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Here are the first candid photos of Beyonce and Jay-Z with their daughter Blue Ivy. We’ve seen the posed photos of course – go here to see those pics again. Bey, Jay and Blue were photographed taking their daughter out for a late lunch at Sant Ambroeus in New York City yesterday. You can’t even see Blue – I guess that’s the baby in Beyonce’s arms, swaddled in blankets. I see Bey is already back to leather pants. I like how protective Jay looks of his wife and daughter. This is probably one of their first big outings as a family! Cute.
In other Beyonce news, you know how we were discussing LeAnn Rimes’s public shill for a gig on The X Factor? Well, apparently Simon Cowell is very interested in Beyonce for either the UK X-Factor or the American version, but he probably won’t be able to meet her price:
Pop superstar Beyoncé wants an eye-watering $50million to be a judge on X Factor. Show supremo Simon Cowell approached her about taking the role to mark her return to showbiz following the birth of her baby girl Blue Ivy Carter. But The Crazy in Love star is said to have told him she’d only do it for a $50million contract – making her the highest-paid TV star in Britain.
Her wage demands are a major stumbling block – as the £32million figure is roughly equivalent to ITV’s entire production budget for a complete series. It comes as Cowell, 52, is preparing to revamp the ITV show’s judging panel after last year’s series was marred by a series of bitter on-air rows.
Kelly Rowland – who clashed with Tulisa over hopeful Mischa B – is understood to have been given the boot. Tulisa, Take That star Gary Barlow and X Factor veteran Louis Walsh are waiting to hear whether they will survive the shake-up.
Cowell’s bold approach to Beyonce – Kelly’s cousin and former Destiny’s Child bandmate – follows rumours that she had bought a home in Surrey with rapper husband Jay-Z. The New York-based superstar is currently focused on being a mum after the birth last month of Blue – the couple’s first child.
A source close to ITV said: “Even Simon was shocked by the scale of Beyonce’s demands. However, she would be an incredible signing.”
However, Beyonce has also been tipped as a possible recruit to the US version of the show – where Cowell is looking for two new judges after firing Pussycat Doll Nicole Sherzinger and Paula Abdul.
Last week the music mogul opened the door to the possibility of making a sensational return to the UK judging panel himself after a year out.
He let slip during an interview at a charity event that he would consider changes to his schedule to allow him to take part in both Britain’s Got Talent and X Factor.
He said: “Do you know what? I’m going to see maybe if we can move the dates around so I can do both shows the future because I miss it.”
Cheryl Cole has ruled herself out of returning to the show.
[From The Mirror]
I know that I should be all “I can’t believe Beyonce is asking for that much money.” But I can’t. Beyonce probably just jacked up her asking price so much because she really doesn’t want to take the gig. I mean, she’s still one of the most internationally popular musical acts – there’s no reason for her to “slum it” on a reality show, you know? I understand that The X Factor is a huge deal in the UK, but in America, you only do reality programming when your career is on the downward swing.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
Written by Kaiser
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I just don’t like her. at all. ever again.
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Then why post? You could have just past by without clicking onto her post if she is so hated.
Why a post with someone you don’t like. The world is full of stars to blog about.
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Maybe because she or he wants to express or share her extreme disdain for someone.
It happens all the time : people posting and expressing themselves about things, policies, politicians, people, religions, themes they dislike extremely.
Disliking doesn’t equal indifference.
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and you commented on my comment. not on the post. soooo…..
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Easy fix…I believe the website you were looking for was CeleAssKissers…check your browser cause this is CeleBITCHY.
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Hypocricy, I totally concur. I can’t stand Yabonce (as my grandmother calls her – she can never remember anyone’s name) and yet I’m sick and bundled up in bed, and reading blogs and commenting on them just seems like a good idea now. So I’m expressing my opinion…
Ain’t freedom grand?
And Coco (Hah, my family calls me Coco!) I love your comment.
Made my afternoon.
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Me too neither! *nods head & folds arms over chest*
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thank you hypocrisy
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They must think baby Blu is the princess of New York but seriously if she was carrying a baby why doesnt JZ assist her with getting out of the van. IDK I am sick of this already and seriously the next picture we see of Blu she will be a teenager.
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She should rethink the leather pants-as-sausage-casing look, and the shoes are stupid.
