Comments on: Jason Priestley and Family Head North of the Border

By: Veronica Campbell

Veronica Campbell — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:26:43 +0000

Those babies look gorgeous! Just like their parents. X

By: CelebBabyLover

CelebBabyLover — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 06:55:19 +0000

Patrice- Yes. He said that he had come to a realization (or something like that) that he should be more private. I see no problem with that.

In fact, I would think that people who don’t like celebs talking about their children or doing photoshoots with them happy!

By: Patrice

Patrice — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:39:28 +0000

So he went from doing a multiple page photo spread and interview in US Weekly after the birth of his first child to not even wanting to release the name of his second? Give me a break!

By: Bancie1031

Bancie1031 — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 05:29:24 +0000

I also love hearing baby names (celebrity baby/child or not …. ie if I’m in the store and see a cute baby I’ll asking how old they are and what their name is, then I will proceed to tell the parents how cute their child is and how lucky they are then go about my business and leave them alone) But in the same sense you have to understand and respect the celebrities that decide to keep their personal lives private.
Just imagine how you would feel if you were out at the store with your child/children and you had these people all up in your face and your children’s faces snapping away; as much as I love seeing their pictures and hearing their stories, I can understand how that would get aggravating and annoying at times.
CelebBabyLover – I have also wondered why they don’t just use long lens cameras to get pictures instead of invading their personal space for a shot.

By: Sarah M.

Sarah M. — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:50:50 +0000

I guess I can see releasing the 1st kids name and not later children or celebs who only have 1 child (or twins w/their 1st children) and don’t release the names. (Holly Hunter’s twin boys, Christian Bale’s daughter, Simon Pegg’s daughter, etc.) But like with Anna Belknap and Eric Siegel, they’ve never released their toddler daughter’s name and yet they released their infant son’s name. I guess I just like names and seeing what people name their children, whether they’re celebrities or not!!

If his name is in fact Dashiell Orson, I like it. LOVE Dashiell, not a big fan of Orson but it’s not bad as a middle name.

By: Tessie

Tessie — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:59:36 +0000

loopsy – agree with your first post.

By: Paladian

Paladian — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:31:31 +0000

The little boy’s name is Dashiell Orson, pronounced “Dashall”! They are a sweet family! God Bless. X

By: CelebBabyLover

CelebBabyLover — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 05:40:23 +0000

Oh, and as for why they released Ava’s name and not their baby boy’s….I think that Jason and Naomi decided at some point after Ava’s birth to be more private.

cg- I looked up that post, and here is what Jason said: “The baby is due sometime later this year.” The annoucement was in May, so July (when the baby was born) did techincally qualify as “sometime later this year”. I think Jason was just being as vague as possible about the due date.

By: CelebBabyLover

CelebBabyLover — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 05:35:40 +0000

loopsy- I can understand what Linda meant. Most celebs who have complained about the paps haven’t actually said, “I don’t the paps to photograph my child (or children)”. Most seem to understand that, unfourtnately, the paps come with the territory. However, they are understandably annoyed and upset by the crazy behavior of the paps.

For example, Brad Pitt has said mutiple times that he wishes the paps would use long lenses rather than getting right up in the kids’ faces, shouting their names, and scaring them. Jennifer Garner said pretty much the same thing a few months ago, complaining about how the paps were photographing Violet going to and from preschool nearly everyday…even knocking down some of Violet’s classmates trying to get her picture a few times.

She basically made it clear that she was unhappy that the paps weren’t letting Violet or her classmates go to and from school in peace. The paps may come with the territory, and celebs should obviously expect their kids to be photographed when they’re out in public, but I also think there should be limits on where and when paps are allowed to take photos.

For example, I don’t think paps should be allowed to photograph celebrity children being dropped off or picked up at their schools, especially considering it’s disruptive to the other kids going to that school as well (a large number of whom are probably not celebrity kids, and hence probably not at all used to the paps).

I also don’t think celebrity kids should be photographed when they’re out without their parents (the one exception being if they are with a grandparent who is also a celebrity, such as Apple Martin being photographed while out with her grandma Blythe Danner, or Ryder Robinson being photographed while out with his grandma Goldie Hawn). After all, it’s the parents who are celebs, not the kids (except in a few cases, obviously. Jaden Smith and Connor Cruise, for example, are becoming celebs in their own right!).

Bottomline: I don’t blame celebs for being annoyed with the paps, whether or not they share details of their kids’ lives with us.

By: loopsy

loopsy — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:58:07 +0000

Linda rant away, I often do on this site as well! I’m not defending paps, just saying that I respect the decision of some celebs to be more gaurded about their privacy. Not sure how my comment makes me “judgy”, especially as I’m not commenting on their parenting, but what the hey. Have a nice day.