You would think that in 2025 we would be made speculation about whether people are pregnant or not. But Singer and Mogul, Cardi B are the latest that reveals her fourth pregnancy after growing pressure to respond to accusations of her changing body.
“I was just like,” Can I just say that on my own time? “As if I’m not hiding, Cardi said in a “CBS Morning” interview Before you tell the host Gayle King that she is Having a baby with boyfriend stefon diggs. In this way, Cardi also referred to some of the doubt and fear of many parents to be wrestled with when decides on and when they will share their pregnancy with the world. “And it’s as if you don’t really want to say the right way you are pregnant. It’s like:” Let me see a couple more sonograms. Let my child be healthy, “Cardi said.
The truth is that everyone, celebrities included, deserves the freedom to share or keep news about their health and bodies. But the celebrities’ bodies have long been reviewed – from becoming famous when they “Snap back” after pregnancy to be the subject of intense pregnancy speculation. When talking about the latter, several A-listers will think about-from Rihanna’s pregnancy rumors Before Superbowl 2023 to the year -long tabloid talk around Jennifer Anniston’s potential babybul despite her silent fighters Trying to get pregnant.
In November 2020, “Rolling Up Welcome Mat” singer Kelsea Ballerini responded to similar rumors: “I’m sure you mean good, but it is extremely insensitive to ask or adopt if another woman is pregnant,” She tweeted. “By the way, I am not. Just carrying around my organs. But if I was, I would like to share it on my own time when I felt ready. Let’s not judge the inflature levels on the internet.”
“When people comment or speculate on pregnancy, it sends the message on how important it is for the rest of us to be hypervigilant about how we show up.”
In Cardi’s case, her physical appearance could have Easily just be her postpartum body, having given birth to her daughter blossom in 2024. “Postpartum bodies can look very different deposit on the person, and carrrying weight postpregnancy After Giving Birth, “Says Laura Purdy, MD, Family Medical Doctor and Chief Medical Officer at Stay.
TLDR: The risks of speculating whether someone expects should be clear or not. First, the person you are talking about can go through a number of things: postpartum changes, fertility treatments, pregnancy loss or a variety of other health problems that can lead to physical changes. On the other hand, it can only be typical body and weight fluctuations – and it’s also ok.
This should of course, but comments about what someone looks like can also be a form of body combing, whether it is intentional or not. “Speculate if someone is pregnant without knowing safely promotes fat phobia and weight stig because it indirectly supports the idea that if someone looks like that (has weight around the stomach, for example), they must be pregnant. When people in reality change throughout their lifetime whether they carry a child or not,” they say) Gabrielle FerraraLCSW, a therapist who specializes in eating disorders and body image. This type of speculation “maintains stigma and discrimination around body image and different body types”, she adds.
Although it can be harmful to ask even a handful of close friends if they believe that so and so expect based on their appearance alone, when these conversations take place in public social media forums, they can cause even more harm.
“When people comment or speculate on pregnancy, it sends the message on how important it is for the rest of us to be hypervigilant about how we show up,” says Sarah HerstichLCSW, eating disorders and body image therapist. “It also sends the message that if weight gain is due to pregnancy, it is ok. But some other weight gain will be condemned and examined. This reinforces the cultural story that bodies should” appear in a certain way. And everything outside that ideal should be assessed and “fixed.”
Our best tip: Avoid appearance-based language completely and maybe together we can move social norms about how we see “health” as a social currency today. Let Cardi’s experience, and every Celeb pregnancy speculation that has come before her, be a reminder to turn off all the conversations about other people’s bodies – whether known or not. It is not a business and about practicing this little empathy can go a long way.
– Further reporting by Alexis Jones
Melanie Whyte was a contributing staff writer for PS.
Alexis Jones Is the section management for health and fitness verticals on pop suction, which monitors coverage over the site, social media and newsletters. During his seven plus years of editorial experience, Alexis has developed passions for and expertise in mental health, women’s health and fitness, racial and ethnic differences in health care and chronic conditions. Before she came to PS, she was a senior editor at Health Magazine. Her second bylines are available at Women’s Health, Prevention, Marie Claire and more.
