Comments on: Sex and the City's Willie Garson Adopts a Son

By: Kate

Kate — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:25:27 +0000

As I have always said the man that “fathered” me was my sperm donor, my real father, my Dad is the man that put the time and energy into being my father. Loving me unconditionally, advising me, putting band aids on my cuts, cuddling me when I awoke with a nightmare, teaching me to build decks and do an oil change. That man is my Dad. The man that is now married to my Mom. Nobody can tell me otherwise. Genetics and DNA have nothing to do with being a father or parent. This is why I love Seal so much.

By: PhaQ

PhaQ — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:44:00 +0000

Eventhough you may feel it is selfish he chose the “cute” one, Torre, but at least he wasn’t selfish enough to go for a surrogate!

By: Jaycee

Jaycee — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:45:11 +0000

Honestly I get where Tina is coming from, I think she meant just because you love celebrities doesn’t mean you know everything about them. No celeb is as they appear, trust me my son goes to school with a bunch of celeb kids and their parents are not what they appear in mags etc…. That’s what PR people are for! LOL
Great for Willie, and for the comment that said he can’t be called the father I disagree, the boys “real” father gave the sperm and now Willie is the father for the rest of his life! That’s true commitment and a beautiful, loving thing!

By: dearling

dearling — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:59:18 +0000

It’s my belief that biology/genetics make a father in name only, but actual fathering makes a parent. What Willie’s doing (I’m inferring, of course), is parenting this child, rather than simply fathering one.

By: Tricia

Tricia — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:32:52 +0000

Although it is nice that he is taking in this boy and raising him, and it is wonderful that he even mentions the mom of the boy, this 8-year-old has a father. He may not have a good father or he may not know who his father is, but he does have a dad. For this article to call Willie the “father” is misleading. As a reunited adoptee and natural mother of three children, I find it sad that the media believe a father can be made by picking out a child at an adoption fair. A father is made when a child is conceived. Sometimes, the father is a horrid one or absent, but there is only one father and while Willie’s desire to help this child and raise him is admirable, these things do not make him the father.

By: KartofflMuter

KartofflMuter — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 07:29:54 +0000

They ARE just as dumb as I am! Sheesh! Well that proved my point. CBL-I’d move back to the midwest in a minute if I could. 4 reasons,as Alan Alda said, ” Spring,Summer,Fall, & Winter.” I love THE GREAT LAKES. Celebrities didn’t pop out of an immaculate bubble somewhere in Tarzana. They came from from Macon,Georgia,Raleigh,NC,Houston,Iowa( Ashton Kutcher), Milwaukee ( Tony Shaloub), Graz,Austria (The Arnold). Shall I continue? Me?-I ‘m a neighbor of The Arnold’s. Call me a world citizen. I’m not celeb crazy. Maybe it’s because my training is in theatre and some of my friends are famous now. Who cares? I made my choice and I’m living it. So you see,I understand Willie and his desire to have a child. Acting demands a serious devotion. Willie gave up a lot and now he wants the part of his hife he had deferred. Wish him well and LEAVE him alone.

By: CelebBabyLover

CelebBabyLover — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 05:56:20 +0000

Kartofflmiller- Thank you! I actually AM from the Midwest, and I hate those sterotypes! The Midwest happens to be a very nice place, I love living here, and I can’t imagine living anywhere else!

By: KartofflMuter

KartofflMuter — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 04:13:11 +0000

Tina,while I realize Obama was born in Hawaii and lived in Indonesia,and NYC,my point is he was nurtured in Chicago. I’ve lived in L.A. Never saw one single celeb. Gee-I must have gone to the wrong Ralph’s.I’ve lived in Philadelphia and Milwaukee and Seattle and San Francisco and Portland and Vienna and 1/2 a dozen other big cities. No celebs. Word-I don’t KNOW every detail about celebs because I don’t CARE about every detail of celebs.I have a life,children-a husband. If I spend time on celeb trivia,it’s because those people are important to my kids and I like to keep current but other than that-WHO CARES? REALLY? What’s really important? Why my daughter had an upset stomach this morning or why my son hasn’t e-mailed. They are my celebs. I know famous people. They just as dumb as I am.

By: Sarah M.

Sarah M. — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:35:24 +0000

Torre – Maybe he simply felt a connection with Nathan from the start. From what I’ve heard, that is how families usually choose the child they adopt. They see the child they are meant to have, and automatically sense it.

I don’t think he meant the comment to come out that way. I think he was trying to imagine how the 16 year old would feel seeing everyone choosing to adopted younger and cuter kids. Like maybe the 16 year old is thinking “Their choosing the cute little 2 year old over fat, ugly me!” Not that he thinks that, but that the older kids that aren’t getting adopted might think it. (I may be reading too much into it, though…)

Regardless, kudos to him for adopting an older child!

By: Tina

Tina — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:55:29 +0000

No problem with Midwest just saying if you live in a big city LA or NYC then you’re used to celebs and don’t need to pretend you know every detail of their lives, because at a point in a big city you don’t really care that much, you see them all the time!
I agree with you that it might be hard for him to adopt an older child, based on his character on the show, people might assume things and it might be hard for them.
P.S. Obama is actually from Hawaii!