$50 million to judge a television program? Then I want to never ever hear again that “Wall Street” is greedy or that “bankers” are responsible for the collapse of Western Civilization. It such obscene money going to this breed of mediocrity (her, Madonna, “J-Lo”) that is the (mostly) unspoken travesty.
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couldn’t agree more.
and re her ride — here’s the van:
http://www.thefablife.com/2011-11-04/beyonce-buys-a-million-dollar-mini-van-in-preperation-for-her-baby/
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yeah, i was thinking “is this a van they’re getting out of? a bus?” i guess important babies shun regular cars. haha.
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AMEN!
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Last weekend my friend and I were nearly run over by a house sized black SUV that looks very much like this one. I’ve seen plenty of pictures, and it was definitely this type of car. The only difference that I can spot is that the one we had a run in with had tinted front windows.
It was last Sunday, around 45th and 8th. This mammoth vehicle was making a scene and harassing people with this deafening fog horn like sound, when suddenly the car just took off from the side of the road AT FULL SPEED nearly clipping myself, my friend, an older gentleman and a small child. The “car” took off so fast, it almost ran onto the side walk.
I wonder if I was nearly killed by the anointed ones themselves? Smh, I somehow wouldn’t be surprised. I even remember thinking “wow, that looks a lot like that tank Beyonce bought” before running for my life.
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So environmentally friendly and necessary in NYC. Love them. @DetRiotGirl – watch out!!
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I agree the sausage-casings are hideous, as are the shoes. BUT it does appear she’s spent some time being schooled (probably by a multi-million-dollar hired team) that post-partum mothers do NOT walk around carrying their new babies in 6 inch heels, ’cause she’s in FLATS!
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OMG, Bey’s in flats and no 9mos pregnant bustier? lol I’m also glad Blue isn’t being paraded around in a Swarovski crystal, bedazzled onesie, and tiny pink heels, but who knows what’s under that blanket?
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Ah, aprayerfor… Nah, I think bedazzlin’ is Mariah’s whole thing. She’s a bit obnoxious, but harmless.
Bey on the other hand…
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Completely agree.
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Well said. I don’t want to hear one more thing about how involved and evolved celebrities are because they “feel our pain” or are so worried about the environment. They are greedy overconsumers just like the rest of us! Beyonce and Jay-Z might be the worst offenders.
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Perplexed lately by this minivan she keeps climbing out of that allows her to stand completely upright and ‘make an entrance’. Wt!?
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Something about her lately i’m not feeling.
I don’t think she has a real baby wrapped up like that. It looks fake. The way she is acting and everything looks fake in this photo. Hm..
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You know, I was thinking the same thing. Maybe they didn’t bother to shoot the picture if one exists, but where is the diaper bag? You don’t roll anywhere w/o it when you have a baby. Not even to the mailbox. No one is even carrying a bottle.
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she´s such a good mother breastfeeding her baby in public without problems.(lol)
I dont think there is a baby in there either.
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Not saying it isn’t unlikely that they don’t have a Louis Vuitton change-bag plus set of bottles… but I never used a changebag. Never saw the point; a nappy and wipes fitted in my usual bag just fine, and I nursed so didn’t need a bottle, either. A couple of those tiny nappy disposal bags and a couple of clean muslins and you’re away.
Changebags are usually hideous, bulky and hard to carry, and I think they’re a giant con, tbh. Maybe it’s a Brit thing.
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Exactly. My first reaction was another pr stunt with some pillow. OMG they are so fake. I can’t stand them anymore.
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Ha ha I thought that too!- ‘There’s no baby in there’. I’m also surprised she hasn’t done more public/online gushing about how wonderful it is to be a mom.
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I was going to say the same thing. If it is a baby, it looks like she is holding it by the neck the way the “body” is just hanging there. She can’t even carry a fake baby in her arms right.
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” she cant even carry a fake baby in her arms right ” hahhahaha good one !
And yeah somethings very fishyy !
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It’s in a sling. That blue thing in the photos? I think it’s a Hug-a-Bub for newborns. The feet tuck in and you can actually make feet shapes out in those shots. A wrap sling, and the baby is suspended that way. You cuddle them around it.
I’ve no idea what the deal is with these two – not a fan of either, in fact I’d struggle to name more than a couple of songs apiece – but I had one of those slings myself so it looks pretty normal to me (and in cold weather you do snuggle them right down, it’s manufacturer’s advice).
