These are some new photos of Benjamin Millepied dancing and twirling in NYC yesterday. He was shooting an ad for Yves Saint Laurent, because Benjamin is Somebody now. He’s a celebrity in his own right now that he’s Natalie Portman’s baby daddy. Anyway, Fame Pictures is trying to make something of these photos, like Benjamin is going to screw around on his pregnant girlfriend with this girl (dancer Jessica Saund) in the commercial. Fame asks: “Benjamin seemed to have a ‘moment’… isn’t this the same way Benjamin got Natalie to fall for him during the production of Black Swan? Should Natalie be worried Ben is unfaithful?!” I would think Fame is overreacting, but my first thought was along the lines of “I wonder if and when Benjamin dumps Natalie for another woman, if Natalie will think that ‘that’s on him’ again?”
But it’s certainly interesting to see that Benjamin isn’t slowing down his career at all. While I don’t really think Benjamin fit’s the K-Fed-y parameters to really be considered “the Ballet K-Fed,” he’s certainly not opposed to using his new-found celebrity to make extra money and book extra gigs. It’s also surprising to me that Benjamin and Natalie haven’t got married yet. Do you think she’s not doing a shotgun wedding on purpose? That she knows this junk isn’t going to last? I’ll tell you… if this was my fiance, twirling away on a NYC street, I would be rethinking things too. I’m just saying. Some ballet dancers can twirl in still photos and they still look amazing (Mikhail Baryshnikov). Some look like they’re skipping through The Douchebag Parade.
Photos courtesy of Fame.
Aw, he doesn’t look douchey. Hes no Misha (sigh…) but he doesn’t look that bad.
I’m not at all surprised that they have gotten married yet. Planning a wedding while you are pregnant has got to be no fun at all.
Ha, just goes to show that the minute you impregnate a girl you lose the ability to make any kind of rhythmic movement and look cool. It’s not called “Dad dancing” for nothing!
I dont trust him at all.
Skipping through the douchebag parade!!! ahahahahahahahahaha fabulous
I love her shiny black booties.
I have a true sickness for patent leather shoe’s/bootie’s. (My love of plaid is the only thing that out ranks my love of shiny expensive dress shoes.)
If Natalie had any sense, she would skip the legal marriage thing for awhile.
Hmmm well if he is just a hired hand to cover up Aronofsky’s dirty work what does it matter anyway 😉
I’d be more upset that he looks like a total idiot.
I think, they’re gonna stay together for awhile. But I think NP is too smart to marry the guy, I think she can see that he is using her star power, to move himself ahead. She also doesn’t seem like the “let me be thin when I walk down the aisle” type of girl. I think she’s gonna wait it out. I just don’t trust that guy
As fond as I once was of wearing shoes with no socks (particularly Docs in the early 90’s), I can no longer cosign this foot stank trauma. Bad douchebag.
Agree with Blue, she’s probably waiting him out a bit or just doesn’t want the legal hassles of marriage.
LOL, Kaiser!
“Some ballet dancers can twirl in still photos and they still look amazing …… Some look like they’re skipping through The Douchebag Parade.” Had me in stitches! This is why I keep coming back! And unfortunately, this dude DOES look like a clown.
WHY IS HE NOT WEARING ANY SOCKS?
Yeesh. I’m sorry for going all Kanye there for a sec, but holy frijoles does it ever give me the skeeves when dudes creep around in dress shoes and no socks. NASTY. There’s nothing appealing about a dude going commando with his stinky cheese feet.
When (if) this shizz ever airs, that single detail will just automatically make me think that everything in this commercial smells like limburger. Yves Saint Laurent should KNOW BETTER.
i still don’t know what to think of him
(mainly cause i haven’t been following the tabs)
rumour has it natalie got banged-up by aronofsky while filming Black Swan, and millipede isn’t the father. so, if there’s some truth in that, then i’m not sure what the arrangement between these two would be.
*RUMOUR.
Brin you are so funny…. I too would be more upset that he looks like a short misshapen dwarf
There is nothing appealing to me about this man. I agree that his feet probably stink and I wonder how many blisters he got from dancing in dress shoes minus socks! I dont understand what NP sees in this guy.
@mln76…an excellent point. I would love for it to eventually come out that it was Aronofsky’s sperm that did the deed that won the Oscar.
@jo…isn’t it just embarassing? I would deny knowing him!
I try and try to find him handsome but this man just always looks dirty to me. Like he doesn’t shower much.
I bet he’s all that and a bag of chips in person. Or whatever.
I doubt he’d dump Natalie for another woman. He’d maybe cheat on her but unless the new woman is more famous and richer than Natalie, there’d be no motivation for him to actively move on. Ben strikes me as both smart and ambitious enough to know you don’t dump the current lover for a new one unless the new one will be more beneficial to your career and financial prospects. That doesn’t mean Natalie couldn’t dump him though.
He’s wearing ankle socks!!!! in the pic of him skipping past the bike and jumping you can see the edge of the sock peeking out. still heinous.
no socks with leather shoes… : (
because of that shoutout, i nominate mikhail baryshnikov for hgf…. yum
@ Saskia: A thousand times yes! His feet must stink to high heaven.
That guy looks like he’s really good in bed. That’s all I’ve got say. LOL
Whatever…after that blind item (which happened to be the third whose answer was Aronofsky/Portman/Millipied) I can almost picture the baby with that little moustache Aronofsky sports from time to time.
