Babygate Masterposts by tellmethisisnotlove
Since the masterposts were deleted (f*ck you tumblr), here they are in case they get deleted from the wayback machine too. All credits go to tellmethisisnotlove (@tellmethisisnottumblisnextfuckup). Repost made by @anchorandrope.
INDEX
- Part 1 - Introducing Party!Boy Louis - media before babygate
- Part 2 - Foreshadowing babygate (Tamara Bell, it’s not real, Future is Now, Harry)
- Part 3 - Announcement and reactions
- Part 4 - Those few who did speak up about the baby - until the birth
- Part 5 - Louis during babygate (until the birth)
- Part 6 - The bump that changed size, dimensions and disappeared.
- Some women, some men, some pregnancies etc - inconsistencies in bullet points.
- Another longer post stating the inconsistencies
- Before babygate - part 1. (foreshadowing and sketchiness)
- Before babygate - part 2. (foreshadowing - lilo, harry)
- Masterpost of the first reaction of Larries on July 14 - bringing up a lot of great arguments
- Five stages of grief - babygate edition
- Tag page with babygate tags on it.
- TMZ timeline
BABYGATE MASTERPOST FOR OUTSIDERS PART 1. - INTRODUCING PARTY!BOY LOUIS
aka the hermit Louis Tomlinson is suddenly the target of everyone’s camera lenses.
ANNAS THE CLUB PROMOTER
Annas is a club promoter and he had a key role in making Louis’ name known for the general public. It is important to mention that Louis Tomlinson has basically lived a hermit life before March 2015 and he was the least photographed member of One Direction.
The party image started early March, and it was not a private affair, paparazzi made sure to catch him leaving the clubs.
This is a quick summary, you can see he really started to go out and it was all public.
And here comes Annas’ role:
First question: how did we know about Annas? Well, this ever curious fandom only needs 2-3 occurrences of tagging or posting videos of Louis and voila they are everywhere PLUS his tweets were basically monitored once we figured out that he would have an important role in Louis’ partying.
Here is a quick reference guide how Annas promoted Louis and linked Louis to himself on social media.
Wait, what was that last one?
Yes. It about the pregnancy.
Now let’s go through Annas, his tweets and the party era.
Here is the timeline of the events:
MARCH 9
Tweet (x)
Paparazzi pictures:
Article (x)
This is a pretty innocent headline, right? Probably the first and last.
APRIL 10
The club tweeted and Annas favorited it. Tweet (x)
And also tweeted from his own account.
And like clockwork we got HQ pictures of Louis leaving the same club:
Article: (x)
And from now on get ready for womanizer Louis Tomlinson. Every single headline tries to link him to someone.
APRIL 11
Tweet (x)
And pictures: (credit: giggleharry tumblr)
APRIL 17
Club tweeting, favorited by Annas. (x)
He also tweeted about it on his account (x)
Paparazzi photos: (x)
Article: (x)
Note the brunette who was *left out in the cold* is their friend from years ago.
APRIL 22
Tweet (x)
HQ Pictures:
Article: (x)
The article link also has videos of this night.
You can see that this womanizer image is being built, here is a girl trying to touch him but he could not care less. He is simply not interested.
The video available on Daily Mail even shows that he raises his arms so the girl loses her grip.
The rumor was that the 5 girls are in a girl group Louis is/was about to sign.
Another attempt to make him a womanizer.
Now let’s see when Briana shows up.
MAY 5
The first time they are spotted *together* was May 5th.
Before the party Annas was tweeting some interesting stuff that day. Just look at the tweets: remember this is the same night Briana shows up: (x), (x), (x) - note that this was on May 5th Los Angeles time but Annas was in the UK so in his time he tweeted on May 6th.
They eventually worked it out because he tweeted:
And here comes the invitation to go there. Remember that by this time Annas already established himself in the fandom as a public promoter of Louis’ whereabouts when it came to clubbing.
It was no question in anyone’s eyes that Louis would be at the Argyle Club on May 5th.
So surprise, surprise he was photographed by paparazzi. A series of pictures were taken arriving and leaving the party (x). If you look at him you can see that he is super tired because this is now several nights in a short time that he spends out.
Guess who shows up on the paparazzi pictures:
The one in red is Briana.
And voila here is her introduction to the fandom:
She is walking behind Louis who for someone who is *interested in her* again, could not care less.
Article: (x)
There is also a video available on the website of Daily Mail.
So looking back, Annas’ tweets look more suspicious now that you see that the usually chipper Louis looks down here. What happened behind the scenes? Did they want to stop the stunt in the last minute? Don’t forget that Annas stayed up until very late to have this clubbing and papping secured.
WHY WAS THIS ONE CLUBBING AND PAPPING SO IMPORTANT?
Here is your answer: (these are clippings from the same Daily Mail article)
They are focusing on her only.
Wild night?
AUG 3RD: The following pictures have been leaked by Briana’s own cousin because the fans refused to publish them, so the Jungwirths had to do it themselves.
The red is Briana and again Tomlinson couldn’t care less.
But don’t forget that there are fans in the club who need to SEE something now that they got invited by Annas’ public tweet.
This was taken by Ashley and you can see Briana and Louis in the background.
Yahoo.co.uk wrote a good article summarizing this intentional leak:
And the journalist tweeted:
Here are a few fan reactions to the leak:
(At this time we have not received any confirmation of the pregnancy. Fun fact: still until now when I am writing this (Apr 14th 2016) there has not been a single official statement from Louis’ representative that he was going to be a dad.)
MAY 9
Guess how it all started?
Annas tweeted (x)
(remember his first tweets had 1-2 retweets only?) In One Direction fandom level this means that he was noticed by us and we monitored, followed his tweets.
Fans reacted:
It is clear from this how the fandom already KNEW that this means Louis and this means PARTY as well. Party means womanizer headlines and a couple of HQ pictures besides the mystery blonde or brunette.
This blonde is Briana.
Another set of paparazzi pictures about Louis and now Liam leaving the club:
They are pictured in the car:
This is from inside the club. Louis’ face says it all.
This paparazzi video shows you exactly how publicized this entire outing was.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFuYTJSk_D0
TMZ wrote an article (x)
Briana is marked with the black arrow.
Daily Mail posted the video (x)
Now the next day: THE DAY OF THE *CONCEPTION*.
MAY 10
Annas tweeted (x)
If it was not clear yet what’s to come, Louis also tweeted. (x)
And another tweet in 30 minutes where he also tagged Liam. (x)
So just to make it clear we got:
- Annas tweeting
- Louis tweeting to his 20 mil followers
- Louis tweeting again, @ing Liam
Louis Tomlinson is going out! Is there anyone who is not aware? You on the left, you should all know that Louis Tomlinson is going out and it will be big!
SURPRISE BRIANA IS MAKING HER THIRD AND LAST APPEARANCE.(before the pregnancy news break)
Do you know what happened?
The blonde with the open back is Briana.
Even TMZ covered this - it was Snoop Dogg’s album launch party. (x)
And here is the infamous picture that was spread later everywhere: “camera-shy” Briana and Louis leaving the club.
And right after this party we got a name. And if it has not been clear to everyone yet, this meant something was in the works.
Here is the headline: (x)
The media already knew she was an LA based *stylist*
Why would they comment though? It was obviously publicized from the very first Annas tweets till this very clubbing.