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Are they getting off a tour bus or something? THAT is what they tool around the city in? Everything they do screams “look at me and how rich I am.” I’m outdone. I can’t with these two. Little BI will be 1000x worse than Suri.
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Did she just roll out the house or something, this is the worst I have ever seen her look. I guess they need to hire more nannies. I don’t care how much those sneakers cost leave the leather and sneaker combo to the chicks with the thin legs, chunky legs with hightops just look sloppy.
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They went out to lunch looking like that? Very sloppy guys. I wouldn’t go to my local shopping centre looking like that. Why smother a baby in a blanket? What’s she going to do with such a tiny baby whilst she’s eating? I bet there’s a nanny just out of camera shot with all the baby bits.
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My first thought is ‘how bloody cold is it?”
The second thought: Why take a newborn out like that? (in the cold – going by what they’re wearing – and wrapped in a blanket).
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Umm..you are confusing, should a mom not go out with their newborn, if said newborn is dressed and wrapped properly?
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You are confusing, should a mom not go out with their newborn, if said newborn is dressed and wrapped properly for cold weather?
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I thought the same thing. Why take our your young baby for no real reason other than lunch. It’s not like they don’t have people to watch the baby. It seemed a little publicity seeking to me. I’ve always been taught by my mother that you don’t take infants out unnecessarily.
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I live out here in New York and it’s been darn cold. This weekend we had severe winds, making it seem like it’s 20 degrees than 40 degrees.
I’m just defending the weather, not Floppy and her “Baby Alive” she’s got tucked in there.
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Wish I could roll around town in my own RV/bus. You know it has to have a bathroom on it! At least shes not wearing Hooker shoes.
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X Factor will end up with a couple of 3rd rate judges that Simon fancies, he’s been saying he’s “considering” tons of singers like Whitney (before she died), Mariah, Beyonce, Janet Jackson etc like they’re all just CLAMOURING to get the role lmao
He can throw names about all he likes but it doesn’t mean these women want the role, Mariah already said she wouldn’t consider it and as for the rest they hardly need the money.
The problem with XFactor (Besides the sob stories and dumb non singer contestants) is that all the judges spend too much time sucking up to Simon Cowell and he’d never get a judge who is big enough not to do that. This is a reason “The voice” does so well, there is no “head judge” they’re all equal and don’t suck up to anybody else.
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True!I don’t believe in this story(Only in Simon’s dreams and he knows this very well)http://www.zimbio.com/Simon+Cowell/articles/Sma5jUbmY0i/Simon+Cowell+Squashes+Beyonce+Mariah+Carey
It’s old news but the rumor has it that it was 100$m per year for the US and then he said that it wasn’t true so…
I guess that since he fired Kelly(the best jury on that stupid show),the gossip world had to throw B’s name somewhere. Remember that a lot of people(Kelly Rowland’s stans) say that kelly isn’t has big has B today in the US because B’s pimp father sabotaged her career.
One thing is sure Simon is in trouble i don’t think his shows are doing that well(He said: “Do you know what? I’m going to see maybe if we can move the dates around so I can do both shows the future because I miss it.”)Bullsh-t!I miss it my ass!
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I think Simon’s days are numbered. The Aus X Factor has 4 equal judges (a weird mix including Ronan Keating and Scary Spice!). None of those extremely successful women would lower themselves to play second fiddle to Simon. It says a lot about JLo that she’s on US Idol. However it would be magical to see Madonna in such a role even if it was for one episode. Whatever you say about her now, she is an icon. Most of the contestants wouldn’t appreciate her legacy.
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I’m shocked at the van or bus.
but maybe she is tying to look less glamorous. but not everyone is meant or able to wear tight leather pants. I have a pair that I love, but they are trouser cut. I accept that I don’t have skinny legs and to me those are the only legs that should be allowed to be in skinny leather pants.
I’m sure she and Jay are super happy. and well good for them.
