Is Supermodel Miranda Kerr Now a Supermommy?

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Has Victoria’s Secret model Miranda Kerr given birth to a little angel of her own?

The Australian model and her husband Orlando Bloom reportedly welcomed a son weighing in at nearly 10 lbs. late last week in Los Angeles, and buzz from her home country is going strong about the little boy.

The private couple is staying mum and reps have not commented about whether or not the pair have welcomed a child, but Kerr’s grandmother, speaking through a friend, reportedly told Australia’s The Daily Telegraph that Kerr and her new baby are doing “very well.”

The mayor of her hometown even sent his congratulations. “Everyone is really excited,” Mayor Adam Marshall, of Gunnedah, New South Wales, told the media. “She still has strong family links here and we are very proud of her. We would like to see Miranda, Orlando and the new [baby] in Gunnedah.”

At seven months pregnant, a nude Kerr, 27, showed off her baby bump in W magazine’s December issue.

Kerr also spoke recently of her expectations for motherhood. “Every mother I’ve spoken to has said you cannot explain the profound feeling of love that comes over you as soon as the baby is born,” she said in the January issue of Australian Vogue. “I’m really looking forward to that moment.”

Kerr and Bloom, 33, have been together since 2007 and married quietly in July 2010.

— Sara Hammel

Comments

They are such a beautiful couple!!!

- Shoshana on January 12th, 2011

Congrats!! I can not believe that she would have a ten pound baby!!! She was so tiny!! Hope to hear a formal announcement soon!!

- Mommy of 2 on January 12th, 2011

I heard this last week and was wondering when it was going to be announced here!

- cris on January 12th, 2011

I read about this last week. I must say that People is for sure taking a turn towards the rag mags! Posting speculations…..first Mariah, pink, and Jane. Then Kate Hudson pregnant via a source. Then this? Wow!

- IMO on January 12th, 2011

Wasn’t this a couple of weeks ago? I read it on another forum ages ago.

- Tess on January 12th, 2011

I too wondered when this would be posted on here. Wow I didn’t know their son was almost 10lbs! Um…ouch?! Congrats to the happy couple, he will be one BEAUTIFUL baby.

- Rosalie on January 12th, 2011

Oh Orlando, you already broke all our hearts by getting married, the least you can dois acknowledge that the child who will have your genes has been born!
Ok so obviously kidding, Congrats if it’s true!

- Meagan on January 12th, 2011

Wow I was not expecting a 10 pound baby! Im glad I had bitty babies at 6 pounds 8 ounces and 6 pounds 4 ounces.

- Holiday on January 12th, 2011

There is something here that I honestly don’t understand. I respect a person’s right to privacy and don’t have a problem with them choosing to not share the news of their child’s birth. But how can this couple claim to be “private” (as said in the article) if she posed nude on a magaazine cover? I don’t know any person that truly values their privacy that is willing to pose on any magazine cover but I understand that she is a model. However, posing nude can’t possibly be a job requirement, right? Why claim to be a private person if you’re willing to pose nude for a magazine cover?

I’m really not being rude or snarky. I’m being genuinely curious and confused!

- Anonymous on January 13th, 2011

Cris – this website seems to prefer to wait for official news before announcing pregnancies or births. I, too, was wondering why it hadn’t been on here yet but I didn’t realize the couple had not released an official announcement.

- Cate on January 13th, 2011

A nearly 10lb baby? OUCH!

- CelebBabyLover on January 13th, 2011

Well seeing as though this has not been confirmed maybe People should wait before giving a birth announcement…
I also notice the Kate Hudson story is missing this morning. I’m beginning to doubt the integrity of this website. People used to stay out of the gossip business but it appears that they have now take the route of the “trashy tabloids”. Pity.

- Jennifer on January 13th, 2011

Congrats! I think she did deliver the baby!
I had Russell James (photographer for Victoria Secrets) on my facebook page and before the media had it on the news last week, he congratulated her on the birth of her baby on his status.

- Sri on January 13th, 2011

Jennifer, the Kate Hudson’s story is on the 2nd page.

- Sri on January 13th, 2011

IMO- if People is quoting a source, it means it’s the star’s publicist. She wants it to look like she’s keeping things private, but she’s actually announcing it.

