Aw, this is such nice news! Chelsea Clinton is expecting her first child! Considering Chelsea is the only child of Bill and Hillary Clinton, this will be their first grandchild. Chelsea has been pretty open about how much her parents have been pressuring her to get pregnant too, so I would imagine Bubba and Hills are beyond thrilled. Chelsea married Marc Mezinsky in 2010, and although there were rumors about some marriage problems a few years ago, I haven’t heard anything bad about them in a while.
Welp, she called it! Chelsea Clinton is pregnant and expecting her first child with husband Marc Mezvinsky. The daughter of former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced the news during the Girls: A No Ceilings Conversation event in NYC on Thursday, April. 17.
“One more thing to say very quickly,” the 34-year-old addressed the crowd. “Mark and I are very excited that we have our first child arriving later this year. I certainly feel all the better whether it’s a girl or a boy that they’ll grow up in a world with so many strong female leaders…”
“I just hope that I’ll be as good to my child as my mom was to me,” she added. As mom Hillary replied: “I’m expecting a grand child which I’m very excited about. We’re very excited about what’s happening in our family but we’re also very excited about what we’re doing.”
The former first daughter has clearly had babies on the brain, as she previously revealed she planned to try for baby No. 1 this year last October. “We sat down and said, ‘Here’s what we want to do.’ The first thing on the list was simple: We want, God willing, to start a family,” she said in Glamour’s November 2013 issue. “So we decided we were going to make 2014 the Year of the Baby.”
No one, of course, was more ecstatic about a possible pregnancy than the future grandparents. “And please,” Chelsea added, “call my mother and tell her that. She asks us about it every single day.”
Clinton and investment banker Mezvinsky tied the knot in a lavish ceremony in Rhinebeck, N.Y., back in July 2010. The happy baby news comes just one day after Clinton, who serves as the Vice Chair of The Clinton Foundation, hinted that she’s open to running for political office one day.
I’ve read some stuff about Chelsea and I’ve even read a few of her interviews over the past few years, and I have to say… I do like her. I’m not sure she should run for office right at this moment, but she’s a pretty cool woman and an interesting blend of her parents. People say that Chelsea is flirtatious and good with people like her dad, and that she’s a focused workhorse Type-A like her mom. Anyway, I’m sure this baby will be doted upon on an epic level. Someone check on Bubba, I’m sure he’s crying.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
hope she has a safe and happy pregnancy.
Yup! Ditto.
🙂
Same. I like her so much.
I don’t know that I’ve ever noticed how much she looks like her mom. Anyway, congrats to the family.
I watched a clip of her announcement, and I noticed she is one of those people who look much more attractive animated and talking as opposed to how she looks in stills. She was really quite cute.
I saw her once in person and it’s very true. She simply doesn’t photograph well. She really is quite lovely.
Hills is like that, too.
I never thought she was much of a looker (“handsome”, maybe…certainly not ugly…) until I saw her in person and I was so surprised at how pretty she looked.
She actually looks somewhat like Kate Middleton in person; they have a similar style in clothes. When Hilly ran for president, Chelsea came and did a talk in my area and she seemed really smart, strong, and down to earth. Say what you will about Bill and Hill, they raised a fantastic daughter. She doesn’t act like a spoiled brat, and she really works hard to make a positive impact on society.
Maybe that’s why I never noticed. Lately I’ve only seen her on the news or during interviews and she is much prettier in motion than print.
Wasn’t it Rush Limbaugh who was making fun of her looks when Bill and Hillary were in the Whitehouse–when she was 13??? God. Not knowing anything about him (and I know he’s an idiot), that completely turned me off of him. A pastor I know used to sing his praises (including when he called that student who went to testify at a congressional hearing about birth control/health care plans–Sandra Fluke–a ‘slut’), and I just completely tuned anything he said after that, out. Any moron who goes after kids–liberal or conservative–gets no respect from me.
VC, yes, he called her “the White House dog”.
he is a vile creature.
VG: not that i’m defending Rush, but a lot of people made fun of Chelsea’s looks. Comedians and public people.
I agree, and she has been in the harsh spotlight since a child. She’s strong in that respect, as well as others.
