There’s some interesting backstory to yesterday’s announcement that Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick were expecting twin girls from a surrogate. Apparently, Star Magazine was set to break the story today, with added details about the surrogate mother. Star was also the tabloid to “break the story” several months ago that Matthew was cheating on Sarah Jessica with a very young youth counselor. Some sources seem to think that when SJP learned that Star Magazine was going to break the story, she and Matthew decided to release the story quickly, to “scoop” Star.
The details from Star’s story are interesting: the surrogate mother is a 26-year-old divorcee, and she will be giving birth in SJP’s home state of Ohio. Star is also reporting that SJP and Broderick have paid out “tens of thousands of dollars” to the surrogate mother. Radar Online has the behind-the-scenes version of what happened:
Sarah Jessica Parker wants the world to know she’s having twin daughters via a surrogate mother. She released a statement … because she’s so happy that she simply couldn’t hold back from sharing the news!
Well, not quite.
The reason Parker released a statement was because Star magazine is breaking the story with exclusive details in the issue that goes on sale Wednesday. When Star called Parker’s representatives for comments, the “Sex & The City” star decided she’d rather announce it than let Star have its scoop.
Tsk, tsk. Is this some sort of retribution toward Star for their exclusive that husband Mathew Broderick had been caught cheating on Parker a little while ago? No! Couldn’t be!
Anywho, Parker’s reps released this statement: “Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick are happily anticipating the birth of their twin daughters later this summer with the generous help of a surrogate. The entire family is overjoyed.”
But RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively that the new issue of Star magazine will report the surrogate mother is a 26-year-old divorcee and is nearly seven months pregnant.
Star says the woman was paid “tens of thousands” of dollars to carry the babies and they will be born in Parker’s home state of Ohio.
The couple, who have a son James, 6, decided to take the surrogate route last year, just weeks after Star broke the news that Matthew had been cheating with a 21-years-younger redheaded youth counselor.
[From Radar Online]
If SJP and Broderick were able to get one over on Star, more power to them. The surrogacy thing is their business, and they can announce it any way they like. It makes me uncomfortable to think of the surrogate’s privacy being breeched, though. But perhaps she was the one to leak the information – probably not, though. I bet SJP and Broderick have an actual legal contract with this woman, and part of the contract is a confidentiality agreement. And they’re paying her handsomely for her silence… and for the babies, of course.
Here are Matthew and Sarah Jessica at the Academy Awards on February 22nd. Images thanks to WENN.com .
Something about this makes me sick… oh, it’s the fake marriage and buying babies part.
So…the new details are that she’s 27…divorced…and is in Ohio. Fascinating.
Well its probably their biological child as it usually is with a surrogate so they’re not buying a baby, just getting some help. I read that they had been trying to have children for years – probably doing fertility treatments but none of them stuck. If so, that could explain the rocky marriage rumors. The hormones from fertility treatments can be a beeyotch.
I would quite like to believe this isn’t a fake marriage and just because they don’t wh0re themselves out like other people who will remain nameless, I’m not sure it means they are fake. I hope not anyway, I like them both.
I know this is irrelevant but good christ her boobs are HUGE in that dress!
KDRockstar: ROFL. Yeah.
I like them too. Why would they have a surrogate and go thru all that money and trouble for a fake marriage? Wish them and their babies the best.
Or, they could just adopt some kids that already exist and need some help. They already have a biological child. I just don’t get the whole surrogate thing.
nothing like having a baby to save their marriage.
SJP earns Millions those GAP commercials she did some years back they paid her something like $35 million I hope there womb for rent gets a big piece of that
Yep Kait, her boobs are all over the place. Sex and the titty.
I see nothing wrong with using a surrogate. You don’t see people who carry bio babies on their own criticized for not adopting. That said, I think it would great if they adopted in future to expand their brood.
I wish them the best. I think children are blessing, whether you adopt, foster, or have them yourself.
