Comedians Chelsea Peretti and Jordan Peele Welcome The World’s Funniest Baby
Behold: Chelsea Peretti used Twitter to elevate pregnancy problems into art. Mothers really are magic.
IF U C A PREG WOMAN OUT & ABOUT & FEEL INCLINED 2 SHOUT SOMETHING IN HER FACE ABOUT HOW SHE LOOKS – GET READY FOR A SHOUT BACK ON UR LOOKS ?
— Chelsea Peretti (@chelseaperetti) May 22, 2017
“UR BABY LOOKS READY TO DROP!” “THANKS MISS, UR PANTS LOOK HEMMED AT A WEIRD LENGTH” Good talk
— Chelsea Peretti (@chelseaperetti) May 22, 2017
“UR SO BIG!” “THANKS GIRL U LOOK LIKE U GOT A PERM IN THE 90s” take care kit love u much
— Chelsea Peretti (@chelseaperetti) May 22, 2017
“THE WAY UR CARRYING ITS GOTTA BE A BOY/GIRL” “COOL! THE WAY UR FACE LOOKS I FEEL LIKE U LOOK LIKE U HAVE BAD BREATH”
— Chelsea Peretti (@chelseaperetti) May 22, 2017
“WHEN ARE U DUE?” WHAT DIFFERENCE COULD IT POSSIBLY MAKE IN YOUR LIFE AS A STRANGER AT THE GROCERY STORE
— Chelsea Peretti (@chelseaperetti) May 22, 2017
“ARE YOU EXCITED? IS YOUR MOM EXCITED? IS YOUR HUSBAND EXCITED?” NO NONE OF US ARE EXCITED (UNFORTUNATELY FOR THE BABY) WILL BE A WEIRD LIFE
— Chelsea Peretti (@chelseaperetti) May 22, 2017
Luckily, her fans were supportive:
NO SHIT SHERLOCK! GLAD TO HAVE U ON THE CASE https://t.co/1NhFfSVrPt
— Chelsea Peretti (@chelseaperetti) May 22, 2017
But people were still not afraid to ask questions: Just how long did she plan to stay pregnant for?
it takes about 9 months https://t.co/CCsKvZRr7H
— Chelsea Peretti (@chelseaperetti) June 16, 2017
And finally, was she actually pregnant?
— Chelsea Peretti (@chelseaperetti) May 22, 2017
Welcome, baby Beau, mazal tov, Chelsea and Jordan, and thank god for mothers who are also comedians.
Jenny Singer is a writer for the Forward. You can reach her at Singer@forward.com or on Twitter @jeanvaljenny.
A message from our CEO & publisher Rachel Fishman Feddersen
I hope you appreciated this article. Before you move on, I wanted to ask you to support the Forward’s award-winning journalism during our High Holiday Monthly Donor Drive.
If you’ve turned to the Forward in the past 12 months to better understand the world around you, we hope you will support us with a gift now. Your support has a direct impact, giving us the resources we need to report from Israel and around the U.S., across college campuses, and wherever there is news of importance to American Jews.
Make a monthly or one-time gift and support Jewish journalism throughout 5785. The first six months of your monthly gift will be matched for twice the investment in independent Jewish journalism.
— Rachel Fishman Feddersen, Publisher and CEO