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Baby Wars: Ellen Pompeo Vs. Katherine Heigl
Are Grey’s Anatomy cast members Katherine Heigl and Ellen Pompeo in a catfight to steal each other’s thunder when it comes to motherhood news? Was it just coincidence that the timing of each of their baby announcements seemed like they were designed to compete with one another? Insiders think not
For a brief recap of the evidence: Katherine announced the adoption of her baby Naleigh on the 15th, the same day that Ellen Pompeo’s baby was born. Then, Ellen waited until yesterday (the 23rd) to publicly announce the birth of her baby girl Stella Luna, waiting 8 days to make her announcement on the same day that Heigl and her daughter appeared on the cover of People.
At least on insider has told Page Six that, knowing these two new moms, there’s little doubt that they were engaged in some sort of one-upmanship:
“It was very curious timing for her [Katherine] to drop that… It was an adopted kid — she could have chosen any other day to make it public. Why compete?
“It looks like they were trying to one-up one another,” laughs our spy.
Come on, ladies. There’s plenty of room in the tabloids for both of you and your soon-to-be famous babies.
Do you think it was just a coincidence, or what?
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Lillian commented on Sep 24 09 at 5:36 pmInsiders have no idea what they are talking about and the story is completely false. The ladies are good friends and Heigl even hosted Pompeo’s baby shower. It is the most ridiculous suggestion ever and also inaccurate. Heigl announced her adoption on Ellen on the 11th September not the 15th (when Pompeo gave birth) and the show was recorded a few days before. It was a process that took almost a year and to suggest she spoke with authorities in Korea to time it to the day when Pompeo was to give birth is just ludicrous. Even more so, Heigl’s People cover is not even on stands yet and Pompeo did not announce her childs birth to compete with that. In fact both ladies did what they did to avoid publicity. Heigl was trying not to be mobbed by the paparazzi (over 50 of whom surrounded her the previous week when she purchased baby products) surrounding her child and trying to get a photo and Pompeo kept her childs birth private for a week. So please dont detract from what is a wonderful moment for both women by trying to make some kind of conspiracy story when there is none. Its pathetic reporting.
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