Does anyone else remember the days when excited baby announcements and photos of fresh newborns were a private affair? I walk past newsstands and there’s no doubt, those days are long gone.
Celebrities are going from maternity ward to magazine cover with their little bundles of joy poking out of monogrammed baby blankets. What gets me is the invisible price tag tied to the baby’s pinky toe that celebrity parents are selling the photos for.
A few high-profile examples:
Knox & Vivienne Jolie-Pitt - 10 million +
Max & Emme Anthony (J.Lo’s twins) - 6 million
Shiloh Jolie-Pitt - 4.1 million
Levi Alves McConaughey - 3 million
Honor Warren (Jessica Alba’s daughter) - 1.5 million
The photographs of something sacred, a new and beautiful life, are being marketed for money. Maybe celebrity parents figure publications will get their hands on the photos some way or another anyways so it might as well be on their terms. Maybe it’s just for the money. Maybe it’s to shove their own profile higher or, in the Jolie-Pitt’s case, it’s for charity.
How do you feel about celebrities selling their baby photos? If you were a celebrity, would you sell pictures of your newborn?
(Image credit: JeremyHall)
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