Why is it so dead today? The Olympics? I guess so. And although I would love to analyze every little detail about the gymnastics qualifications (!!!) or the men’s relay getting silver (!!!), we don’t have a lot of those photos, nor do I have the necessary brainpower to really discuss anything athlete beyond, “OMG, the judges should have scored higher” or “STICK IT!!!” Thus, I’m covering these photos of Natalie Portman and Benjamin Millepied at LAX yesterday.
Benjamin, Natalie, baby Aleph and puppy Whiz made their way from NYC to LA yesterday, and it always fascinating who gets to hold what. I’m assuming Natalie is carrying her own bag (is that her carry-on?), and Natalie’s puppy Whiz is totally fine with paparazzi taking his photo while he’s out with his mom. Whiz totally looks like a really well-behaved puppy too. Especially when you consider the fact that he JUST got off of a long flight. My puppy would be peeing on a flight attendant.
Anyway, Benjamin got to carry their son Aleph. I like when I see a dude with one of those carrier things – and Benjamin looks pretty collected as he deals with the paparazzi trying to take his son’s photos.
Which brings me to this other photo set from June, which I never got around to publishing – Natalie, Benjamin and Aleph were photographed taking a walk with Natalie’s dad. The interesting thing is that you can really see Aleph’s face and hair in these photos and… this baby is totally a ginger, right? Is that weird? Is it weird that Aleph looks the dream baby I imagined for Adele and Prince Harry? Is it weird that Aleph doesn’t really look like either of his parents? He’s a really cute baby, but I’m just saying – did Natalie secretly bone Michael Fassbender or something? There’s an epidemic of ginger babies with non-ginger “parents” lately. Maybe Fassbender’s to blame. Maybe Prince Harry. Maybe Carrot Top. And YES, I know about the Darren Aronofsky paternity conspiracy – but Aronofsky isn’t a ginger, you know?
Photos courtesy of Pacific Coast News.
He looks like James from “James and the Giant Peach” with his delicate features. What a cutie!
Well, if that ginger guy’s head in the last picture is Natalie’s dad then lil’ Aleph got his maternal grampa’s genes and looks, that would explain it. Genes can be unpredictable.
I think it’s fairly common for the redhaired gene to skip generations (it’s very recessive) — it did with me. Neither of my parents had red hair, but I had a grandparent on both sides with red hair. Of three siblings, I am the only one to pop out with red hair. Looking around at my many, many aunts/uncles/cousins, I can see the generation-skipping all over the place with very few of us getting touched by the ginger-brush. Just a thought.
Yep.
My daughter is ginger and my husband has black hair and I have blonde. But my mom’s sister and their father were gingers.
It totally skips generations.
My brother and grandfather are gingers, but my parents aren’t.
Yes, it’s normal to skip generations. My dad had brown hair, my mother was blonde. I have red hair…which fades rapidly as you age by the way! I have one brother with black hair, two with brown. This is very common.
Yeah. My son was born ginger, even though both my hubby and I have darker hair. Hubby’s is a very dark brown, and mine is a medium brown. Anyway, my father was an Irish ginger. So, I say genes are definitely recessive or something, and I’m sure our son’s hair had to come from my dad.
My mom’s parents were not gingers, but her maternal uncles were. I have two siblings who are gingers (other sib and myself blonde)- one has a brunette child, one has a copper top just like his childhood hair color. Both ginger sibs went from copper tops to strawberry blondes as they aged ( both in 50s now). Genetic trait expressions are very interesting.
Has he always worn what looks like a wedding band? Did they get married already? Did I miss something?
Yes, you did. They got married at some point over the winter and no one knew until they turned up with wedding bands (at the Oscars, I think?)
Aronofsky’s not a ginger, but if you see pictures of the Aronofksy/Weisz child as an infant, he looks remarkably similar to the Millepied baby.
Odd though, no one ever points out that weisz/aronofsky kid looks like daniel craig.
natalie’s dad has red hair, thats him in the last picture
Nothing sexier than a man carrying his son. Even the douchest of the guys looks ‘hittable’ with a baby in his arms!
Agreed. I swoon even more when they are “wearing” their babies. Soooo hot.
Yes, they look darling. Makes me think better of him. But Natalie does NOT look happy lately. You gotta wonder what she’s thinking about-
So many adorable baby pics today….makes me wanna have one.