- SadieA on January 13th, 2011

I would have thought that Christina Applegate would have had her baby before Miranda

- Sarah on January 13th, 2011

I actually heard it on the radio a few days ago, a local channel announced it..

- Kristine on January 13th, 2011

@Anonymous to answer your question it’s different posing nude for a magazine or in my case a anti-war poster cause it is a personal decision. It’s something that you as a person, your whole mind, body and soul have be alright with. It’s personal. But when it comes to your child it’s different. A) you are more protective of your child then you are of yourself B) you are making a personal decision for another human being which is not the same as making a personal decision for yourself, cause at the end of the day when that child grows up you want them to be alright with the personal decisions you made for them when they were to little to do it for themselves. Think of it this way, as a grown women I had no problem taking my cloths off for something I believe it, but my son would never do that, he is shy/personal about his scars, while I have no problem letting the world see mine. So if I had adopted him when he was younger (when he was first scared by his bio-mother) and allowed someone to take a picture of it and use it as an anti-child abuse poster or in a magazine, he wouldn’t know any better as a young child, but as a young adult he would and he would resent me for allowing the pictures to be taken and for allowing the world to see what he looks like naked. He will tell his story but he will never show it, that is his personal decision, mine is to tell the story and show it as well, it who I am.

All they are trying to do as parents is keep the birth of their child private for the sake of the child, in order to allow the child the privacy as he is growing up, and allowing him to choose if he wants to be a part of the media/Hollywood. Only cause his parents are famous doesn’t mean he is going to want his name out there for the world to know. So I respect their decision not to tell the world if the child was born, when, where, or his/her name. Plus it some cultures people will not announce birth till the child’s first birthday. First year being the hardest to survive.

If it’s true congratulations to the happy couple. If not still congratulations I hope the child is happy, healthy, and that the birth was as easy as birth can be on a mom, and dad. May the future hold a lot of beautiful and amazing discoveries for all of them.

- B.R on January 13th, 2011

I see modeling as a career and I’m sure most of them enjoy, they make money that way, but having their private life exposed is different. I can’t really complain since I visit this site 100 times a day:) I can see how some want their lives separate from work, but they also know going in that this is just part of the business!

and 10 lbs, definitely ouch! My 6 pounder was plenty big enough:) Congrats to them if this is true!

- jessicad on January 13th, 2011

I agree with everyone saying why is People posting this from a source.

Sadie, a source is what reports info to all the rag mags. It does not mean her publisist. If it did, it would be confirmed. And it is not, just like Kate Hudson’s story. A source revealed Jennifer Anniston was pregnant with twins and she wasn’t. I could be a source and so could you. I do believe the story, but that’s not the point.

- Anonymous on January 13th, 2011

BTW, I was referring to Kate Hudson, not Miranda Kerr.

- SadieA on January 13th, 2011

Anonymous, that may be true for most tabloids but People does not accept anyone but legitimate sources (like her publicist). They won’t announce anything the star isn’t okay with. That is just how People operates. For people who think they have changed their ways and are suddenly accepting random sources as information – they haven’t and they aren’t.

- SadieA on January 13th, 2011

Anonymous: The article says that the couple is private — meaning, they don’t usually talk about their relationship and/or give details (ie: like when the baby is due/was born). Posing nude has nothing to do with revealing personal details about their lives — it’s just a beautiful thing to do (and get paid for! haha). Just because people live a lot in the public eye (esp. one who is a Victoria’s Secret Angel and supermodel) doesn’t mean they can’t maintain privacy about certain aspect of their lives — which is exactly what Miranda and Orlando are doing. Hope this helps!

- Waverly on January 13th, 2011

I read about this last Sunday-Hope it’s true. Congrats!

- Mia on January 13th, 2011

Sadie, People magazine has been speculating on stories for the last few months, which is something they never used to do. I don’t think anyone is doubting that Kate is pregnant. It is the fact that this is the first time an unidentified source is “confirming” a story.

- IMO on January 13th, 2011

Miranda confirmed the birth on her KORA website and Orlando’s mother also confirmed it.

- Amelie on January 13th, 2011

Amelie, where on her site did she confirm it? I saw a posting for Kora Organics on the 10 th saing no announcement had been made……I must be missing it

- IMO on January 13th, 2011

Yes, there’s a difference between physical exposure and personal/emotional exposure and to conflate the two is silly. There’s no contradiction if Miranda chooses to maintain her family’s privacy at the same time as revealing herself physically.

