Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Overreaction or Justifiable Rage?

Am I just overreacting or was a comment made by the DJ on that stupid country music station a little offensive/stupid/uncalled for/rude/impolite/inconsiderate?

Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman just welcomed a new daughter to their family, Faith Margaret Kidman Urban. Kidman did not give birth to their daughter; the baby was outsourced to a surrogate mother. I do not know if Kidman has any medical problems and is unable to conceive/deliver a child (she did have an ectopic pregnancy earlier on). She is 43 and childrearing at that age is becoming harder. However, the comments made by the DJ shows that she might not have a hard time conceiving (or his general ignorance on the matter).

Here is the gist of what he said,

“Wasn’t it nice to have that opportunity [to have another woman deliver your child]? Now she doesn’t have to worry about the weight gain or stretch marks or etc.”

Should I be offended?

Let me reword it for you,

“Isn’t it nice that celebrities can take advantage of people by having them deliver their child so they don’t have to worry about all that giving birth has to offer? Thank God Nicole Kidman’s body will remain the way it is without being damaged by that pesky business of becoming a mother!”

He does know what a surrogate is and that she will have to deal with the aftermath of giving birth, right? Well thank God it wasn’t Nicole Kidman!!!

I’m genuinely appalled by what this man said. The thought that a celebrities life is worth more than a non-celebrity just irks me.

Just on a side note; if Nicole Kidman has trouble conceiving or giving birth, then I have no problem with a surrogate. But if she just didn’t want to go through with it again and just wanted to use her celebrity status to get what she wants by using someone, then that too is appalling (but I really don’t believe this too much).

 [SPOILER] You could just pretend to be a surrogate and pass that responsibility off to someone else...

On another side note; how the f#ck is “Just on a side note; if Nicole Kidman has trouble conceiving or giving birth, then I have no problem with a surrogate” grammatically incorrect? She has problems conceiving, I have no problem.

Here are Microsoft Word’s corrections:

“Just on a side note; if Nicole Kidman has trouble conceiving or giving birth, then I has no problem with a surrogate.”

Or

“Just on side notes; if Nicole Kidman has trouble conceiving or giving birth, then I have no problem with a surrogate.”

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