Wanda Sykes: Mom Of Twins!

[CatWoman]

:applause:

The New Adventures of Old Christine star Wanda Sykes and her wife, Alex, welcomed twins on April 27 (Alex gave birth to the babies).

“All are happy and healthy and at home,” Wanda’s rep Danica Smith tells People.

Daughter Olivia Lou debuted at 6 lbs., 7 oz., and was 19-inches long. Son Lucas Claude weighed in 7 lbs., 9 oz., and was 20-inches long.

The couple was married on Oct. 25, 2008. Congrats to the happy couple!

http://justjared.buzznet.com/2009/05/13/wanda-sykes-twins/

[knowbody0]

1. 15 pounds of babies!

I'm impressed

[DURHAM D]

2. Wow - lots of haters in the comment section. n/t

[imdjh]

14. The amazing thing is how isolated these people appear to be

Assuming that they aren't just being mean, and really are ignorant of the fact that many (perhaps most) of our kids go to schools with the children of other liberals, and even well behaved conservatives, kids with gay parents and openly gay family members. Wanda's kids will probably go to a very expensive K-8 with Quaker and hippie teachers, openly gay 8th graders, and parents with Obama stickers on their bumpers. Not that the latter is a guarantee of being gay-friendly apparently, but the odds are with us.

[Veruca Salt]

17. This one is so much better for comments:

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20278746,00.html

And of course congrats to Wanda and Alex on the twins! :)

[JerseygirlCT]

3. Awww

Those are some good-sized babies for twins, too! That's nice.

[cherokeeprogressive]

4. Who?

[goclark]

5. Congrats to Wanda !

[renate]

6. how awesome is it, to see this sentence in the MSM:

"Sykes' wife Alex gave birth to twins on April 27, her publicist said Wednesday."
http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/05/13/wanda.sykes.twins/index.html

And even better: the headline "Wanda Sykes' wife gives birth to twins" is at
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30730200/

MSNBC doesn't even mention anything about how Wanda announced she was gay last November, the way CNN did--they just say "wife" with no elaboration at all. They're married... no big deal.

To see the word "wife" used so matter-of-factly--not "partner," but "wife"--is just wonderful. :)

[Crunchy Frog]

7. Wow, those are big for twins. Mine weighed half that.

Congratulations!

[proud patriot]

8. Congratulations Moms

:bounce:

[tnlefty]

9. Congrats!

Best wishes for a healthy, vibrant, wonderful life with the young'uns.

I always thought that twins would be nice, one pregnancy, two babies, then quit...until I had one.:rofl:

[jmm]

10. A friends of mine has to deal with celebrities frequently

at her job and she's said repeatedly Wanda Sykes is one of the nicest people she's dealt with.

Congrats to her and her wife!

[renate]

20. aww.... that's really good to know

I think Wanda is hilarious and I'm glad she's nice, too! It can be so disillusioning to find out that people you admire are rude or stuck-up or whatever, so I am genuinely happy to hear what your friend said.

[ContinentalOp]

23. That's exactly what I would expect!

I simply cannot imagine her NOT being totally down to earth.

[nc4bo]

11. Very happy for Wanda and Alex. We all have the right to happiness with whomever we choose

to share our lives with and I'm glad these 2 found happiness with each other. But some of the comments, whew.

All I can say is that there are some miserable, insecure assholes in the world - so busy worrying about other people's happiness instead of minding their own business.

Bunch of ignorant hypocrites.

Fuck them.

[izquierdista]

12. Tisk-tisk-tisk

Married in late October and full term twins the following April?? I smell a little hanky-panky going on here. The Focus on the Family people are not going to be happy about this. :spank:

[Lex]

13. Wanda: "Now I gotta get in your face and that’s what we all have to do now."

That's what I love about Wanda. She was talking about gay marriage and the aftermath of Prop 8, btw.

Not sure how long she'd last here at DU, though.


And, congrats on the twins, Wanda. :thumbsup:

[Starry Messenger]

15. K&r

Wow, big twins!

[GreenPartyVoter]

19. Wonder if mom was diabetic?

[Arugula Latte]

16. Cool! And they got one of each -- how fabulous.

[ScreamingMeemie]

18. Congratulations.

I love the names. May they have long, happy, joyful lives together. :)

[applegrove]

21. Congrats.

[progressoid]

22. Yay for Wanda and Alex