addtion to your life that the rest of the world expects you to be over the moon about; with their raised profile these celebrity revelations may offer a much-needed ray of sunshine to any struggling mother who reads it, OR prompt them to seek help.
Bryce Dallas Howard Admits to suffering from Post Natal Depression
Bryce Dallas plays the vengeful vampire, Victoria, in the latest Twilight movie ‘Eclipse’ and she’s revealed how show suffered from post natal depression when her son was born three years ago.
In a recent interview she speaks about how everyone else was full of joy at the arrival of Theodore Norman, apart from her.
“‘Mostly I recall the moment someone handed my son to me, and I heard shouts of joy, and my father crying, “Bryce, you’re an incredible mother!” And then… nothing. I felt nothing.”
I consider myself very lucky that these are feelings I never experienced and can’t even begin to imagine what it must be like; Bryce goes on to tell how she would refer to Theo as ‘it’ and felt as though she had emotional amnesia.
 She’s not alone, Gwyneth Paltrow also revealed this week how she suffered from post-natal depression following the birth of her son, Moses, in 2006.
She says, “When Moses came into the world in 2006, I expected to have another period of euphoria following his birth, much the way I had when my daughter was born two years earlier. Instead I was confronted with one of the darkest and most painfully debilitating chapters of my life.”
Following a diagnosis of severe post-natal depression, Bryce says that reading Brooke Shields book ‘Down Came the Rain’ (who also suffered with illness) was a ‘revelation’ and describes how she felt a feeling of ’summer’ when the depression began to fade.
She is happy now and says, “I also feel deep gratitude for those who stood by me, for the lesson that we must never be afraid to ask for help, and for the feeling of summer that still remains.”
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By Sarah Kensington in Celebaby on
22 July, 2010 at 11:00 am
There are celebrity marriages and families that work and there are those that don’t. Jamie and Jools Oliver (I love that, ‘Jamie ‘n’ Jools) celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary this week and Peter Andre would like to have Jordan wiped from his memory – wouldn’t we all Pete, wouldn’t we all!!
Happy Tin Wedding Anniversary
 I promise I haven’t mispelt 10 with an ‘i’. In the whole ruby, golden and diamond wedding anniversary thing (is there a name for these?) a tenth wedding anniversary is tin!
Doesn’t sound very glam’ does it, but rather fitting for one of the nation’s most treasured celebrity chefs – I wonder how many roasting tins, baking tins and muffin tins Jamie and Jools were given as presents to commemorate this marriage milestone?
They threw a big bash over the weekend, looked happy as ever and were dressed in psuedo-wedding gear . Mr and Mrs Oliver already have three cute little girls and Jools is currently preggars with the next addition to the clan.
I wonder if Jamie will end up outnumbered five to one, or whether they’ll have a little boy to redress the balance just a little bit?
Congrats to them both and we wish them many more happy years together!
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Jordan-Free Mind
 That’s what Peter Andre would like to have and if you believe the latest news coming from the Jordan-Reid camp out of Thailand, where a disasterous honeymoon-from-hell is currently being taken, the current ‘Mr Jordan’ might think Pete’s on to a good idea!
If you’ve never seen the movie ‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’ then you wont’ have a CLUE what I’m talking about! Basically, people would have events and people they’d rather forget erased from their minds – hence the spotless mind bit. OHHHH if only! I can think of a few people I’d like to have removed from my mind.
But on a serious note (unusual for Celebaby I know!) if hypnotherapy can help people stop smoking, lose weight (I read about a woman who was hypnotised to believe that she had a gastric band it’s working wonders! Amazing…) and get over phobias then why not use it to help get over heartbreak or resentment?
I’m on the fence. If someone is REALLY struggling to move on then maybe there’s merit in it, but if we started to pop off to the local hypnotherapist every five minutes to erase this and that would we start to lose ourselves or our ability to grow stronger through dealing with tough situations?
I think we should call it a day today on that philisophical note; if you haven’t seen Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, by the way, and are at a lose end this weekend then see if you can get your hands on a copy – it’s worth a watch.