Maybe the babies were conceived when Broderick was having his affair? Timing is kind of odd…
Isn’t it enough that we know they are having twins this summer? It’s tacky to go snooping and digging for dirt regarding the who’s and how details of the addition to their family.
I am totally not making a joke but maybe the boobies are bigger because she is attempting to lactate? She has always had large for her size boobs but they don’t look fake, to me at least.
I hope their babies do well.
And yes, people do talk crap to people for having more babies rather than adopting them.
@ sortabitchy – I’ve never understood the whole surrogate thing, either. Personally I think I’d rather just adopt a baby who already exists than to go to all that trouble to conceive another one. But each to their own.
That photo of her with the boobs is a couple months old, and it’s obviously just a superduper push-up bra, we all know she’s not that big!
I was wondering if SJP’s DNA played a role in this at all.
If these are his babies with an ex-lover, how awful would that be.
i heard the rumor she has inverted nipples she has never done a nude scene thou all the sex in the city actresss have
the boobies are just fine, but please… what’s with the belt??
Congrats to the couple, but I can’t help but to smell a fish with this enire situation. Just last year their marriage was on the rocks (if you believe reports which I do) and now this? I hate to say it, but thses babies have PUBLICITY STUNT written all over them. It’s sad. I certainly hope not though… And we though Tom and Katie were bad.
Tia C and Sortabitchy: I couldn’t agree with you more. I am SO opposed to the surrogate route, it is selfishness on every level: The surrogate for taking payment to give birth to children they will never have anything to do with, and the biological parents who instead of adopting, would rather pay a complete stranger (states and sometimes COUNTRIES away!), to carry and deliver more little versions of themselves. I think it’s so wrong. We can’t blame the babies though. They don’t ask to be born into the world this way (and in this case, into a potentially failing marriage).
@Patrice before you call surrogacy selfish, please consider that many, if not most, women who opt for surrogacy have suffered multiple miscarriages and years of failed attempts to conceive. Here is an article from the NY Times weekend magazine that really opened my eyes about this issue.
Celebitchy: I love your site, and while I value your opinion, it is just that, an opinion, much like my own thoughts are. My heart breaks for those who have struggled with this, but I will never believe in paying people to give birth to your children for you. It is as simple as that.
his kid dont look like him.. just saying
If the surrogate leaked the information, she can be sued by SJP and MB. I assume they will do it after the babies are born.It is strange that the announcement came at this time, if they had waited this long, I believe they would announce it after the birth or they would have announced the good news after conception or the first trimester.
I am happy for them and wish the family well.
Great if parenthood eases their troubles. SJP has always been super conscious of image and Broderick doesn’t seem that invested which could explain the affair. How will the timing of the twins coincide with the SATC movie? Yes it is cynical but Tom Cruise and other high profile actors sometimes like to time blessed events with movie openings. Gross but true.
It’s a shame, she seems like such a nice person but both of her significant relationships seem to be with men who don’t value her. RDJ was high on drugs most of the time and MB seems to prefer spending time away from her. Obviously she doesn’t value herself enough to say “I’m worth more than this”.
I think this proves that SJP and MB’s marriage isn’t failing – if they want twins, at least.
As for the whole surrogate-or-adoption issue, most people don’t turn to relying on a surrogate mother on a whim. It’s usually after several failed attempts to have a baby, and expensive fertility treatments. The surrogate is just a last resort – one more chance to have that type of special experience.
And hey, at least they’re not stealing kids from Malawi!
Since they are having twins, I assume it is Sarah’s eggs because if the surrogate is artificially inseminated with Matthew’s sperm, the chances of twins is not likely.
We’ll find out when the babies arrive if they look like their brother James Wilke.
