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Check out that blossoming belly!
Alicia Keys smiles — and gives us a glimpse at her bump — while attending the 11th annual Art For Life benefit party, held Saturday at Russell Simmons‘ home in East Hampton, N.Y.
The musician, 29, is six months pregnant with her first child with her fiancé, producer Swizz Beatz, pictured with her below.
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CB on
ew she could do so much better…she is so gorgeous…
jean on
sorry but im just not diggin’ this trend of women getting pregnant and not bothering to get married. this society’s morals are declining and this isnt helping.
Melissa on
Okay, just answer me a question here? Why are the most gorgeous women out there with a guy that has no looks? Just a question? I guess looks aren’t everything. He is absolutely nothing to look at! She is beautiful. Oh well, I will never get it.
ABC 123 on
she is absolutely glowing and pregnanacy really suits her!
Lis on
I agree with you Jean. It is so sad that marriage has lost it’s value and importance, and so sad that people like Lee are so bitter towards it 
Jill on
She looks stunning and has such a glow. Beautiful.
Jean,
There are no rules that say you have to get married to have a child. I have very good morals and so does my boyfriend of 7 years. He and I can be far better parents than a lot of people who are married. Being married does not give you morals or make you a good parent. I don’t understand why being married is so important before having a child. My gay cousins have a child and sadly they can’t marry. They are wonderful parents and have great morals. So, what is the difference if I do it the same way?
CB and Melissa,
Everyone has different taste in who they date, marry, etc. I am sure someone feels that way about you or someone in your family. I know I would feel horrible if someone came up to me and said eww, your boyfriend could do so much better than you. Just my opinion, but some things should be kept inside your head.
Alana on
WOW! Alicia has always been beautiful but pregnancy does suit her well. She looks gorgeous! Can’t wait to find out the name of the little one.
Jill on
Everyone in this world is allowed in some way to be a parent, but not everyone is allowed to be married. That is why I feel so strongly the way I do about marriage. The most important thing about having a child is being the best parent you can be, it is not about being the best wife or husband.
KAYC on
all i gotta say is….i hope that baby looks like her….
torgster on
For God’s sake I can’t believe some of the comments in this thread! Half the kids featured on this blog are “illegitimate” yet Jean decides to unleash her her moral judgements on Alicia? And slamming Swizz as unattractive, like that has any relevance. I think he’s a nice looking guy personally! Regardless what does it matter? Come on people!
Annie on
forget about them not being married to each other. who cares. let’s talk about the fact that he was married to *someone else* when she got pregnant. now, that’s the real moral conundrum.
hayley on
jeeez ladies get a grip will you, whats it got to do with you who she is with any way or if she is married or not, impact your life much does it? or is your life so boring you have to pick apart hers………….me thinks its the latter.
where are your kids while your sat judgein her may i ask??? lets hope they don’t pick up your nasty habbits.
i am HAPPY for any one who falls in love and is lucky enough to get pregnant, there is nothing more wonderful than having a child with the man you love, and any one that has a problem with it can bugger off in my opinion, try speadin the love rather than hate eh ladies………
Callie on
OMG!! She is gorgeous!!! I’ve never seen her look so happy as she does now, i guess that’s what love will do. She wears pregnancy very well, just beautiful!
Rye on
He must have a great personality.
Crystal on
She looks STUNNING! She is positively GLOWING!! As far as her not being married, I have to agree with some of the posters about the importance of marriage. I am not knocking anyone who decides not to marry or waiting to marry but I believe it’s God’s way to be married and then start a family.
@Lee-I don’t think Annie dislikes Alicia Keys she’s just pointing out a very valid realization.He was married (not separated) when they got together and he did leave his wife and son to be with Alicia. It’s not malice……it’s fact!
Billie on
I’ve always thought that Alicia is beautiful. I don’t know anything about her man, but he’s perfectly ordinary and ok-looking and she seems happy with him. Anyway, still shots don’t always capture a person’s charisma and real level of attractiveness. I can’t believe the ridiculous comments I’ve read about his looks, of all things.
