Celebrities Who Had Kids Out of Wedlock
Forget Marriage, Bring On the Baby Carriage: 33 Celebrities Who Had Babies Before Rings
The times, they are a-changin'! Once upon a time (just 50 years ago), in a land not too far away (Hollywood), having a child out of wedlock meant one thing: career-ending scandal. Not so anymore, where celebrities are just part of the growing trend of women — both coupled and single — who don't feel the need to be married before having a child. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that out-of-wedlock births accounted for 41 percent of US births in 2009, and children are now more likely to have cohabiting parents than divorced ones.
What do you think? Would you have a child out of wedlock? Or would you make a mad dash for the closest chapel and hope everyone buys the story that your 10-pound baby was three months premature? Keep reading for a list of 33 celebrities who bucked tradition and proudly bared their baby bump before marriage.
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1 Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck
2 Halle Berry and Gabriel Aubry
3 Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber
4 Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell
5 Madonna and Guy Ritchie
6 Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves
7 Mark Wahlberg and Rhea Durham
8 Nicole Richie and Joel Madden
9 Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt
10 Linda Evangelista
11 Padma Lakshmi
12 Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise
13 Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz
14 Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis
15 Jessica Alba and Cash Warren
16 Kate Hudson and Matthew Bellamy
17 Natalie Portman and Benjamin Millepied
18 Salma Hayek and Francois-Henri Pinault
19 Selma Blair and Jason Bleick
20 Sienna Miller and Tom Sturringe
21 Amy Adams and Darren Le Gallo
22 Adele and Simon Konecki
23 Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick
24 Jessica Simpson and Eric Johnson
25 Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz
26 Kristin Cavallari
27 Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard
28 Kim Kardashian and Kanye West
29 Hayden Panettiere
30 Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis
31 Rachel Bilson
32 Mila Kunis
33 Scarlett Johansson