And if you haven’t seen it yet, look at the following gifset provided by the lovely tumblr user QUIETASIDES:
So, they left the club and there were paparazzi waiting for them.
Look at what happened. Video link here
She is waiting for Louis to catch up.
Just passes by leaving her in the cold. REMEMBER THAT HE IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE A HOOK UP WITH HER AND GET HER PREGNANT TONIGHT. HE DOES NOT GIVE A FLYING BIRD ABOUT HER.
She follows after Louis and tries to cover her face to prove a point that she is camera shy.
Louis does not give a single fuck. Nor his bodyguard next to him.
Louis KNOWS WHY THEY ARE THERE. Look at Briana passing him and getting in position.
THIS ONE PIC THAT IS BEING TAKEN.
is for the
WAIT FOR IT
WAIT FOR IT
WAIT FOR IT
THE SUN
And do you know which paper broke the news? Any guesses?
Thank you for reading this monster!
This was Part 1 of the babygate masterpost.
BABYGATE IN PICTURES PART 2. - FORESHADOWING BABYGATE
Or Louis Tomlinson and his band mates are really good at giving us warnings before things happen.
On the timeline we are now back to the European leg of the On The Road Again tour.
All the 3 club nights happened with Briana - ergo the *conception* already happened - and we are less than a month from the pregnancy announcement that happened on July 14th.
Some instances happened that alone were ignored or brushed off, but looking back they have been more than just a coincidence.
JUNE 23
Louis was wearing THE FUTURE IS NOW shirt. This is a shirt he wore only two times. Interesting tidbit is that both times some babygate references happened, the same babygate’s that’s only going to be announced a few weeks later.
We can brush it off as a coincidence. Because this is not the first nor the last time for Harry Styles to do something like this.
He really made it a point though, walking with that balloon through the whole stage. (GIF: knightchanges)
It was even reported in a few media outlets. This is from the UK tabloid: METRO. Photo credit: jdsecretdirectioners
Also in maximumpop:
JUNE 27
Not surprisingly Louis Tomlinson wears THE FUTURE IS NOW shirt again and on this concert one of the biggest shading of babygate happened. One that can be hardly brushed off as a coincidence.
For a reason yet unknown someone thought bringing a doll to a One Direction concert was a good idea. Important to mention that normally they have so much shit on stage, and they either kick them away or the bodyguards/security members make sure to get them out of the way just to avoid any accidents on stage. This was the first time they found a doll and publicly acknowledged it. They were between songs and the following conversation happened between Louis and his band mate Liam Payne:
Louis: what’s this baby doing here?
Liam: who has thrown their baby on stage!? that is OUTRAGEOUS!
Louis: it’s not real!!!
Liam: oh no… it’s.. it’s a fake baby guys.
Louis: it’s not real… it’s.. not… real… (he’s looking on the ground reciting that)
Liam: that is for all those people out there who think that was a real baby…
GIF credit: tommosloueh
Why did they call this doll a baby? Why did they focus on this baby being real or not? It’s clearly a plastic doll. Why was it even necessary to confirm that a plastic doll is a plastic doll? What’s going on? This context does not even make sense. And why is Louis Tomlinson wearing this shirt again with the future reference? Why did no one claim they were the ones bringing that baby to the concert? Normally we have fans immediately reacting when their sign/flag/gift was acknowledged by the boys but still no one heard about this doll. Funny that.
Also this video has been reported by a couple of outlets, Daily Mail, E-news, just strategically placing them on babygate articles.
And do you know what else is funny?
JUNE 26
One day before this doll incident Louis was seen at the Glastonbury Festival with Niall and friends. Paparazzi took a lot of pictures but they also caught him holding a girl’s hand. No, this girl was not Briana, this girl is Tamara Bell, a mutual friend of Louis Tomlinson, Harry Styles, Gemma (Harry Styles’ sister) and Louise Teasdale (their stylist).
Articles were written. People magazine broke the news immediately. At 11 PM Paris time when all timezones are awake and scandals are likely to get spread the fastest and most widely.
“The outing was the first time Tomlinson and the founder of Almeida, a luxury lingerie label, have been photographed together.” - says the People article (x).
Not a single mention of Briana. NONE. So what was this about? This girl is clearly a friend.
Here with the god-daughter of Louis and Harry:
Here with Gemma Styles:
Here with Harry Styles:
Here with Louise Tousdale - the 1d stylist
So what happened? Why is he holding a girl’s hand when in a month he will be announced to be a happy dad? You will see later that the announcement of the pregnancy will call Briana and Louis good friends who had an oops baby. But that was probably not the original plan.
Several Larrie blogs received anonymous asks from May to June about an upcoming engagement between Briana and Louis. Remember that the pregnancy will be announced only in a couple of weeks. But this single action that he held another woman’s hand and how widely it was reported PREVENTED the engagement story line in babygate.
See tumblr user diggingandfluff’s ask on June 30:
This was also sent to diggingandfluff on June 30:
Here is a bit more information:
Here is a screenshot from a couple of tumblr users. (x)
This is a post from worshippedlove:
What other non-famous mum of a celebrity baby is out there on social media doing these things? If you manage to find one (which I don’t think will happen, at all, and certainly not to the extent that Briana has done it), please point to me where that person cries for their privacy and how much harassment they receive. Please.
Did you know that when her name filtered to the media several larries sent her messages WARNING her that she should private her accounts? To her and her mum. I saw the messages, this was way back in May 2015. Do you think she took one single measure? She didn’t. Way back then, she made her instagram public and had like 30K followers in a matter of weeks. And in June, when Louis supposedly flew to be present during the sonograms, she posted a picture of her and Eli the chimp to that same account after Louis’s picture with the chimp had made the rounds in the whole fandom.
Oh, but I forgot this part, we all got anonymous messages telling us about the picture, we got sent the picture, and when we refused to post it or talk about it (because to our knowledge it was private and we don’t do that!) she posted it herself!
We got anonymous messages about her being pregnant when she couldn’t have been further along than nine weeks. Nobody knew about it! Nobody was even thinking about her! Nobody remembered who she was! People were laughing it off like it was super fun! But the messages even said when the baby was going to be born ‘Briana is pregnant, you’ll see in seven months’.
Who could’ve sent those messages if it wasn’t her/her friends/her family??? Who would’ve known??
Let’s talk about the domains we saw mentioned in the previous ask:
TMZ broke the story tthat Freddie has domains registered early in the game.
The fandom went into research mode and found total 175 domains registered by the Jungwirths.
A couple of people went more deep: (credit: @fly_for_freedom twitter)
credit: indreamsbegin:
Domain: onedirectionupdates.com registered 6 days after the announcement.
Domain: onedirectionsbaby.com registered 6 days after the announcement.
Domain: skylartomlinson.com registered 3 days after the birth.
Domain: tomlinsonbaby.com registered 6 days after the announcement.
Domain: brianatomlinson.com registered 6 days after the announcement.
credit: lesbianslovelouis
credit: happy1days
credit: bromanceshmomance:
credit: greenylovesbluey
credit: bromanceshmomance:
credit: zenlikejen:
credit: bulletproofhalo and bunboyfriend:
credit: heshazzy
credit: stylinsobss and bulletproofhalo:
This research is from tumblr user: bulletproofhalo
Ok, so Tammy went in and bought brianajungwirth.org, but Brett bought the .com and .net variants of those at some point in time previously.