Ruby on
who cares how he looks? I think Swiz Beatz isn’t ugly at all. It’s just another stupid opinion of a ignorant person. Maybe your husband or boyfriend isn’t too hot looking either, would you like to hear something like that out of someone’s mouth that you don’t even know? they just seen you on TV and have been reading ridiculous blogs, that aren’t always true. find something better and positive to do in your life. Alicia looks great btw, i love her. Her concert was amazing in HMH in Amsterdam couple of years ago.
Mikaela on
Wow! At all these comments! Firstly, the only person who I think should matter whether Swizz is attractive or not is Alicia herself & obviously she does lol. And secondly how is it anyones business whether she was with him while he was married or separated? Seriously, I agree with all the “marriage makes you bitter” comments, these women sound miserable, judging without having the clear facts… how about you tend to your kids & husbands who probably find you to be utterly boring and stuck up wives, expressing your anger against the NEW SOCIETY on a computer screen lmao… I bet these will be the same a** kissers saying how gorgeous Alicia Keys baby is and how good of a mother she is 3 minutes after the birth details… lol, oh how pitiful!
Terri on
He’s handsome. Alicia looks beautiful, she’s really glowing.
marie on
She looks great but gotta stop wearing the stilettos for the health of herself and the baby. I don’t know him, but any person who has 3 children with 3 different people raises a red flag to me.
Mae on
This man has 3 baby mama’s that’s not cool. Alicia had to pay his child support. This is Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown all over again. Whitney paid Brown’s child support to all his baby mama’s. They broke up and Brown’s child support stopped again. This is not going to last.
Lola Marie on
Funny how much HATERS are around these days…you people really need to get a hobby…cant we all just be a positive force in a womens pregnancy…no offence but im pretty sure NONE of your husbands (as I say because you act like fiance’s are trashy) are 10000000% handsome..sexy..fine…get it together people…sheesh
Alicia & Kaseem look gorgeous together…im over it…wish them the absolute best in the world…blessings & love!!
rose on
ok please its 2010 ok. so shes having a baby and not getting married. Stop being such judgemental. and even though they are not married the baby is still gonna have to parents. im mean they live together and everything.And divorce Rates are so high right now that marriage is not as sacred.And Crystal him and his wife where already getting ready to divorce when he and alicia came to be. His wife was just holding on ad he moved on. and he didnt leave his other kid hes still very active in his life hes just not in his exes life. and to tell the truth noone knows what is going between them and their relationship and how it came to be so stop being judgemental.
Ally on
Well Jean, I’m not diggin’ the trend of judging others for ‘lack of morals’. Sorry Jean, but its not up to you what makes a good moral conscience and what does not. Sure, she’s not married, does that mean she is going to love her baby any less? Shame on you Jean.
Bb on
She looks gorgeous!
I don’t think its strange that she is with swizz beats, what one person finds attractive, another does not and vice versa.
Anna on
Jean, he married his last baby’s mother and look how that turned out! Marrying this guy doesn’t mean anything he won’t be faithful anyway. Similar to “the Dream” guy…that filed for divorce while his girlfriend was pregnant!
2little on
What’s marriage got to do with having children?? He was married when he had a child (or children) w his first wife. The Dream was married to Christina Milian before they had Violet. Same story w Tom/Nicole & countless others. They’re divorced now so….Lots of people marry THEN have kids, then divorce. Brad/Angie,Goldie/Kurt (old school, I know, but they’re STILL together) & so many countless others have kids w/o being married. So why the importance on marrying first? There’s no guarantee any relationship is going to work….look at the divorce rate. Doesn’t mean they can’t be great parents to their kids. Get over it.
Anonymous on
She is engaged to be married to him. They will be married in August.
HeatherB on
Spoken from a true “sinner” who had a child out of wedlock…when I got pregnant by my boyfriend of 3 years, I told him that he needed to wait until after our daughter was born to propose to me. I didn’t want ANYONE to think that the reason we were getting married was because we “had to”. I wanted everyone to know that we were marrying because we loved eachother and wanted to spend our lives together. We celebrate our 1st anniversary in a few weeks <3
Just because people get married doesn't mean they will be better parents than those of unwed parents. I know many people who are unmarried with children and provide them with more love and are more financially stable than some married parents I know. The whole pregnancy = marriage thing just baffles me.