Congrats! Can you imagine, if Hillary somehow decides to run, and then somehow wins, having both grandpa & grandma – at least in one side – as US Presidents? 🙂
Before the picture of Chelsea Clinton popped up, I read Chelsea Handler, 34 and pregnant! I was like WTF! I just woke up.
I saw her a month ago at a luncheon in NYC. She gave a speech, looked pregnant, and was out of breath as she gave a nice speech. My entire table just looked at said oh she’s pregnant. Funny it was so obvious we thought it was already public knowledge!
I’m so happy for her!
I remember hearing and reading the horrible things some people would say about Chelsea when her father was president. I am happy to see she has grown into a confident and lovely woman. Bill and Hillary raised a great daughter. Congrats to the whole family. That baby will be loved
Read the comments sections on any news site. Some of the opinions being stated are horrible. Absolutely disgusting.
So happy for them.
Hope the baby looks like her husband. Just sayin’.
I think she looks nice. Better looking than her husband.
She looks good, but I guess some people will never get over the desire to bash her appearance.
Now that’s just unnecessarily mean. She’s an averagely attractive woman, made moreso because she has something more valuable than a perfect face – a personality. And she’s super intelligent.
What a ridiculous comment. Congrats to the lovely, talented, gifted, and caring Chelsea, and her hubbie and family!
What an immature comment – so classy.
Congrats to the family, and best wishes for a healthy and happy pregnancy for Chelsea.
She seems like she has a good head on her shoulders, and say what you will about the Clintons-but I think they did a tremendous job as parents. Esp during that awful stage where all of the press was giving her a hard time for being a normal awkward 13 year old.
Congrats and I hope for a healthy pregnancy.
I think Bill Clinton loved Chelsea, but he put her through hell. I disagree that he was a good father. He is incapable of thinking about anyone but himself. I agree that she turned out well, and I like her, but I think it was in spite of, not because of her father.
So much of being a good father is modeling what a loving healthy husband/ partner looks like. Yeah, not so much, Bill.
I find this to be rather harsh. Parenting is a continually evolving job. There may be instances, moments, and periods where someone wasn’t on their A-game, but that goes for all parents. I’m not a parent at all, but whenever someone lobs such criticism at someone it always rubs me the wrong way. I think it’s because we hear stories about truly bad parenting all the time. Neglect, sexual abuse, etc.
@HH
Had my father continually betrayed my mother, privately and publicly, for my entire life, culminating in his being involved in televised hearings about inserting a cigar into the vagina of an intern who was my age, while I was in college, leaving me to face my friends in class with those headlines glaring out at me, I think I could rightly say he was a bad father. You are entitled to disagree, of course, but I think what he put Chelsea through, simply because he had no self control or thought for what his behavior would do to other people, was the essence of bad parenting. As Francesca said, you parent through modeling. Bill Clinton humiliated her mother, over and over and over, objectified women and lied constantly. Did he hit her? No. Did he hurt her? I guarantee that he did.
GoodNames and Francesca, You make excellent points here. Well said. How a man treats the mother of his child is part of the parenting job (And likewise for women).
@L, who wrote: “She seems like she has a good head on her shoulders, and say what you will about the Clintons-but I think they did a tremendous job as parents. Esp during that awful stage where all of the press was giving her a hard time for being a normal awkward 13 year old.
Congrats and I hope for a healthy pregnancy.”
Me too! I just love the body language between Chelsea and her husband, starting at their wedding. You can really tell they’re ‘into’ each other. 🙂
She turned out really great. Strong, independent, successful and public service driven. And what are the Bush twins up to again?
Maybe they would have turned out better if George Bush has slept with a girl their age in the Oval Office? Not to defend GB, but he was a better father than Bill Clinton.
The huge difference is that Chelsea was raised to ne an intellectual and a leader while the Bush twins were raised to be socialite wives.
Perhaps that was their choice? Whether or not you like them, the Bush family has a longer record of public service than do the Clintons.
Starting multiple long wars that killed several people in their age group was a good example?
The Bush’s may have a longer record. But that is due to money. Clinton came for a poor family and I think the Rodhams were middle class.