LOL @ the inverted nipples comment…i´ve seen SJP´s nipples more than once and they DO NOT look inverted at all! lmao
as for using a surrogate mother vs. adoption…it´s a totally non-sense comparison, both are very personal options and no one , absolutely no ones , has anything to do with it! seriously, how can someone criticize anyone for wanting to have their own children? ffs!
so it should become a law right? only having one biological child!lol
enough of hypocrisy …
how many of you here have adopted, really??? just wondering
umm i never seen her nipples she the only one on SITC who does not even take her bra off
I think that having kids via surrogate is a wonderful idea, and even though I can have biological ones no problem, when I decide to have one I will totally consider this option. Why let my own body go to pieces when someone is willing to rent out their?
i didn’t mean to start a battle, and it’s not about right or wrong. People can (and will) do whatever they feel is best for them). I just said that I, me, personally, didn’t get it. I understand all too well that some people struggle with fertility or other issues. I lost my last baby when I was 5 months pregnant, and I would really love for my biological daughter to have a sibling. All I’m saying is that even if I had the money to get a surrogate (which, let’s face it, I will never have that)…I don’t think I’d ever choose to create a little mini-me (I already have one) over adopting an existing child that needs help.
As long as everyone consents, I think there is nothing wrong with surrogacy. Why would that particular form of conception/pregnancy be selfish but not adoption, fertility treatments, in vetro, or expensive treatements? Why would it be considered outrageous to pay a woman to carry the child/children, but perfectly OK to pay huge amounts to a doctor to use various treatments to try to help women conceive?
In any case, what really amazes me–more so that nobody has commented on it–is Broderick’s HAIR!! Is it a really bad comb-over? A lousy stylist?
Every picture I’ve seen of the two of them recently has been terrible. Maybe we can put them up for the show ‘What Not to Wear’??
I am personally opposed to surrogacy. I have also been through serious struggles with infertility/subfertility. I know *I* would never do it, having been in that position to opt for it but declined but I would never think ill of someone who does it. I know it was a serious temptation for me as well as a few other procedures. Each person can decide on their own how much they want to do fertility wise. I cannot fault someone for wanting their own biological child.
Lindy, I doubt Sarah’s eggs were used because if they were, the term to use is gestational carrier (no DNA connection to the embryo). Since the word surrogate is used, the surrogate has DNA connections to the embryo. I think Matthew’s sperm and the surrogate’s eggs were used so the use of surrogate is correct. If it was Matthew’s sperm and donor eggs, then gestational carrier should be used.
Oh come on, of course Star is saying they were going to break the story and that the timing of the babies and the so-called affair is fishy. They’re just trying to cover up for their made-up cheating story. You know if they really had the scoop they would of released it in a heartbeat.
Ugh, I’m disgusted by the people on here criticising anyone for choosing to have children anyway that is acceptable for them. Why is adoption suddenly the only acceptable way to have children if you’re unable to conceive naturally? How hideously judgmental.
i can see why any couple would choose surrogacy.
adoption is expensive.
many couples, especially if they already have another child, do not qualify to adopt internationally. to adopt from china you cannot have a “facial deformity”
countries which previously were known for their international adoption programmes (china, guatamala, vietnam) are closing their doors.
domestic adoption is a long wait. couples going through an agency where the birth mother chooses a profile have no guarantees they will ever be chosen.
while it is doubtful that SJP used her own eggs, and it would be fantastic if she came out and was a voice for infertile couples, i can certainly see why they would go through artificial reproductive treatments rather than adopt.
Surrogate motherhood is a win-win for those who choose it: The biological parents get a baby, and the surrogate makes more money than she ever could at a regular job.
Trying for a baby and repeatedly failing no doubt strains any marriage. It’s not a fun experience. You have to give them credit for sticking together through a stressful time.
I cannot believe the ignorant and uninformed comments on this. Educate yourselves first. A surrogate is not renting her womb or her body out. I think too many people just don’t understand how surrogacy works or what it’s about.
