Massive Daniel Radcliffe News!

Birdsweepsin · 2023-03-26T06:31:45+00:00

Wow! I mean , congratulations Dan! You really are taking gender-non-conformity to the extreme. Total respect. I mean, c-section, obviously, no? And is your partner supportive? How exciting. For her to become a dad, that's just ... amazing! What? Oh. Oh, I see. Sorry. Wrong end of the stick.

raspberrywine · 26/03/2023 20:17

Clymene · 26/03/2023 16:32

I thought it was funny.

I'm not irate, ranting or upset or angry. I do very much dislike passive aggressive snide little emojis though

No idea what you're talking about

SirChenjins · 26/03/2023 20:09

Their good news

dinkytoon · 26/03/2023 19:50

I think so called "TERFs" have overplayed their hand here and got this in trending, so there is a pile on. DR may or may not be a dick, I don't really care but to mock his good news seems a bit off.

Clymene · 26/03/2023 16:32

I thought it was funny.

I'm not irate, ranting or upset or angry. I do very much dislike passive aggressive snide little emojis though

BaronMunchausen · 26/03/2023 16:12

PSNonsense · 26/03/2023 13:04

How is believing that women deserve sex based spaces 'right wing'?!

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Obviously it's not, it's just a cheap insult now.

RufustheSpeculatingreindeer · 26/03/2023 16:09

Birdsweepsin · 26/03/2023 15:41

Who is upset and angry @PrettyMaybug ?

I'm not.

Well apparently people on here are

irate
ranting
upset and angry

i honestly haven’t seen this

Original poster

Birdsweepsin · 26/03/2023 15:41

Who is upset and angry @PrettyMaybug ?

I'm not.

OP posts:

PrettyMaybug · 26/03/2023 14:59

ancientgran · 26/03/2023 14:14

The headline doesn't say he's pregnant. It's his baby, he's expecting to be a father as he's expecting a baby. Personally I'm expecting a big Easter egg as I've given up chocolate for Lent that really doesn't mean I'm planning to lay it myself.

What a bloody fuss about nothing.

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Exactly this. ^ And as for the 'OP must be so pissed off at peoples lack of a sense of humour' garbage, people on here DO have a sense of humour, but the OP's posts (including the first one) are not remotely funny. They are ridiculous and unfunny.

Anyone who is upset and angry at the 'Daniel Radcliffe is expecting a baby' headline needs to have a word with themselves ... All the shit going on in this world, and you choose THIS to get upset about? Seriously?! Talking about making a mountain out a molehill.

There is literally ZERO reason to get upset about this. Some people just cry and moan about anything these days. Makes me wonder how they function in their day-to-day life. Bet they don't go complaining about ludicrous trivial shite like this in real life. They'd be laughed at if they did.

AnuSTart · 26/03/2023 14:55

The headline is correct and why would they highlight the woman when she is anonymous Mrs Daniel Radcliffe?

Theunamedcat · 26/03/2023 14:54

Antine else hoping it's a girl so he suddenly gets "the fear?" I've seen it a couple of times men denounced that men are a risk to women and girls totally fine to share toilets and intimate spaces be kind you dinosaur you! Have a girl then suddenly it's no you can't come in here MY DAUGHTER is here what do you mean your allowed? Etc etc

raspberrywine · 26/03/2023 14:46

SirChenjins · 26/03/2023 14:41

Fortunately the Beeb seems to have now acknowledged the ridiculousness of only mentioning the male partner and not the woman actually carrying the baby (who incidentally is a well known actor in her own right). See how easy that was?

Well done, OP. Vindicated at last!

Liz1tummypain · 26/03/2023 14:45

I think it's sweet. No reason for anyone to get their knickers in a twist

KittyAlfred · 26/03/2023 14:44

Greenolivetrees · 26/03/2023 07:59

I'm as terfy as they come but the headline is correct. Pregnant is a biological state, expecting is a mental one. He IS expecting a baby. I'm expecting to go to a farm in an hour...

I agree.
My partner’s daughter is pregnant, so he is expecting a grandchild.

SirChenjins · 26/03/2023 14:41

Fortunately the Beeb seems to have now acknowledged the ridiculousness of only mentioning the male partner and not the woman actually carrying the baby (who incidentally is a well known actor in her own right). See how easy that was?

Abraxan · 26/03/2023 14:32

Arapawa · 26/03/2023 12:20

Come on you disingenuous wassocks...this headline never used to be written. It would have been Daniel Twatcliffe and his partner blah blah blah are expecting.

I thought exactly the same as you OP.