- Elisabeth on January 13th, 2011

hahah 10 thats nothing my brother was 12 XP

- maeve on January 14th, 2011

There was a 10 pound baby in that belly?! She was tiny as… Congrats to Miranda and Orlando, bet they are super loved-up right now

- Maddie on January 14th, 2011

B.R.- I’m (Tee) the anonymous you responded to. I have no idea why it came up as anonymous instead of Tee, sorry about that! Thanks for giving me your opinion. I appreciate what you’re saying but I still don’t really understand it. Like I said before, I have great respect for people that choose to keep their lives private. For that matter, I have even more respect for those that keep their children’s lives private, if that’s what they desire to do. I just can’t seem to wrap my mind around how someone can claim to be private and pose nude. It’s okay that I don’t understand though and I’m not saying that this woman is in the wrong. I’m just saying that I don’t understand it!

Waverly, like I told BR, thank you for sharing your point of view! I guess where I get tripped up is how someone can say they are private if they pose nude. But if it works for her, it works, ain’t so? That’s the beauty of the world we live in… different things work for different people!

Elisabeth- Sorry you think I’m silly!

- Tee on January 14th, 2011

If it’s true then congrats to Miranda and Orlando! Can’t wait to see the little guy.

- Mihay on January 14th, 2011

IMO- No it is not the first time. It was also an unamed source (although they said “friend” rather than “source” in that case) who confirmed Gisele Bundchen’s pregnancy with Benajamin to PEOPLE. They’ve used “sources” for other things in the past as well….which have all turned out to be true.

SadieA- I agree. I’m sure for Kate, the source was probably a publicist or someone else “offical”. As for this post….PEOPLE obviously DID want to wait until they had an offical confirmation before posting, as this speculation started last week and they didn’t post it until this week. My guess is that they knew people were going to start asking why they hadn’t posted about Miranda giving birth (in fact, some people DID wonder on this post why PEOPLE didn’t post it sooner!), so they decided to go ahead and post it.

- CelebBabyLover on January 14th, 2011

This story here IS speculation.

Cbl, You always shoot down peoples opinions. Or have a condescending reply. It is soooooo annoying! I am sure you dont mean to but thats how it comes across. Sources confirm a lot that are not true…..that is the point. I have NEVER known People to do this. I don’t memorize every post. I am new to this page and never saw the Giselle posting or any other posting from a source. I never said the story with Kate wasn’t true…..I said I am not a fan of “sources” confirming stories….leaves a lot of questions. Many people have said the SAME thing.

- IMO on January 14th, 2011

I want to here the name! PLEASE don’t let them keep that private!

- Nelle on January 14th, 2011

IMO- I apologize if I come off as shooting down other people’s opinions. What I tend to do is defend people against what I feel is unjust critcism. In this case, I was defending PEOPLE. I’ve been a subscriber for three years, and have followed them for even longer than that, and I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of times they’ve gotten major things wrong. And when they do, they virtually always issue a correction (and in a few cases even a full-blown retraction).

I love PEOPLE, and I have always been impressed with their reporting. But to each their own, and I respect your opinion as well. I think we need to agree to disagree.

- CelebBabyLover on January 15th, 2011

IMO- Thanks so much. I thought I was the only one who disliked CBL’s atittude. Everyone in this site calls her sweet and nice, well, being opinionated and condescending, even under a guise of politeness, is certainly NOT being sweet and nice. It astounds me how no one else sees this and keeps standing up for her.

- natalia on January 15th, 2011

On another note, congrats to Miranda and Orlando on the birth of their baby boy! They must be ecstatic.

- natalia on January 15th, 2011

Miranda confirmed the birth in a statement but gave no details:

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/ipad/mum-miranda-has-it-well-covered/story-fn6bqphm-1225988956205

- smd on January 16th, 2011

Cbl,
I appreciate that….I will say your defending often comes off a little condescending. There is no need to defend other people or People magazine. Let people defend themselves. The magazine can also comment…..they did last week. I also have been a magazine subscriber for years. I never said thru get things wrong…..not even close! I respect everyones opinions and like to hear from everyone…..not someones interpretation of what they think someone meant.

- IMO on January 17th, 2011

Nelle – The baby’s name is Flynn. Miranda tweeted it.

- Hi on January 18th, 2011