Has anyone actually tried to adopt a baby? It is not the easy at all. You see rich celebs doing it who can afford to go thru the legal process for it. The average person cannot just go out and adopt a baby. I hope to God each and every one of you that made negative comments never have to go thru the heart break of infertility.
@eternalcanad You are completely WRONG. The term Surrogate applies to both a gestational surrogate and a traditional surrogate. The term gestational carrier is just another way of saying surrogate.
eternalcanac: Not necesarily. People missuse the term “surrogate” all the time, just because it is the most commonly known term. And truth be told, most pepole would be appalled to know that a true, traditional “surrogate” is a woman whom simply inseminates herself with the husbands sperm and sells her own children for a price. People can wrap it up any way they want to, but that is EXACTLY what the term “traditional surrogate” entails (thank God it’s on the decline). I doubt SJP and Matt went this route. Probably hers or donor eggs outside the surrogate mom.
Christina : That is PRECISLY what surrogacy is. What would you call it?! A stranger, through an agency (and lawyers) meets a couple, a contract is drawn up, and she accepts payment for carrying and giving birth to a child (which is NOT her own) after nine months and that’s that. If not “renting” out your uterus then what would you call it? In fact, Time magazine even had an entire issue dedicated to “wombs for rent”. Let’s be realistic here about what this is. Read the NY Times article that Celebitchy reccomended to me (above). Verrry interesting.
As an infertile woman I find those that are opposed to surrogacy USUALLY already have children and are very closed minded. It’s a very personal and private decision between the couple and NOBODY else’s business. And maybe if it wasn’t so difficult, expensive, and time consuming to adopt in the US so many folks would not go abroad. Although my husband and I agreed we do not want to go the surrogate route, if our ivf does not work we will adopt a child for 5x less the cost internationally vs. domestic. Also, we would rather try for biological children before adoption…so why are SPJ and Broderick so wrong for doing so? Who the hell are any of us to say it is wrong or selfish? Walk a mile in my infertile shoes and THEN perhaps some would have a different opinion.
Here’s a thought: make domestic adoption easier and many more ppl would do it. Otherwise why shouldn’t I go to DR and adopt a child for maybe $10k USD rather than paying more than $25k here and waiting 5+ years?
Adopting is difficult, expensive, and stressful, (especially if the mother decides not to give up the baby) Any way loving people can have a complete family is beautiful and a gift.
I love how those on here who are advocates for surrogacy make the gross generalization that A. All who are oppsed to it already have children, B. No one who opposes such a choice has EVER suffered from any sort of infertility, and C. That it is somehow “closeminded” to oppose the act. Believe me, HARDLY all those who have suffered from the heartbreak of infertility support it. That thought process in itself is indeed “closeminded”. Look, everyone is entitled to believe whatever they wish. But I am quite sure that those people who have suffered from infertility issues who DON’T believe in surrogacy take offense to such words. Many infertle couples wouldn’t ever dream of using a surrogate!
I would just like to add that surrogacy has been around for a LONG time. Obviously, it is more of a medical procedure now, but there have always been (especially in nobility) women who let their husbands get the maid/cook/slave pregnant and then took the baby. Especially for the purposes of a male heir.
From Wikipedia: Having another woman bear a child for a couple to raise, usually with the male half of the couple as the genetic father, is referred to in antiquity. For example, chapter 16 of the book of Genesis relates the story of Sarah’s servant Hagar bearing a child to Abraham for Sarah and Abraham to raise.
And I think it is a beautiful thing to do for someone who needs it. The ramifications of letting your body go through pregnancy and then giving away the baby you carried for 9 months is the most selfless thing some one could ever do. It is inevitable that eventually people would start offering money and doing it for money. That is how capitalism works…
jayem: You make an excellent point. However, a truly “selfless” person, wouldn’t ever dream of accepting payment. Is that what we have come to? Having babies as a form of capital? That is exactly my point.
