Comments on: Katherine Heigl and Josh Kelley Adopting a Baby Girl

By: sdfsd

sdfsd — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:19:10 +0000

“I also dont have a problem with celebs jumping the queues. Its not like they increase the wait time by doing that for others. After all, another child finds a home earlier and the celebs by adopting are bringing the attention to the adoption itself so others are inspired, too.”

That’s how I have always felt, too. While I think it is unfair that celebrities get to jump to the front of the line, I don’t blame the celebrity for that. Afterall, if us non-celebs could cut in line, most of us would jump at the chance.

By: Emily

Emily — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:42:22 +0000

I think this is FANTASTIC news. I am very excited for Katherine and Josh, and I was also really touched to hear her explanation as to why adoption (especially from Korea) was so important to her.

@Patrice, I agree with sdfsd. Your comment doesn’t really make sense. It is quite clear that Katherine has not chosen this path simply to adopt a “trophy child”. How could her desire to adopt from Korea even be construed this way? I think it’s gorgeous that she’d like her daughter to share a common ancestry to a sister with whom she is close. And as sdfsd said, Katherine should no more adopt a Korean child because her sister is Korean, than she should adopt an American child because she, her husband or her husband’s siblings are American. Katherine probably shares a special bond with her sister and knew from a young age that she wanted to honour that closeness and establish a new closeness in her family through the adoption of a Korean child.

@Val, there’s nothing arrogant about Katherine’s comment. Bearing biological children (or pregnancy, for that matter) is just not for everybody. I know several close friends who are simply disinterested, if not opposed, to having their own children. While I myself cannot wait to have my own children, I understand that this is their decision and moreover their right; and I have no place to dispute or oppose it. Even if you found your child to be worth the discomfort and pain of pregnancy (and that’s fantastic, by the way) it’s NOT going to necessarily be the same case for others. I would say it’s a little unfair to impose your perception of what “should” or “shouldn’t” be done in terms of child-bearing onto others, by labelling them as arrogant for expressing it in an open, honest way.

P.S. I think the name is gorgeous, and the reasoning behind the name is even more lovely. Naleigh is so pretty!

By: maggie

maggie — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:45:53 +0000

OH MY GOD! i wish them the best of luck and it’s cool how ellen pompeo is also having a girl too

By: nika

nika — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:43:31 +0000

I also dont have a problem with celebs jumping the queues. Its not like they increase the wait time by doing that for others. After all, another child finds a home earlier and the celebs by adopting are bringing the attention to the adoption itself so others are inspired, too

By: nika

nika — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:38:40 +0000

jen Its APril 16, 2009. We had a bio baby baby in june so we are kinda ok with the longer wait, we’d have to wait 1 year anyway for the placement and maybe we’ll “squeeze” one more baby before we are matched (we want three total)

By: Lauryn

Lauryn — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:21:57 +0000

I read she’s named or naming her Naleigh after her mom and sister (Nancy and Leigh)
Congrats to them, Im happy for them and the little girl.
I always hear so much negative things about Katherine and her “diva-like” personality, most recently from co-stars in her movies, hopefully a baby can ground her a little bit.
I always love her characters, especially Izzy, but most things I read about her are about how horrible she is to work with. She even said her self that its in her contracts to only work with “pretty boys”

By: JMO

JMO — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:56:25 +0000

Ugh jen…..I know how to think, thank you very much!

I was trying to quote the article not make up some BS for the sake of saying it and then I realized hmm maybe I should just post the link (which I did).

*smh*

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:53:55 +0000

There could be a lot of reasons that the child is listed as a waiting child, I’ve browsed adoption websites with pictures of waiting children and most of them have really severe issues, like fetal alcohol syndrome, spina bifida, cystic fibrosis, and other degenerative diseases. There’s also older children, ones with down’s syndrome, cleft lip/palate, and emotional problems. The waiting time for them is so much less because not many people want to take on the challenge of raising them.

By: sdfsd

sdfsd — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:32:38 +0000

Mishelle,

There are programs that offer financial aid or grants to families who want to adopt but don’t have the funds.

By: Kari

Kari — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:28:50 +0000

That great about them adopting congrats to the new family