Heather on
Jean, I agree with you. The problem is the lack of morals in todays society. The people who don’t see anything wrong with having a child out of wedlock are concerned about their feeling and not the childs. It benefits the child to have a stable family life and to be brought up in a two parent household where the parents are married to each other. A marriage provides security for the child. I don’t think it is appropriate to have a child and then have mommy bring home boyfriend after boyfriend. What does that say to a child? It’s funny how people are not ready for marriage but are ready for a child?
I have been marrried for 8 years. I am not bitter. It has made me a better person, knowing that I have someone who is always on my side. We take care of each other. It is not about the piece of paper. It is knowing that my husband and I made a commitment to each other and our family.
I think it is gross that these men continue to make baby after baby with these otherwise intelligent women. How do they take care of them? Send a check every other week? Does that provide any emotional support? Look at the inner cities, how many of those kids have dads in the picture? Are men worthless now?
I think people on here that are like my boyfriend and I can have a child, it is 2010, seem very angry. They do not have any sort of commitment. Their man can walk away at anytime.
Heather on
I also find it funny that the same people who say that Jean is being judgemental are the same people sitting in judgement of Jean.
Anders on
Heather, Jean and the some of the other people who support marriage before children have also been rather judgmental.
I’m not married and I don’t have kids, so maybe my opinion doesn’t count much. I believe that “illegitimate child” is a very stupid term and to call someone that is both insulting and degrading. It doesn’t mean the child is any less loved than a child born to married parents; in fact, at least in my opinion, it seems that all it does is try to make the mother of the child feel badly because she went against “societal norms.”
There is nothing wrong with having a child before being married, as long as that child is taken care of and loved (the same is applied to a child born to married parents because there are some parents who abandon their spouses and children).
I think that this is a rather heated topic to discuss and maybe that’s why people have been judging one another. I believe in live and let live. What works for someone else may not work for me, but I respect their right to live their life the way they see fit (as long as it doesn’t harm another person or animal).
posie on
I love her, she looks dayam good!
Jen DC on
I also don’t find Swizz Beatz that attractive, but hey, I’ve dated some weird lookin’ characters, so I know how personality can overcome a lot! I hope this relationship works out better than his previous ones, but as others have stated, two prior women with children in his life would give me pause.
@ Heather: Marriage doesn’t automatically guarantee stability, just as a lack of marriage doesn’t guarantee instability. My life was much more stable when my father was NOT involved rather than when he was, and I was glad more often than not that my parents weren’t together anymore when I was a child.
What a child feels about his/her parents marriage varies from child to child, parental relationship to parental relationship. If the parents have a good, communicative marriage, then of course the child will likely be happy about that and likely thrive. On the other hand, if the marriage is bad, abusive or otherwise overwhelmed with negativity, the child will much prefer a separation of his/her parents than to live in constant conflict and strife. I mean, who in their right mind wouldn’t?
Also… how did you jump from “marriage is a moral imperative to children” to “mommy bringing men home all the time”? Every single mother doesn’t bring a multitude of men home; I’d venture to say that MOST don’t. You can be a single mother yet not succumb to “whorish behavior,” which is basically what you are unjustly attributing to these unwed mothers. That’s quite a leap. My mom dated two men in the 17 years I lived at home; I never met them *at* our house, even the one who proposed marriage to her later. Most of the unwed mothers I know don’t have time to date, let alone bring a different man home several times a month. You know how busy you are with your child WITH a spouse, imagine how busy you’d be with that child WITHOUT a spouse. I mean, really: Slow down and THINK about what you’re saying for a second.
Bigger moral issues are increasing poverty in the US at the same time that CEO pay and the wealth gap are growing. Hunger. Rampant and knowing environmental degradation. The wars we’re engaging in in two countries.
Furthermore, Heather… You can’t *know* that you always have someone on your side in your husband. You hope it; you plan for it, but you don’t *know*. Your marriage is 8 years old but you have years yet to live. Who knows how you or your spouse are going to continue to grow in or out of your relationship. By saying “it’s not about the piece of paper,” you’re proving the non-marrieds point. It *isn’t* about the piece of paper, it’s about how you feel about each other, your promised commitment to each other which can happen within or outside a formal marriage.
