50 Coolest Celebrity Moms
The stars we most want in our playgroup.
by Catherine Connors
June 3, 2008
People magazine has its Most Beautiful People list. Maxim's got its Hot 100. FHM has a list. Everyone has a list. You cannot be taken seriously in the world of celebrity obsession if you do not have a list.
So, we put together a list. Or rather, I did. And since I don't give a hoot, really, about who's most beautiful or most sexy or most likely to have a sex tape, I went with which celebrity moms do I think are coolest? Which is to say, which celebrity moms do I think rise above the celebrity ordinary in some way and, also, with whom would I, like, totally love to hang out? In a completely non-stalkerish way, of course.
Herewith then, the completely unscientific and totally biased list of the 50 Coolest Celebrity Moms. — Catherine Connors
50. Victoria Beckham
Because even though she’s, like, waaay at the extreme edge of hyper-overfunctioning-alpha-momness, what with the boob job and the wearing of six-inch heels to soccer games and such — which is to say, even though she terrifies me — she still made me laugh out loud with that reality show that she did. Making fun of Perez Hilton on reality television? Cool.
49. Christina Aguilera
Because for someone so young, she’s handling popstar motherhood with way more maturity than I would have expected, given her peer group.
Not a single car-accident, crotch-flash or party-bender yet. Way to go, Xtina, for noticing that the bar is set really, really low, and high-stepping right over it.
48. Madonna
Because even though she pushes the envelope on being pretentious and ridiculous — and sometimes both at the same time — she’s still Madonna. She’s a kid’s-book-writing mom who still squeezes herself into bondage gear to pimp her causes and get her records sold.
47. Courtney Cox-Arquette
Because she was Monica. That’s pretty much it, really. Oh, and because I’ll bet that she and David are, like, super fun on playdates — and you just know that they do those together.
46. Mary J. Blige
Because stepmoms are moms too, you know.
And if you had to imagine the coolest stepmom ever? She would probably look and sound a lot like Mary J. Blige.
45. Gwyneth Paltrow
Because even though macrobiotic diets aren’t exactly the epitome of cool, and even though she did insist upon wearing all those weird shoes for the Iron Man premieres, you still can’t argue with the fact that she’s got a pretty firm grip on cool, if only because she has the best wardrobe of any mom ever, and because she takes the kids to Daddy’s stadium concerts.
44. Gretchen Wilson
Because she’s a redneck mommy, and proud.
43. JK Rowling
Because she wrote those books, and because she did it with a baby at her side.
42. Demi Moore
Because she makes no apologies for falling in love with a guy who is, or seems, closer to her kids’ generation than her own. And because she rocks being a forty-something mom like nobody’s bizniss.
41. Laila Ali
Because even though she’s still just at the expectant mom stage, her cool mom status is pretty much assured. She’s a pregnant American Gladiator, people.
©2008 Babble
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Catherine Connors aka Her Bad Mother is a writer and mother in Toronto, Canada. She can usually be found blogging at Her Bad Mother, where she tries to convince herself and anyone who will listen that Bad is, in fact, the new Good |
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