Monica L is older than Chelsea! I’m pretty sure she’s in her 40’s!
@Merritt
Oh, I’m not defending Bush as a president. My intention wasn’t really to defend him at all, but somehow I got sucked into that by my dislike of the image of Bill Clinton as Wonderful Father. I just think that’s a distortion of reality.
And people with money are in no way obligated to commit themselves to public service, and the calling, if it is honorable, is no less so because a person has money.
GB was a better father than Bill Clinton?!?! Really? If we’re going to apply Bill’s extramarital bad conduct to his score as a father, then I think we need to add GWB’s bad things to his score as a father also…like for instance, staring a war under false pretences and being ultimately responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of innocent people, not to mention the ruining of thousands of veterans lives–the ones who survived. I think George Bush and Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld should be tried for war crimes in an international court. Then he made a huge tax cut for the super wealthy (his base), which tanked the economy. The damage GWB did to the world will not be resolved during my lifetime. The 90s, by contrast, was the longest period of peace and prosperity in American history. I know nothing bad about the Bush girls…but nothing good about them either. Chelsea already has a distinguished resume, and is clearly a thoughtful and kind person.
Devil’s advocate here: what’s worse, Clinton’s womanizing or Bush’s alcoholism? Especially since GBP was fairly widely rumored or reported (can’t remember which) to have fallen off the wagon during his presidency. In fact, if gossip was to be believed, Laura actually left GW unofficially.
I have no opinion on Bill Clinton as a father, though its obvious that the Clintons are still a tight knit family unit. And say what you will about their marriage, Clinton did one thing incredibly well: he chose his intellectual equal as the mother of his child. (Honestly, I always thought Laura Bush was the one slumming it in that relationship, so absolutely no shade is being directed at her).
Politics aside, both families appear to have raised lovely and well adjusted young women.
Independent? Please, the girl gets a huge salary from the her parents’ foundation. Never had to start at the bottom.
Her father took advantage of a starstruck intern and this will forever stain his record. What an accomplished liar he proved himself to be.
Yep…and look at the background of the family she married into.
@BeckyR, who wrote: “Independent? Please, the girl gets a huge salary from the her parents’ foundation.”
Chelsea Clinton is indeed ‘independent’ and she earned her independence the old fashion way … with intelligence and working hard on her education.
Chelsea Clinton started Stanford University as a pre-med student, but she switched to History in her Junior year. After graduating college she attended Oxford University in England where she earned a Masters in International Relations. Upon graduation she was invited to join the McKinsey & Company consulting firm in NYC with a starting salary in the low 6 figures (I remember reading that they brought her in at $100,000 per year). Three years later she went to work at the Hedge Fund Avenue Capital Group. Then she attended Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health and taught a couple of Graduate classes while working as a Consultant for NBC. She is currently working on her PhD at Oxford University in England.
Again … this child has ‘earned’ her independence and her own way in the world. She doesn’t need a dime from her parents.
@ Emma So who her father is has nothing to do with any of that? Let’s face it. Chelsea Clinton has cachet because her father was once P.O.T.U.S. and her mother was a senator/secretary of state. She may not take money from her parents,but she’s absolutely benefited from who they are.
@FingerBinger, who wrote: “@ Emma So who her father is has nothing to do with any of that? Let’s face it. Chelsea Clinton has cachet because her father was once P.O.T.U.S. and her mother was a senator/secretary of state. She may not take money from her parents,but she’s absolutely benefited from who they are.”
Like her mother (who had the highest G.P.A. in her graduating class at Wellesley, at the time, you couldn’t get in to unless you were a straight ‘A’ student) and her father (who was a Rhodes Scholar) Chelsea has smarts. Even without her parents being who they are, she would have landed in good schools and on a good path due to her academic achievements alone.
And before you bring up the “Oh, she was privileged and had a good start in life!” argument, I’d like to point out that Bill Clinton didn’t have ‘any’ advantages growing up in an abusive home (alcoholic step-father)–which turned into a single parent home–except for his smarts … and look where he landed. And she didn’t get into Standford as a ‘legacy’ either as her father graduated from Georgetown University and her mother graduated from Wellesley. She was ‘accepted’ at Yale, Harvard, etc. (because she has smarts), but she chose to go to Standford.