The phrase 'expectant father' has been used for decades. It isn't a new concept.

ancientgran · 26/03/2023 14:26

WestendVBroadway · 26/03/2023 14:24

I am expecting the plumber tomorrow. I am not giving birth to him though. Daniel's partner is pregnant, I imagine that they are both indeed expecting a baby, cause if is actually a full grown adult or a hippo/bus/ice-cream they will make a bloody fortune.

I am also expecting a plumber tomorrow but I'm still more excited about the egg I'm expecting at easter.

WestendVBroadway · 26/03/2023 14:24

I am expecting the plumber tomorrow. I am not giving birth to him though. Daniel's partner is pregnant, I imagine that they are both indeed expecting a baby, cause if is actually a full grown adult or a hippo/bus/ice-cream they will make a bloody fortune.

ancientgran · 26/03/2023 14:23

Emotionalsupportviper · 26/03/2023 14:17

I would put money on any such article saying "Emma Watson and her long-time partner/ recent beau/whatever . . ."

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Most publications will vary headlines e.g.

https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/daniel-radcliffe-girlfriend-erin-darke-expecting-1st-child/

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/daniel-radcliffe-erin-darke-pregnancy-b2308161.html

So we can all relax, the mother to be hasn't been written out of history and I think it is pretty obvious that Daniel Radcliffe didn't actually write any of the headlines so if there is an issue it isn't with him.

Daniel Radcliffe and girlfriend Erin Darke are expecting their first child

The actors, who got together after co-starring in ‘Kill Your Darlings’, have been dating for a decade

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/daniel-radcliffe-erin-darke-pregnancy-b2308161.html

Fairislefandango · 26/03/2023 14:22

For a man to say “I’m expecting” in this particular context is just cringe.

If he just used the word 'expecting' on its own, yes.

borntobequiet · 26/03/2023 14:19

So men aren’t allowed to be acknowledged when they’re having a child?

This is an example of where a pronoun isn’t helping.

dinkytoon · 26/03/2023 14:17

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Emotionalsupportviper · 26/03/2023 14:17

Hadjab · 26/03/2023 10:18

It’s an attention grabbing headline. Daniel Radcliffe’s partner isn’t famous, hence no mention in the headline. If it were Emma Watson, the headline would be the same - nobody is really interested in her partner, only her. If it were Jay-Z and Beyoncé, the headline would be different, as they are equally famous.

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I would put money on any such article saying "Emma Watson and her long-time partner/ recent beau/whatever . . ."

ancientgran · 26/03/2023 14:14

Coxspurplepippin · 26/03/2023 07:53

Daniel Radcliffe has been somewhat unsupportive of JK Rowling, the woman whose incredible body of work made him a multimillionaire while he was still in his early teens, and gave him the platform to further his acting career, over her advocacy of the rights of women and girls he's such a feminist.

Daniel Radcliffe says he believes trans women are women. He doesn't seem to think sex is immutable. It therefore doesn't seem such a stretch that he believes he could become pregnant. As per the headline.

The headline doesn't say he's pregnant. It's his baby, he's expecting to be a father as he's expecting a baby. Personally I'm expecting a big Easter egg as I've given up chocolate for Lent that really doesn't mean I'm planning to lay it myself.

What a bloody fuss about nothing.

Emotionalsupportviper · 26/03/2023 14:13

PlateBilledDuckyPerson · 26/03/2023 12:33

There's a current, very sad, article about the death of Andrew Lloyd Webber's son. His mother (Sarah Hugill) is not mentioned at all, even in the text, presumably because she is not famous, although personally I think she should be.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-65078024

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That you. Mr Viper had just this minute mentioned that AL-W's son had died of cancer, and I said "Who was his mother? AL-W has been married a few times". He scanned the article and said "It doesn't say". And I thought - another woman erased.

At one time, even if the woman had pre-deceased her child, it would have been "The son of X and the late Y". But now - nothing.

Emotionalsupportviper · 26/03/2023 14:10

MidsomerMurmurs · 26/03/2023 08:46

Er things must have changed pretty recently then! Of course “expecting” means pregnant - in an old-fashioned, 1950s, Call The Midwife, jolly hockeysticks vibe.

Picture an early 1960s docker addressing a nun:
“My wife’s expecting, sister”
”My wife’s in the family way” etc.

For a man to say “I’m expecting” in this particular context is just cringe. (And obviously it’s a different usage from “I’m expecting the number 3 bus to turn up in a minute”).

But times change, and I have heard couples (the male partner speaking) saying “we’re pregnant”. Again: cringe.

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THIS