Minelli, Gest adopt child

CNN ^ | 9-5-02

[dogbyte12]

CNN) -- Liza Minnelli and David Gest will have another mouth to feed when their reality series begins in the fall.

The pair have adopted a child, according to a press release put out by their publicist.

The press release reports that the couple, who wed in March, have adopted a daughter, Serena. The child will join the couple in January 2003.

[Jalapeno]

arthur

[2rightsleftcoast]

Don't worry, I have a feeling a spanish speaking nanny will actually raise the child.

[ladysusan]

Yep, having money and being poitically correct will get you a kid ever time, especially in NY or Mass. Everyone else can go fish, I guess.

[ladysusan]

Exactly. The kid will barely see mum and papa. Gad, isn't that pho-toe awful? The groom looks like a mannequin.

[ladysusan]

What has Liza or her "husband" done to deserve any publicity?

Money, honey.
It's why they got approved when anyone else their age and marital status would get turned down.
Adoption is not about permanent homes for kids. It's an industry that exploits the poor and the naive. The child is a commodity that beings in big bucks. What adoption is really about is money - big, sweaty balls of money for people who deal kids like other people deal ...well, you know.

[johnboy]

yes. of course. that scene when sir john gielgud told him he was unable to stay and take care of him ... i thought it was sad.

[ladysusan]

That poor little child doesn't have a chance!

Neither did Lisa Steinberg.

[dighton]

"The baby is the most important thing to us," Minnelli and Gest said, adding that their obligations as parents will come first.

Let's be honest, shall we? The publicity is the most important thing, especially for has-beens and never-wases.

[sonserae]

Every gay man wants to marry Liza Minelli....or Barbara Streisand or Marilyn Monroe....

[Lucky2]

Don't worry, I have a feeling a spanish speaking nanny will actually raise the child.

If the kid's lucky it will be a spanish speaking nanny. By the looks of the "Daddy" however, the gay underground looks like they might be in line for the job, LOL!

[Paul Atreides]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't the prospective parents have to prove they can provide a stable home life? Or, is it structured now so that a homosexual in the household will speed up the paperwork. First, Angelina Jolie adopts a kid, knowing all the while that she was heading for divorce, and now these two looney tunes. Watch Liza play up her single motherhood role, when she gets divorced.

[Jmouse007]

...the horror... the horror

[PBRSTREETGANG]

I believe Liza is 66. (and would be 81 at the child's high school graduation.)

[AppyPappy]

Minelli, Gest *adopt* child

They misspelled "buy". HTH

[Thinkin' Gal]

The title really ought to be modified to include "Sick freaks of the day". Safe bet the 'parents' won't be doing the parenting... more likely it'll be Jacko.

Sodom fried for less.

[Thinkin' Gal]

I meant to bump 35 to you.

[dogbyte12]

Who wears more makeup ya think? Whacko Jacko, or Gest? I am shocked, shocked, that this guy is a lifelong bachelor. The idea of a gay fan marrying Liza Minelli never crossed my mind ;)

[tndarlin]

What a strange and wackey world we live in!

[Paul Atreides]

[Thinkin' Gal]

We've sure gotten a lot of mileage out of this photo - the image is just so pathetic and wretched - but... this adoption is truly an hideous abomination. The people who place children in the custody of the blatantly depraved are just plain evil. The love of money is the root of all evil.