Nadya Suleman Explains Why She Fired Her Baby Nurses

By Dodai Stewart | March 25, 2009 | 1:00pm

Celebrities Dirt Bag

Nadya Suleman was on Dr. Phil‘s show yesterday via telephone, talking about why she fired her baby nurses:

“Myself and my nannies felt extremely uncomfortable. I personally felt like a stranger in my own home. I felt as though every time I tried to hold the babies, feed the babies, they would be observing and they were waiting for me to make a mistake.” Hmm. Probably true. [E!]

Rihanna and Chris Brown are indeed “taking a break.” “Jay-Z told Rihanna she needs to cut things out with Chris, at least in public,” says an unnamed source. Yes! Good idea! [MSNBC Scoop via Us Weekly]
Chris Brown was supposed to have a “private court meeting” Monday, but it was canceled. [E!]
Kate Moss went to an East London tattoo parlor and got a bunch of piercings in her ear; she now has six holes in one lobe. Newsy! [Daily Mail]
Jennifer Aniston‘s hoodie is out-of-control, but an effective way to keep your face out of the paper. [Daily Mail]
What do we think about Julianne Moore playing Hillary Clinton in a new flick? She doesn’t really look like HRC, but JM can pull off anything. [NY Daily News]
Sparkly vampire down! Robert Pattinson was smacked in the head by a sign on the set of New Moon. [Socialite Life]
This story about Bruce Willis hand-picking his new wife at a casting call ignores the fact that the woman has emotions and thoughts of her own. She didn’t have to go out with him. [Page Six]
Coco Arquette, 4, daughter of David Arquette and Courteney Cox, is considereing modeling. [Mirror]
Jennifer Hudson is scheduled to tape her American Idol performance today; the appearance will air on an upcoming ep. [Yahoo News via AP]
Prince Harry went to some kind of “rave for posh people” wearing pink nail polish and a black wig. While there, he chatted up his ex, Chelsy Davy. Reunited and it fees so good? [Daily Mail]
Here’s a picture of Sarah Jessica Parker‘s stunt double, and that stunt double’s underwear. [Daily Mail]
Cops say that three-car-crash involvng T.R. Knight was caused by T.R. Knight. [E!]
Juicy and delicious: The feud between Antony Bourdain and Rachael Ray has been taken down to a simmer, now that Bourdain found out RR likes the New York Dolls. We writes: “I don’t know whether to go out and shoot a puppy, or send Rachael a fruit basket.” [Gatecrasher]
Gloria Vanderbilt, aka Anderson Cooper‘s mother, has an erotic novel called Obsession. Awesome or awful? [EW]
Freida Pinto‘s been cast in a Julian Schnabel film; she’s also shooting a Woody Allen flick in the summer. [Page Six]
Cameron Diaz has been cast in Swingles, a romcom with “a 21st century When Harry Met Sally vibe.” Here’s a guess: She’ll be goofy and giggly, and dance. [Hollywood Reporter]
U2‘s massive new stage setup is something called “The Claw.” It looks like an alien invasion, but it’s supposed to bring the band closer to the crowd. [Rolling Stone]
Flight Of The Conchords: The Movie? Maybe! [Mirror]
Veronica Mars movie? Nope. [NY Mag]
Josh Schwartz, the dude behind Gossip Girl, Chuck and The OC, has a new web series called Rockville CA: Two hipsters spend their nights at an LA rock club; each ep features performances by up and coming bands. [USA Today]
Denise Richards got the boot on Dancing With The Stars. [Yahoo News via AP]
Josh Groban‘s rep wants you to know that Josh and Katy Perry are friends but not, repeat, NOT a couple. [People]
Star Jones has a new blog, in case you’re dying to know about the scar on her chest or her thyroid. [E!]
The rumor about Parks and Recreation being meh could be circulating because gossip columnist Nikki Finke hates NBC’s Ben Silverman. [NY Mag]
Michael Jackson would like to enter his London concerts riding an elephant, thank you very much. [Mirror]
“Jade Goody and Princess Diana had so much in common.” Pardon? [Daily Mail]
Finish your Kirk chairs: Sunday’s episode of Family Guy reunites the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation. [e!]
Fred Astaire: Secretly racist? Sigh. [Page Six]
Blind item! “Which hot actor is clueless about his GF’s cocaine addiction? His lady waits until he’s off promoting a film before throwing wild drug bashes at their home.” [Gaetcrasher]
“He is hilarious to me. I just got it. Every time I drove to record his voice, I was excited about coming up with this funny stuff to say. I felt like I accomplished something, making a movie kids like that is as hilarious as anything that is out there. [But] I did a meet-and-greet with kids after the premiere in Australia. I realized kids just don’t like Seth Rogen. I scare the (bleep) out of them. Maybe it’s my laugh or that I’m a big, hairy guy. They just don’t like me.” — Seth Rogen, on playing B.O.B. in Monsters Vs. Aliens. [USA Today]
“He stinks. I mean, it’s awful. He never showers, and it drives people on the set crazy.” — an insider on New Moon actor Robert Pattinson. [Perez]