I read an article once about a woman who not only used a surrogate to carry the baby to term – she used an egg donor as well. (And the egg donor happened to be a “Miss Ohio” pageant winner, or some crap like that – a regional beauty queen.)
That to me sounds excessive and selfish. Disgusting, really. Miracle of Life? More like, take all the money you blew in the lab and adopt.
This story? Borderline narcissistic at best. I mean, I understand it’s their business as to who they want to include in their family – but they have the money and the means to adopt. Perhaps they don’t want to be seen as “following the trend” or pulling a Brange, but really- why not?
My fiance and I want to start a family eventually, as well. We may not have the money yet, but we can’t imagine a more worthwhile endeavor than to adopt. I mean, you save a life when you adopt. That’s worth more to me than all the money I can accrue in a lifetime.
You hear so much about their getting a divorce since Star broke the story last August. In January, Star reported that SJP was moving out and in April, some tabloid said the divorce papers were all done and it will be a quickie like Madonna and Guy Ritchie. How could the tabs be so wrong?
At the same time, Star got the story right that they are expecting surrogate twins. All the rumors of SJP trying to save the marriage, Matthew refusing marriage counselling, SJP seeing a pyschic etc, How real are these rumours?
The babies were conceived in October if the birth date is July. Did Matthew have second thoughts after they contracted with a surrogate and impregnated her. I hope the babies are truly wanted.
Sarah has so many projects lined up, esp the upcoming SATC2, I don’t see her having much time to bond with the babies, so Matthew will be stuck with the growing family. Hope he does not resent it and walk out. I heard he likes to hang out at bars in the evenings, so with 3 kids, this hobby is hard to maintain. Also, isn;t it at a bar that he met the redhead that he had an alleged affair with?
SJP does not have good judgement of men, she hung on to Robert downey Jr too long and stayed with Matthew for 5 years before he married her. Her youth was gone by the time she tried to start a family. So now she has to use a surrogate to have babies and I truly hope these baaies are wanted and will be loved.
I’m surprised so many people are against surrogacy. I find NO problem with an infertile couple using a surrogate to have a child. I also thing more people should adopt or foster children. It’s not an either/or thing. It’s not that one route is inherently better than the other.
I don’t think it’s selfish to want biological children. It’s only human. But I also don’t think having bio children is a right because there’s many ways that you can become a family. A child doesn’t have to share you DNA for it to be your child.
What I’m saying is love is the most important thing with it comes to children. I’m not saying it OK to clone yourself for the child (the height of narcissism in my opinion), but with the current reproductive methods I don’t see a problem with using what’s available to conceive.
Robyn: Why not? It is an expensive process, with medical bills and not being able to work, etc. Of course the woman should be compensated for their time and effort, in addition to living a pretty carefree life for 9 months, if they’re gonna do it. It’s not like it’s a business and you can go in and order your surrogate. But to offer someone something valuable that could help them or their families in exchange for this massively huge favor doesn’t seem selfish to me.
Okay, Candy and Patrice have officially blown my mind with their inane comments. Apparently it’s all on SJP’s shoulders to take care of a family and MB shouldn’t have to have any burden of taking care of children. And who gives a shit if the surrogate mother makes some bank for carrying a child for a couple that cannot conceive naturally if all three parties are in agreement?
Patrice, do you have children? For Crissakes, spare me the diatribe on how there are many infertile couples that are in agreement with you. Have you suffered with infertility? I’ll bet a million dollars you haven’t. Walk a mile in the shoes of a woman that has, to have the monthly heartbreak when you find out that no matter what you do, you cannot get pregnant. For. Unexplained. Reasons.
And to add insult to injury the cost of infertility treatments if your insurance doesn’t pay, are about $3000 a month.
Live it first Patrice and then maybe you have some room to be so fucking judgemental.
They’re turning into a really creepy couple.
Why is she so popular? I really liked sex and the city too but I am so sick of hearing how great she is. Maybe now that she is having girls she will cut her son’s hair!