[dogbyte12]

I don't know why I got offended by the latest press release by Liza and her obviously gay husband, but these whack jobs bringing up a child bugs me I guess. I know people who have gone to Russia to adopt children because they have been put on waiting lists up the ying yang, but these nutjobs get a kid right away, and then exploit the fact for publicity.

Of course the kid will be a prop on their VH1 --Ozzy lite show. I am offended at the media for covering this crap. I guarantee that the NY press will fawn over them tomorrow morning, but why? What has Liza or her "husband" done to deserve any publicity?

[GWfan]

I totally agree. This is just crazy. It reminds me of 'Mommy Dearest'. How old is she anyway? 60...65?

[PoisedWoman]

Jay Leno incredulously mentioned this adoption on his show last night, also arrival of Michael Jackson's third child. "Isn't that nice," he said. "The kids can go into therapy together."

[Irene Adler]

January 2003???? What's the kid supposed to do till then?

[brewcrew]

Something tells me it would be better to grow up as an orphan living under a bridge in a refrigerator box.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

I guess being gay, fat, or washed up (hey, Rosie's 3 for 3) puts you at the top of the adoption list. A normal, hard-working, heterosexual couple who wants to adopt a healthy baby has as much chance of doing so as a conservative has of being appointed to the federal bench.

[jz638]

well it could be worse, at least they didn't breed.

[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.

[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....

[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

[AppyPappy]

Minelli, Gest *adopt* child

They misspelled "buy". HTH

[tndarlin]

What a strange and wackey world we live in!

[thathamiltonwoman]

I see it now. Instead of waiting around for years my husband and I simply need a big wad of cash to "adopt" a baby.