Why are we discussing this child’s parents anyway? This isn’t about them or their ideology (or hers, either). Can’t we just look at Chelsea as a person with her own merits and be happy for her pregnancy?
Chelsea Clinton has put together a CV that is so amazing it’s ridiculous. To imply that she only attended those schools because of her last name is just plain petty. And lets get real: the bulk of the students attending Stanford, Harvard, Yale, Columbia, etc have the exact same leg up: a last name, the opportunity to attend wonderful private schools, and the finances to attend. For undergrad. Those graduate degrees she has? Those are no joke. They are extremely competitive fields, and for her to have been accepted and finish is impressive.
@Omega Why are throwing shade on the Bush twins? They were a little crazy as teenagers,but they’re adults now and have settled down into family life.
Thanks for pointing this out. Looks like Chelsea loves the spotlight a little too much.
because it’s a gossip website! we throw shade at pretty much everyone.
@Ag It wasn’t necessary,since the story is about Chelsea Clinton.
@BeckyR
How does she somehow love the spotlight too much? Jenna Bush is a correspondent for NBC, but you don’t through the accusation her way.
That’s unfair. Both Bush twins are working and have worked since college. Barbara Bush graduated from Yale, and she worked with AIDS patients all throughout Africa, South Africa, etc., for an international pediatric AIDS program through Baylor College of Medicine. She became interested in this type of work by being exposed to it through her parents taking her on their trips to South Africa, etc, in their work for AIDS over there and one of the few good things Bush did, his program, PEPFAR, which even Obama praised
She started an organization Global Health Corps five years ago, which sends people all over, overseas and troubled areas in the States. It is an organization based on the premise that health care is a human right. She is effecting change. She has worked on the TB crisis in Rwanda. She has come out in favor of LGBT causes, marriage equality. She literally is dedicating her life to helping others. One smart cookie and more liberal thinking than her parents in many areas.
Wow. Impressive.
Honestly, I don’t think any of the criticism directed at all 3 ladies is particularly fair. All 3 ladies grew up under intense scrutiny and have turned into very lovely women. They are all working, productive members of society, none of whom appear to be resting on their fathers’ laurels. It may be a gossip site, but that doesn’t change the fact that these women are beyond the stupid internet criticism.
Well Barbara Bush does this
“She worked for the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, a subsidiary of the Smithsonian Institution. Previously, she had been working with AIDS patients in Africa, in Tanzania, South Africa, and Botswana, among other places, through a program sponsored by the Houston-based Baylor College of Medicine’s International Pediatrics AIDS Initiative
Global Health Corps
She is the co-founder and president of a public health-focused non-profit, Global Health Corps. Global Health Corps provides opportunities for young professionals from diverse backgrounds to work on the frontlines of the fight for global health equity. In 2009, Global Health Corps won a prestigious Draper Richards Foundation Fellowship. Bush was also chosen as one of the 14 speakers selected from an applicant pool of 1,500 to speak at the TEDx Brooklyn event in December 2010, where she spoke about Global Health Corps.”
And Jenna does this
“Before leaving Washington, D.C. in Summer 2006, Hager worked at Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom Public Charter School for a year and a half as a teacher’s aide. She took a leave of absence from the Charter School teaching position to work at a shelter as part of an internship for UNICEF’s Educational Policy Department in Latin America, specifically in Panama. After her internship for UNICEF, Hager returned to her position at the charter school in Washington, D.C. She currently works as a part-time reading coordinator at the SEED Public Charter School in Baltimore, Maryland, and contributes a monthly news story about education for the Today show.”
They also got whacked by the press during their White House years (as though they were the only college students whoever took a drink.). I think they turned out fine
And on a much lighter note, Jenna also is an editor-in-large for the style section “The Jenna Report” for Southern Living Magazine…no shade. I’m a Demo and a huge Chelsea fan but I also enjoy the lighthearted style tips from Miss Bush-Hager.
