it's kind of sick that you make such a big deal out of this girl as a mom, being disrespectful to his real mom just because she's not as famous. Mother's day is about the person you think of first when you're a kid and you want a hug, to be reassured. Your mom is the person who's always there for you, not just the person who's there as long as she's married to your dad.

I agree with Anonymous here.

yeah, i don't think Pop should have the heading to describe a false information..

Pop, you are doing a really bad job on this one. I completely agree with previous posters. Give it up already.

Hmm...I guess the fairy tales had it backwards with the wicked stepmother. Apparently what is really evil (according to some) is the stepmother who actually loves and cares for the child like it were her own.

Caring for the child as it were her own would actually involve CARING FOR THE CHILD. As in not sleeping for a year, taking care of him when he is sick, wiping his poopy butt, getting puked on, etc. Taking a one year old to a park is just fun & games.

What do you suppose she does when the child is living with them and traveling with them? Does his diaper go unchanged for weeks at a time? LOL.

My point is this--If Bridget Moynahan is comfortable enough to let her son go stay with them and travel out of the country etc etc I'm sure she is confident her child is being cared for. If they have an arrangement that works and by all appearances that is one very happy little boy...what's the big problem? Because I'm not seeing it.

Bridget has no choice but to let Tom Take the baby. its not a matter of "she is comfortable"

she was NEVER disrespectful though if you read her comments. all she did was be honest and say that she cares for his son like her own, NEVER that she was trying to replace his mom or take a larger role. Bridget's friends were actually the ones that TOTALLY blew it out of proportion. i think that it's really great actually...that she took on the responsibility so well of being a mom. a LOT of people go into relationships with folks that have kids and it's not easy. she's doing it gracefully.

SO THERE! i had to stick up for her on this one.

She CAN care for the child even though she wasn't his primary care giver for the first year of his life. Its not like she is babysitting him, they have him for time spans longer than a day so its not all parks and fun. Why can't people be happy that the child has 3 parents that love him??

What kind of boots is she wearing? And where can I buy then?? They are gorgeous and look so comfy!

Her dog is so sweet.
She should have a kid of her own.

It's obvious when posters speak on a subject they don't deal with themselves.
My children visit their father, my ex-husband- he was dating a woman, he was engaged to that woman, he married that woman... at what point did I need to be comfortable to let them visit? They would visit their father whether there was a woman in his life or not.

Personally, I'd never date a man who had been dating a woman seriously just a a few weeks before, cutting it so close for her to be 3 months pregnant just into the start of our relationship- I would have let him have the time to work things out with the pregnant ex-girlfriend.
But that's more to protect me than her.
I think Gazelle has earned the negativity she gets, she handled it like a woman hell bent on 'winning' a man.

Actually, if you read her comments she did acknowledge Bridget, she said "He has a mom and I respect that" - its not like she said John's hers without mentioning his actual mother at all.
Plus, had she said something like "I love him, but he's not mine because he has a mother" everyone would be complaining that she doesn't care for him and that once she and Tom have kids they won't care for John the same way. The only way for John to be cared for and loved the same way as her and Tom's kids would be for Gisele to treat him like *hers*-and that doesn't mean that she's forgetting who his actual mom is.
Her comments were taken way out of context- she was just expressing her love for John.

I agree with ilanac13! But people need to chill, Gisele's hardly the 1st woman who loves her step-son to ever exist!

And she looks pretty here

Who really cares anyway. Her life her problems and loads of cash. 5 years from now they probably won't even be together.

Hockey Princess, so you think a mother must "wiping his poopy butt, getting puked on, etc"? I think you are speaking about a baby-sitter, not a mother...
It is so funny... You described his mother as a baby sitter and Gisele as the real mother. And, no... I don't think Gisele was right when she said that, but I know what she means: she loves him. That's it.
And you think "Taking a one year old to a park is JUST fun & games."? JUST? Well, I hope his mother do it too, because it is not just fun, it is love.

As a step-mom to 3, you're damned if you do, and damned if you don't. Good on her for loving the child.

I love her dog Vida, she's so cute.

Seems to me that caring for a child is loving him. Not just changing diapers.

wish all step-mothers loved their step-children like she does

Hey Molly this is really "old news" so why bring up old trash. Needless to say that she loves her step-child without condition and that would sufice. How many 'mothers' out there could say that about their own biological children with all the abuse we hear and see. A very large BRAVO to Giselle for her love and honesty. Leave it at that.

People have no idea what it is to be a step mom until they are one. Step Mom's are not here to take the place of the biological mom, we are here by chance that the person they love have a child. Therefore they are trying to make the best out of the blended situation and treat the child as IF their own. Many times the biological mom do everything in the power to create unnecessary turmoil and are not thinking about what is best for the child. Put your own personal feeling aside and be happy that there is someone who cares for your child too and wants to do the best for them. It's one of the hardest jobs that comes without recognition. Cut the step-mom's some slack - they will never take the biological mom's place or be loved the same, they only wish they had a little place that counts.