Tim Burton compares son's birth to horror movie

Director Tim Burton (Nightmare Before Christmas, Big Fish, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) says that watching girlfriend Helena Bonham Carter give birth to their son Billy in 2003 was like a horror movie. Tim reveals, “That’s the weirdest thing I’ve ever seen. It’s like an ‘Alien’ movie. I started crying, it was so emotional…I was there in the room but I wasn’t planning on doing much. But then I see this blue pinhead come out and I think I said to the nurse, ‘What the hell is that?’ And then it turns into this round red thing in seconds. It’s just shocking.” I don’t think I’d want to be on the receiving end either. Maybe it’s a good thing that we don’t have a bird’s eye view when we have babies? Thanks to Casey from BabyNames for the article.

Comments

Kresta on July 29th, 2005

When I had my 3 children a mirror was made available each time so I could see my progress. It’s not for the faint-hearted but I am glad I got to see my kids being born from that angle as I believe it helped me find more energy to push my 9lb babies out. It’s definitely not a pretty sight though.

tink1217 on July 29th, 2005

well, i had both mine by csection so i have no idea what went on except that my ex husband was amazed by it all. Tim Burton is a very strange one.

Bigger Than Britney on July 29th, 2005

I kicked the mirror. I think they were trying to show me a good push vs. a bad one but I wasn’t

Karen on July 29th, 2005

Even though his words were not couched in the
gentlest or most tactful phraseology, he
pretty much hit the nail on the head in terms
of what happens during a delivery. It must be
hard for a man to see his wife go through all
that.