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Looks like she has Blue Baby all wrapped up in a Moby wrap – which is cute. That van is ridic btw.
http://www.google.ie/imgres?hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=U01&sa=X&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=1085&bih=551&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=5cbIQf5QefWrIM:&imgrefurl=http://www.gorgeousbaby.ca/14-moby-wrap&docid=efDK4JR3kuK0hM&imgurl=http://www.gorgeousbaby.ca/110-1201-large/sienna.jpg&w=300&h=350&ei=rVJKT-iaC4myhAeHvKyMAQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=106&vpy=171&dur=1205&hovh=243&hovw=208&tx=121&ty=101&sig=110034193387545602692&page=3&tbnh=162&tbnw=139&start=47&ndsp=21&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:47
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OH NOOOW she’s wearing sneakers!!..but not at 7,8,9 months pregnant (as if she was really pregnant) but still..she’s dumber than a bag or rocks, or thinks we are.
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Actually the sneakers are Isabel Marant, and have a hidden inner 4″ wedge. They are not your every day comfy sneakers. And they cost around $1,000, of course.
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Nice catch on the kicks!
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Really $1000!!?? I bought a pair thats similar actually ..with a hidden wedge at ALDO, but I paid 55$ (half off, on sale) for them..methinks mine are cuter
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the wedge is barely 2″, i have a pair and they are super comfy. they cost $860.
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My best friend also has a pair. 3.5″ hidden wedge. Paid $940 on sale.
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I wouldn’t pay $20 for those shoes. Runners with heels hidden inside? That sounds ridiculous. and ugly.
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I am sorry but on what planet do people waste $1000 on high heeled sneakers?
Further proof that I would make a lousy rich person. Actually, I take that back. Further proof I would make an excellent “old money” person. It is the nouveau riche that tend to waste their money on such things as ugly wedged sneakers that don’t even make your legs look good…
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There’s a baby in there? Also she looks like hell. Worst. Outfit. Ever.
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For what we know she might carry a watermelon in there, just like in Dirty dancing, ‘i carried a watermelon’
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HAHAHAHA! Nobody puts BIC in a regular car. Nobody.
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lol I see what you did there
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I think she is just cradling her wig.
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Good call.
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What the hell is up with the bus/van? their are celebrities with twice as many kids who don’t drive around in anything close to that. I thought the tabloid story about them having dimend bottles was BS, now I’m starting to think it may be true I mean to drive around NY in that thing mean you want everybody to know you got tons of money.
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Besides black, they are actually only wearing the color blue – including Bey’s nails. Do you have to color coordinate with your baby’s name. Maybe they are getting ready to market a new messaging device/phone for the kid: blueberry.
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They look like crap. Why spend all that money to look like you have none?
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i just wonder why jay doesnt wear a wedding ring? just a question…..i cant tell if beyonce wears one or not
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I’m pretty sure she doesn’t wear one. I’ve never seen one on her.
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oh thanks i guess their tattooed ‘iv’ on their fingers counts as their rings…??!!
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When is she going to stop wearing blue nail polish?
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When Blue will be legally old enough to officially change her name into Rosie…just kidding
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I hope she’ll then choose Pink, in a strong shade, so Beyoncè will look like an a$$ in that color
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@ Paola
LOL
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I could be wrong but judging by what look like a knot by baby’s feet, I think she’s in a stretchy wrap like a Moby or Sleepy Wrap. Cool:)
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yeah, that sure looks like a wrap to me. you can see the outline of the baby feet.
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Bey please not leather pants, you do not have the legs for it! Second, I like her shoes and appreciate the fact that she isn’t wearing 6 inch heels carrying her baby like an accessory as one famewhore has been known to do – Posh!
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the sneakers are Isabel Marant, and have a hidden inner wedge..nothing is casual when it comes to Beyoncè..
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But she was wearing 6 inch heels when she was 7,8,9 months pregnant.
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Oh but the reason for that is so simple: wearing a pillow is not as bad as carrying a baby. i can never past the fact she was wearing denim jeans when she was’nine months pregnant’. Sure Beyoncè, you were pregnant, suuuuuureee.
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Pillows weigh less than actual babies!
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As other have already stated, a pillow weighs a lot less than a real baby
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I stand by the fact that you can’t say she wasn’t pregnant based on her shoe choice. Look at all of the Jessica Simpson picures, who looks very very pregnant, and still running around in her platform heels.
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Franny, we’re not only basing our argument on the height of her heels at the height of her “pregnancy.”
I invite to search this site for past stories of Bey’s “pregnancy/delivery” and recommend you read ALL the comments. When you have the time.
