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Remember Angie Everhart? The smoking hot supermodel turned actress turned Sly Stallone arm candy? Well, she's back and she would very much like to have your attention.Word on the street (and by street, I mean Perez Hilton) is that the 39-year-old redhead is pregnant with her first child and the father is not Joe Pesci. That Everhart even has to deny Pesci's paternity may sound odd, but she and the funnyman were actually a couple for several years before breaking up this past April.
So, who is the dad? Everhart isn't saying, but something tells me that her secrecy is a calculated move designed to boost interest in a reality show she's shopping. The show is called Angie Baby and it will follow her through her pregnancy as a single woman going it alone. I predict a very special episode in which the father of the child is revealed.
Angie says her desire to turn her pregnancy into a reality show isn't about money or attention. It's about showing the world how great it is to be pregnant and single. "I decided to do a show about me being a single, strong, healthy and good-spirited woman who is having a baby on her own. I want to show the positive aspects of women who do it on their own," she said.
Of course, single women get pregnant and have babies all the time and it isn't the end of the world. In fact, some women may genuinely prefer it that way. But there are ups and downs and good days and bad days and in the end, you work it out the best you can. Single motherhood is not a walk in the park and a reality show that depicts only the positive aspects of going it alone isn't exactly depicting reality.
Do you think celebrities who flaunt their unwed pregnancies do a disservice to young women by glamorizing single motherhood? Or are dads truly optional these days?
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2-06-2009 @ 11:29AM
ame s said...First of all, who cares who's the dad? Anyone who would be interested in watching such a program has too much time on their hands and should consider spending that time doing something else such as volunteer work, reading, even sleeping.
I'm not sure they are glamorizing single-motherhood. Some women want to be mothers but not necessarily wives. Some get pregnant without meaning to & feel the father may not make a good husband, though I wouldn't have a sexual relationship with a person I wouldn't want to marry and raise a family with.
Fathers are not optional. Sure, if a child's father is a criminal or abusive, they are probably better off not having the man in their life but I feel children fare better in life when raised by 2 caring, stable parents. I understand that's not always possible.
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2-15-2009 @ 8:36AM
gaelic said...Over the years, I have come to have a problem, not with a women making a choice to have a child but STRESSING the point of "being single and pregnant, It almost appears like they are waving a flag to say "see how strong I am, I'm doing this on my own." However, I wonder what a embryo would say, if a embryo could be consulted, and the mother said "It's just you and me baby and we do not need a father or anyone else. I often want to say to the bragging parent to be, "you say that to say ...?
As a therapist, I do see young girls trying to imitate celebrities. However, what they do not know, is that celebrity generally has much money and support and is not relying on Tax dollars to take care of the child(s).
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2-19-2009 @ 4:08PM
Katrina said...I would just like to say that Angie Everhart being a single mother is not at all like anyone else being a single mother. I am a single mother of a six year old and I live pay check to pay check because I can't get my dead beat ex to pay child support. I am sure that Angie has a bank account that will make her single motherhood way way easier than mine. Especially if she gets this "reality" show. You want reality? Come stay with me for a week.
2-19-2009 @ 4:27PM
gaelic said...Katrina
It's moms like you that I give a lot of credit to. The key point you made was paycheck to paycheck. You are modeling responsibility to your child. It is not good when children are familiar with a roof, three hots...and no one is out working to keep it going. I don't get the sense that they learn that if you want things, it takes money and you get the money by working. By the by; I have one son and has a dead beat ex; no picnic.
...we should all be paid even a 1/10 like the the celebrities.
2-24-2009 @ 6:20PM
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3-27-2009 @ 4:54AM
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