Comments on: Salma Hayek Breastfeeds Baby In Sierra Leone

By: Jannah

Jannah — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:56:38 +0000

Wow, interesting. I wonder if Jolie is kicking herself for not thinking of doing this first, given her current earth-mother image and all.

By: glp

glp — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 13:37:54 +0000

K~
Thanks for posting this… its a nice story to start my day.

By: glp

glp — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 13:37:11 +0000

Have we become so jaded as a society that we no longer regard celebrities as human? Due to their celebrity, can they no longer behave in a way that shows compassion and humanity? Celebrities are human, and I choose to believe that at least somr of them have retained some of the integrity and empathy that the rest of us ‘real humans’ have.

Salma did what felt right to her… and I applaud her for it.

For a change, we could all take a little lession from a celebrity, Ms. Hayek, who reminded us what it means to give in a way that many of us who aren’t billionaire’s can…

By: Brooke

Brooke — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 03:31:24 +0000

I love Salma. She’s one of my favorite celebrities. Great looking, smart, and apparently considerate.

I think Lyn needs to go get a nice cup of tea and chill out.

By: k

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:26:12 +0000

Had Salma wanted publicity for what she did, she would have publicised it…in SEPTEMBER, when it happened. We’re just now hearing about it. Not everything a celeb does that is good is for their OWN good.

Besides, if Salma was pandering, she would have thrown some money at the mother and ran out with the baby to keep as her very own and then “leaked” the story to the press. Why yes, I did say that.

By: Lyn

Lyn — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 19:46:28 +0000

This is a new low in pandering. That African mother should keep her problems to herself. And Salma Hayak what a pig. Salma are you special? Or do you owe black people something?

The publicity this story is generating – that’s what Salma Hayak wanted.

By: P2

P2 — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:16:11 +0000

My grandma gave birth to twins in the mid-1940s. After feeding her twins, she would travel up the road to the hospital to nurse babies whose mothers could not. I’m proud of Salma. Even though she gets “credit” because cameras were there, breastfeeding is considered a very intimate thing in the US, even if not in other countries where it is the rule (and a requirement of life). Down with formula!

By: D

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:40:16 +0000

I have gained a new appreciation for Salma. I think it was incredibly awesome and motherly for Salma to breastfeed a sick baby who was not hers. This is an age’s old tradition, hence the name “wet nurse.” Back before the invention of the vastly inferior baby formula, women who were unable to breastfeed their baby often used a wet nurse to help care for infants until they could eat more grown up food. It’s a life-saving act.

You rock Salma, great post k!