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I do read most of the comments, thanks. I know people aren’t basing their whoooole argument on it, but it comes up every other comment “look she’s wearing heels, I never wore heels when I was pregnant, so obviously she isn’t pregnant”.
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Where to start?
It looks like baby Blue is going to suffocate under all that stuff, and her little feet look uncomfortable.
I can’t with that van. Can you imagine what it costs to run/maintain/PARK that thing in NYC?
Above, I said it looked like Bey had some lessons on how new moms generally don’t carry their new babies around whilst wearing 6-inch heels, but as I continued reading, I saw they were wedges.
All in all, I give this whole mess a 9 out of 10 “I just can’t with you’s.”
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I’m just so glad that she’s not strutting around in super high heels like some new moms do! Remember when Britney almost dropped her kid when she was walking around in high heels in NY. That just makes me so nervous!
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How is she holding the baby?!?! I don’t have kids and I know that’s not how you hold it. Also, isn’t the ”baby” suffocating under there? And why don’t they have a diaper bag or anything for the kid?
Question: This is legit. I honestly want to know. How many of you moms felt up to wearing leather pants a month after the birth?
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i’m only three months along and so freaking uncomfortable sometimes (not big yet, just tender and uncomfortable) that all is want to do is wear sweat pants. haha. the thought of wearing something with as little “give” as leather makes me cringe. maybe bey is wearing magic post-partum leather pants.
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She’s not carrying the baby – if you look at her belly, she has her in a wrap sling (Hug a Bub, Moby or similar). And you carry them snuggled like that in winter. Also, if she’s nursing then all you need when out is a nappy (diaper) or two, some wipes, a muslin and a fresh babygro. Her pockets could hold that – the hideously huge truck thing certainly could! I think changebags are a con. Bulky, ugly and totally unnecessary.
I also am a little… what? That some people (not you) are suggesting you shouldn’t take a baby out of the house in winter. It’s a baby, not a gossamer web. But I’d rather die than wear leather trousers after a baby, and my baby is now three, so….
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So while she was pregnant she wore high heels to show everyone she is superwomen but after she has given birth she is wearing sneakers now ? Those pants would have looked better with high heals.
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Wow, pleather leggings with dark suede sneaker boots? SO SLOPPY, SO FUG.
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Ugh. Just ugh. I cannot stand that woman and her shameless materialism just makes me wish that she, along with the Kardashians, would kindly go take Pyongyang for a few years.
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My take on B outfit and how she looks in the top photos is to show how “hands on” she is like if I dress bad enought people would believe I’m doing all the work, the look is just a little to calculated for me.
As for Jay Z he looks the same as always.
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Agreed. Every move this couple makes is calculated. I didn’t realize until recently how PR driven these two are. They are legit superstars, they don’t need to play all these games. Apparently they are terrified of becoming irrelevant… Which is why they go to such ridiculous extremes.
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I made that same statement several threads ago. Everything they do calculated and coordinated.
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When she shows up with spit-up in her weave and down her back (didn’t realise the babe spit up); deep dark circles under her eyes (see: Posh); no make-up or accessories (babies pull out ear-rings & pull off necklaces); baby razor-nail scratches on her face (those little nails grow FAST and are SHARP); and cuts on her hands from those Swarovski-crystal-encrusted EVERYTHINGS, I’ll believe she’s “hands-on!”
Until then: NO!
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LOL I agree. when you work hard it shows. an my babys father is always asking about scratches i didnt even know about. child/ parent abuse lol
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If there is a small baby there, then someone needs to teach her how to hold her.
I do hope this is just a PR thing, and the real baby is at home, because this is really not how you are supposed to carry a small child.
Plus, wearing those pants when most women would be either in pain or still bleeding and swollen after giving birth, will not help her “case”.
I’m not sure why would any sane person fake a pregnancy.
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yeah i was wondering, shouldn’t she still be bleeding ? Kinda gross i know.
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i was in leggins 4 weeks after my c-section (bleeding is the same for all) so her clothes dont bother me as much (except for the shoes, why sneakers now B?)
but the baby holding? not a newborn. i mean its possible to do so, but when my daughter was new she was up on my shoulder in burping position or in the cradle position. not being held in the middle of her back with no neck support. weird
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Uh, guys, that’s a sling. Looks like a Maman Kangarou,or a Mai-tei style or similar. There are baby feet in there. She obviously doesn’t have it tied right, thus the clutching. You can see the ties in the front And no, you’re probably not still bleeding after a month.
