Is anyone else surprised with the state of Natalie Portman’s pregnancy? She got so big so fast, I kind of thought she might have been lying (or simply abstaining from the truth) about her conception date. When she announced her pregnancy (and engagement, in the same breath) back in December, I thought she had probably waited until she was past her third month, which meant she was due perhaps in in June sometime. Then, as the weeks turned into months, I thought maybe she was due around right not – late April, maybe May. I still don’t really know. She’s so big! Maybe she’s just so big because her frame is so petite and it’s so noticeable.
Speaking of Natalie’s pregnancy, gossip columnist Mike Walker at the Enquirer had a cute story about her pregnancy cravings:
Talk about weird pregnancy cravings! Spies say Oscar-winner Natalie Portman strolled into a favorite Jewish deli – LA’s legendary Canter’s – blew off the breakfast menu and ordered four giant-size kosher dill pickes – then grimaced as the galpal dining with her dove into an order of fried eggs!
“Eww, how can you eat those things… they’re all runny and slimy,” wailed mommy-to-be.
But when Natalie squirted a huge glob of ketchup on her dills, then chomped and chewed with pickle juice drizzling down her chin, her pal squealed, “You’re one to talk! LOOK AT YOU! You’re turning my stomach, and everybody’s else’s too!”
Sure enough, nearby diners were openly aghast and amaused by Portman’s yucky noshing, but Natalie, unfazed, just grinned and rubbed her happy belly.”
[From The Enquirer, print edition]
Kosher pickles with ketchup? Eh, that’s no so bad. It’s like just sitting around and eating hamburger condiments. By the way, I sometimes get my dog cheeseburgers from McDonalds (seriously, he loves them), and his FAVORITE part is the pickle. I don’t why I just thought of that, but for some reason, my dog’s taste buds are aligned with Natalie Portman’s pregnancy cravings.
Two more things. First, there were some new photos of Natalie this week, which you can see here at Celebuzz. I can’t tell if that’s her Everyday Bitchface or if it’s her special, “I’m So Over This F&*#@ Pregnancy” Bitchface. Last thing… is this blind item about Natalie, Darren Aronofsky and Rachel Weisz?!?!
When this famous director dropped out of a high-profile project, there was some speculation that it was due to personal rather than professional reasons. He had broken up with an actress last year, and it was believed that each was taking time off from work to battle over the custody of their child/ren. What isn’t public knowledge is that their breakup was due in large part to his affair with another actress… who became pregnant with his baby. The jury is still out on whether or not any of the three will ever acknowledge the affair and/or the baby’s paternity.
[From Blind Gossip]
Oh, snap. Thousand Feet is going to get to get his tights in a twist over this one. We’ll know for sure if the baby is born with a dirt-lip.
Photos courtesy of WENN & Fame.
That is not the first BI about her and Aronofsky.
I don’t trust dogs that like pickles.
Usually, the shorter you are and the smaller your frame, the bigger your bump looks, just because it has no where else to go. Taller women have more room for it to spread so they don’t look as big with the first one. But congratulations to both of them and their families on the new upcoming bundle of joy, whenever it gets here!
Two things- I love pickles and ketchup and I’m not pregnant- my husband always asks me if I plan to have meat on my ketchup and pickle burger.
and two- I’d buy this blind; Bitchface always looks pissed at her dancer boyfriend,and she’s just superficial enough to not want her reputation sullied by a scandal.
if that blind is about them then what is the high profile project that he dropped out of?
@JJ: Aronofsky dropped out of Wolverine at the last minute, specifically citing “personal issues”.
1) As a fellow shorty pregnant lady, I can testify to the bump having nowhere else to go but out. I originally thought the same – that she was lying about the due date. But now I think she’s just got a showy bump.
II) I buy the blind 100%. And, poor Rachel. Oh wait, Daniel Craig what? Nevermind.
XXX) The mention of pickles with ketchup made me throw up in my mouth.
@Kaiser — do you think the blind item might be about Guy Ritchie + Madge ?
@Kaiser part 2 – or about Sean Penn and Robin Wright ?