He bought 6 URLs total, 4 of which are his business domains and the other 2 are Briana’s URLs:
Both were registered on the 15th of July:
So the day after the baby announcement, they thought “Better register these 2 domain names stat!”
Then, 5 days later, the day after Louis was in LA for some unknown reason for 24 hours, Tammy goes and registers a shit ton of fame-seeking URLs regarding an unborn baby, her various family members and their future business ventures.
Also, please note, you can register these URLs for more than 1 year. You can do it for up to 10 years. But they did these for 1 year.
Just 1.
As you can see one of them is Brianatomlinson.com. This also proves that the Jungwirths hoped for at least an engagement.
One more research from tumblr user bromanceshmomance:
This also happened before the announcement:
It is a simple picture of Louis with Briana’s brother. This picture is not as important as the comments from the Quattrochi’s. Tracy is the aunt of Briana’s and Jamie is the uncle. Look at her comment: *I would only worry about FB not instagram. It’s not like the news is out*.
What this suggests is that Briana’s social media has been wiped and there is a belief within the Larries that this wiping happened in 2014 FALL. We don’t have actual proof of that, so let’s ignore that tidbit.
But even if not in fall, then why would her social media be needed to be deleted? Why would Tracy worry about Briana’s Facebook?
Interesting.
Two days before the scandal broke Louis tweeted the following:
Worth what? Going through this charade for getting the freedom?
And he also tweeted this:
This is from the movie Dirty Dancing where (credit: hazzaloveslouslittlethings)
Also Briana’s mom started a follow spree for pregnancy, engagement and maternity accounts on her twitter (which has been deleted since). This is a screenshot saved from May 18th.
We will talk more about the impossible timeline in a later chapter of this series.
This next one is the Brianafacts update account that was created on May 12 but won’t tweet anything until 21st of July. (credit: 16meets18)
Another screenshot: credit: twitter: @larrry_stunts
So what do we have?
From 1D side:
- Harry balloon pregnancy
- It’s not real.
- Holding Tamara’s hand
- Louis’ tweets
From Jungwirths:
- Upcoming engagement rumors
- ~175 Domains created
- Tracy’s (Briana’s aunt) comment
- Tammi (Briana’s mom) going in a follow spree
Separately all of them can be brushed off as coincidence but altogether they look more than convincing.
Thank you for reading this!
This was Part 2 of the babygate masterpost.
BABYGATE MASTERPOST FOR OUTSIDERS PART 3. - THE ANNOUNCEMENT AND THE REACTIONS
The story breaks in The Sun. (x)
ONE Direction star Louis Tomlinson is expecting a baby with American beauty Briana Jungwirth.
Louis, 23, had a series of dates with budding stylist Briana, also 23, in May —two months after his split with long-term girlfriend Eleanor Calder.
Friends of 1D’s Louis Tomlinson yesterday said he is delighted Briana Jungwirth is having his baby — and wants to be a hands-on dad who changes nappies.
Briana is around 11 weeks pregnant and Louis, 23, flew to Los Angeles ten days ago to be at her side for a baby scan.
A friend said: “Louis is really excited about becoming a dad.
“It was obviously a surprise but they are both really happy.
“Louis and Briana have spent a lot of time together and are really close.
“Louis really cares about Briana and thinks she will be a great mum. Their friendship has got even stronger though this.”
Louis flew his family to LA earlier this month so they could meet 23-year-old Briana’s family over dinner.
She also watched the boy band begin their US tour in San Diego as Louis’ guest last week. He is now looking at property in LA to allow him to be a “hands-on dad”.
Their friend said: “It’s early days and the most important thing is Briana’s health. Louis is being very protective of her and making sure she takes it easy.
“Louis is really excited about becoming a dad. Briana is a very private person and she and Louis have enjoyed hanging out with their friends over the last few months out of the public eye.
“Although they aren’t in a relationship they have a strong bond and are both focused on the baby.”
Louis’ midwife mum Johannah is also delighted about the prospect of becoming a grandmother.
The friend added: “Being a midwife, Johannah has been able to give Briana advice when she has had questions. Briana’s family are great and have hit it off with Louis’ mum and his stepdad Dan.”
Louis had a series of dates with budding stylist Briana in May — two months after splitting up with long-term girlfriend Eleanor Calder.
Briana had never been to a One Direction concert when she and Louis first met, with her first gig being the San Diego show.
NOTE that it says: SHE IS 11 WEEKS pregnant. ELEVEN.
The announcement made everyone speculate and side eye it. I am going to include a lot of thoughts that the Larries had upon hearing the news and what their first reaction was.
Okay, but for anyone who is genuinely stressed about this stupid rumour, please remember that if it was even remotely true, it would have been handled WAY better.
If it was true (WHICH IT ISN’T), they would have controlled the narrative in order to make this ~pregnancy~ seem like a positive thing. We would have had a huge influx of official publicity around Briana, starting from weeks/months ago (ie, the second they found out she was supposedly ‘pregnant’), showing her and Louis being seen everywhere together, holding hands, kissing in public, officially dating, and more than likely, with Louis being quoted as being head over heels for her.
If this rumour was true (WHICH IT ISN’T) they would be playing this as a new, but wildly passionate romance, with Briana as the surprise love of his life and the two of them surprised, but overjoyed at their ‘miracle’.
They would not, repeat NOT, allow a tabloid to break this news with an article about how Louis has been partying hard with lots of different girls and knocked up one of them (who he hasn’t known very long).
If it was true (WHICH IT ISN’T) they would have been preparing for this news to go public from the exact second they found out, and they wouldn’t have been ‘caught out’ by the tabloids like this.
It doesn’t even matter whether you believe Louis is in a relationship with Harry, this rumour is ridiculous. Boybands, even boybands that are growing up and maturing quickly, don’t allow their images to be fucked over by major news coming out this way.
This will be denied soon. Guaranteed.
even if this was true, which i don’t think it is, this is the type of shit you hide, not announce out to the world.
okay but taking larry entirely and completely out of the picture, why would they announce an accidental pregnancy with someone he’s not in a relationship with before she’s even out of her first trimester like……..most people don’t even announce pregnancies to their friends or family before they’re past the first trimester like legitimately why would they turn this into international tabloid fodder i don’t even understand even if louis is 100% straight and larry is the fakest shit in the world, it still makes absolutely zero sense that this would happen the way that it did
But they said she’s due early next year. I can’t be clearer on this. Early next year would mean she would have to be pregnant for over 10 months for him to get her pregnant in March!
Also, NO.
He was in LA until February 4th (February 4th would make her five months pregnant now and 13 weeks pregnant when she was stumbling out a club filled with smoke in May, FYI, it would also mean that her due date would be mid November).
He had concerts in Australia the 7th, 8th, 11th, 14th, 15th, 17th and 20th.
9th was the yatch with Eleanor, 10th we got pap pictures, 12th he was MIA but 13th he was seen with Eleanor for the last time (it takes 13 hours each way to fly from Brisbane which is where he was the 11th at night, to LA, so time doesn’t add up for him to go there). We got pictures the 16th. He was in Hamilton island 18th/19th and he made it just in time for the show on the 20th.
He flew to LA from Perth on a private jet the 21st (midnight after the show the 20th), which took him over than a day because he had to refuel, and he got to Osaka the 24th (again, private jet and refueling, around 15 hours at least). So he was there late the 21st, 22nd and part of the 23rd. If he got her pregnant THEN, that would mean she was 11 weeks pregnant in May (while she was clubbing and clearly drunk), and her due date would be late November. Not early next year.
