Natalie Portman: engaged & had a baby boy!

[FrenchCactus]

Millepied, Natalie Portman’s fiancé and baby father, was supposedly “obsessed” with her on the set of Black Swan, where they fell in love. He stopped at nothing to have her. He ignored everyone else to be close to her, including a longtime girlfriend…

The implication then was that Millepied is a golddigger, determined to get ahead. And the recent NewYork Times profile on him does nothing to dispel that reputation.

It’s The New York Times.

It’s not some gossip rag.

And The New York Times did NOT kiss Mr Portman’s ***. In fact, The New York Times presented a picture of a man thought by some to be exceptionally talented, and others to be a mildly talented opportunist with a gift for fundraising, especially since he’s handsome (to some) and has a French accent which, apparently, is an asset when asking for money from old rich society ladies.

Oh…

The Smutty World of Ballet.

This is the Ultimate Girl Sh-t.

Then again, if you don’t want The New York Times to get real on your ***, maybe you don’t f-ck around with their reporter…?

I repeat, it’s THE NEW YORK TIMES.

And what does Benjamin do? He commits to an interview sometime between 3pm and 7pm. The journalist wanders aimlessly around Tribeca for hours, until Benjamin sends a text with word that he’s busy, he has to bail. They reschedule. He doesn’t bother to show. After an hour he sends another text. He decided to go to dinner instead. A phone call is finally set up at midnight.

Who the f-ck are you?

Lateness happens. Lateness without notice is inexcusable. But if you’re a choreographer, balancing several projects, conducting a series of moving parts that are supposed to play together seamlessly, I expect you to be able to manage your time. And you can make a phone call. You can let the other person know. In the absence of an extenuating circumstance, not letting the person know is a character flaw. The message is that your time is more important than theirs. That your schedule is more important than theirs. That YOU are important than them.

On the most basic level, this is rude. At a deeper level, this is selfish.

You could say this is a journalist with an axe to grind. I would say this is a journalist who was given the sense that there was something more…and decided to dig a little deeper. That’s actually his JOB. It’s what happens in the real world too. Go to a job interview, give some sketchy answers, and your prospective employer will call up some references, ask a few probing questions. Why should it be any different just because Benjamin Millepied proposed to Natalie Portman?

Click here if you’ve not read The New York Times article. You’ll LOVE the sly implication that he’s much better at whispering compliments in exchange for a donation than he is at designing a dance routine.

Also attached – Natalie Portman yesterday with a big baby belly in LA yesterday. I’m no pregnancy expert but that looks like it’s happening soon. To be honest, it’s not my favourite thing in the world to post photos of pregnant women. I do it here though because Portman claims to hate the paps. And for the most part, she’s not as famewhorey as, say, someone like Rachel Bilson. But these photos were also posted on the very celebrity friendly People.com. And Portman regularly talks to People Magazine. And I’m just saying, if you really want to make a point about not being papped, especially during your pregnancy, why not boycott the publications that purchase those photos?

Publications like People pay the highest premiums for pap shots. That’s where the paps make the most money. Wouldn’t it make more sense if you cut off their funding? Or is that not really where the real problem is rooted? It’s not so much that the photos get taken, the real problem is rooted in what you actually SAY about them. I’m ok with having my picture taken if it’s accompanied by some flattering comments.

Frankly, you can’t have it both ways.

LaineyGossip

 

[fashionista-ta]

I see nothing wrong with the speech ... it's got pregnancy hormones written all over it, but so what?

 

[dajrekshn]

NY Times article has quite an interesting insight in her fiance's career.

 

[melfreya]

Not so intersting as the Lainey b*tch tries to make it sound. Good God have a life woman..It's obvious she hates Portman with a passion, I never visit her vitriolic site.

 

[before]

^It's been quite the opposite until recently. I don't see anything wrong that her fiancee has done, so what if he's more known for ballet fundraising, financing productions, etc. Aren't those good qualities, to have some talent and business acumen?
But I do agree that he shouldn't have blown off that NYT interview. As far as the general public is concerned, he's just Mr. Natalie Portman.

 

[sobriquet87]

Natalie's fiance looks like a b*tch. Meaning, he looks like he has an attitude.
You can tell by the way he carries himself...there's a sort of arrogance there.
That's probably where all these articles about him being rude are stemming from.

Natalie also has a reputation for being a tad bitchy, so that's probably why they get along so well.

I just hope the Oscar curse doesn't get Natalie too.
Every best actress winner for the past few years ends up divorcing/leaving her spouse.