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” And no, you’re probably not still bleeding after a month.”
Speak for yourself on that one.
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S/he did say “probably”. I mean, standard medical advice is it takes 6 weeks to recover from delivery, and if you have an easy time (or lie about ever being pregnant, as is alleged here by some posters) obviously that’s shorter. In my case I was out and about in 3 days and recovered, pretty well, in 7. I had a nasty pregnancy but a really easy birth, so it wasn’t long at all.
I dunno. I think her trousers are horrible and that huge truck they’re in is downright weird, but she’s got the baby nicely wrapped up in a sling and blankies, her husband looks smitten with the kid as well and very protective, and she’s only going to a cafe via car – not running a marathon.
I’m sure there are reasons I don’t know about why people dislike her so much, but I have to say, it gets a bit wearing as a parent to see other people dictating the last detail on how others should do it. I tend to be a live and let live mother, myself. Suggesting you should keep your baby in quarantine before they get their first vaccinations, or that you just shouldn’t take a baby out of the house, seems really extreme. maybe it’s a cultural thing, but we’re told the opposite here – get out and about, get engaged with the world, babies are portable.(That last isn’t aimed at you – I know your only comment was on post-partum bleed, sorry, it’s just something that has really struck me on this thread.)
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Taking an infant out in public unnecessarily before having their first immunization shots is rather negligent of them. The baby could come into contact with a number of virus’ that she has no immune system for yet. Common sense people!
Of course that’s if there’s a real baby under all those blankets
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You’re protected by your mother’s immunity for the first few weeks. That’s why the immunisation schedule is when it is. And herd immunity (vaccinated population) protects too, of course. TBH I’m really startled by the comments on that here – maybe it’s a British thing, but I had my baby out and about on the Wednesday and he was born the Sunday before. And that’s normal. You aren’t meant to walk much, to give your body recovery time, but a cafe via car? Fine. Healthy, in fact, is the attitude. A mother who stays in/leaves her baby behind is considered likelier to have post-partum depression and bonding issues, is the thinking – and the idea of leaving my baby at such a young age, even for an hour, would have been unthinkable at the time. They’re so enmeshed with you at that age.
Must be a cultural difference.
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I would say it’s a culture thing on a smaller scale, as in a family-to-family basis on what they deem appropriate, rather than a US thing in general. It is not uncommon to see a new baby out in public now and then, though people here are a little more germaphobic and it bugs me. Some people do not really understand why the colostrum is different and so important, and it works the same way in all mammals.
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Mother’s immunity only works if you’re breastfeeding. It just seems unnecessary to take the baby out on what was apparently a “bitterly cold day” (see comments about weather above) to a restaurant for lunch. Anyone ever heard of ordering in?
As for the bonding, it either happens or it doesn’t. I had post-partum depression directly after my first born and my husband attempted to help us bond by “forcing” us together which I grew to resent and it actually made it worse. So again, it either happens or it doesn’t.
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Actually it isn’t only if you’re breastfeeding. Obviously colostrum is essential if you can manage that/choose to breastfeed, but a baby still has some of his/her mother’s immunity after being in her womb, too.
Babies are exposed to thousands of new germs every day, it’s how they build immunity. If you live in a part of the world where there are horrible airborne diseases all over the place, then sure, keep them home. But if you live in a place where most common contagious infections are vaccinated against, and you observe good hygiene, why in the world not take them to a cafe now and then? The baby is cuddled in a wrap with blankets everywhere for a brief trip from car to cafe door. That’s hardly out for a stroll in the bitter chill, is it.
Obviously not everyone should have to parent the same way – I’m sorry you were pushed that way, that must have been horrible. But that’s kind of my point. I get so fed up with the Mummy Wars. You know – puree or baby-led weaning; breast or bottle; attachment or routine; SAHM or working. I just feel like loving parents should be allowed to parent as they feel best, as long as it isn’t actually provably harmful, because a well loved kid with a happy mother is probably going to be just fine. The amount of critique aimed at mothers is staggering. Dina Lohan and Courtney Love, fair enough. Someone wearing their baby in a sling taking them to a cafe in winter, well wrapped up? Not so much. In fact in the mothering circles I move in, that would be regarded as exemplary parenting!