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By Sarah Kensington in Celebaby on
20 July, 2010 at 11:00 am
In Celebaby today, we look at the UTTER bravery of GMTVs weathergirl Clare Nasir – I’m talking SERIOUS courage here! And Charlotte Church takes the kiddies shopping for musical instruments.
Workout Outdoors
 I want to go and buy ALL the copies of the papers with this photo in it and shred them, poor Clare! Imagine having photographs of you looking like that published for all the world to see (which is why I’ve only put a small one here – was tempted not to add one AT all!).
And yes, I know there’s the arguement that if you don’t want to be ‘papped’ looking like this, don’t go out looking like it. But come on!
But, on the other hand I want to stand up and cheer on the GMTV weather presenter for having the courage (I won’t say guts) to just get out there and reveal to anyone who saw her, or see these photographs, the reality of post-pregnancy bodies.
They are NOT pretty things and my god they take an obscene amount of work to get back in to shape! This just goes to prove the point – there’s no super-magic quick-fix methods being employed here, just good old-fashined hard work. HURRAH!
The Von Church Family…?
 Charlotte Church – I still picture her as that cute little innocent-faced 12-year-old hailed as the ‘Voice of an Angel’ and there’s no denying that the girl can sing!
She has also shown remarkeable resilience in the face of intense media scrutiny over the years. It’s not showing signs of stopping any time soon either with her split from fiancee and father to Ruby (2) and Dexter (18 months), Gavin Henson.
Over the last couple of weeks there’ve been a fair few pictures in the press showing Charlotte looking tired (well don’t we all sometimes!) but the pictures of her shopping with the kiddies for musical instruments, show her looking calm, relaxed and happy just to mooch through town with them.
I wonder if they’ve inherited their mother’s musical gifts and whether we’ll be seeing a family collaboration in years to come?
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By Sarah Kensington in Celebaby on
17 July, 2010 at 11:00 am
In today’s Celebaby Natalie Cassidy takes centre stage.
The last few weeks for Natalie
 Natalie Cassidy is in the last trimester of her first pregnancy and in the last few weeks she’s been popping up in the papers.
I really like her – well, I like what I think I know about her anyway – she seems very down to earth, she’s been subjected to more than her fair share of abuse at the hands of the public and the tabloids, but she still comes out smiling.
She doesn’t come rolling out of pubs blind drunk, she’s transparent when it comes to the struggles she has with her weight, she’s got a strong work ethic and a FAR better role model for a lot of girls than other celebrity females I could mention!
She’s been having a busy time of it lately, at the beginning of the month she took on the role of DES (designated driver) for her friends when they attended a Kings Of Leon concert at London’s Hyde Park.
Some people were less than complimentary about her appearance, but what do they want? Her to be dressed up in high heels and a size 8 despite being 6 and a half months gone at this point? Please!
 Last weekend the summer decided to pay us a visit before it ran away again (apparently the ‘heatwave’ is due to return to our shores next week, hurrah!) and Natalie blazed a trail for summer pregnant women everywhere – she took a trip to the beach and had the ‘audacity’ to wear just a bikini; shock horror!
PLEASE! Kudos to her, because I was never brave enough and photographers weren’t going to be hiding in the bushes waiting to snap my photo!
But her coup de grace (as far as I’m concerned) and should silence the body critics came when she attended the Karate Kid premier in London this week.
 She sashayed down the red carpet looking UTTERLY stunning and totally glam’ in a figure-hugging black dress and high heels. I think she looks fantastic!
On the thorny subject of her pregnancy diet, Natalie said, “I can’t get enough of chicken, mayonnaise and sweetcorn sandwiches! But I’ve been eating healthily – I’ve not been noshing down four cream cakes in one sitting and claiming I’m eating for two.”
And when asked whether there was a post-baby exercise DVD in the offing, she said, “I couldn’t just shove my baby off somewhere because I want to lose weight, I want to be a proper mum.”