 

[Jennika]

Not so intersting as the Lainey b*tch tries to make it sound. Good God have a life woman..It's obvious she hates Portman with a passion, I never visit her vitriolic site.

if you never visit her site how do you know how Lainey feels about her? I wouldn't say she hates her with a passion at all, I think she's just very critical of her recent behaviour. in fact she complimented her after the SAG awards and has generally been very positive about her until very recently and only after she seems to be using her pregnancy/personal life to campaign for an oscar, something very contrary to how she's always handled herself with the media.

anyway, I think her fiance was totally foolish to blow off the interview as well. perhaps he had his own reasons but when you do something like that you really do leave the door wide open to criticism.

 

[melfreya]

^People repost her thoughts on other forums, that's where I see them.

 

[lucy92]

when exactly did he dump his long term girlfriend?

i dont think he's that attractive. i hope natalie doesnt marry him. he doesnt really seem good enough for her.

 

[dajrekshn]

when exactly did he dump his long term girlfriend?

i dont think he's that attractive. i hope natalie doesnt marry him. he doesnt really seem good enough for her.

apparently during the BS shot. i didn't know until recently he was basically a father to her kid too. just saying, not stirring anyone..

 

[aliki]

I agree, her speech was so awkward but who can blame her? She's a very happy woman!

 

[melfreya]

Of course no one is mentioning that between Natalie and his long term girlfriend, he actually had a short affair with another dancer. Guess it's not convenient to the '"Natalie is a homewrecker" rumors..
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[mint condish]

I think the more happy someone actually is, the more secure she'd be, and the less chance she'd make a weird, embarrassing, public speech like that.

Then again, Hollywood actors are not like normal people... I guess they experience their emotions totally differently....

I've always liked her, and I still do, but I'm just shocked at all this post-Black Swan stuff... who could picture something like this would happen, and with a guy like that.... it's just jarring.

 

[before]

Of course no one is mentioning that between Natalie and his long term girlfriend, he actually had a short affair with another dancer. Guess it's not convenient to the '"Natalie is a homewrecker" rumors..
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Still, doesn't make her look any better. In fact, quite worse. He sure moves around fast.

 

[sobriquet87]

When I first saw him, I got a gay vibe from him...but I guess there's too much evidence against that.

 

[Decalion]

I thought this post by a hater might amuse you:

Collated from the Natalie Portman official fan site!


1. Natalie portman started begging Aronofsky to make this her oscar campaign film since 2000


2. Rachel Weisz beat portman into tricking Aronofsky into casting herself in 'the fountain' by sleeping with him and replacing Cate Blanchet who was originally cast. Portman put this on hold until Aronofsky struck gold with 'the wrestler' and this time Portman got him by his balls to get BS made


3.This film was originally meant to be about acting in a play ...but was changed by Portman into a ballet drivel...a standard hanna montana style drama with some Aronofsky fast cuts


4.Portman recruited Mila Kunis into playing her adversary ...aronofsky had no part in her being cast except to sign her . Also ensured casting of Winona Ryder so as to denote a heritage handover....portman wants to be the 'winona ryder' of the present times. Also ensured that her role is reduced to that of a character artiste so she does not steal any of the lime light. Winona's total screen time is less than 50 seconds


5.Portman knew she was no where near the top 50 glamorous 'IT' women of hollywood and therefore recruited Mila Kunis to add sleaze into an
already frothing waste bin


6.Portman made sure Mila's role would be chopped so much that Mila appears only as a character artiste despite her character playing the second most important aspect of the film. This so Mila doesn't steal the show. Mila's total screen time is less than 4 minutes


7.Portman ensured that 90 percent of the camera time would be on her and nothing else ....not even ballet


8. Instead of learning ballet from Benjamin Millipied, Portman was instead sleeping with him the entire time leaving aronofsky to take refuge in CGI trickery and post production to complete the film


9. Portman's PR worked extra hard to spread the story that Portman underwent injury and hardship while learning ballet. The reality is she was getting knocked up by millipied


10. As per her own statement, the lesbian scene was thrown in to bring in the crowds



AHEM!!
(p.s. BTW this is the same woman who, in high school, brought out an ad to apologize to the whole school for being snotty to them LOL)

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[beatriz]

that's so ridiculous

 

[madelaine13]

I can belive that

 

[beatriz]

off topic, but what's going on with the news that she was rude to a reporter at the oscar luncheon? is there any footage of that happening?

 

[sobriquet87]

^I haven't seen it. But apparently the reporter asked her about fashion and she got offended,
because she thought it was an inappropriate question for that event.

I guess it's the pregnancy hormones.