Having said that, I shall now be a huge hypocrite by observing that if she rode in that truck with the baby strapped to her in that wrap, she is a cretin. Some mothers think it’s like a car-seat- what it actually does is add the impact of your own body to the force of any crash, making it even worse for the baby. Maybe she put the baby in the wrap just to go into the cafe – hope so!
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So was the baby ever in a car seat? Or do they have a false sense of security because they are in a moving house?
or they might just have bundled her up while in the moving mansion…
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Man, looking at these photos is exhausting! If a lunch date with my hubby and new baby entailed an entourage, etc. I think I’d rather just stay home, order in.
Also, maybe my perception is clouded by my disdain for this woman, but she doesn’t look natural holding the baby, just sort of awkward.
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This outing seems staged to me. The coverage that Posh Beckham has received due to Harper Seven not sleeping well makes me think this outing and this outfit on Bey is to show a very tired parent of a newborn. I’m not sure that either parent is genuinely tired, but more attempting to appear that way. I’m being rough, but this seems fake to me.
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Oh god…so since the kid is named Blue, they’re of course going to dress her in blue all the time right? They’re so cliche and tacky.
And if this happened yesterday, it was VERY cold and super windy here (like wind advisory was given) and it snowed a little bit in the evening. Definitely unnecessary and lame to take a small child out in those conditions for lunch.
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Yeah why bring your newborn, or somebody’s newborn, out to a chi-chi restaurant in the cold. Don’t know if she was really preggers or not, but these two are famewhore aholes extraordinaire.
And leather pants so soon after giving birth? Hope she’s got some pads.
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Looks like she has the baby in a sleepy wrap or moby wrap and then covered up by a blanket. I had a sleepy wrap that same color when my little one was a baby. You wrap them up and tuck their little feet up in there when they’re newborns.
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Yeah, she’s in a sling. I guess it’s just more entertaining to ignore it just so they could say she is holding her wrong.
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@SUnlily, Co-Sign… If I dislike someone they don’t exist to me…
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She walked out of warm vehicle directly into a warm restaurant. That baby was not in the cold that long. What is she doing wrong?
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Yeah, I’m kind of confused as well. I’m just – are they meant to be in purdah?
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If the woman wants to wear leather pants a month after giving birth, who cares? I could care less what she wears. Why wouldn’t she go out with the baby? Some people have too much time on their hands if this is all they can find to bitch about. Get a hobby, something!
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Please refer to the website name in the upper left hand corner. Nuff said.
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Here is what you really need to understand about this fuckery: Beyonce who claims to never go on the internet or read the blogs or tabs-though she miraculously is inspired by youtube-does all of that and more. See, she won’t come out and address rumours head on because doing that would be in her book trashy. So instead when people call her out, like the fact that the baby is only a couple of months old and she’s already leaving the baby on her own when she doesn’t have to, a few days later she comes out in “regular” gear, with no heels, looking like the tired mommy with her camel transportation and “baby” in tow so we see how dedicated she is.
And as always the bitch fails miserably. Everything is a calculation with her.
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And couldn’t that list go on and on???
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Well, isn’t it interesting that on the eve of ANOTHER awards show these two managed to score some publicity? What a coincidence.
HA!
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Yes that’s right, she’s such an attention seeker: she’s come out with a hat on, glasses, flats and her baby all covered up. C’mon people get a grip – they are allowed to venture out of the house with their baby!
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I am wondering if she puts the baby in a car seat, or if she rides around in that bus/tank thinking it not necessary?
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Shes not worth $50 mil. She wouldnt bring or hold the amount of viewers to demand $50 mil.
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OMG u all wanna keep seeing her face and this and that but THINK about it. If bey walked around with nothing covering that baby she would be in more trouble.When bey goes out she doesn’t no if she’ll be surround by papparzi or not so therefore all those cameras and ashes could BLIND the child AND it might be cold. Look at how there dress. All I’m saying is if she did what y’all wanted she would be worst celebrity mother. I also see mothers doing the same thing. My aunt does that with her baby ALL the time she puts the coat on then throws the blanket over her. My mom-a nurse told me people do this to keep all that air out of the baby’s face for medical reasons beyonce is actually doing the RIGHT thing.HOP off her back!!!!!!! Sheesh
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