The Blue Ivy Conspiracy

Next Stop Baby (the blog you are currently reading) is not a celebrity gossip blog.  I (the blogger) don't know any insider news about celebrities.  I don't live in California, much less Los Angeles.  I'm just hopelessly tacky with my obsession for all things celebrity.  It's common for me to through in a celebrity reference here or there.  And, once in a while, I dedicate an entire post to Teen Mom or Pregnant in Heels because they represent a crossover area of both celebrity and baby...so I feel like it's allowed. Today, is a bit of a crossover area as well - Blue Ivy Carter.  I got questions.

I was so excited when the news of Beyonce and Jay Z's baby girl, Blue Ivy, hit the celebrity gossip websites.  I was all over it.  I read about the crazy money that the super celeb couple spent on their hospital suite at Lenox Hill.  I read about the meaning behind Blue Ivy's unique name.  And, I read about all the other celebs' reactions to the fantastic news.  There was a lot to read.  

Then, I heard (note: I didn't read) a rumor that Beyonce didn't herself give birth to Blue Ivy.  Here is the full rumor, as I was told: Beyonce was never pregnant.  She didn't want to get pregnant herself and lose her figure and job opportunities along with it.  She faked the pregnancy because she didn't like the image of surrogacy.  She wore around a fake baby bump on her torso and some chicken cutlets in her bra to give the illusion.  At Lenox Hill Hospital, she and Jay Z had an entire floor to themselves and only those in the know and sworn to secrecy were allowed on the floor.

My immediate reaction to this tall tale?  Bullshit.  There's just no way.  First, I don't buy that someone, even an ego-centric, I-own-the-world type celebrity (not that I think Beyonce fits that definition), would go to those measures.  Do you agree?  Second, even if someone had the balls to try and pull of a scheme of that complexity, it wouldn't work.  The news would leak.  Someone would get their hands on those medical records and the whole, silly thing would be revealed.

She looks pregnant here and
I'm not sure how this could be faked.

I was going to scour the internet for all the evidence of this wild allegation, but I think pulling together a collection of fake pregnancy evidence would only dignify the rumor.  Plus, other websites have already done that!  (Like this one).

What do you think?  Have you heard this rumor?  I'm just not a conspiracy theorist.  I even believe that Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are happily married....