And there are out-of-wedlock children everywhere – not just in “the inner city.” Which is really a loaded buzzword for minority children, but that’s a whole different discussion.
LeeLee on
I can’t believe the judgmental comments here. If you believe that marriage comes before children, that is perfectly fine. But you need to understand that a lot of people don’t believe in that and that certainly does not give you the right to judge others. I can’t believe some of you are talking about “lack of morals.” Wow… just wow. A piece of paper does not guarantee that your partner is not going to leave you. Live and let others live.
jlove_taylor on
Well marriage did come before the child..LOL. He was married when he and Alica started dating. She even went with him in 2009 for a paternity test with his now two year old daughter.(while he was married). So four kids with four DIFFERENT ladies is not a good thing. He obviously has no respect for marriage so maybe Alicia is better off just being BM #4…
Honey on
@jlove_taylor
Where did you read that story…mediatakeout.com…that story was NEVER proven…ever…because some random lady that wants publicity is saying something, you automatically assume it to be true? Wake your nieve self up…its such a shame when people believe anything that they read..with no facts to prove that…
I wish there were more forigiving..positive..uplighting people in the world..instead..everytone is a hater it seems…best of luck to Alicia & Swizz, she looks gorgeous as always!!
Sage on
Mikaela- I want to pass you a bottle of midol
Secondly, I agree with Jean and Heather. It’s disgusting the way I will quote Mikaela the “New Society” is. It is obvious by the lack of respect, vaules, morals,responsibilities, and anger that many adults and children are showing in this “New Society” it clearly shows how toxic it is.
If more couples were focused on builing a relationship things would be so much better. Instead people are focused on their hormones and popping out kids left and right, and giving the excuse well it’s a new age everyone is ok with this, don’t point out what what I’m doing wrong because it means your judgmental. Just own your lack of judgment and values. I just pray that this tide of loose morals changes for the next generation, I say would look at how the world is today would make anyone’s skin crawl.
Sage on
@Honey- The fact is swizz is scum he cheated on his wife not with just Alicia, his first child is by some woman whom he cheated on his wife with. Also they were still married when Alicia got pregnant, Alicia hasn’t really denied that, she has just danced around the question.
meghan on
I respect Jean’s opinion. And I don’t think that stating your opinion is a judgement. Saying a person is on the attack and labeling them judgemental is doing exactly what you accuse them of. There are plenty of people who still believe in marriage and that’s fine. Others just see it as a piece of paper and though I disagree, I won’t go so far as to say they are wrong, because it’s not my place. What works for them may not be what I want for my life, but it doesn’t make it bad.
Butterfly on
I was going to make a long drawn out comment to address many of these points but Jen DC hit them all so I’ll just say… I concur! Thanks for saying it all so well Jen.
Heather on
Sage, I think you hit it on the head and said what I was trying to say. I think us women have to take responsibilty for whom we decided to have sex with because ultimately it is the innocent child who suffers. The child never asked to be born.
I took a vow, in a church under God to my husband. That means something to both of us. I have know him for 17 years and we have been through alot good and bad.
Jen, I am not a racist. Here are some facts though, according to the U.S. census in “2007 5.8% of all people in married families lived in poverty as did 26.6% of all persons in single parent households” As far as abuse goes “•living with their married biological parents places kids at the lowest risk for child abuse and neglect, while living with a single parent and a live-in partner increased the risk of abuse and neglect to more than eight times that of other children”. Children living in homes with unmarried parents have lower incomes and are put at risk for abuse.
That being said, not every single parent is bad nor is every marriage perfect. I just think that two loving, married parents is the best place to raise a child. These unmarried celebrity people who continue to have children out of wedlock I believe send the wrong message to children. It is my opinion and I didn’t think it was fair that everyone jumped on Jean’s case about it.
Jen DC on
@ Heather: I never said you were racist, but using buzzwords like “inner city” and the generalizations included in your post easily give rise to that conclusion and several others, e.g., unmarried moms are whores because most of them bring multiple partners home. Like I said: Think carefully before you post.
