Top Chef and single mom Camille Becerra says “I’m dating myself!”

When I emailed the publicist for Top Chef contestant– and single mom — Camille Becerra I was floored when she wrote back to me herself. After, all, 35-year-old Chef Becerra is a celebrity.
So what if she had to leave the show after judge Tom Colicchio called her pineapple upside-down cake “rubbery”? Any single [...]

So what if Jamie Lynn Spears doesn’t get married?

Today, at Slate, advice columnist Emily Yoffe refers to “the archetypal unwed mother” as “a Jamie Lynn Spears—a dopey teenager who dropped her panties and got in over her head.”
Ouch. “Dopey teenager.” Does this writer know Jamie Lynn Spears? Has she met her? This woman knows how to belittle.
First off, Emily assumes to know exactly [...]

Hollywood, here you come?

Storked’s post this morning at Glamour — “America’s Next Top… Baby?” – could not have appeared at a more appropriate time. A few days ago, photo team showed up at our door: the unstoppable Thayer, her assistant, two stylists, and a make-up artist.
They were here to shoot for a forthcoming piece I wrote for Jewish [...]

Shameless self-promotion, the Spitzers, and the McCartney divorce

If you haven’t read Random Esq’s post today, apparently I made him trip down a flight of stairs yesterday. Not on purpose. I swear!
This “random attorney” — who doesn’t have a single mom girlfriend, but sure has a lot of single mom fans — was reading my email on his cell phone when he was [...]

Will you be watching these single mom reality shows… or boycotting them?

I’m not one to get too snooty — especially when it comes to other single moms — but I can’t keep my mouth shut. I’m grateful that throughout most of our country, single moms are no longer stigmatized. But two celebrity single moms are getting out of control. Do you agree?
If you haven’t heard about [...]

What’s your advice for Heath Ledger’s ex?

UPDATE: If you haven’t read single mom Jeanie’s blog about Michelle, do so now. “Jeanie in Paradise” says that Heath’s death “struck fairly close to the bone” because her ex died when her daughter was 22 months old.
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As you’ve surely heard, actor Heath Ledger, 28, was found dead yesterday. Although it’s still unclear whether or [...]

Jamie Lynn Spears to be a single mom?

UPDATE: If you haven’t read Ariel Gore’s “Congratulations to Jamie Lynn,” do so now.
Certainly, you’ve heard by now: 16-year-old “Zoey 101″ star Jamie Lynn Spears is pregnant (yes, that’s right, Britney’s littl’ sis.)
She and her 18-year-old boyfriend Corey Aldridge may or may not tie the knot, depending on which gossip news source you’re following.
At [...]

Parents magazine editor knocks single moms

This is an open letter to Diane Debrovner, Senior Editor of Parents magazine:
Dear Diane,
Yesterday, on CBS News, you said that stars having kids out of wedlock makes it seem glamorous.
“I think,” you told Early Show co-anchor Julie Chen yesterday, “because of our media obsession with celebrities and their every move… they set the bar at [...]

What keeps you strong?

The ring tone on my cell phone is now set to Kanye West’s song, Stronger.
That don’t kill me
Can only make me stronger
I need you to hurry up now
Cause I can’t wait much longer
I know I got to be right now
Every time my phone rings, it reminds me to lean on myself — not on a [...]

Who’s your role model for celebrity divorce?

UPDATE: Go to Hot Momma Gossip for an update on Kate Hudson’s thoughts about dating as a single mom

BabyCenter blogger Carolyn Robertson says it’s Kate Hudson for sure (”Out and about with Kate Hudson“).

She’s got a point: Kate and ex Chris Robinson don’t bad mouth each other in the press. In fact, they make it [...]