He was in Asia 24th, 25th, 27th, 28th of February, March 1st and 2nd.
Then he went to London he was there the 3rd and the 7th. That gives him three days to go to LA and back (maths work here, but that would mean he got off a thirteen hour transatlantic flight and took a 12 hour transatlantic flight right away, instead of going from Tokyo to LA directly, which takes 10 hours, only to go back to London after less than 48 hours, how unlikely can something be?). We saw him the 8th, 9th and 10th. Which is when he flew back to Asia for the tour.
He had concerts the 11th, 14th, 18th, 21st, 22nd, 25th, 28th, 29th, April 1st and 4th. And he was also seen the 12th, 13th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 26th and April 3rd. He was only MIA 19th and 20th (flights from Hong Kong to LA last 14 hours each way, so he would have to fly for 28 hours to be there for less than 20) 23rd and 24th (Philippines to LA lasts 15 hours each way, so… 30 hours for less than 18, again) 30th (flights from Johannesburg to LA last 23 hours each way, so maths make it impossible) and April 2nd (flights from Dubai to LA last 16 hours each way, so maths don’t work either).
He was in Dubai until April 5th. And then he was spotted in London on the 6th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 15th, 16th and 17th. He was only MIA 7th/8th (meaning, again, after an 8 hour transatlantic flight he goes to London, only to take another 12 hour long transatlantic flight to be in LA for less than 48 hours and take another 12 hour long transatlantic flight), 14th (one day, not enough to go and come back), and 18th (again, one day). Then we go to the 19th which is what I already broke down.
And even if that WAS the case, getting her pregnant before April 19th would mean that her due date is NOT early next year. So NOOOOO.
anonymous:
When highly popular, 20 something year old popstars who are admired by millions of young fans, get random girls pregnant, it is not announced to the world. At least not until the baby is close to being born, and even then the parents and baby are presented as a solid family unit. You don’t tell a bunch of 14 year olds that their idol accidentally knocked up someone he met at a club and they’ll raise the baby together as friends.
And seriously MR CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR CHILD is quiet? And MR TWITLONGER would so totally congratulate him. And Niall would also stop golfing or watch tennis to tweet congratulations, that would be the normal thing to do. Jay to post how happy she is and how happy she is that she can TALK about it now, like seriously my mother in law called me every day if she can post the news on her Facebook and we waited for MONTHS before allowing her.
I see so much talk about the paternity test angle here and it’s really intriguing to me because this is one of the major reasons I just can’t get behind this story.
HYPOTHETICALLY:
So, if they are announcing the pregnancy, clearly he’s confident that the child is his. I’m assuming a paternity test would be involved since he’s a multimillionaire who probably won’t just take her word for it, especially since this was supposedly the result of a drunken one night stand. Gonna want to make sure that you really are on the hook for life before announcing it to the world.
You technically CAN have a prenatal paternity test done as early as 8-9 weeks (though most docs recommend waiting until after the first trimester), but even then, most docs will tell you it’s risky. Especially in-utero testing. There’s a new non-invasive test that can be done but I’m not sure on the reliability there.
Either way, let’s talk about paternity testing and how it would fit into the timeline. The story is that Louis went to LA on the 4th of July to introduce the families and be there for a sonogram. We are supposed to believe that by the 4th of July when he flew to LA, she was:
- Confirmed to be pregnant and far enough along for a sonogram
- The results of an in-utero/prenatal paternity test are in and Louis is confident in those results
- According to the Prenatal Genetics Center it takes 9 days usually to get non-invasive prenatal test results back, so she would have been tested during the month of May (we are going to go with the idea that they would choose the non-invasive route since an in-utero test can result in miscarriage and I doubt they would want to chance that)
So by the timeline we are being sold, she gets pregnant in early May after their drunken clubbing, within 3 weeks knows she is pregnant (is she counting the days until her missed period?), has an in-utero test performed and Louis is confirmed to be the father, the test results are back in time by the 4th of July, has a sonogram where the heartbeat is somehow magically audible (and rumors of an ultrasound where Jay “was thrilled to see the baby”), and then two weeks later announces the pregnancy to the world via People magazine.
….. sure.
Here’s some reactions: Note: you will read more about Harry Styles and Larry Stylinson than the baby itself. Every single reaction is either making it into a meme, is questioning whether Louis really is able to touch a woman or is shading the *very very good friend* wording. Get ready for a bumpy ride because nothing is going to be the way the media handles celebrity pregnancies.
Matt Bellassai - Buzzfeed writer - close friend of Gemma Styles - also the one who made that great article about Larry: 46 Times Harry Styles And Louis Tomlinson Proved They Belong Together
Adam Ellis - Illustrator at Buzzfeed
BILLBOARD.COM posting twitter jokes
Pizza Hut:
Vanity Fair wrote an article: One Direction’s Louis Tomlinson Is Going to Be a Father
E ONLINE: Louis Tomlinson’s Baby News Means “Larry” Is Dead and Fans Aren’t Ready to Accept That
Dlisted.com: Brace Yourself For The Directioner Meltdowns, Louis Tomlinson Is Going To Be A Dad
TIME.com
Cosmopolitan UK:
Yahoo UK
This Harry pregnant manip was syndicated and was used in all articles that reported on fan reactions. Meaning: all over the world.
Casually including the IT’S NOT REAL video:
And Harry. Louis Tomlinson news somehow always come back to Harry Styles.
Going as far as to suggest he might not be the dad.
I marked in yellow but here it is again:
And Harry.
And Harry again:
Posting reactions from well-known people like David Walliams:
Or Matt Lucas:
Or Maria Fowler:
This same Daily Mail article also mentions the Tamara handholding:
Festival flirtation: News of the pregnancy comes just two weeks after Louis was pictured cosying up to model Tamara Bell at Glastonbury
Fling? Tamara has modelled for i-D and Elle and launched lingerie brand Almeida in 2012 and is also friends with Louis’ bandmate Harry Styles
Close: Louis and the pretty brunette were seen wandering around Worthy Farm deep in conversation
US Weekly: posting memes: Harry Styles Is Pregnant With Louis Tomlinson’s Baby in Hilarious One Direction Memes
Glamour Magazine UK: Louis Tomlinson pictured for first time since baby news
Fans have already started speculating about conspiracy theories involving “Larry” - for those not closely familiar with 1D fan terminology, “Larry” is a code name for Tomlinson and Harry Styles, who they believe are having a secret affair.
And by memes the media means these:
Matt Tarrant:
The entire press was about Larry and Harry.
Cosmopolitan.com
Seventeen.com
Hollywoodlife:
Movie News Guide:
And here are more reports: (usa-nglophile)
Just Jared:
Pornhub Aria:
Fan reaction: (whatiwishicould)
The Daily Mail wrote another article:
and included the doll incident again.
They used an awkward headline because EVEN UNTIL THIS VERY DAY (2016 APR 16) no representative has ever confirmed the pregnancy.
This was the headline before but they changed it:
And everyone had reactions (laynefaire)
Jamie East: - Journalist, TV Presenter.
Scot Haney on this video - WATCH IT!!
*This is what gay men do.* *Immaculate conception.*
Daily Mail twitter went off the rails: (Daily Mail is the one usually getting the exclusives besides TMZ on babygate)
But they favorited tweets like this:
or this:
also this:
WHY IS EVERYONE TREATING THIS PREGNANCY AS A JOKE?
