Minnie Driver prepares the public for her postpartum photos
Almost all pregnant women go through the cravings stage — wanting anything from sweets, to pickles, to odd requests like mashed potatoes mixed with ice-cream — but for Minnie Driver, her only craving has been the color green! The 38-year-old actress — who expects her delivery surprise this August — can’t get enough of green foods and goes as far as calling "green apples, and cucumbers, and snap peas" her newly acquired "obsession." Minnie — who is a bit surprised that she hasn’t "had this huge appetite" — feels that "there’s no room to eat tons of stuff" and blames her pregnancy-related desire to eat green foods on the little one camped out in her belly! Says Minnie,
I had a dream and they told me in the dream that [the baby's] favorite color is green. Maybe that’s why I like green food so much.
Another delightful pregnancy trait? Minnie’s new bloodhound-strength nose, which she calls a "bionic sense of smell that’s hardcore." Admitting that pregnancy can cause normal smells to "become overpowering – like aftershave, perfume, and scented candles," she is thankful that she can now handle these smelly encounters without running to the bathroom. Apart from that, so far "it’s been very peaceful."
I’m happy the nausea finally went away; that was the worst part, the sickness and the throwing up to begin with was wretched.
Click below to see whether Minnie’s baby’s father will be involved, and why we should plan to see her "pudgy and fat" in Malibu!
Even though Minnie has been very open about her pregnancy, discussing it at length with the press, she is still mum on revealing the identity of her baby’s father, explaining, "He’s not in the public eye and he shouldn’t have to deal with all that stuff. It really is private."While she is "taking full responsibility for being a mother" to herchild and the father "is going to be a dad … he will still play somepart," the actress — who calls herself "unorthodox" when it comes totying the knot — wants people to know that "I’m not married and I’mnot getting married to this person." And although she may not be sokeen on matrimony at this point in her life, Minnie is adamant aboutcreating "as happy and as loving an environment as I can."
One thing we can expect after the baby’s arrival is for Minnie totake her time getting back to her pre-baby weight, especially as she does not plan to go back to work until January 2009. According toMinnie, the Hollywood idea of pushing yourself to the limit in order tofit back into your pre-pregnancy jeans is "the most unhealthy thing"and she finds it "horrifying that you should somehow get back into asize 2 a couple weeks after giving birth." Admitting that she doesn’tunderstand the "celebrity obsession of getting your pre-baby body backin the shortest time possible," Minnie goes on to jokingly preparepeople for her postpartum photos.
So plan on seeing me pudgy and fat, knocking around in Malibu and proud of it!
Source: Hello Magazine; Photo by Axelle/BauerGriffinOnline.com
- Posted on Jul 3, 08 at 3:30PM
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July 3rd, 2008 at 5:27 pm
Ata girl!
July 3rd, 2008 at 5:34 pm
i like her attitude, i wish more of hollywood had that attitude. They should realize that a lot of people look up to them and if they cant get back to pre pregnant weight w/in a week or two they feel like a failure. I have never understood that mantality.
steph
July 3rd, 2008 at 5:47 pm
Yea! That’s the way to be..
she is a wonderful role model!
July 3rd, 2008 at 6:16 pm
I think her sentiments on losing weight are very healthy, but actresses are held to a different (and IMO much more rigorous standard) than the average woman. For one thing, their livelihood basically depends on the way they look; if it takes too much time for them to lose weight they may lose jobs or cease to be considered “good looking” enough for future work. Of course it’s ridiculous, but the entertainment industry is so brutal because the public demands these women to be small and skinny, whether we (I mean “we” generically) fully acknowledge this or not. At the same time, there is a right and a wrong way to lose baby weight, and while it would be ideal for all women to lose the weight on their own time, the weight restraints that have been placed on actresses from the time they become famous must be hard to shake even if the extra weight is from a baby. Hopefully I think the industry is getting a little better with the pressure, but not much.
July 3rd, 2008 at 6:32 pm
They are only held to the standard at which they allow. If more women stood their ground like this, Hollywood would have to bend. You go, girl!!
July 3rd, 2008 at 7:07 pm
brooke it really bugs me when you say things like that here and on the camila alves posts. some people really just do not want to know the sex. i didn’t find out with either of my boys. there have been no rumors on minnie at all, she has been very clear that she wants a surprise. unless you are counting that she had pink flowers at her baby shower, again assumptions are being made and by posting here being spread around. some people really don’t know the sex, its not about hiding it or not wanting to tell people. sorry this is a topic that just really bothers me when people insinuate celebs are hiding something when sometimes they really are not.
i do like minnie’s quotes about not losing the weight right away, the fat and pudgy thing is very funny. she liked green items but during my last pregnancy i ate a lot of red, apples, cherries, red peppers, peaches…very strange!!
July 3rd, 2008 at 8:56 pm
She seems so real and funny in interviews. I love hearing what she has to say.
July 3rd, 2008 at 10:14 pm
other erica I don’t care if it bugs you, it’s my opinion, and your entitled to your’s. I didn’t even know she had a baby shower yet, but I have heard she is having a daughter and I think she is, but time will tell. Now everytime I see minnie, I think of her picking her nose nonstop, tmz had a bunch of pictures of her doing that during lunch, and it grossed me out lol. And erica I agree with you, yea losing baby weight is different when your say an actress, than when you are a sahm and don’t feel the pressure to be skinny for a movie you will be doing in say 8 weeks.
July 3rd, 2008 at 11:43 pm
It is nice to hear a celebrity who isnt obsessed with getting right back into shape. Like these women should win a medal because they lost all their baby weight in 6 weeks..its unrealistic and as much as I hope that I will get myself back to my pre baby body I know it isnt going to happen as easy as they always say it does!
July 4th, 2008 at 12:24 am
Hey StephanieS–
Unfortunately I don’t think it’s just the Hollywood entertainment industry because the movie/television business is driven by consumers (the public) who want to see small, skinny women on their screens. It’s no coincidence that the biggest stars nowadays are Jessica Alba, Eva Longoria, and Katie Holmes. When it becomes your job to look camera ready then you lose your ability to dictate what your physical standards are to a certain extent. For example, I don’t think anyone who posts on this site would be cruel if say Jessica Alba took more than six months to lose her baby weight because that’s more true to real life. But I’d bet money that the public in general would rake her over the coals for being “fat” and she would also be losing a ton of jobs that could continue to secure her family’s future.
July 4th, 2008 at 1:10 am
Thank you, Other Erica! You just said exactly what I was thinking!
July 4th, 2008 at 7:56 am
Actresses/models are also typically quite thin and in shape before they get pregnant – part of the job description I guess. If they continue a degree of this lifestyle during pregnancy (eating right and working out with a trainer), yes they probably will lose the baby weight quicker than your average woman after delivery.
I’m not saying there aren’t people who “push the limit to get back into a size 2 “, I’m just saying there are many dynamics in play here that may also contribute to these women regaining their pre-pregnancy bodies quicker than average.
July 4th, 2008 at 8:28 am
I think a lot of the pressure actresses have to lose the weight postpartum is something they do to themselves. They don’t have to book movies that are so close to their delivery date. They don’t HAVE to work so soon after having a baby to survive. It’s a totally different situation for a woman that’s single and broke versus a movie star with millions in her bank account whether she’s married or not, single broke mom has to go back to work asap, movie star doesn’t. They CHOOSE to go back to work so quickly, therefore they CHOOSE to have that pressure on themselves.