January Jones was interviewed for the New York Times this week, and part of the interview delved into the paternity of her 20-month-old son, Xander. The outspoken yet introverted actress replied, "It's my son's business, not the public's business." She goes on to talk about how Jack Nicholson once told her that the press do their best to pick celebrities apart if they are too public about their personal lives.
Jones is everyone's favourite ex-wife to hate on Mad Men as Betty (Draper) Frances, and it's no surprise that she's very quiet about her personal life. Being one of the stars of one of the biggest television shows will have people banging down your door to get a piece of you, and at 35, she feels comfortable in her own skin enough to let everyone keep guessing. So, it was a huge adventure for the media when Jones showed up pregnant 2 years ago, and no one knew who the father was, as she was single at the time. Rumours have swirled that it's anyone from ex-boyfriend Jason Sudekis to X-Men First Class director Matthew Vaughn. But, she remained tight-lipped on the subject.
In the recent NYT interview, she goes on to say that women should have secrets, and that if we give them all away, "what would we write in our memoirs?" Which seems like a very cheeky way of saying, "eff off already."
I've personally never been bothered by January Jones either way, but think she's perfect for her role on Mad Men. That being said, I find her definitely more interesting now because it's almost as if she's playing a game with the media. She's done an excellent job keeping her private life private, and of course, that means that the press want more and more information. I, for one, think we should be applauding her choice to be a single mum (and by all accounts a great one) and not allowing her son's paternity or her personal relationships interfere with her job as a parent.
So, spill it! What do you think about January Jones' son's paternity? Do you agree that it is a non-issue?
One year ago, on May 17th, Celebritease was introduced to you, the wonderful YMC community. I didn't know what to expect when I came on board besides having fun writing about stuff I like and sharing interesting news and tidbits with you. In the last year, my wonderful husband changed jobs, I got pregnant, and my hair changed about 15 times. I also learned a lot, interacted with wonderful parents and have made new friends through this blog. Oh, and I got to meet and speak to some pretty cool people. So I wanted to take this opportunity to spend a minute talking about all my favourite (and some of the more difficult) moments on Celebritease as we gear up for the year ahead, the impending birth of my new bambino and where we might go in the next 12 months.
The Best
My favourite posts this year centred around women's issues. Weight in particular. I think all women are beautiful. Every shape and size. What I don't find very beautiful is the way that bigger women are made to feel for being bigger and how smaller women are made to feel just because they may not have "curves." My husband once said that he believed the allure of women was that we do come in every size whereas men are only "three" (s,m,l). And I know men come in all shapes and sizes too, but I understand what my husband was trying to say.
Other posts I loved included my interview with Drea de Matteo, meeting two of the creators of Night of the Living Dead and some of the contests I've run on my blog (you still have until the end of May to enter the latest one with Hollywood Suite and a $600 makeover!)
The Not-So-Best
Recently, I posted about Jessica Alba. I was enraged and I wasn't clear about why I was bothered by her coming clean about her weight loss regimen after having her second child. We received a press release from a corseting company targeting mothers asking us to promote their "weight loss corsets" just like Alba wore! It shook me down to my last nerve. Why? Because while yes, I understand that Hollywood is a machine and that actresses are paid to look great and be thin, I don't think it's very respectful of women to try to continue to push this ideal on us. Some women are naturally thin. Some women are not. Some women fall into the middle, and then there are all the women in between. I wish we could just accept that and move on, and that actresses and other celebrities would just admit that their jobs involve being this false ideal of beauty so that many women and especially young girls can stop hurting themselves to try and be this ideal.
Nobody's perfect, and that's really how I like things. There were a lot of comments on this post, many negative and I understand that it was definitely because of the tone of the post. So I apologize. My goal with that post, as with all my others is not to belittle other women, especially not mothers. I was angry about our society, about how women are told to look, feel and behave and I was angry that mothers have a new thing to feel bad about — our post-baby bodies.
Celebdom exists in a vacuum and it makes money by selling us stuff. It is always way easier to sell stuff to people who have self esteem or other issues with themselves than those who are happy with themselves. I understand that. But I hope to keep exposing these falshoods to remind us all (and to help us remind our kids) that these ideals aren't real. And that everyone has something beautiful to share.
So now, I want to hear from you. What have been some of your favourite posts on Celebritease this year? Even some of your least favourites! What would you like to see me cover more of, or less of than I'm covering right now?
And I really want to thank you all for making this first year with YMC amazing.
xoxokat
Over the last few weeks, Toopy and Binou and The Marshmallow Moon has been touring Canada. The show is a fun little live-action romp with T&B running all over the place — from their fishbowl, to the moon and back in search of a song for Toopy to sing for his friend Binoo. We got a package of tickets through American Express Delights, not knowing what to expect and having one of the best days out with kids I've had ever.
Since Matt works the graveyard, and our second sprite has yet to make his debut, I brought our friend Naomi and her little girl, Anabell. Naomi and I have never even entertained the idea of taking our kids to a show, especially at such a young age (our kids are around 1 month apart, both just over 2) but we had a super fun day. I couldn't believe it. I mostly couldn't believe it because growing up, any time my brother and I would ask our mum to take us to see a show, she would basically tell us that a day like that would be her idea of the worst kind of torture. So, we never saw a single live show. After taking H & A to see Toopy and Binoo, I understand how absolutely wrong my mum had it.
Yes, there are a lot of kids. Yes, it's a bit chaotic. But seeing H waving his Delights package wand and shouting 'Binoo! Binoo!" like the guy was Paul McCartney was amazing.
With the package, we had snacks, tees and those fancy wands all included (as well as parking!) which took absolutely any stress out of the day. All we had to do was collect our sprites and show up. While Anabell was more interested in the mirrors in the hallway, Henry was dancing in the aisles. For days afterwards, he talked about how we had gone to "Toopy and Binoo's house!" It was really super adorable.
Now, I'm scouring the net for the next show I can take the guy to. He loves Yo Gabba Gabba! but they toured last year, so we may have to wait a while before they come back. And even with all the chaos and kids, I'm hoping that we're instilling in him a love of live theatre and music that will carry him into adulthood.
Also, for a kid that doesn't nap, the show sure took enough out of him for this to happen within moments of being alone in the car:
So, spill it! Have you taken your kids to see a stage show before?
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