And why is everyone mentioning Larry?
This is from the Kidd Kraddick show ten days after the announcement:
Radio Guy: What does this dad who walked away from his when he was a really young kid even know about him. I mean, like if he is circumcised or not?
Lady DJ: Maybe he’s a hermaphrodite?
Radio Lady: Maybe it could be something about his um, sex life. Because a lot of rumors were floating around that Harry and Louis had something going on together……it’s true! It’s true! There were were rumors that they were using girlfriends and stuff to hide the fact that they were in a relationship.
Guy DJ: Nothing wrong with that!
Radio Guy: I am here to tell you that is FALSE, Kelly.
Radio Lady: How do you know?
Radio Guy: Because when Al and I saw them, they didn’t hit on us!
Other radio guy: JC was very upset.
A joke.
And Larry.
Here’s a summary:
- News dropping at ELEVEN weeks - I can’t start to explain how unusual that is. She did not even pass her first trimester.
- They are reported to be friends, it is cleared everywhere that they are not in a relationship.
- It is described as an oops baby but still break the news 11 weeks along PLUS when she is not even a celebrity
- oops babies are normally not reported, sometimes it turns out years later that a celebrity fathered a child.
- Her name is mentioned in every single headline. Which, due to her non celebrity status is more than unusual. You can see in this collage that when the partner is not a celebrity, or they have not been in a long relationship, only the celebrity’s name is mentioned.
- No photoshoot, no happy couple, no miracle, no bundle of joy usage of words, they will be using that one awkward picture that the Sun took for the entirety of this *pregnancy*.
- Harry and Larry mentions, zero focus on the actual pregnancy
- Every outlet felt the urge to report on fan reactions about an actual pregnancy
- Jokes, memes and sarcastic tone everywhere
- No representative has ever confirmed it being true. EVER.
No paternity test has been done, but this is still announced as HIS baby, and announced AS EARLY AS 11 weeks into the pregnancy.
Thank you for reading this!
This was Part 3 of the babygate masterpost.
BABYGATE IN PICTURES FOR OUTSIDERS PART 4. - THOSE FEW WHO DID SPEAK UP UNTIL THE BIRTH
A quick recap before diving in:
On 14th July 2015 at week 11 a pregnancy has been announced, where the baby mama is an unknown person and the potential dad-to-be is Louis Tomlinson from One Direction and no official representative of the 1D or Louis’ team has made any comment.
The official story is that Louis is happy and can’t wait to be a dad.
On JULY 16 People magazine published an article quoting Simon Cowell.
And while Tomlinson’s bandmates have yet to offer their congratulations publicly, behind the scenes Simon Cowell – who helped launch One Direction, and is working with Tomlinson on his new record label, which was launched earlier this year under Cowell’s company Syco – “is absolutely delighted for Louis,” according to a friend.
“Simon has even offered to give Louis a ride on his private plane anytime he needs to fly between the U.K. and the U.S. to see their baby” the friend said.
The media ALWAYS mentions that no rep or Louis spoke up about the baby yet and they are very careful with their wording.
JULY 17 MTV UK :
It’s been another very eventful 24 hours in the world of Louis Tomlinson - and while the One Direction star still hasn’t confirmed the rumours that he’s expecting a child with friend Briana Jungwirth, everyone and their mother (literally) has been speaking out about it.
With Briana’s dad and stepmum talking to the press, as well as Louis’ estranged father, it seems the only people not talking about this pregnancy is, erm, Louis and Briana.
Speaking to the MailOnline, he <Briana’s dad Joe> explained how Briana is coping with everything, saying: “The publicity and everything, it can be overwhelming yes.
“Briana’s really shy, she’s strong but shy, she’s tough but shy and she’s having a tough time with it, it’s stressing her out right now, she’s texting me all the time.“Now that she’s out of her mother’s house she’s a little bit better but she really doesn’t like any of this stuff.”
Nice that you’re talking to the press then, pal.
Again, speaking to MailOnline, Karen <Briana’s stepmum> wasn’t quite as positive as husband Joe, and even went as far to say that she’s worried that having Louis’ baby will ‘ruin her life.She explained: “I’m distressed for all the crap I’ve read online in the middle of the night. “I just hope all this doesn’t ruin her life, I care about that, we are at the beginning of something and she’s a private person, she’s not a Facebook person or anything like that. "This is really scary for someone in her condition, especially when she’s only 23, I think it’s pretty overwhelming.”
Speaking to the Mirror, he <Troy Austin - Louis’ biological dad> told them: “I’d like to be involved in my grandchild’s life. I’ve missed out on Louis’ life and I’d like to make up for that.“It’s definitely time to heal the rift. Life is too short.”
Hmm.We’re sure Louis and Briana are just thrilled that their family members have come forward confirming things they don’t want confirmed.
But hopefully the pair aren’t paying much attention to any of this and are just concentrating on themselves and their potential new sprog.
IT LOOKS LIKE EVERYONE FORGOT THAT THE NEWS WERE REVEALED AT WEEK 11, AND THAT NO ONE WAS FORCED TO ANNOUNCE IT AT ALL, LET ALONE THAT EARLY.
July 19: Another People article with Simon Cowell:
The music producer, 55, said he told Tomlinson, 23, to “man up” when he learned that he was expecting his first child with friend Briana Jungwirth.
“I said to him, ’You man up. You’re fortunate because you’re in a position to be able to look after the baby and not worry too much about that,’ ” Cowell said. “But I also told him, ‘I’ve received bad calls in my life but this is not one of them. This is your business but I’m here for you.’ ”
“He didn’t kill anyone. He got someone pregnant. It happens every day all over the world. Again, Louis has got great family around him and, look, it’s a plus, not a negative.”
JULY 19: Digital Spy UK’s careful wording of the Simon article:
- The headline is a question, they are not stating it as fact.
- “Simon Cowell has seemingly confirmed the rumours that …”
- “The news … has gone unconfirmed since it broke earlier this week, with a spokesperson for Tomlinson telling Digital Spy that they had “no comment” on the speculation when asked.”
- “However, in a new interview with The Sun, Cowell has apparently shared the advice he passed onto Tomlinson after the singer came to him with the news.“
- “Tomlinson himself has yet to officially confirm the reports”
JULY 20: ONE DIRECTION REPRESENTATIVE IS ALIVE AND BREATHING.. BUT SORRY GUYS HE IS NOT COMMENTING ON THE PREGNANCY. STILL.
Daily Mail’s article suggesting Louis is visiting Briana in LA but the representative speaks up. Here’s the headline.
When contacted by MailOnline, a spokesperson for Louis didn’t reveal the nature of Louis’ visit, simply saying, 'He is on tour with One Direction in the USA’.
Interesting wording, eh?
if you remember, this SAME article caused a Larry-wave in the Daily Mail official twitter when they started favoriting tweets saying that Louis is with Harry.
And that Larry is real. It was wild. If you missed it, check out part 3 of this masterpost series.
Until this day (2016. APR 25) none of his band mates have congratulated Louis, nor the official representative has confirmed/congratulated. But the rep was still busy congratulating Jesy from Little Mix for her engagement.
This happened FIVE days after the announcement. Simon Jones sure had time to congratulate the happy dad-to-be, right?