It’s not their fault that their daddies are either philandering harassers or downright incompetent, mediocre yahoos. Regardless of their respective personal flaws and political leadership styles/failures both Bill and Georgie ended up being good dads that raised smart, hard working and independent ladies that have found success in life, regardless of their pedigreed or wealthy backgrounds.
It could be worse…they could all end up being as useless as certain Hollywood socialites/reality stars that have done jack squat with themselves other than live off their last names. Or end up like Ronald Reagan’s daughter, Patti Davis — doing Playboy and getting hooked on drugs.
Yay Chelsea! Congrats! I’ve always really liked her. I’ve always had sympathy for her, it must have been awful being in the public eye as a young, awkward teen – it was bad enough for me, and I’m just a normal person. 🙂
I see the debate here on Bill as a father, bad versus good. For those saying the can’t have been a good father because of what he did and betraying her mother, I disagree. Bill Cliinton is a flawed man and his sexual escapades are his downfall. But he and Hillary worked through it. For all of their faults, Bill and Hillary love each other and came out the other side of that mess I am sure Chelsea was affected by it then and even estranged from him siding with her mom. But I think Bill and Hillary’s connection is different than most. No matter what you think of them or even if you agree with them, Hillary and Bill are public servants and care deeply about issues and this country and the world. What Bill has achieved post-presidency is awe-inspiring with his foundation and his tireless travel making changes through it and it is a non-partisan organization. I always loved seeing him and Senior Bush, George H.W. Bush, working together as ex-presidents, once bitter rivals, who now had clearly affection for each other and a friendship. I am not saying Hillary or Bill are saints. They are politicians also and all politicians have to have ulterior motives at times to get elected, make deals, etc But I believe he cares deeply about this world.
I think he adores his daughter and shows his love to her always. What she sees is that her parents are still together and great friends and so probably changes how she feels about her experience all those years ago. Someone once said they were at Bill and Hill’s home and watched them sitting there on a couch animated, having a lively discussion about an issue they cared passionately about, and that you could see the passion between them That’s when he realized what kept them together, not sexual passion., but a true respect for one another and a shared passion for policies and issues concerning our country or the world. And few men would have an ego that would want their wife to hold the position he did. I admire that. I think Bill engages his daughter, is interested in her life and her views. No matter how flawed he is an emotional man and she, as his daughter, has always been the recipient of that charm and love and emotion for her. She does see a man that is proud of his wife and believes in her So there are some good things to mirror in their relationship for Chelsea, and the other part is what she probably makes sure not to have in a mate
I know many women, girls, who have distant fathers, fathers who show no emotion or much interest in them and they came home every night and didn’t cheat.
I see the debate here on Bill as a father, bad versus good. For those saying the can’t have been a good father because of what he did and betraying her mother, I disagree. Bill Cliinton is a flawed man and his sexual escapades are his downfall. But he and Hillary worked through it. For all of their faults, Bill and Hillary love each other and came out the other side of that mess I am sure Chelsea was affected by it then and even estranged from him siding with her mom. But I think their connection is different than most. No matter what you think of them or even if you agree with them, Hillary and Bill are public servants and care deeply about issues and this country and the world. What Bill has achieved post-presidency is awe-inspiring with his foundation and his tireless travel making changes through it and it is a non-partisan organization. I always loved seeing him and George H.W. Bush working together as ex-presidents, once bitter rivals. I am not saying Hillary or Bill or saints. They are politicians also and all politicians have to have ulterior motives at time to get elected, make deals, etc But I believe he cares deeply about this world.
I think he adores his daughter and shows his love to her. What she sees is that her parents are still together and great friends and so probably changes how she feels about her experience all those years ago. Someone once said they were at Bill and Hill’s home and watched them sitting there on a couch animated, having a lively discussion about an issue they cared passionately about, and that you could see the passion between them That’s when he realized what kept them together, not sexual passion., but a true respect for one another and a shared passion for policies and issues concerning our country or the world. And few men would have an ego that would want their wife to hold the position he did. I admire that. I think Bill engages his daughter, is interested in her life and her views. No matter how flawed he is an emotional man and she, as his daughter, has always been the recipient of that charm and love and emotion for her. She does see a man that is proud of his wife and believes in her So there are some good things to mirror in their relationship for Chelsea, and the other part is what she probably makes sure not to have in a mate
I know many people who have distant fathers, fathers who show no emotion or much interest in them and they came home every night and didn’t cheat.