With just a few weeks left to go, in her usual frank manner, Natalie has revealed that the prospect of giving birth is a scary one, “I’m absolutely bricking it. Adam and I are booked on an antenatal course next month. I reckon they’ll tell me absolutely everything and I’ll come away feeling even more petrified.”
I’m afraid so Natalie, especially if you’re shown around the labour unit and hear screaming coming from other rooms like I did!
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By Sarah Kensington in Celebaby on
15 July, 2010 at 11:00 am
 In today’s Celebaby – Denise Van Outen on why she gave up breastfeeding and the latest news on Christiano Ronaldo and his new son.
DVO gives up breastfeeding
For most new mums, the prospect of breastfeeding in public is one that will cause them to break out in a cold sweat and feel mildly sick with dread and panic.
Now combime that with the knowledge that almost everyone knows who you are and the paparazzi are likely to be zooming in on you and you can totally understand why Denise Van Outen has already given up breastfeeding.
In a recent interview, Denise says, “I probably should have persevered a bit longer than three weeks but I can’t be sitting in Starbucks and breastfeeding, because they [photographers] are taking pictures.”
But it’s not just the paparazzi she has to deal with, even simple trips to the post office put her in the spotlight and under pressure.
“‘Another time, I was at the back of a really long queue at the Post Office to get Betsy a passport, knowing that in the next half hour she was going to wake up and cry, wanting a feed,” she continued, “and, sure enough, when I got to the front, that’s exactly what she did. I felt so conscious of the pressures of everybody looking, tutting and waiting to see how I dealt with the situation because they knew my face.”
Shame, those situations are just hideous for new mums let alone when you may just find yourself splashed all over the front pages of the newspapers with headline writers just WAITING for you to slip up or look flustered!
Ronaldo SCORES….a son!
 Well let’s face it he hasn’t been scoring anything on the pitch!It’s taken me a while to get my head around this story and I’m rather intrigued to see how it all unfolds!
Football superstar Christiano Ronaldo (25) announced on Twitter and Facebook, a couple of weeks ago, that he’d become a father. Nothing unusual about that, footballers have kids ALL the time, but the difference here is we don’t know who the mother is and she doesn’t want us to either!
By all accounts she’s handing over the little chap to his dad, granting him sole custody and Ronaldo’s mum and two sisters are going to raise him! WHAT is that all about?
Now perhaps I’ve got it ALL wrong because this is the announcement that Ronaldo made…
“It is with great joy and emotion that I inform I have recently become father to a baby boy. As agreed with the baby’s mother, who prefers to have her identity kept confidential, my son will be under my exclusive guardianship.No further information will be provided on this subject and I request everyone to fully respect my right to privacy (and that of the child) at least on issues as personal as these are.”
…but I can’t help hear him saying ‘I can buy anything I want…ooooh! What about a baby! And I can call him Christiano Ronaldo and dress him up in football clothes and everything!’
Maybe I’m being unkind; I wonder if the Brange’ and Madonna approach of adopt-a-baby from Africa didn’t work…
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By Sarah Kensington in Celebaby on
13 July, 2010 at 11:00 am
In today’s celebaby, Sandra Bullock’s divorce to Jesse James is finalised and the Jolie-Pitt twins turn two!
Anything to Declare?
 Sandra Bullock was spotted at the airport with six-month-old Louis Bardo on their way to Austin, Texas. Does she have anything to declare?
“He’s just perfect,” she says, “I can’t even describe him any other way!”
Sandra adopted her little ray of sunshine, who was born in January, shortly before she called time on her marriage to Jesse James in April.
‘Sources’ (what would the gossip columns do without all of these friendly sources willing to dish the dirt?) have said that whilst the divorce is now all done and dusted, the couple will continue to be in contact and share parental duties for James’ children Sunny (6), Jesse Jr (12) and Chandler (15).
At least those kiddies are going to have one decent parental role model in their lives to look up to!
Here Come The Terrible Twos!
