Comments on: Jaime Pressly Says She Shed Her Skin For Motherhood

By: CelebBabyLover

CelebBabyLover — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 05:24:03 +0000

Angel- What an incredibly rude and judgemental thing to say! How would YOU feel if YOU had a child with the man you loved, but without being married to him, and people said you were a single mother? Also, do you consider Vanessa Paradis (Johnny Depp’s long-time girlfriend), Goldie Hawn, Susan Sarandon, or Angelina Jolie to have “given birth as single mothers” (obviously Angelina WAS single when she adopted Maddox, and was techincally still single when she adopted Zahara, and she DID file to adopt Pax as a single mother because of Vietnam making it difficult for unmarried couples to adopt, so, in her case, I’m referring to Shiloh and the twins. And in Susan’s and Goldie’s cases I’m referring to the children they have with their current partners.)?

Legally, yes, all of those women are single mothers. However, that’s pretty much the only way they’re single mothers, and the only way Jessie was a single mother when she had Jessie. Also, how do you know Jamie and Eric didn’t make a commitment to each other? Just because they didn’t make an offical, legal commitment doesn’t mean they didn’t privately commit to each other.

Johnny Depp and Vanessa, for example, have both said that they feel perfectly committed to each other without the legal cermony or piece of paper. Brad and Angelina have basically said the exact same thing (although in their case, they HAVE alluded to being open to getting married in the future). Anyway, I think we better agree to disagree before this post turns into even more of an argument than it already is!

Alicia- You mean their plan should have been to have a baby but NOT stay together?

By: Alicia

Alicia — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:09:32 +0000

“The plan was to have a baby then try to stay together.” That’s an insane and immoral idea to have.

By: Terri

Terri — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:02:45 +0000

If marriage is over-rated why even do it at all? I think it is important and people should take it seriously. It’s not just something to do, and I’m glad that she didn’t get married just because.

By: Lis

Lis — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:46:26 +0000

Yes, I have to agree Angel – this is an awful interview

The best (or at least one of the best) thing you can do for your child is to stay focused at being in a committed, HEALTHY relationship with your spouse (or in some cases bf/gf), IMO. From this interview, this was never a priority for her. It is truly a shame that they split so SOON after their son was born, but with her attitude, it certainly isn’t a surprise.

Marriage IS important. Unfortunately many people don’t take it seriously and it is losing it’s significance.

By: Angel

Angel — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:04:23 +0000

I think Jaime should stop giving interviews as she always comes off so badly in them. I especially dislike the wording in this article in which it says “Now living her life as a single mother”. I’m sorry, but she has ALWAYS been a single mother. She never made a commitment to her baby’s father; therefore, she gave birth as a single mother. This is not a new stage in her life for her.

By: CelebBabyLover

CelebBabyLover — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 07:04:15 +0000

Okay, I meant to word part of my comment like this: “…I’d much prefer to marry him rather than just live with him without being married to him…”

By: CelebBabyLover

CelebBabyLover — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 07:03:32 +0000

Traci- I agree! People, marriage is no guarantee that a couple is going to stay together! Jamie and Eric could have just as easily (and by that I mean that they could have split up even if they got married. Obviously it’s tougher to split up when you’re married then when you’re not from the legal standpoint, what with having to go through divorce proceedings and all!) split even if they’d gotten married and then had Dezi.

I think marriage is a wonderful thing, and if I ever met a guy whom I wanted to spend the rest of my life with (and who wanted to spend the rest of his life with me), I’d certainly much prefer to get married than just live together without being married. However, people need to stop thinking that marriage is some sort of magic bullet that guarantees people will stay together! The current divorce rate is proof that it is certainly not!

By: alice jane

alice jane — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 05:38:07 +0000

I didn’t take her comments to mean that her and her ex had a baby to try to fix their relationship. Nothing is certain and even though someone might say that they know they and their boyfriend/girlfriend/etc will be together forever, the fact is that no one knows what will happen in the future. All you can do is try to have a healthy relationship that will last. It doesn’t matter if you’re dating, engaged, married – I think every couple is simply trying to make it last.

Now for all I know her and her ex DID plan Dezi as a “fix” to a failing relationship; that just wasn’t how I initially read it and I don’t think it’s the only interpretation to that comment she made.

By: Mia

Mia — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 02:08:34 +0000

I think people give up too easily. All relationships are difficult to maintain, especially in a romantic relationship when a child (or children) are involved. The divorce rate is currently about 48% and I bet half of those splits could be avoided if people really made the effort and worked at it.

By: Alice

Alice — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:13:59 +0000

I’m not sure the frst posters understood what she said… obviously I’m not in her head but when she says “try to make it work” it’s because you never know how it will be with a child until the child is there. Sometimes it just changes the relationship too much. And you would think that after 11 years they knew each other enough and knew how to make it work. Some people who do get married wait much less time to have a baby!

Lori, I think it is pretty obvious in her comments that Dezi was planned. She said “You don’t go into a relationship with someone and PLAN a child knowing that you’re not going to be together in the end.”

As for the “It gets very difficult to try to make it work with your significant other because you forget that there were the two of you before there was the three of you” it’s interesting that some of you think it’s odd because it is true. The world starts revlving around the child and not around the couple and sometimes it puts a strain on relationships. I think you have to make an extra effort when the first baby arrives.

It’s great that they are still friends and they will both always be there for their son.