Wow, are you articulate! You actually got me to consider this differently; thanks for your lwell thought out post.
Excellent post Jayna!
I agree. I think Bill was/is a lousy husband,but probably a pretty good dad.
If he was a “lousy husband” I doubt Hillary would put up with it. He was a flawed husband — but there are plenty of non-cheating husbands who are emotionally abusive, bored, passive/aggressive, neglectful.
He’s a warm, engaged, communicative, involved person, who cheated.
Their intellectual connection and common goals are probably the key to their long marriage. Youth fades, but when you’re always the two smartest people in every room, you have a connection that’s unique. And they don’t just share the values, they share the means to act on them to impact the world. Power, at its highest level.
You have a problem with term “lousy husband”? Clinton has cheated on Hilary several times.He cheated while he was governor of Arkansas and while he was P.O.T.U.S. He lied to her about Monica Lewinsky. It sounds like they came to understanding about their marriage. It seems like she became resigned to fact of about who her husband and he’s never going to change. People still like Bill Clinton. Staying married to Bill Clinton has helped Hillary politically. Full stop. SMDH at you nitpicking because I used the term lousy.
@fingerbinger: I’m not trying to parse semantics here, but I disagree with your assertion that because Clinton was a womanizer Hilary must therefore only be with him for her own political agenda. One thing that always struck me about the Clintons was that they had a partnership. From my humble couch, those two always seemed like intellectual soul mates. We have no idea what their marriage is really like, what kind of partnership they have.
Jayna, you make some good points, and of course are entitled to your opinion. It probably won’t surprise you if you read any of my comments above that I see things very differently. I think Bill and Hillary “worked through it” because they need each other politically. They have a marriage in name only, and are very very rarely together. Absolutely everyone in DC knows that she lives in her house in DC, and he lives in their house in Chappequa, and they never spend the night under the same roof. Her anger may have faded into indifference, and they share their lust for power and love of their daughter, and come together when necessary for appearances.
I never said he didn’t love Chelsea. But his “flaws” as a husband and a human kept him from greatness , and in my opinion, from being a good parent. He loves his daughter very much. Just not enough to consider her feelings and modify his behavior accordingly.
Congratulations to Bill and Hillary and Chelsea and Mark! There is no greater joy in life than becoming a grandparent. I speak from experience as a very proud and happy grandma.
Re: Bill Clinton’s parenting, while the average guy might not be able to cheat so famously and still be a good father, BC is not the average guy.
His people skills and his intellect are so far beyond the average person, and his motivation to stay married and to be a doting father are so clear, that it’s obvious he’s been a good father in spite of his lapses. Chelsea seems to confirm that.
Well said!
His “people skills” include cheating, manipulating, sexually harassing, lying, betraying, coercing and objectifying women. His motivation to stay married is political. You’re right, he’s not the average guy. He’s a pig.
Too late to edit, so I’ll just say that I regret using the word “pig.” That’s not nice, or productive. I would change that sentence to “he is not someone I could ever admire or respect, regardless of his accomplishments, because of his hypocritical views on and behavior towards women.”
I chuckle at all the fawning over Chelsea Clinton. Seriously? Stop. Just stop. She was raised in privilege, she was educated in privilege and her life now is the result of her privileged connections – period, end of story. She is no intellectual giant – have you seen her tv “interviews”? If her last name were Bush, I hardly think I’d be reading all this slobbering praise. That being said, she seems like a lovely girl with a good head on her shoulders who turned out amazingly well-adjusted despite her dysfunctional family. She and her hubby look very happy together. I have no doubt she will make a great mother. I do, however, wish she would whiten her teeth.
“…I wish she would whiten her teeth…”
Really? Why must we tear women down over their looks instead of lifting them up for their positive accomplishments?
I adore her, but her husband seems like a doofus. Maybe he’ll shape up as a dad.