“dinging with her dove”? wth?
Well, if any of that blind item is true, things worked out really, really well for Rachel. Lucky b!tch.
That blind rumor is really crazy.
Rachel is with Daniel Craig. I doubt she cares about Daren what’s-his-name anymore.
It did strike me as odd that Natalie became pregnant and then suddenly settled in w/ballerina boy? I have this image of her being more picky . . . hmmm, it makes you wonder
1) I’m pregnant—why would she waste pickles on ketchup? just drink the juice from the pickle jar and be done with it…
2) i’m like her–all belly and oh my is it large….
but that being said….
3) i’ve always said she’s either lying about the due date (which is dumb–people figure that crap out), or she’s been pregnant before and her body is showing early out of muscle memory or muscles already having been stretched….
If the blind’s true, then they were probably both cheating. She moved on very quickly to Daniel Craig.
This blind rumor is total bullshit.
First, why would Millepied leave his live-in girlfriend of three years for someone who is not pregnant with his baby ?
And if i remember correctly, Millepied and Portman have been together for more than 2 years (i remember seeing them together in Paris during 2009’s christmas day.)
I don’t really like her but this blind item is certainly not about Portman and Aronofsky.
That’s a cute story about her at Canter’s. I’m surprised she can walk in there without puking. That place smells to high heaven.
@mommyesq, I’m on track to be as big as fast as NP, and no, I swear, I have never been pregnant before. Shortwaisted folks just pop way early sometimes – even the first baby.
I’m a tall girl (5’10”) and even I got huge fast with my babies. I would go from flat tummy to maternity clothes literally overnight, and then for the last four months people constantly asked me, “OMG, when are you due?? Aren’t you going to have that baby YET?” So, I doubt that she fibbed about her due date. But then again, both my babies were over 9lbs, so I guess I’m not really the norm…
I dont think the blind is about Portman it just seems to obvious.
Maybe Sam Mendes, Kate Winslet and ? Last year Mendes dropped out of Preacher and Bond (although he is now back on Bond) – there were rumors that he cheated quite a bit.
“dinging with her dove”? wth?
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I think it was a typo… “then grimaced as the galpal dining with her dove into an order of fried eggs!”
If someone has the time, can you explain to me the meaning of “thousand feet”? Why is he called that?
I think it’s very telling that Aronofsky already promised her she’d get the lead in Black Swan 10 years ago, when she was in collage. her Hollywood-bubble-pristine-image aside, she’s been getting severe criticism on her wooden, emotionless acting her entire career. she’s a horrible actress with an overzealous PR team who, before Black Swan, was failing miserably to live up to her own hype. those Star Wars films almost killed her career, and nothing she did on screen past Leon had ever cemented her as an actress. so considering he’s been fawning over her for a long time, and that she was pretty desperate and knew a showy role like that is perfect Oscar bate – as did he, I wouldn’t be surprised if their relationship got very personal during the making of Black Swan. that’s why Natalie is so butthurt about the Ballerina double calling her out, because winning an Oscar is her only accomplishment as an actress to date, and she knows she didn’t win for her acting skills.
I believe this blind item, seems legit
I don’t believe the BI, everyone knows it’s complete BS anyway…and I totally agree Rachel moved on with cracky Craig too quickly for any of that to be true…it’s just too obvious anyways!
mmmmm….pickles.
That blind item makes perfect sense.
@21 Newbie: Because his last name Millepied literally means “thousand feet” in, I believe, French.
That blind item makes perfect sense. [2] What Eve said. The way Portman and Aronofsky talk about each other does reveal one of those Svengali-esque connections that happen sometimes, and appear to be occasional part and parcel of how some actresses with talented older male directors immerse themselves into a role.
The cravings thing is a non-story. If I accidentally get ketchup on my pickles, I’m not gonna be any less thrilled to eat them. I grew up with deli food too. Pickles are special. Their “common knowledge” association with pregnancy, which probably has partly to do with how helpful they are in digestion and also with the briny flavor, is ultimately irrelevant to their overwhelming superiority over most food.