The “Stuffed” headline reads:
“Hayley Holt’s baby is so wanted, it’s none of your business who the father is”
I had to scratch my head. Who is Hayley Holt? If I have no idea who she is, her baby’s father probably doesn’t feature on my radar either so thanks for telling me that it’s none of my business to know something I didn’t want to know to start with.
“Stuffed” labels it “COMMENT” and it starts
“If there is a more wholesome piece of television than Breakfast presenter Hayley Holt announcing her pregnancy this week, then I want to see it.”
(Feel free to roll your eyes *sigh*)
The author is Anna Murray who, like Hayley, I’ve never heard of but I applaud her ability to become so highly enthusiastic over the “wholesome” announcement on TV by a presenter that she is pregnant. Earth-shattering stuff (I get the feeling that Anna might need to get out a bit more perhaps).
“Yesterday’s big on-air reveal all started with some potentially awkward viewer feedback on the show.”
“[We’ve] had a message from Terry saying ‘Hey team, happy new year – I’ve just tuned in and I’m wondering if I missed a special announcement. Is Hayley pregnant or is it just today’s outfit?’ Holt read aloud. Pretending to be offended, Holt went on to say: “I’d get angry and maybe send somebody over to see you if, in fact, it wasn’t true. Because yes, Terry, I am pregnant.”
Hayley looks like a lovely person and I’m not judging her in any way. That I don’t care for breakfast TV (particularly the puerile company she keeps on that programme) isn’t her fault. That “Stuffed” think it’s significant and important enough to warrant coverage and headlining on what is purportedly a serious MSM news site is a worry.
Pregnancy is something even our otherwise completely inept prime minister managed, though we were spared the headline about the father being none of our business (and don’t most of us wish it could have stayed that way but he just won’t go away). I think this pregnancy thing is something that happened way before TV without too much of a fuss. So much so that usually, apart from family, it is of little or no consequence to most of the rest of the world.
To coin a much-used TV phrase: “but wait – there’s more”
“(Side note: We should still send somebody over to see Terry, because they need to learn that the only acceptable time to ask a woman if she’s pregnant is when you can see the baby’s head crowning.)”
Yeah – right Anna – exactly where the public at large should be at that particular moment.
“But as far as pregnancy announcements go, it was all quite adorable.”
“As soon as Holt shared her exciting news, co-host John Campbell planted a kiss on her forehead and newsreader Jenny-May Clarkson gave her a long hug, while clucky weather presenter Matty McLean beamed and shouted: “We’re having a baby!”
Hayley Holt’s on screen ‘family’ were stoked when she shared the news on live TV.”
Shouldn’t pregnancy be a personal and private matter, even for media personalities, and shouldn’t the entire process be pretty much none of anybody’s business? Once you do expose your personal life to the public though, you can hardly be surprised if people comment or ask questions.
“But as the messages of delight for Holt’s impending motherhood rolled in, so too did the frankly rude queries as to who the baby’s father is.”
“Lord, how I cringed reading through some of the nearly 1000 comments about Holt’s pregnancy on Breakfast’s Facebook page.” “
From the generic “Who’s the daddy?” through to the moronic “I didn’t know she was even married,” each of them made me want to scream.”
(Feel free to roll your eyes again *sigh*)
Go ahead and scream Anna – and on behalf of TVNZ, thanks for the plug.
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