Zoe Saldana, reprising her role as Gamora for the just-released Guardians of the Galaxy 2, is on the promotional trail and found herself on Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live on Thursday night. A caller to the show asked about a 2014 rumor Britney Spears, Zoe’s co-star in the 2002 movie Crossroads, was the first to tell the press that Zoe was pregnant with twins with husband Marco Perego.
The 38-year-old actress admitted that the rumor was true, telling host Andy Cohen, “We were on the same flight from L.A. to New York and we just talked for the duration of the flight….She has two boys, I was having twins — and we had a beautiful talk. And I forgot — it never even occurred to me to not to say anything. We weren’t trying to hide it, we were just trying to be discreet.”
When pressed by Andy if she had any ill will towards Britney, Zoe diplomatically said, “The way that it happened was so innocent that I never even thought of holding her accountable for anything. She was just being Britney. I love her — I don’t mean that in a negative way, I mean that in the way that she lives her life in such truth.” She did admit, “I was shocked because we weren’t ready to sort of share that,” but quickly added, “But it was Britney, so it’s okay.”
After telling the press to respect her privacy back in 2014, I can only hope she’s telling the truth here. It’s easy to get excited when you get good news about a friend, and I am sure I’ve let something slip that I shouldn’t have at some point in my life. Good on you if you’re okay about it, Zoe.
Zoe and Marco have three boys. In addition to the twin boys, Bowie and Cy, the couple have another son, Zen, born in February. In a recent New York Times interview, Zoe was asked about having so many female role models (like Nina Simone, whom she played in a controversial 2016 movie) and now sharing her experience and knowledge with a trio of boys. She said, “Me having only boys is the universe being absolutely ironic, and I’m accepting the challenge with much love and humility. The biggest enigma is that after so many women, it’s now all about men — seeing them at a very tender age, learning about their biology, understanding who they are and why they are such precious creatures.” Awww. Like her or not, that’s pretty cool.
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She’s better than me. Actually I can relate because my Britney-like aunt told my grandparents about my pregnancy before I had a chance to do so myself and five months later I’m still so mad at her about this I didn’t talk to her ever since.
I forgot she was pregnant! She got in shape pretty fast considering she was struggling so much after the twins. She most have worked her ass off and then some.
Eh, Zoe says something sensible for once. I’m sure she’ll ruin it soon because she has many a problematic ways.
I’m not entirely sure but I don’t think she was pregnant. They adopted or used a surrogate.
I thought she used a surrogate. I don’t believe she was pregnant.
I read some stuff online, she confirmed he was brought into the family in an unconventional way. Whatever works for them.
Her youngest child was born via surrogate or adopted.
She was pregnant with her twins. I believe she was referring to that pregnancy.
IIRC Zoe had confirmed her pregnancy, but nobody knew she was expecting twins. Britney spilled the beans about the twins. Of course, it was probably still disappointing, but not as bad as if Britney had actually broke the news that she was pregnant.
My middle sister told our youngest sister before she told me and it hurt for months. I was lime, dang Gina.
If you don’t want anyone to know…don’t tell anyone.
Exactly. It’s so tempting to want to share news like that…but people generally, not just Brittney Spears who “lives her life in such truth,” are NOT good about keeping stuff like that to themselves.
Exactly.
If you don’t want a secret shared, then don’t tell anybody
Hmmm when she mentioned it, did she tell Britney to keep it to herself? If she didn’t, maybe Britney did not think she was the only one who knew. There’s no indication they are close friends so perhaps Britney thought if she can tell her, maybe it wasn’t a secret. Anyway hope all is well between both ladies.
That’s what I was thinking. Unless specifically told, how was Britney supposed to know? I don’t think Britney has one malicious bone in her body.
I think the bigger question is who did Britney tell. My takeaway here is that she told an interviewer and if she did, that was downright wrong. Celebrities should know not to discuss fellow celebs to the media. You shouldnt even need a warning line about it. Even when they are asking you specific questions about your very best friend, you need to keep replies vague and meta. At no pint do you introduce the words “babies” or “twins” to a media person ever. Even if they say them to you, you need to keep your replies vague unless you have an explicit go ahead from your friend.
Zoe knows Britney,she knows she is not the brighest person.Also don’t discuss that you are having twins ,if it’s a secret, on a commercial flight .Zoe and Britney are not close friends,they did a movie together years ago so why would Britney assume her having twins was a secret.So if a reporter mentions Zoe being pregnant, it’s not surprising for her to mention she is having twins since she wasn’t told to keep it a secret.
Jack Black mentioned Angelina Jolie was having twins on The Today Show,he assumed it was common knowledge.
It happens. Jack Black accidentally spilled the beans about Angelina Jolie’s being pregnant with twins when they were promoting their movie at the Cannes Film Festival in 2008. Black was immediately contrite when he realized his gaffe and Angie was cool about it. There were already rumors about her pregnancy but Black’s declaration about twins was the “big reveal.”
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5g4bs_jack-black-helps-angelina-jolie-con_shortfilms
Britney isn’t malicious. And this was years ago. But as the saying goes, “Once you tell one person a secret, it’s no longer a secret.”
I mean if someone who’s not one of my closest friends or family tells me something like that without mentioning it’s a secret, I assume it’s common knowledge or at least something I don’t have to keep to myself. I doubt this got out because “she’s Britney”. Zoe just didn’t make it clear in any way that this wasn’t out yet.
For someone who’s in a few franchises and works consistently i don’t get why Zoe doesn’t seem to be A list. Is she purposely not putting herself out there that way?
She isnt. She kept her Hollywood romances very low profile (we still dont have rep confirmation that she and Bradley Cooper were dating). And then she quietly married a Hollywood outsider and lives in the US but clearly far away from paps. Also she disappears when she isnt promoting a film.
I think she’s missing one of three things that seem to be important these days: Award nominations, a lifestyle brand, or a paparazzi-friendly lifestyle. She also hasn’t had a successful, non-controversial part as a leading lady. She’s been around for a long time and works consistently. I think that’s how she wants it.
She looks gorgeous in the all black
If I wanted a secret to be kept, Britney Spears would be the last person I’d tell it to.
Hollywood seems to have an odd code about this, where people talk about it to everyone but the media. I wonder if it causes confusion. Normally, I’d say someone who’s mentioning a pregnancy on a plane to someone who’s not a relative or a close friend is being open about it, at least unless they specify otherwise.
I read about this over the weekend. Zoe said it didn’t occur to her to tell Britney not to say anything. (There was a picture of the 2 of them at the airport, presumably right after that flight, and Zoe was visibly pregnant.) A reporter or a paparazzo asked Britney whether she and Zoe would make another film together. Britney’s reply was something like, well Zoe’s about to have twins so she probably has a lot going right now. Something to that effect. Like Zoe said, it happened rather innocently.