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Pregnancy round-up: Lily Allen, Jamie Lynn Spears
Posted: 19 Dec '07, 11:37
Tis the season to be fertile, particularly if you're a tabloid-magnet. The Sun reports that Lily Allen has been knocked up by Chemical Brother Ed Simons, and that the "thrilled" singer will now be "setting up home" with her beau. How very modern.
Overshadowing the now-confirmed "mini Allen", however, is one Jamie Lynn Spears, Britney's very-much-up-the-duff 16-year-old sister. American rag OK! uses its exclusive interview to hammer home a pre-marital sex morality lesson: "I definitely don't think it's something you should do; it's better to wait," says JL. "But I can't be judgmental because it's a position I put myself in." Yeah, stupid. Now maybe you'll keep that chastity belt on.
Two things here:
I feel a bit disappointed that Lily Allen is pregnant. I know it's her choice and whatevs, but I sort of wish she'd be a pop star for a while first. Because whether you're into her music or not, she makes pop a more fascinating place. I had the same thing with Mutya, though, and she managed to come back with Real Girl. Am I totally wrong? Anyone else get this? Or is it entirely none of our business?
More disturbingly, the young-mum-outrage angle on Jamie Lynn is already offensive and tedious and there's only been a morning of it. Yes, she's very young and it's not ideal, but the implication that she's a dreadful person and that she'll be a terrible mother are being bandied about by respectable media outlets as if they're facts. And the gossip blogs are even worse. Perez Hilton calls her "slutty and stupid" while I Don't Like You In That Way goes for "useless and retarded". Wow, nothing like a 16-year-old girl to bring on the bile.
It's pretty indicative of how young female stars are seen as fair game for any old abuse these days. Pregnancy, eh? Who'd have thought it could be so controversial?
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being a popstar
what does that involve? making a regular appearance in tabloids for being off your face in public?
maybe lily thought there might be more to life than wasting her youth in front of papparazzi lenses.
also - being pregnant doesn't mean lily is going to have to go into confinement, does it? maybe she can make pop music and be a mum. sounds crazy, i know
popmother
Well Miss Dynamitee-hee certainly pulled off motherhood and superstardom with aplomb didn't she? Mercury prize winning to bottle weaning in one easy step.
ha!
i was thinking of ms dynamite! and didn't mutya cite being a mum as the reason she left the sugababes? i know young women <i>can</i> have children and careers, but once they've actually birthed, they don't seem to want to, at least for a couple of years. hence my gut reaction of "oh".
You act like Perez Hilton's comments are nothing new...
I can't abide so-called Gossip sites such as Perez Hilton proclaiming themselves to be the moral guardians of today's youth. Plus they tend to be so mysogynistic it makes your eyes water. So the 16 year old sister of Britney Spears is pregnant. So what? Yes, she's made a mistake but it doesn't necessarily mean she's going to be a bad mother.
For the famous nowadays, unless you go about in a nun's habit you appear to be fair game to have SLUT photoshopped over your head. I'm really surprised no one's ever mentioned this before.
The main problem is though:
She's two years below the legal age of consent in the US, her boyfriend is three years older than her, and she's the star of a kids show on Nickelodeon.
People are saying she's so stupid because she's probably ruined her career, Nickelodeon don't want to be seen to be endorsing underage sex, so she'll probably get the sack.
Buns in ovens
It does annoy me a bit when as soon as a woman gets pregnant her career is immediately written off. I'm not talking sticking the kid in a nursery as soon as it's popped out and then carrying on regardless, but it is possible to balance work and family. So I've heard.
As if
being the 'younger sister of Britney Spears' isn't bad enough...now she gets to be the 'slutty and stupid younger sister of Britney Spears.' Lucky girl.