 Give me the terrible-twos over terrible-teenage-tantrums ANY DAY!
Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt turned two yesterday – my goodness, it only seems yesterday that they were born! It’s utterly terrifying how quickly time is flying by!
At the tender age of two the twins, along with the rest of Team Brangelina, are already widely travelled. Whilst I can’t identify with the HUGE family ethos that Angelina and Brad have, I can completely relate to moving around a lot.
Angelina says it was purely as a result of not finding quite the right place where they all wanted to settle. She also went on to say that she wanted them to be able to…
“…find home wherever they are in the world, andwhere they can find friends wherever they are in the world.”
I find myself agreeing with this , home should definitely be where the heart is and not the bricks and mortar you live in.
Happy birthday to Knox and Vivienne!
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By Sarah Kensington in Celebaby on
10 July, 2010 at 11:00 am
In today’s Celebaby we get a first look at Ethan Edward Smith with his parents, Dannii Minogue and Kris Smith, and four-inch heels on stage when you’re preggars are not such a good idea for Alicia Keys.
Say AAAHHHH!
 My respect for Dannii Minogue shot through the roof this week; like her sister she’s very dignified under the glare of the constant media spotlight and appears to be very unpretentious.
The first pictures of her new son, Ethan Edward, were released yesterday but not by OK! Magazine, not in a 10-page glossy spread shot by Hello but a family snapshot posted on her Twitter page! HURRAH!
Dannii has reportedly turned down offers of around £100,000 for the exclusive rights to the first photos and good for her! The photo is lovely! Dannii looks stunning, and about 10-years-old, with not a scrap of makeup on and baby Ethan is all wrapped up and set to go home.
Even if there are magazine spreads and the usual staged family shots to come, I will always admire the family for not selling-out the first ones.
Stage Tumble for Alicia Keys
 If you’ve ever been pregnant you’ll know that at some point you have to admit defeat and pack the high heels away for a while.
Alicia Keys may just have reached this point as she tumbled off an enormous pair of four-inch heels on stage this week.
She’s five months preggars now and there were gasps from the audience when she stumbled backwards and fell over.
The show went on however, and mum and baby are both fine.
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By Sarah Kensington in Celebaby on
8 July, 2010 at 11:00 am
I fancy a couple of nice stories for Celebaby today! It’s happy parenting smiles all round for Dannii Minogue and her model boyfriend, Kris Smith. Wayne Rooney and family also look less than upset about England crashing out of the FIFA World Cup too.
Boy Joy Drama For Dannii
 Dannii Minougue gave birth to a baby boy this Monday. Ethan Edward Smith made his entrance into the world with more than a little bit of drama! Dannii had hoped to have him at home but was rushed to hospital on advice from the medical team present when complications arose.
She was admitted into the public hospital under a false name so that her being there would be kept secret and the couple also seem to being keeping quite tight-lipped about everything.
Dannii’s spokesperson has released the following statement:
“Kris Smith and Dannii Minogue are thrilled to announce the arrival of Ethan Edward Smith on July 5.Mother and baby are doing well and Dad is very proud. They request their privacy at this special time to adjust as new parents.”
Kris Smith also posted an announcement on Twitter (remember a world before Twitter? How on earth did we ever find out anything!)
Everyone here at PlayPennies HQ would like to add our best wishes, congratulations and welcome Ethan Edward into the big wide world!
Fun In The Sun With The Rooneys
Wayne and Colleen jetted off to Barbados following England’s not-shock exit from the FIFA World Cup – in face, they got in to a bit of ‘trouble’ with the England bosses when it was revealed that they confirmed their reservations a few days BEFORE England’s last World Cup match, ooops! But come on, it didn’t take a genius to figure out the team would be on their way home after the game with Germany!
So, anyway, off they went to Barbados and have been having fun in the sun ever since…
I’ve never paid much attention to the lives of the Rooney’s but you can’t deny that they make THE cutest family! Just look at how much fun baby Kai is having – just lovely.
Happy holidays that’s all I can say!
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