Well he did’t and he won’t. Before this question comes up, let’s clear that yes, HE IS the head of Simon Jones PR, he IS representing One Direction.
He congratulated people for career success, for engagement, for wedding, for baby announcements, for baby arrivals but NEVER LOUIS TOMLINSON’S. That’s more than weird.
Look at him, he was a busy bee even up until the announcement.
Here he is congratulating for Jesy and Jake’s engagement and praises Tom Fletcher’s baby announcement video: time frame: July 19 - Sept 3. Still no word about Louis Tomlinson.
Another baby arrival tweet:
You guessed right, not for Louis. In fact he is still congratulating for everything.
And as the baby was BORN on Jan 21 2016 THERE’S STILL NOTHING ON HIS TWITTER.
We are going to make a short pitstop and talk about the public congratulations:
The band McFly had 2 babies: one from Harry Judd, one from Tom Fletcher and every single time the bandmates/family/media personalities/journalists DID CONGRATULATE PUBLICLY. It is not a question of wanting to stay private. Baby announcement is a happy occasions and people do congratulate publicly as well, regardless of how famous they are.
Birth announced in a tweet by Harry:
And all band members congratulated (on the same day):
OK,now we can get back to this Tomlinson baby and our timeline:
On July 30th one of Louis’ friend Jimmy Bullard spoke up and his interpretation of the pregnancy is absolutely controversial, and his wording is one that we call *plausible deniability*. The article was published in the Irish Mirror. Let’s see.
Louis Tomlinson’s close pal Jimmy Bullard says the One Direction star having a baby is a “nightmare”.
While other pals, including Simon Cowell, have rushed to congratulate the singer, Jimmy says: “I’m not sure we should be congratulating that. Yeah… a nightmare.”
(authors note: NO ONE HAS CONGRATULATED LOUIS, BUT WE WILL GET BACK TO THAT!)
Speaking about the 23-year-old becoming a dad for the first time, former Premier League footballer Jimmy, a father of two, adds:
“He’s going to have his hands full. I’m sure he’ll get it all sorted.“
“I can’t advise him, I struggle with my two as it is. He’ll be a great dad.”
That one Jimmy Bullard article was the lead up to a radio interview that bandmate Liam Payne had with Magic Radio on Aug 3rd. For the audio click here, but here are some quotes:
“Well obviously I was a bit shocked but he’s taken super well to it. And he’s very excited with what’s going on with him at the moment and I feel that stuff like that happens sometimes…he’s taking it very seriously.”
And what are his thoughts on Briana, eh? “Yeah she’s really nice, she’s a lovely girl,” he added.
Before this exclusive airs, Magic Radio sends a press release to outlets: credit: Stephanie Soteriou (yahoo celebrity uk):
Now here comes the weirdness, because why not, right?
Tumblr user jewleeahhhh did some research because 1D normally goes to BBC Radio 1, Capital or literally any other outlet but Magic FM. Here’s what they found:
OOPS WAIT A MINUTE, WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY DRAG ME DOWN?
That is, my dear friend, One Direction’s next single.
Let’s rewind back and check the promo - babygate alignments, because there is some….. Ready?
Action 1D’s Louis video released: July 13
Pregnancy announced: July 14.
Drag Me Down released: July 31
Drag Me Down first official performance: Aug 4
Louis’ baby confirmation: Aug 4
Drag Me Down music video: Aug 20
STW Glasgow Riverside baby question: Oct 7
Perfect release: Oct 16
Perfect music video: Oct 20
baby birth: Jan 21
Louis’ first baby tweet: Jan 23
History music video released: Jan 26
Louis’ instagram baby pic: Jan 28
AUG 4 - LOUIS TOMLINSON - GMA
I am going to now talk about that ominous GMA confirmation and instead of focusing on Louis and his body language (that’s going to be the second to next post), let’s still stay in the media reaction: if you LOOK at the media during babygate, or JUST on the media reaction to the GMA *confirmation interview*, you HAVE to admit that something is OFF. And the media knows it too. I am going to quote some publications:
Weeks after it was confirmed that One Direction’s Louis Tomlinson is expecting his first child with Briana Jungwirth, the 1D member broke the silence on his impending fatherhood — carefully, and tersely — prior to the group’s performance on Good Morning America on Tuesday (Aug. 4).
Defamer (a Gawker blog):
One Direction performed on Good Morning America this morning and, once the band left the stage, GMA contributor (I guess) Michael Strahan congratulated Tomlinson on his supposed impregnation, about which not a single member of One Direction has spoken a public word.
Oh shit, Michael Strahan.
Was Strahan ignorant to the fact that no One Direction member had, until that moment, publicly confirmed Louis Tomlinson’s supposed impregnation? Was Strahan ignorant to the fact that everyone assumed they were all most likely waiting on some sort of blood test? Was Strahan ignorant to nothing, nothing at all—did he know full well that he was getting literally the scoop of a lifetime, oh my god, we’re SCREAMING?
Louis hasn’t come out publicly with the baby news after it surfaced online in July, but on Tuesday morning (Aug. 4) on “Good Morning America,” the 1D singer finally addressed the rumors — thanks to some suave talking by “GMA” host Michael Strahan.
“From one father to another, I want to congratulate you,” Strahan said to an awkward Tomlinson. “How are you feeling?”
“Thank you,” Louis started. “Obviously, it’s a very exciting time, so I’m buzzing, thank you.”
There was an stomach-churning silence after that, and Lara Spencer tried to hand off the pressure on Harry Styles, who looked a little bewildered, but amused.
In an interview with Good Morning America on Tuesday, the 23-year-old British boy band member finally confirmed the news that he’s going to be a dad. GMA contributer Michael Strahan brings up the elephant in the room, congratulating him as “one father to another.” And though it gets a bit awkward, Louis smiles big, and thanks him.
Mirror:
The 23-year-old made the admission during an interview on Good Morning America – a move which is likely to shock fans who have been in denial since the news broke.
When questioned if he was excited about having a baby with Briana Jungwirth, he said: “Obviously it’s a really exciting time, so I’m buzzing, thank you.”
Louis said ” It’s A Very Exciting Time" but do you think it was mean for Michael to trap him like that?
One more example:
One Direction sat down with Good Morning America at New York City’s Central Park today (August 4) to talk recent developments. This included Louis Tomlinson having a baby, which he hasn’t talked about until now.
The interview got awkward. “Well Louis, I gotta say,” said host Michael Strahan, “from one father to another, I want to congratulate you on your upcoming fatherhood. So, how are you feeling?”
Tomlinson forced a smile. “Thank you, yeah,” he said. “Obviously it’s a very exciting time, so I’m buzzing.” But he didn’t act excited, which had the other host, Lara Spencer, desperate to change the subject: “Harry, you seem very quiet today.”
This did not help.
Fortunately, Liam Payne and, yes, Harry Styles seemed happier to talk just about everything else: the surprise release of new single “Drag Me Down,” One Direction’supcoming fifth album and its new initiative action/1D, which builds awareness for issues like extreme poverty and global warming.
Other non-local outlets the Daily News, Mashable, Hollywood Life. There’s probably more.
OCT 7: Louis - Niall interview with STW Glasgow - Riverside. The second time Louis is asked about the baby. Here’s the media reaction to it.
Please note that the Louis’ analysis during babygate will come in a separate post, we are only focusing on the media.
