There’s a wonderful episode of 30 Rock where, because of shenanigans, Liz Lemon has to pretend to be pregnant to cover for Jack’s wife. Liz Lemon got manipulated into doing a “pregnancy photoshoot,” and the result was excellent comedy:
That’s what Halle Berry was doing over the weekend at the Chrysalis Butterfly Ball. Halle made sure to pose like a pregnant lady, with her hands gently pulling our eyes down to her “baby bump.” Except that after everyone was like, “Damn, is she pregnant at the age of 50,” Halle sent her rep out to deny the pregnancy story flatly. So what’s really going on?
My guess is that Halle was just being weird and/or thirsty? Maybe she just wanted some attention. It could have been some kind of performance art, just to see if people would get hysterical if she did a “pregnancy pose.” Or maybe she honestly didn’t know people pose like that while pregnant?? Also: as for the father of this phantom baby, TMZ’s sources say that Halle isn’t really dating anyone right now anyway. Hm.
Halle’s only comment was this Instagram:
Sure, everyone’s allowed to have some steak and fries. I bloat up like that when I eat a big ribeye and some fries too. But you know what happens afterwards? I don’t stand on a red carpet and cradle my gassy stomach.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
She knew exactly what she did. Cradling her fake baby bump to get some attention.
Yup she brought this on herself.
I am guessing she has a massive fibroid. I had one the size of a grapefruit. She’s at that age.
De actually had a fibroid before I think that was the size of a softball. This was back I need her 30s?
Yup – Holly cray cray.
She’s trollin and probably actually is pregnant but wants to cast doubt to get everyone talking. I’ve seen a lot of photos online and it’s almost undeniable that she has a baby bump but I guess she also likes attention.
Se’s stunning still though and doesn’t look her age at all!
I still say there’s something going on in that womb. One of the photos she was standing sideways with Zendaya and you can see the bump very pronounced.
LOL – she’s not pregnant. Bloated stomachs come and go, depending on what was eaten and how much. She’s making a point here about the gossipy baby bump watchers and their dumb comments.
If that is her point, it is completely stupid. I hate “bump watches”, but CLEARLY her pose was intended to get people to speculate that she is pregnant.
I thought that exact same thing about that exact same photo. The side view is extremely bumpy.
Posing on red carpets is her JOB. One that she’s hustled at for decades. Maybe she’s now part of the natural wave of loving women without the makeup and glam, but that’s totally counter to her Beautiful, Ageless Woman on the Red Carpet brand.
Any other Halle Berry would double up on the spanx and get it done. Maybe she thought, “wow, this dress is wildly unflattering and makes me look pregnant. My choices are A.) choose a different dress, or B.) pose it like Beyonce at the VMAs to screw with people.” I mean, I guess she chose B, but it’s a strange direction to take her brand.
Halle is 50 and she’s been in the business a long time. She’s not naive about how celebs leave clues about pregnancy. This isn’t her first red carpet. She wanted some attention and she got some.
I kind of love it…well played
How is it well played? She intentionally made people speculate that she was pregnant, then comes back and acts like people were out of line for the speculation. These are the actions of a D-lister reality star, not a movie star. She is playing like she’s a desperate amateur.
Maybe she just stood like this for one second.
I’m not sure what’s worse, pregnant at 50 or thirsty
Such a weird thing to do for attention. Also I miss 30 Rock.
Come on Sis, Stop being disingenuous , you were trolling for attention HOARDT you got it and because in reality you had nothing to do with said attention, we’re here now
Observe other pics, less posed? This was On purpose http://www.laineygossip.com/halle-berry-belly-cups-at-chrysalis-butterfly-ball/47163
This BTW is why Halle won’t prosper, instead of it being about her work she stays UNABLE and UNWILLING to get out her own damned way
+ 1000000
Sure you can have steak & fries, just dont cradle it like a baby bump
That’s right. She deliberately sent a message– then gets indignant when it’s received?
That about sums it up.
If she’s truly not pregnant then this is just plain weird. I’m not saying she’s crazy or anything of the sort but this type of behavior is downright bizarre to me. It is crystal clear that she was making it a point for people to assume she was pregnant.
The only logical explanation that I can think of is that she got really stoned or tipsy before she got on the red carpet and started posing incredibly awkwardly b/c she was so out of it. This is not normal behavior.
Can I say it then? I believe she’s a bit short of the full alphabet.
Never have I ever wished so hard that CB allowed pics to be added to comments without a link. Because this is practically begging for a Jaqen H’gar “a girl may have steak and fries” meme. What is dead may never fry. Something.
Oh well done, justcrimmles. I lol’d.
Someone wants attention. She has the same publicist as Jen Garner, which explains a lot.
Sounds more like she has Jennifer Aniston’s publicist. This is a signature Jen move, though at 48 i think she’s finally given the coy ‘is she or isn’t she pregnant’ press play up.
These pics of Halle, her poses – just seem so blatant and ridiculous however, that I think she either really is pregnant or she’s finally gone completely nuts.
I’m betting on the former. That she is indeed pregnant. Remember Halle can lie with the best of them. That’s what this is. This is no steak and fries. Secondly, i think her last child at 47 may have happened with help from IVF. Which means she may have had a few more fertilized eggs in the freezer. Looks to me like she’s implanted one and it took.
Yep, an Aniston move. I think she trademarked it. 😁 It’s ridiculous, but if you desperately want attention it works.
Has Jen done straight up pregnancy poses on the red carpet before? Heart shaped hands on the belly? I don’t think this is really a Jen move. Her’s have typically been much more subliminal.
Halle may as well have been carrying a stork with pink and blue balloons in its mouth on the red carpet. It was that obvious what she was doing.
Aniston’s never done this.
Jen was never that blatant but she definitely has played the game
If I was a celeb and had a food baby, I would troll the press with it too. Serves the media right for constantly analyzing women’s bodies and claiming the only acceptable reason to have a pronounced tummy is if you are pregnant.
Nothing wrong with a food baby. It’s when the celeb gets up on the red carpet and starts cradling the womb and staring down at it like its a baby that the problem.
Like I said, I think she was trolling the media. People need to stop acting like what she did was somehow harmful. Halle has done some strange things in her life, but this is not one of them. If this had been someone like Amy Schumer, people would not have reacted the way they did.
No one is acting like what she did was harmful. People are trying to figure why someone like herself, who has been in the business a very long time and knows how PR works, would pull a move like this. It’s not as if she is releasing back to back movies and has something to promote.
It is the same old story. Male actor does something weird to troll the media, people shrug their shoulders or laugh. A woman does it and people flip out and make it into something bigger than it is.
Welp, you know what they say about showbiz types being eccentric and needy…
I have IBS and I get gassy quite often and sometimes it can be flat out painful. Perhaps she experiences something similar? I typically will cradle my stomach the same way as her when I am having an “episode”, but then again I usually deal with them at home not the red carpet.
IBS sucks. If only I was Halle Berry cute/possibly trolling when I get a bubble!😂
She needs drama & attention like I need air to breathe. She’s exhausting…….
She’s always had a bit of a pooch and I think the dress emphasizes it as well. Must have been a lot of fries though.
Thirsty and slightly unhinged.
She stole Jen Anniston’s signature pr moves. Not cool Halle.
LOL, maybe she was just trolling everybody.