Are Celebrity Babies An Addiction?

February 7, 2007

Once in a while, I like to break out of my journalistic routine on the Celebrity Baby Names Blog and peer at the outside world. Imagine my shock, this morning, during my semi-annual review of non-celebrity news, when I came across an authoritative-looking blog postÂ claiming that “Celebrity Babies Are An Addiction.” gwen stefani photorazzi

The authorÂ pokesÂ fun at how peopleÂ just have to know the intimate details of famous celebs’ day-to-day lives with their babies, such as where Gwyneth Paltrow buys her onesies (anyone know, by the way?); what brand of formula Suri Cruise chugs (Katie HolmesÂ doesn’t breastfeed?), and what make of bassinette Britney Spears chose (I don’t know, butÂ I’m sureÂ she bought it at Petit Tresor).

Yet, even as sheÂ brandsÂ our nationalÂ interest in celebrity babies as an addiction, the writer confesses that she too could not resist the lurid pages of the October, 2006 Vanity Fair, when Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes, and little Suri graced its pages.

I’ve got news for her.Â Following celebrity babies isÂ not an addiction. It’s an obsession! Is there a difference? Sure there is! An obsession is much more fun! Just ask Calvin Klein.Â Â Â Â Â Â Â