Despite us all seeing Briana Jungwirth’s baby bump, some Directioners were in denial about Louis Tomlinson becoming a dad.
Now the One Direction star has opened up about the stylist expecting his child and revealed he is “excited” to welcome the first 1D baby into the world.
Louis spoke about the amazing baby news with STV Glasgow when he dropped by for a chat with bandmate Niall Horan during the band’s tour and it was pretty awkward.
After being asked if he’s looking forward to being able to spend time with the new arrival, Louis replied: “I am, yeah. I’m very excited, yeah. Yeah, it’s gonna be really nice.
"We don’t know how nice he’ll find it when his hands are full of dirty nappies but babies are super cute!
But despite it being a huge responsibility he is still planning to spend some quality time with the boys during the band’s break next year, as he revealed they are going on a lads’ holiday.
Asked what they will be doing during their time off, he said: "I think we’re going to go on a lads’ holiday think, aren’t we lad? Yeah, so that’s about all I’ve got planned at this stage I think.
"We’re not sure what Briana will think about that.
So, Louis Tomlinson is happy about having his first child. That’s a relief.
Still, it took a rather awkward interview before a Glasgow gig to elicit that information.
During a chat with Louis and bandmate Niall Horan, a Scottish interviewer asked if he’s excited about becoming a parent with Briana Jungwirth.
Louis replied: ‘I am, very excited, yeah.’
And that was that.
But the interviewer persisted in her questioning: will it be good to have a break from 1D so he could have free time with the sprog?
Louis said: ‘Yeah, it’s gonna be nice, yeah.’
Niall looked on awkwardly the whole time, waiting for a chance to showcase his Glaswegian accent.
Well, at least we got some info about their new album… oh no, we didn’t. D’oh.
Louis Tomlinson has kept pretty quiet about his impending fatherhood since the news broke over the summer that Briana Jungwirth is having his baby.
But now the One Direction star has opened up about his feelings just months ahead of the little one’s arrival – though it’s all slightly awkward.
Louis, 23, was interviewed alongside bandmate Niall Horan for STV Glasgow as the boys prepared for a gig in the city on Wednesday night and in a video of the chat is seen being questioned about whether he’s excited to become a dad.
‘I am, yeah. I’m very excited,’ the singer replies whilst Niall, 22, sits awkwardly in the middle between Louis and the boundlessly cheerful presenter lady.
With 1D going on hiatus from March next year, Louis will obviously have time to spend with the baby but is giving very little away when asked about this.
‘Yeah, it’s gonna be really nice, yeah,’ Louis answers.
After being queried about the baby Louis appears to take a sigh before awkwardly looking at his fingernails. Cringe.
Watch the slightly uncomfortable interview with Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan below… <VIDEO LINKED>
It was revealed back in July that the Yorkshire-born star is set to become a father for the first time next year as LA-based stylist Briana is expecting his child.
Fans waited with bated breath for a comment from Louis about the news but he didn’t speak out about the bombshell until August during an appearance with 1D on Good Morning America.
After being asked how he was feeling about his impending fatherhood, Louis gave a short and sweet reply, saying: ‘Thank you. Obviously it’s a very exciting time, so I’m buzzing. Thank you.’
It was bandmate Liam Payne who broke 1D’s silence on the subject though. One day before Louis spoke out, Liam told Magic Radio: ‘Well, obviously I was a bit shocked but he’s taken super well to it.’
‘He’s very excited with what’s going on with him at the moment and I feel that stuff like that happens sometimes. He’s taking it very seriously.’
It even made the Most Shocking Celeb Moments 2015 list:
And yet again Harry Styles is name-dropped in this whole big mess.
OCT 20: People Magazine: another Simon Cowell interview
“I just said, ‘Enjoy it.’ If I had been his age and someone had said, ‘You’re going to have a baby,’ I’m not sure how I would have coped with it,” Cowell shares. “But he did call me and I said, ‘When you’ve embraced it, you’ll be amazed how much you are going to love it. It will change your life for the better.’ ”
We are almost at the end of this post now, because the post-partum media will be in another post, but I want to mention one post-partum Simon article before wrapping this up:
JAN 22: Daily Mail publishes yet another Simon Cowell article.
Cowell confessed if Louis, 24, who welcomed a baby boy with his former flame Briana Jungwirth, were to ask him to take on the role as the newborn’s guardian, he would have no second thoughts.
When questioned by the Mirror about whether he’ll fulfill godfather duties, the 56-year-old music mogul said: 'We’ll have to wait and see. I’m godfather to a lot of kids now. I would if he asked.’
And that’s ALL we have.
Louis Tomlinson asked about it 2 times, both times awkward. His friend Jimmy Bullard and Liam Payne talked about the topic with very careful wording. Simon Cowell talked about it PLENTY.
Thank you for reading this!
This was Part 4 of the babygate masterpost.
BABYGATE IN PICTURES - MASTERPOST PART 5. - LOUIS DURING BABYGATE (UNTIL THE BIRTH)
Hello and welcome back to the masterpost series! We have covered approximately 25% of babygate, it is a tremendous topic, so if you made it this far, congratulations! :)
As babygate is such a huge topic, I HAD to create separate posts that focus on one single topic, and this next one was almost touched in every post, but never completely.
In Part 1 a party-image was given to Louis and you could see he participated doing no more than the required bare minimum.
In Part 2 we covered some interesting foreshadowing of babygate, from throwing the unsourced doll and calling it NOT REAL 3 times to holding his friend’s Tamara Bell’s hand during the Glastonbury Festival.
In Part 3 we covered the announcement and the media reactions to it, but we have not talked about Louis not speaking up to defend pretty much anything babygate-related, however he is one of the most outspoken loyal and protective people I have ever seen. I will talk about in this post as well.
In Part 4 there was the vast majority of his actions reported in the media, but the actual videos were not shared, nor his body language was analyzed and this is where I promise I am getting to the point now.
This is Louis Tomlinson during babygate - up until the birth.
- Tamara Bell
- Throwing doll off stage - It’s not real.
- GMA - the confirmation, first baby mention
- You’re gonna be a great dad sign
- Throwing another doll off stage
- STV Glasgow - the second baby mention
- Unreality TV congratulates
- ITV interview: no responsibilities, no solid plans
- Louis and any kid
- Louis’ protective and loyal personality - Never been good at biting me tongue
- Pic compilation of his reaction whenever asked about the baby plus a short summary
(1) JUNE 26: Tamara Bell
HERE.
(2) JUNE 27: Doll thrown off stage (IT’S NOT REAL 3x)
The incident I have mentioned before, here is the transcript again:
Louis: what’s this baby doing here?
Liam: who has thrown their baby on stage!? that is OUTRAGEOUS!
Louis: it’s not real!!!
Liam: oh no… it’s.. it’s a fake baby guys.
Louis: it’s not real… it’s.. not… real… (he’s looking on the ground reciting that)
Liam: that is for all those people out there who think that was a real baby…
GIF credit: tommosloueh
More context about this HERE.
(3) AUG 4: Good Morning America LIVE - the confirmation.
Michael Strahan: Louis, from one father to another I want to congratulate you on your upcoming fatherhood. So how are you feeling?
Louis: Thank you, yeah. Obviously it’s a very exciting time, so I’m buzzing. Thank you.
Let’s go through his body language. credit: Celebmix (x)
My father lived with a gentleman who is a professor of psychology, and he’s an incredible person outside of that. After the video posted yesterday I decided to shoot him an email asking what his short version of an opinion was on everything, just their reactions, etc.