Maybe Millipied being a “star” now (out of his own field, I mean) is part of the deal.
LMAO! All of those pictures are amazing, and I totally cosign your douche parade assessment! Haha, thanks for the laughs!
The no socks look is not attractive in men wearing suits. I doubt Natalie will marry this guy, I bet she is doubting it will last too.
I really hope for Natalie that Aronofsky is not the father because if he is, she will have such an ugly baby.
I cosign the ‘he looks sweaty’ comments. He looks like he has that mildly pungent, slightly clammy aroma about him. I have unfortunately encountered that before and it was something of a deal breaker (amongst other equally unsavory qualities). I really don’t find anything appealing about this dude. Also, something about his hair/head bothers me, but I can’t quite pin it down. Odd shape, reminds me of that old MTV cartoon ‘The Head’.
Man, I’m feeling nit picky today. Sorry guys!
@ Beetlejuice23:
Maybe not. Aronofsky’s son with Weisz is an extremely beautiful child (perhaps the most beautiful celebrity kid I’ve seen so far).
But if this blind item is true I like to imagine Portman baby will look like this:
http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/attachment.php?attachmentid=153948&stc=1&d=1260772745
have you seen red carpet shots of NP and the Darren guy? They look into each other-there’s some kind of chemistry there, and natalie looks slightly enamored the way scarjo does with sean penn….
w/BM, NP seems ‘obligated’ like she is accompanied, but that is it….
i would believe something is fishy in this set up.
not the first time in hollywood,no doubt.
After reading that blind item about Aronofsky, I’m pretty sure he’s the baby daddy, they all struck a deal so NP didn’t look bad in her Oscar race, and Ben got publicity and jobs in return.
HAHAHAHAHA@Eve. Hilarious 😉
Jeez louise, people! He’s wearing those socky things under his shoes!
I don’t get the accusations of Millipied being a fame-whore/KFeddian. He is extremely accomplished and well recognized in his field – he’s at the top of the cultured set. If anything, being associated with a queen of a more plebian art might drag him down in his world. Did people complain of Baryshnikov “fame-whoring” when he partnered up with Jessica Lange? Couldn’t we equally speculate that Natalie Portman is only out to beef up her resume as a woman of substance? (which, by the way, I don’t believe to be true).
I get that the pants with no socks is supposed to be a fashionable and different thing but it would have worked if they shot the ad with a taller guy or guy with longer legs. On him, it looks like he’s wearing capri pants.
“skipping through the douche bag parade”….priceless. well done.
Wasn’t he engaged or married when he hooked up with Natalie? Once a douche always a douche, eh?
TOTAL DOUCHE…I THINK HE MAY BE “ON FIRE”.
saw the pics and cringed because of the no socks thing. but luckily i am not alone…
he’s good looking, “shrugged” head hangs low.
“I’d be more upset that he looks like a total idiot.”
*Choking on my water*
I’m better now. Thanks, brin.
Is twirling with another woman in the contract?
He is wearing dance shoes – most likely to do the moves he needs to do. They will probably cut the feet out of the add or photoshop in some regular socks.
It certainly would be embarrassing if he left Natalie for some dancer who can’t even touch up her roots before she shoots a commercial. The price of dyeing your hair black is eternal vigilance!
The Ballet K Fed- HILARIOUS! He totally is!
He’s kind of got a Harry Connick, Jr. thing going on and that’s not bad.
Being a dancer, he’s going to be in the arms of other women the same way Natalie will be with other men in her movies.
The dancer looks as though she has hair loss problems…
Ben is like the Jen Garner of his profession.
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He won’t leave Natalie, unless a more successful star would come his way, and might create more fame/ gigs opportunities.
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I doubt this girl is any threat since Natalie is very pretty and this one is not even “cute”.
I wouldn’t marry him had I been in Natalie’s shoes.
KCT, you are so rrriiight! He does look like a lean version of Harry Connick’s Jr. I think he’s handsome. He’ll definitely sell the products.
i can never recognize him – to me he looks different in every photo. he kind of irks me, but i don’t see how he is a k-fed, though; dude was an accomplished ballet dancer long before natalie came along. that kind of talent does not happen overnight.
@original kate: i agree…he’s a chameleon
I’m not surprised at all by them not having gotten married yet. Who wants to go dress shopping or waddle down the aisle while hugely pregnant (looking like an orbitting planet), with swollen ankles, & pregnancy hormones making you feel physically & emotionally exhausted?
I find myself very curious about their relationship’s dynamic. They both seem to have more ‘dominant’ personalities, with high opinions of themselves to the point of being quite stuck up. Normally, 2 dominant people just can’t last in a relationship.
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That said, he does look to be skipping in the douchebag parade, like a lovely ballerina.
Yeah something seems a little weird about him. This whole shotgun wedding, made the moves on Natalie while living with Isabella and now his career has hotted up. I think he was starstruck and I think Natalie, like so many smart women, probably couldn’t see it at all. I wonder if it will last. Time will tell. But he seems/looks to me like a man with something to prove (and as a ballet dancer who’s supposedly straight, he does) to women…..a philanderer. I could be wrong, but I don’t give this relationship a long shot. And he’s not hot. He’s not. He’s average and he’s short and his receding hairline is …well, making his forehead look huge.