I don’t argue with the statistics of the matter; I argue with your sweeping generalization that in all cases marriage is better for the children than not. Economically and if the marriage is stable and the parents respectful of each other or, at best, in love, obviously those things are better for children than a single parent situation, let alone a single parent with a live-in. But your arguments above weren’t based on statistics – you were discussing MORALITY.
Everyone falls back on this whole “Hollywood is setting a bad example.” First of all, your kids probably don’t know or care about what is going on in Alicia Keys’ household. If they are knowledgeable about the fact that she’s having a child out of wedlock rather than concerned with her new single, I find that strange. Furthermore, if they are knowledgeable about it, it’s a perfect opportunity for moralizing, upstanding parents such as yourself to make two points: (1) Hollywood life is generally a fantasy that most people will never get to engage in and (2) in your family, that’s not the way you have chosen to live your life and you value the marriage commitment over pre-marital childbearing/-rearing.
@ Sage: What’s driving the moral decay of our society is hardly the lack of marriage. Just look at the Enron and mortgage debacles we just suffered through. Likely the men (and women) behind those outrages grew up – most of them – in two parent homes, because at their ages, that was the norm. To me, what’s driving what we see before us is pretty simple: Greed and selfishness. Parents – particularly two-parent households – are not disciplining their children sufficiently and helping them to understand that while they are unique, they are not “special snowflakes” who require that everything go their way. No one is explaining to these kids that everything is not for them. Yes, two-parent households. Each parent is so concerned with providing Bobby and Susie with the newest toys and the cutest clothes and the biggest house that they’re spending all their time at work rather than at home. When a bad grade comes in, they don’t turn to Bobby and Susie and say, “We are going to buckle down on your homework,” they turn to the school teacher and bully them into changing the grade. We’ve all ingested the idea of the “American dream” – that we can have it all, a huge career, a great marriage, great kids – but without sacrifice. No one talks about that anymore: Sacrifice.
Say what you will about the single mother, but as the child of one and knowing many others, the bulk of us are used to not having it all and working harder to get what we want than the kids I know from two-parent households. Anecdotal evidence for sure, but it’s the reality I’ve known for quite a while.
Heather on
Jen, I agree with most of what you said. I agree that the whole meltdown of society has to do with greed and selfishness. I agree with your whole paragraph. I agree that people want everything now and are not willing to sacrifice. I have nothing I can argue with what you said. I think unmarried parents and divorces are part of that greed culture.
Annie on
@Lee: I don’t hate Alicia Keys. I actually love her. But, he was legally married when she threw the party for him at the Guggenheim in NY, not legally separated, not legally divorced. He was married when she conceived this baby. He only recently got divorced. I simply found it amusing that people were criticizing them for not being married, when it was legally impossible for them to be married before she conceived this baby because he was still married.
And, because you don’t know me, you really can’t make statement whom I do or do not like.
Sage on
Jen, I agree that the whole meltdown of society partly has to do with greed and selfishness.Besides that I laughed at your entire comment.
I think it’s very silly to try to imply that kids that come from a single parent household are some what more saintly and more hardworking. Coming from a two parent household I have worked for everything my entire life, my car, my education, clothes, and even helped out my family. I don’t think kids who aren’t raised in a single parent household should be labeled as slefish because both are parent’s were present, I mean isn’t that how it should be in the first place.
Sage on
@Lee you are a very hateful person yourself.
Sage on
Lee- you are a pretty vile, hateful, and ignorant person. Thought I would point that out to you =)
Jasmine on
no , I think Lee has a point. it’s a free world and a piece of paper and a ring means nothing if you’re not happy. Alicia is a beautiful successful woman – infact more successful than most of us and she’s not married – so what. Alicia , you will make a great mother and i wish you all the best with your baby ^__^ xxx
niyah on
I hope she has a baby girl
Jill on
First off, I do respect everyone’s opinion and know that some people feel strongly about being married before having children. As I said before, having a child and not being married is a no brainer to me.
There are so many comments that were made that made me speechless. I can’t believe how one sided people really are these days.
Heather, How does it benefit the child to be brought up in a two parent household where the parents are married to each other? I am assuming you are not for same sex adoptions, since they can’t marry. What if I was single and really wanted a child? Is that not allowed either? Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell must not have a stable home.
