Minnie Driver Looks Forward To Life With Baby
While Minnie Driver has repeatedly said that she doesn’t want to say who the father is "because he didn’t choose to get dragged into the media," the actress does admit that with only a month to go until baby Thomas or Isabel arrives, she is "fine" with all the daddy speculation. Earlier on in the pregnancy though — while battling morning sickness — Minnie "couldn’t have dealt with" the constant hounding" of the press to identify the father calling herself "far more intolerant in the beginning, far more hormonal." Whether or not the public ever finds out who the dad is, Minnie — who wants to move past it all, "have the baby and get on with my life" — has made it clear that her child will have their father around; however, that doesn’t necessarily mean that she thinks there will be wedding bells anytime soon saying, "You don’t need to [get married] because being a single mom is accepted."
With her upcoming movie Take — set to release this month — the 38-year-old "working girl" is determined to continue on with her career and "this baby knows that" — but not before spending a stretch of quality time with the new addition. Taking on "full mommy time all through the fall and early winter," the duo will eventually return to movie sets together with the expectant mom confident her baby "is up for it" and that it "will be on set with me."
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As Minnie’s movie career continues to blossom and her due date approaches, the actress considers herself "grateful" that she is finally on the verge of completing her dream to be a mother — albeit it a bit later than she expected!
I’m surprised it’s taken this long to tell you the truth. When I was much younger, I never envisioned waiting until my mid-30’s to have a kid. I thought I would be much younger.
With the press desperate to catch photos of Minnie and her belly, sometimes the need for a picture can go a bit too far — which was exactly what happened during a recent outing to the beach with fellow actor, Colin Farrell, who is dating her close friend. The trio — who "were just having a day at the beach" with Colin’s son James — were "chased off by these paparazzi running at us with cameras." The flashing lights and badgering photographers — in what Minnie calls "a Robin Hood scenario" — were soon confronted by surfers on the Malibu beach. While she "doesn’t condone the violence at all," Minnie credits her community saying that "they were just defending people trying to have a normal afternoon." While the heroic rescue got a bit rough, "it didn’t stop one guy from selling his pictures for big bucks," causing Minnie to think that "maybe a punch in the nose was worth it to him…it wasn’t really justice."
Source: Parade; Photo by PacificCoastNewsOnline.com
- Posted on Jul 17, 08 at 12:30PM
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July 17th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
Minnie, Minnie, Minnie… I love how she is outspoken and determined to live her life her way, and I love that she recognizes that her life and baby are nobody else’s business.
However, she should probably get ready for the next barage of messages and posts from people who are *personally insulted* by everything she says.
July 17th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
I’m not personally insulted, I just think Minnie Driver is annoying. But I thought that before she got pregnant. Back in Good Will Hunting days, her interviews about her breakup with Matt Damon were similar to these. Trying too hard to come off a certain way, IMO. I’ll be glad when she has the baby, goes into “nesting” mode, and we don’t have to see or listen to her everyday.
July 17th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
Her comments just make me more curious as to who the father is and what type of relationship she has with him.
July 17th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
I think it’s good that the father will be still be involved, even though he won’t be at the delivery. Not all guys like to be there for that!
July 17th, 2008 at 4:08 pm
If he didn’t choose to be “dragged into the media”, why does she keep talking about him? If she knows this man would prefer to be left out of the media hype, she should stop saying anything.
July 17th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
I’ll be honest, I’m tired of constantly reading about this. For someone who wants to “move past” all this, she sure does love to talk about it, to anyone who will listen.
July 17th, 2008 at 8:34 pm
I’m happy to hear that the dad will still be involved, although I thought that was always the case.
I couldn’t imagine what celebrities go through just when they’re having a simple outing. I remember seeing a video of Patrick Dempsy and family when the twins were a few months old, going out to the beach and it just seemed to invasive. I guess you just learn to ignore them. Still. I’d never want to be a celebrity simply for that fact.