Celebs Who Breastfeed in Public
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Miranda Kerr and more!
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Maggie Gyllenhaal
The Dark Knight star became a hero to breastfeeding activists and a shame to those who condemn public breastfeeding when papparazzi spotted her feeding her daughter, Ramona, in a New York City park in 2007.
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Miranda Kerr
Kerr doesn't need to be snapped by the papparazzi. To introduce their new baby to the world, the Victoria's Secret model and husband Orlando Bloom posted a photo of Kerr breastfeeding on Kerr's blog.
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Salma Hayek
When asked why she breastfed another woman's baby on camera during a goodwill trip to Sierra Leone, the actress said she did it to diminish the stigmas associated with breastfeeding and to encourage infant nutrition in a country with the highest infant mortality rate.
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Julie Bowen
After giving birth to twins earlier this year, the star of Modern Family described double breastfeeding as like two little liposuction machines on you," and showed a photo of the kids at mealtime on Lopez Tonight.
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Keely Shaye Smith
Despite co-hosting Unsolved Mysteries in the late '90s, Shaye Smith is probably best known for being Mrs. Pierce Brosnan. In December of 1997, the couple appeared on the (subscribers only) cover of Redbook magazine with Shaye Smith breastfeeding their first son.
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Jerry Hall
The Brosnans weren't the only ones to put breastfeeding on the front page. In 1999, model and actress Jerry Hall was featured on the cover of Vanity Fair while breastfeeding her son, Gabriel, whom she shares with rocker Mick Jagger.
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Lucy Lawless
To promote World Breastfeeding Week in 2002, Xena: Warrior Princess showed her softer side by doing a series of promos that featured her nursing her son, Judah, alongside the caption, "Breastfeeding — My best role ever."
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Gwen Stefani
Stefani credited breastfeeding with helping her lose the baby weight while on tour for The Sweet Escape album in 2007. Perhaps to provide evidence, the rock star and fashion designer was snapped in a park in November 2008 proving her case.
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Billie Piper
The Dr. Who actress has a bigger name in England, but made international waves when she was photographed breastfeeding her young son on the beach in Miami in late 2008.
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Angelina Jolie
In case you haven't had enough of the Jolie-Pitt brood, we did some digging. The October 2008 issue of W magazine featured photos of Angelina breastfeeding fraternal twins Knox and Vivienne, taken by Brad Pitt himself.
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Beautiful!!
The Jerry Hall image is interesting because it’s deliberately challenging two taboos; firstly about breastfeeding and secondly about the mother as sexual being. Shame on the paparazzi taking boob-shots as a mother feeds her hungry baby…
um stars breastfeeding isn’t a new phenomenon at all big ones have done it since the 1950′s. of course back then Paparrazzi didn’t photograph mother and child bonding time if it was done in public. and some of these aren’t even real stars in the first place but married to them which is totally different. some mothers that wholeheartdly want to nurse can’t for many reasons. but when it’s because of vanity that really irks me because it shows they care more about themselves than they do about the baby. if one of these stars did it on a film or television set they wouldn’t get fired for it like Lynn Redgrave did in the early 1970′s and rightfully sued the producers of the british tv series she was fired from
This is wonderful! Breastfeeding is amazing on so many levels – the “perfect” food for baby, a wonderful bonding experience. I particularly love the pic of Julie Bowen’s twin boys – adorable!
Well maybe the paparrazzi shouldnt be so dang nosey and they should not have taken a picture of her like that. Its called invasion of privacy even if shes breastfeeding in public like that. Breastfeeding is natures way for babies so Get Over It.
AGAIN invasion of her privacy, thats very disturbing that someone take a picture of a mother feeding her by natures way. get a better job paparazzis
Uh, her husband took the photo. Relax.
Just fyi there’s a formula ad on this page trying to lure moms who’s babies are still crying after they are fed
i just think its wonderful that women nurse in public. i also breastfeed my baby in public,and if you dont like it then dont look! my baby has to eat!
Read. Orlando Bloom, Miranda’s husband took the picture of her and little Flynn. Geez.
appalled at the forula ad to the right – feeding experts MY ASS – SIMILAC. UGH. Formula company is not a lactation consultant. Such Bogus information.
I agree with breast feeding but at least cover up, what I don’t like is my child seeing a womans breast. I think that’s all anyone wants. I don’t think people are condeming the act of breastfeeding as much as making sure you are covered up so that others don’t have to see the breast, that’s all