{"id":451,"date":"2011-09-07T15:40:47","date_gmt":"2011-09-07T19:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/dadequate\/?p=451"},"modified":"2011-09-07T15:40:47","modified_gmt":"2011-09-07T19:40:47","slug":"celebrity-fathers-jay-z","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dadequate\/2011\/09\/celebrity-fathers-jay-z.html","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: Celebrities Love Fatherhood!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I would never claim<\/strong> to be a frequent reader of US Weekly<\/em><\/a>, but thanks to some leftover issues at a cabin we rented this summer in New Mexico, I’m aware that the gossip rag has a really silly section called “Celebrities: They’re Just Like Us!” It’s supposed to remind us normal folk that celebrities are no different from real people, except for the part where they’re prettier and richer. To prove this, it shows photos of these celebrities displaying their totally regular activities: They shop for diapers! They wear flip-flops! They have ears!<\/em><\/p>\n

It’s pretty stupid.<\/p>\n

I have a Google alert set to ping me with news items containing the word fatherhood<\/em>. It regularly returns news items in which celebrities talk about how much they love fatherhood, or how fatherhood is “the role of a lifetime,” or how much they’ve sacrificed their own careers for the glories of fatherhood. Generally these, too, are kind of stupid. But there sure are a lot of them recently. To make sure you realize that celebrity fathers are JUST LIKE YOU, I’ll give you a few examples…<\/p>\n

Jay-Z<\/strong> is about to become a father. The web was all a-flutter last week with news about Beyonce’s “baby bump” (which is the kind of newfangled phrase that lowers your IQ every time you use it). But anyway, apparently Jay-Z is ready for his impending dadishness because he’s been talking about it for years<\/a>:<\/p>\n

In 2010, Jay-Z opened up further about parenthood in an interview with Sweden\u2019s Kingsize magazine. \u201cI\u2019d like to be a dad some day and I love children. You start your life with expectations and dreams, then life unfolds and it doesn\u2019t always turn out the way you imagined. Life is what it is. And at this point it\u2019s up to somebody else,\u201d shared Jay-Z.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Flea<\/strong> of the Red Hot Chili Peppers talks about the “beautiful” fatherhood club<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cI love being a father and wanted to be a father long before I had any<\/em> business being a father,\u201d he tells Fuse. \u201cOne could argue easily that I had no business being a father when I became a father at 25 \u2026 but I just love it. That kind of love \u2014 I have never experienced it before. That kind of unconditional, doing-anything-for-a-person love.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Chili Pepper frontman Anthony Kiedis<\/strong> enjoys being a dad, too:<\/p>\n

\u201cI think people that have fear that, \u2018Oh if I have a kid<\/a> I won\u2019t be able to do this and I won\u2019t be able to do that.\u2019 It\u2019s kind of the opposite. It really gives you energy. It makes people better.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Nick Cannon<\/strong> says fatherhood is “the best”<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no ‘worst’ part at all. Everything is amazing about fatherhood,\u201d says Nick, who has 4-month-old twins Moroccan and Monroe with his wife Mariah Carey. \u201cThe best part is when they communicate with you and they recognize you. It\u2019s the best.\u201d<\/p>\n

The America’s Got Talent<\/em> host admits that it’s not easy leaving Mariah and “dem babies” behind to go to work, saying, \u201cIt\u2019s the toughest thing in the world \u2013 leaving my family in general, not just my children, but my wife. Knowing that she is there with them being mommy, I don\u2019t want to miss any of those moments!\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jim Gaffigan<\/strong> is less impressed<\/a> by the small children in his house:<\/p>\n

“I feel like I’m living with a bunch of drunk people. Everyone’s wetting the bed, screaming… It’s like ‘Jersey Shore.'”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thank you for sharing, celebrities.<\/strong> We’re the same, you and me! Except for you, Gaffigan, because I don’t let my kids in the bed with me.<\/p>\n

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