Wow! I thought you were being harsh until i did the scroll down. He’s so fair! Maybe Benj and Natalie were fair babies too? It goes that way sometimes.
if thats Natalies dad in the bottom photo (half cut out) then no wonder the babys ginger he gets it from his grandpa!
They sure do love that damn blue Ergo, dont they?
Right? On the one hand, it’s refreshing to see someone who could easily afford a different Ergo for every day of the week be practical and use just one.
On the other hand, if I had the dough I would totally have 17 of them.
I shelled out for one and it was the best thing I bought 4 my baby EVER!!! If you use it all the time for 2 YEARS, you get your money worth.
I HATED my Ergo. I think they only really work on thin(er) people. I’m fat & it was never comfortable on me
Judging by the cut-off pic of grandpa, Natalie has some dormant ginger genes…either that, or Fassbender is the incubus of every woman’s dreams.
That baby is obviously upset in the airport. I feel bad looking at those pictures.
The other pics though.. he’s a cutie, but he doesn’t look a stich like his father.
You would be too if your head was covered and pressed upon….reminds me of a Beyonce move. At least he has a peep hole to see out of…
That baby is being worn too low but hey, at least he’s being worn. Kinda cool. I’m always surprised that more celebrities don’t do that with their little ones.
And Yes! about that damn blue Ergo. I totally prefer my BabyHawk Oh Snap. Cute little guy.
I love my Ergo…can’t say much more <3
My mei tei is a zillion times more comfortable than my Ergo. But thats just me
Do please cover the Olympics ! I would love to read about that. Especially since gossip does seem a bit slow today.
YES Olympic coverage please and thank you!
No spoilers though since NBC isn’t airing any of the fun things live only delayed during ‘prime time.’
Aww he’s freaking out more than the dog. Whiz is chill. Aleph is not having it. What a little ginger cutie!
I like that Natalie didn’t get all ‘casually’ dressed up for the airport paparazzi the way a lot of stars these days – especially when they haven’t worked for a while. She’s wearing crappy sneakers – not cool ones. She may seem snobby at times but I really like how she doesn’t work the paps – she genuinely hates them.
I have never found Natalie snobby but have experienced some hostility here when trying to defend her. I respect how she tries to cover the baby to make pap pictures poor quality.
I love the little feet they are so adorable!!!! awww
Aww such a cute…doggie! Yep, total bitch I am. 😀
Lol, I was just going to say… Clearly, red hair runs in the family. The pic is right there.
Awww poor little fella is crying in the pics from the airport. Can you tell? Look at his little face in the baby carrier, he must be terrified. Back the hell up paps! Jeezz. I always wonder how airport security let paps into the airport like that, seems like a security risk all that commotion anyone can do anything.
Baby Aleph is toooo adorable! Love the hair and those cheeks. Is his name pronounce A-leaf? or some other way?
Ah-leff (like Jeff)
Meh. I was a fiery ginger when I was that age, only to turn white blond and eventually medium strawberry-ish blond. And no gingers on either side of my family.
Anyway, why does their baby not seem to age? Lol. Seems like other celeb babies turn into toddlers so quickly but he’s still in a carrier. I’m sure my timelines are fuzzy but still it strikes me as funny.
The carrier here is an Ergo, mostly used for this type of situation, when your kid is flipping out and they need some squishing to calm them (yes, some kids need that). They are designed for use up to 4 years of age or nearly 50lbs, so you can pick them up when they are tired of, say, being on a hike. We still use ours for that purpose, and kid will be 3 in two weeks.
co-sign. I love my Ergo.
Aw, he looks like his mum enough. Those ginger genes can hide for a long time. My own kid vascillates between strawberry and ash blonde every few months. ‘Course, her daddy’s daddy has shocking red hair, so we know where it comes from. But I know a ginger baby with a black haired mum and a blonde dad, which is a combo that can produce solely ginger kids. Mendel! He can teach you all you need to know about recessive genes.
He’s a cute baby no matter the source of the ginge.
I wonder if Tom Cruise will get one of these carriers for 6 year old Suri? Sorry…I couldn’t help myself.
hahahahaaaaa best comment! thanks for the laugh 🙂
God help whoever Prince Harry ends up marrying. If any of his kids DON’T have red hair his wife will be accused of cheating.
