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Gwen Stefani – The Connection: Celebrity Moms Exploited – May 1, 2008 (link)

By: Sarah Martin

Apparently there’s something in the water in Hollywood, because wherever you turn, another celebrity is knocked up.

From Gwen Stefani to Angelina Jolie, it seems like the newest trend (apart from gladiator sandals and snorting cocaine off of the VIP table at Club Hyde) is sporting a baby-bump.

But nevertheless, pregnancy is no doubt a beautiful thing, but to devote 30 minutes of news coverage every time we turn on a major news channel with the headline ” ‘So-and-so’ baby watch 2008!” it gets very tiresome. And frankly, there are more important issues out there other than using computer graphics and “state-of-the-art aging technology” to guess how a baby is going to look in 20 years. How about the upcoming election, anyone?

Our society has become too voyeuristic, in which we feel the need to pry into the lives of the rich and famous to get our entertainment fix. It not only applies to the women who are confirmed pregnant, but also to the “alleged” pregnancies as well. The assumption that one of the Hollywood elite may have a bun in the oven brings media hype like never before. Oh, please, some people look pregnant after coming out of a restaurant all of the time. If they’re showing anything, it’s a food baby.

Hollywood seems obsessed with expecting celebrities. What happened to the good old days when the newest gossip was “who’s dating whom?” or “did you see what they were wearing?” Wearing an outrageous mess of chiffon barely makes a blip on the Hollywood gossip radar.

It seems like travesties like Britney Spears just doesn’t do it for us anymore. Maybe if she were pregnant with Justin Timberlake’s child we’d care a bit more. Britney, get crackin’!

And to those who want to keep their pregnancies under wraps (yeah, this means you, Ashlee Simpson), you asked to be a part of the public eye. There is no shame in admitting that your eggo is preggo! Embrace your pregnancy! Buy a Prada diaper bag, or trade in your designer chihuahua for a gold-plated stroller.

Pregnancies should not be exploited and followed for 9 months every night on television just for the sake of entertainment. Sure, you can be happy that your favorite celebrity is expecting, but is there any point in hyping it up to the point of hysteria? Let the girls do their thing, and you do yours. There are more important things to follow obsessively in the world.