As I logged into my Yahoo! account yesterday to check my very important and serious email … there were the words … bitch-slapping me across my tender cheeks:
Kim Kardashian’s Baby Bump is Showing!
[Pause … for effect.]
When my eyes finally adjusted to the message, you know what words fluttered through my delicate brain?
‘Who the f– cares!’
I mean, really. I’m not trying to be a celeb grinch or anything, but how many women become pregnant each year? I’ll tell you (yes, I actually looked this up):
In the U.S. alone, nearly 4 MILLION births take place each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And that’s births. Can you imagine how many women actually become pregnant?
So Kim Kardashian’s baby bump is showing.
(Note: NOT “Kim Kardashian’s Baby is BORN,” or “Kim Kardashian in Custody Battle”)
Hmmm. To complement this fascinating, breaking, Pulitzer-worthy story, here are some other items that made headlines on Thursday, Jan. 24:
- “Senator Unveils Bill to Limit Semiautomatic Arms,” New York Times
- “North Korea says new nuclear test will be part of fight against U.S.,” CNN.com
- “The Aftermath of an Acid Attack in Iran,” TIME Magazine
- “‘Valor knows no gender’: Pentagon lifts ban on women in combat,” NBC News
KIM KARDASHIAN’S BABY BUMP IS SHOWING!
Quick, grab the camera! Light a fire! No, sound the tornado sirens! Hell, make it a nuke warning! Close the movies, call the President … hurry, someone get me a pedicure! STAT!
Meanwhile, I demand a headline of my own: “Shari Lopatin Drives Car.”
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Shari Lopatin 
Oh, you and my husband would make a pair!…I bet he says that at least a couple of times a day!…about trivial stuff just like that! …Who does really care???
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LOL! Great minds think alike. 🙂
Thanks for reading!
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I’ll have to tell him you said “great minds”…he will laugh!
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Perfectly put!! Frankly, pretty sure that I will still care 0% when the thing actually comes out too.
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Thanks, Irene! And me too: even if the baby had been born, I still wouldn’t care. But at least it’d be just a molecule more newsworthy than a friggin’ baby bump!
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The really sad thing would be to look up how many people click to read the riveting details of her baby bump showing vs. the number of people who click on the other headlines you mentioned that might truly matter to the planet. And I’m sorry….why is she famous again? Oh. Yeah.
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Couldn’t agree with you more. I’m actually a former daily newspaper reporter, and I get freakin’ depressed when I see the state of our media today, and what people care about. But that’s a WHOLE OTHER blog topic. 🙂
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So true!
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I know! Thanks for reading and commenting! 🙂
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LOL…..Funnnnnnnny!!!!! And…I agree!
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Hahaha! Thanks! 🙂
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This made me giggle, and yeah im with you, who the devil gives a flying F@#%. But thats the media for you.
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It’s sad what some of our media has turned into, nowadays. And this is coming from a former daily newspaper reporter (me). So maybe it hits a little harder than normal. LOL!
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Thank you!! The trash that passes for “news” is appalling. I’ve never understood why this woman is a celebrity. What has she contributed to the world??
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LOL! I know, right? And I mean, I wish her all the best in her pregnancy (just as I would with any other woman), but THIS? Seriously. C’mon.
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