So jessica alba und natalie fucccccked the same producer,that’s why both have ginger babys
in the last picture he really looks like his grandpa.
dont like the pictures in the airport, why dont they leave the poor child alone…
Isn’t Aronofsky slightly ginger..
http://geektyrant.com/storage/post-images-2011/real-reason-darren-aronofsky-left-thewolverine.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1300415939987
YES, YES, YES
Darren & Henry
http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/nnXJIEH0AWr/Rachel+Weisz+Darren+Aronofsky+Walk/IJ00JzhgWdV/Henry+Aronofsky
Oh dear. So cute but he looks like they found him in the park.
Any resemblance to January Jones’ baby, ha?
Holy CRAP that’s an adorable baby!!!! OMG!
And I love his rainbow shoe-bootie thingys.
Aleph is the spitting image of his grandpa! That picture where they’re both in profile is so cute I’m going to explode!
vincent cassel is pretty gingery!!
And it turns out Natalie’s Dad is quite the character in his own right (the stuff you come across when trying to determine paternity!)
Hilarious!
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/04/26/natalie-portmans-dad-avner-hershlag-shopping-fertility-novel.html
Recessive genes, its probably not ok to question a child’s paternity because you didn’t pay attention to biology at school
God bless!!! Intelligence…
I know this might sound rude, but whats up with you always thinking a ginger baby must mean that one parent has to be a ginger? Hair colour CAN CHANGE. I was born with blonde hair and it changed to brunette shortly after I was 2. My best friend was born a ginger and it changed to blonde. Besides, someone in their family lineage might have had ginger hair. Your conspiracies about ginger haired babies annoy me.
It gets better. I was born a ginger. I ended up with coloring similar to Natalie or CZJ (hair darker than Nat but lighter than CZJ)
Same here. I had blonde then red hair when I was a toddler and turned dark brown by the time I was 5. It’s a medium-dark brown now.
Ginger is recessive. You absolutely don’t need ginger parents for a ginger kid, it totally skips generations. I am a bit surprised by this blatant lack of basic knowledge. And you don’t even need school or some kind of education to know this: You could have known this just by looking observant on what is going on around you. I know a couple of ginger people and not one of them – not one – has ginger parents. Sheesh.
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There are photos of Darren in the sunlight that show plenty of red. Just sayin.
Looks like Mr. Hershlag is a ginger. Natalie has auburn in her hair… may be highlights but I think it still skews red brown vs. ash brown.
I know I’m on a celebrity gossip site gossiping about celebs. But I sincerely hope that when people look at my family, with two gingers, that they don’t think I’ve been sleeping around.
I think people probably assume I’m the Mexican nanny or step mom. But I’d be upset if someone thought i cheated on my husband or that I would try to hide my kids paternity.
I get asked constantly where the ginger hair comes from. I wonder if people are trying to figure out if I cheated or not.
At least Natalie’s dad has red hair. So she can say alephs grandpa. We have it scattered throughout our family. I’m tempted to make someone up so I don’t have to go through a 15 minute explanation that no one really cares about.
co-sign this
here here! I get weird looks and comments that are hurtful!
All I’m going to say is do a side by side comparison of that kid and Darren Aronofsky and there you have your answer. Really, it’s pretty undeniable. As I’ve said before, the resemblance is SO striking, that if Millipied isn’t in on the jig and actually thinks that little boy is his…well, I digress. (Never mind the blind items that came out just before and after Natalie announced her pregnancy…Just sayin’)
BTW: Is everyone forgetting that the red hair gene is recessive and can even come out every one hundred years or so in a family? My best friend and her younger sister are living proof of it; theIr great-great-great something grandfather was really ginger and no one else on either side of their family has been at any point after besides them 🙂 It’s pretty amazing! I mean, sometimes you do see a red haired parent with equally ginger kids, but not really all that often…
that is so aronofsky’s baby. millipied is in on it. couldn’t hurt the chance for an oscar by getting knocked up by another woman’s man. if the baby had come before the oscars she wouldn’t have won.
aronofsky is a dark auburn ginger. aleph looks like the brother of rachel weisz and aronofsky’s baby … compare those pictures if you don’t believe it. they could be twins if there wasn’t an obvious age difference.
and i like natalie portman. she is seemingly normal irl, even said my dog was adorable (he is). whenever i have seen her out she seems just like any other cute nyc girl walking her dogs.
