This Week in Tabloids: First Pix of Jennifer Aniston's 'Baby Bump'
CelebritiesWelcome back to Midweek Madness! Every Wednesday, we visit the newsstand and buy the latest issues of Ok!, In Touch, Life & Style, Us and Star. Today, Callie Beusman assists as we dabble in the dark arts of celebrity gossip. This week: Cancer and mental illness are to blame for the imaginary Michael Douglas/Catherine Zeta-Jones divorce; that weird dude from The Bachelorette is gay; and Jennifer Aniston’s “baby bump” is just a pleat in a sundress.
Ok!
“YES, I’M PREGNANT!”
Move, over North West: the new “royal Kardashian baby du jour” is the rumored fetus growing inside of Kourtney. Empirical evidence: although Kourtney literally never said “yes, I’m pregnant,” she might as well have, because she sports a lil’ bump, a mysterious glow, and no one has seen her consume an alcoholic beverage or an uncooked sushi roll in days. Also, the mag seriously called the birth of baby North West “her debut.” Oh, God. Next. Robert Pattinson is romantically involved with every woman he speaks to or works with or sees or thinks about, apparently. One such woman, his new co-star Sarah Gadon, “keeps telling him how she wants to take him to her favorite ice cream parlor, Dutch Dreams… but if they’re trying to keep things quiet, they might have to wait a while.” What an interesting insight; thank you, Rob insider. Dutch Dreams sounds really nice. Hope you two make it there eventually. Moving on: RHONJ‘s Melissa Gorga and Teresa Giudice are fighting and the magazine has given them a forum to voice their concerns, because apparently a television show a book and Bravo-sponsored blogs are not sufficient. Great.
Grade: F (a pox on both your houses)
In Touch
“A BABY FOR JEN!”
Hooray, it’s Unsolicited Uterus Update time! Jennifer Aniston is not pregnant, but when you have an arrow pointing to a pleat in a sundress, you can write anything you want! This story claims that her “dream of starting a family” is “finally feeling within reach.” She allegedly started IVF treatments, and has “telltale body clues” that mean she could be knocked up already. An “eyewitness” says she has gained weight, and she was also seen (DUN DUN DUN…) holding a script in front of her stomach. “The signs are all there,” claims the copy. Remember, kids, only in tabloid land can you get pregnant by holding a hat in front of your belly. In the real world, you wait for a stork. (Fig. 1, Fig. 2) Also inside: RHONJ‘s Teresa has always been in denial about what her husband Joe does — putting accounts in her name — and now it could land her in prison. Finally, Jessica Simpson has “debuted” her post-baby body by being seen in public — aka a paparazzi snapped her photo in the short time it took for her to walk from her car to the door of the building housing her doctor’s office.
Grade: F (drink of despair)