And then, “I think people on here that are like my boyfriend and I can have a child, it is 2010, seem very angry. They do not have any sort of commitment. Their man can walk away at anytime.”
Even if you are married, your man can walk away at anytime. A marriage does not mean you can’t divorce.
I am not judging Jean and Heather, but they are judging people who don’t get married. heather went as far as to say “bringing home boyfriend after boyfriend.” Because of course, all woman who are in relationships are sluts?! Great stereotype.
I respect people that get married and I attend them and love going to them, but I will never judges someone who choses not to get married, especially when not everyone in this country is not allowed to get married.
meghan on
Lee, you ARE the most hateful person regularly posting on this blog. You attack everyone you disagree with and don’t offer any sort of constructive comments about what your opinions are. You just say horrible things about their character that you have no proof of.
Jen DC on
@ Sage: Then you must also agree that the alternative is just as silly, which clearly you don’t. My point is, single parenthood is hardly demoralizing the country.
Nowhere did I use the word “saintly.” I simply stated that due to a lack of resources in a single-parent household, those children are more used to dealing with shortages and working harder, not that all two-parent household children are lazy and shiftless. Furthermore, you’re not even of the generation of which I speak. Your parents were clearly the opposite of the parents I rant against, and I congratulate them.
anonymous on
I find this interesting that there weren’t so many comments re: the necessity for marriage when CB had pictures of Liev & Naomi/ Brad & Angelina etc….
anonymous on
… no one said anything about the need for them to have been married before having children… (i pressed post before i finished)
brannon on
i get (and agree) with your point anonymous…but unfortunately, this tired argument does come up ALL the time – brad and angelina and the others have all had their beatings. however…what no one points out is statistics on those who marry and have children versus those who dont. as someone who has written and been published on the subject, i am quite frankly too tired to spout the statistics off again on here but it seems more than obvious that a legal document does not a family make. i think they both look happy and healthy so more power to them. seems like more than most of these commentators have going for them.
SadieA on
Lee, how was Lis being bitter? Because she has a different opinion than you do? Personally, I couldn’t care less whether or not women get married before they have children. I think everyone should have the right to choose whether or not they want to get married (including gay couples, BTW) but calling everyone bitter that disagrees with you is just immature. Lis shared her opinion politely, you should take note.
SadieA on
Lee, I’ll save you the time in replying to my comment and do it for you. I know how to do this because you have a blanket response for everyone that never has anything to do with their comment to you. It goes something like this:
“@SadieA you are very hateful!”
It’d be great if you actually addressed what people said to you, rather than just calling them bitter or hateful or some other word you don’t understand the meaning of.
meghan on
Ok. I’ve had it. Does anyone know who I have to email to report trolls?
cécile on
So there’s “this trend of women getting pregnant and not bothering to get married.” and Ms Keys is the horrible spokeperson for it and rightly deserves all our scorn.
Just to be sure that all the the horrible trendsetters receive the same amount of righteousness, I read all the comments about non married mothers or future mothers on this site (only the last 2 or 3 pages): funny how Ms Applegate is not endangering our society, how Ms Dratch does not make morals decline, same for Ms Procter, Ms Watts, Ms Adams, Ms Everhart. Alicia keys has to bear on her shoulders alone the decline of morals of this civilization. Wonder why the double standard?
Heather on
I don’t think their is a double standard. I feel the same way reading about all of the above mentioned women. I was just moved to write because of the reaction to Jean’s comment posted here.
Chrissa on
Jean: as well as anyone else – It doesn’t matter what your morals are, this is not YOUR society, and in this society we’re free to have kids whether we’re married or not. Nothing annoys me more than people who feel it’s their duty to shove their religious beliefs up everyone’s ass as if they’re too ignorant to understand what that the first amendment gives us freedom of religion, please stop trying to choose our beliefs for us.
With that being said, I think they’re a beautiful couple and I’m sure they’ll have beautiful children. All the haters will disappear eventually.
Ruby on
AND GUESS WHAT ? Swizz beatz and Alicia Keys are married now. She looked stunning.
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