I, too, think Aronofsky is the (real) father of her baby.
Surprisingly, European-Italian (I know how you 4th generation Americans like to say you’re Irish or whatever) often come in unexpected ginge.
Thats definitely Darren’s baby…
I have brown hair and brown eyes, my baby, blond hair and blue eyes…point is I think the the Darren Aronofsky paternity conspiracy is pretty harsh. Lay off!
He looks so much like Weisz/Aronofsky’s child Henry did at that age.
The baby looks a lot like Natalie’s father.
We have a surprize ginger baby too… they skip generations! So cute!
http://www.celebrity-parenting.com/2009/05/24/rachel-weisz-and-son-are-seasoned-travellers/
The boys look a LOT alike.
The baby can look like both his maternal grandfather and his father so I don’t understand why it has to be one or the other.
He’s obviously the spitting image of his grampa. Same red hair, samed domed, high forhead, same profile and droopy lips. Aren’t genetics funny?
Absolutely, totally believe that’s Aronofsky’s kid. Natalie’s not so sweet and innocent. She was messing around with Sean Penn while he was still married, ‘member that? Aleph might have his maternal grandpa’s ginger hair, I don’t question the haircolor. But the FACE is soooo Darren Aronofsky. Thank you to whomever posted the photo of Henry Aronofsky – it shows the boys could totally be brothers.
Okay, I really try not to be offended on this site–yeah, yeah, yeah, “It’s called CELEBITCHY, duh” and all that. But this whole, “The kid has red hair so he TOTALLY looks like some other kid who has red hair so they must totally be related!” crap is driving me bonkers. Other than a similarity in hair color Aleph looks NOTHING like Weisz/Aronofky’s son. He also looks nothing like Aronofsky. Not all redheads look alike, and not all of us are related, ya know. This is like saying all Asians or all African Americans look alike. How offensive.
Red hair is a recessive trait–it pops up in the seemingly strangest times. I’m a redhead myself, born to a German/Irish brunette and a Russian Jewish with black hair. I have 1 sibling out of 5 with red hair (altho a totally different shade) who’s 19yrs older than me. My husband has formerly white-blonde now brown hair in a family of brunettes. My son is blonde, my daughter is brunette. If anyone asked or implied that I had an affair or my husband wasn’t their father I’d kick their ass. Learn some basic genetics and quit with the “The kid’s a ginger so someone else MUST be the baby daddy!” bullsh-t that crops up with EVERY redhead already. /endrant
Totally agree – well written 🙂
Can’t quite believe how many theories there are that the majority of hollywood babies are secretly not their fathers kids ….. Jaysus genetics are random and guess what – 2 completely unrelated ginger babies can look alike w/o having the same parent… Doh!
Genes do weird things. My husband and I have black hair and dark eyes – my sons have blondish brown hair like their grammas on both sides of our families. One even has blue eyes like gramma.
I don’t think people are trying to say that all red hair babies look the same; that’s going too far. Ppl can take a look at the babies and compare if there is a resemblance – links below. I think there’s some resemblance but let’s how see it all play out. If it’s really BM’s baby – GREAT! If it’s DA’s baby, GREAT too! It’s just gonna be something that ppl will speculate for a while anyways…
Clear shot of Aleph:
http://www.justjared.com/photo-gallery/2676671/natalie-portman-benjamin-millepied-aleph-saint-germain-02/
Clear shot of Henry around the same age:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hollywoodkids/535439841/
Aww, poor little Aleph is unhappy! He is a such a cutie though.
I understand dormant genes and how you can have a ginger kid without you (or your partner) being a ginger. But don’t both parents have to carry the recessive gene in order for it to work? So obviously Natalie has a ginger dad, but do you really think Benjamin has gingers in his family…he just doesn’t look like he would. Besides the fact that the kid doesn’t resemble Benjamin in the slightest. The kid isn’t an exact replica of Darren’s son Henry, but they could pass as half-brothers as some people are saying. And some Hollywood gossip usually has some truth to it, so I wouldn’t be surprised if Natalie and Darren did hook up. Don’t know why they covered it up, but still. Also, let’s not forget Darren met Rachel on the set of another one of his films.
Looks like Bobby Flay’s kid….
I love Natalie…. seems the right mix of acting and bug off attitude. Her babeh is ADORABLE!