Here’s the father’s reply:
I watched the video and the only thing I thought was how uncomfortable. The remark does not look like it was rehearsed at all; he sort of tosses it in in passing to get a real reaction and real is what he got. If this kid is supposed to be happy about having a baby, he isn’t. The pursed lips is a thing we look for when we sense lying, it’s a mechanical act of the body to force in a lie.He also looks to (our) left slightly a few times that’s a large clue as well. The right side of your brain contains your imagination and has been deemed the creative side. Without knowing it your eyes turn to the left when you’re trying to come up with a story. I’ll have to look more into the story. If you want to email me about it I’m curious to hear more and assess it further. He’s lying to cover up something and when the woman asked the other boy why he was so quiet, that was not done to change topics it seemed like it was done purposely to bring attention to his lack of a reaction specifically which makes me think there is something going on behind the scenes there.
The body language from the other boys when the question was asked was not welcoming either.They’re was clear discomfort between all of them and the boy sitting right next to him looked directly at him waiting for his response but not in a congratulatory way and if these boys are all friends you’d think they’d be happy for the news. It seems as if he was ready to protect him if he looked weak or stumbled, you don’t need to protect someone who is anticipating a happy life change.
Also, has their sexuality been questioned? The smaller one and the one with the long hair? Him being the only one asked about his lack of response when neither of the other boys had one either is telling.
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This isn’t concrete evidence of anything, merely an opinion from someone who’s got a background in knowing what to read when people are interviewed/questioned and body language generally. It doesn’t state that he doesn’t believe Louis is going to be a dad, just that something fishy seems to be going on too
The following is an analysis based on this article,
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GIF credit: whattarush
He’s ‘buzzin’ but he doesn’t say he is excited…CHECK
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Liars also purse their mouths —It’s a classic expression of guilt.
This following picture collection is credit to: legohousedea
(4) AUG 8: You’re gonna be a great dad sign
credit. Watch his reaction around 0:10.
GIF credit: tommosloueh
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(5) AUG 23: Another doll thrown from stage.
(6) OCT 7: STV Glasgow interview: another baby question
They started out very loose, all 3 with an open, relaxed body language.
These snippets are just to show that they were having fun.
A lot of fun.
Still having fun here.
Now on the pic below, this is the moment they finished the baby segment. Look at the boys:
This is a screengrab from when the interviewer says goodbye.:
Here’s the transcript.
Louis: I think we’re gonna go on a lads holiday, aren’t we, lad? So, that’s about ALL we got planned at this stage, I think, yeah.
Int: And you’ve obviously got a little one on the way as well, are you excited about that?
Louis: I am, yeah, I’m very excited.
Int: It’s going to be nice to have some time to spend with the baby
Louis: Yeah, it’s gonna be really nice, yeah.
Louis:
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Just to see it more drastically:
This is how their body language was in the beginning:
And this is how it ended:
Some thoughts about the interview:
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(7) OCT 21: Interview released with Unreality TV
(8) OCT 27: Asked about the hiatus: no responsibilities, no solid plans.
For video click here:
GIF credit: tommosloueh
Again, someone forgot they would be having a baby…
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The boys started their promo season for their album Made In The AM but the babygate question was blacklisted.
This is from Fabulous magazine which did an interview with 1D:
Another interviewer saying no personal questions were allowed.
(9) James Corden Late Late Show:
GIF credit: cutieharrie
And there were really no personal questions during the MITAM promo after these.
So this has been Louis Tomlinson up until the birth.
Here is Louis Tomlinson with kids. Just so you see that this boy LOVES kids/babies.
with his youngest brother and sister:
his youngest sister:
He not only loves them, he goes above and beyond and is part of several charities that are helping children. He hosted a Cinderella Ball with Believe in Magic alongside his mom.
Family values are important to him He is a loyal, protective boy. Protective of his family, of his friends, fans and Doncaster Rovers.
FANS:
This was his reaction when the Mirror posted a disgusting article about him:
Or:
Or his infamous twitter feud with The Wanted.
(this is only part of it, the entire war is here)
Or when again fans are insulted: 7:43 is the tweet, 8:12 is Louis’ reply.
Another one, he tweeted his opinion about Rovers and this twitter user called him out:
He replied within 41 minutes
Another one where he called out news outlets:
An asshole fan insulted him, he replied with his usual sass.
A band that was insulting him liking their music: 2014 dec 19.
This is for parents who felt insulted by the lyrics of I1D’s Live While We’re Young:
Do you get what I mean? He litereally said:
I’ve never been very good at biting my tongue.
Now you saw a few examples how Louis is not afraid to speak up for his people. Now please remember all the headlines, all the implications that we covered in previous masterposts, all the sass and disrespect this baby and the baby mama received and LOOK at how THIS Louis, this sassy, loyal and protective Louis, who is the real Louis Tomlinson NEVER EVER STOOD UP for her and them.
Never.
Isn’t that weird?
THIS IS HIM DURING BABYGATE:
There is no crinkling eyes, there is no happiness, there is pursed mouth, there is pushing by reporters but never him, there is him saying he has no plans. There is anything but normalcy.
Look at the pictures. Can you say he is happy to be a dad? Can you say he is not feeling discomfort?
So we have a
- non-celeb girl being pregnant
- announcing it at week 11
- to the entire world, seriously it was EVERYWHERE.
- no reaction from Louis or anyone, don’t forget that the rep never commented it
- until AUG 4 during a live show
- then anytime he is asked about the baby or being a dad his discomfort is clear
- when asked about the hiatus he never mentions the baby himself.
- never utters the words: DAD, BABY, BRIANA.
- he addresses the situation as IT.
If there is a real baby and his discomfort is clear, why was it announced? Why not sweep it under the rug? HE is the celebrity, not the woman. Why is this even happening when there was no paternity test to prove if the baby is even his? Why are the headlines not implying that this girl CLAIMS to have his baby, but instead they all say HE IS GOING TO BE A DAD?
Why is the media so shady with this baby? Why are they calling it spawn and why are they making everything about Larry?
Good questions, huh?
Thank you for reading this!
This was Part 5 of the babygate masterpost.
BABYGATE IN PICTURES - MASTERPOST PART 6. - THE BUMP THAT CHANGED SIZE, DIMENSIONS AND DISAPPEARED.
Hello and welcome back to the masterpost series! We have covered approximately 30% of babygate, it is a tremendous topic, so if you made it this far, congratulations! :)
In the previous parts (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) we have covered Louis and co’s and the media actions. Now it’s time to see what’s going on with this *random impregnated girl*.
The pregnancy news broke on the 14th of July and the first time we *see* Briana on
JULY 17: approx 11 weeks along
credit: Splash News.
AUG 7. approx: 14 weeks along.
Take a look at this *burgeoning* belly. From other angles:
And we are going to stop our bump watch for a minute for context. The storyline is that this is a shy girl who does not want fame, who did not even know who Louis was and who never went to a One Direction concert.
After the pregnancy was reported One Direction has been coincidentally touring North America and here are the dates (source wikipedia):
This is 22 concerts since the announcement. Twenty two.
The headlines as you remember tried to suggest that Louis in the same place as Briana and when they did that, Louis’ representative spoke up suggesting that of course he is in the US because his band is on tour there. (for the exact quote go to Part 4). Her family gives interviews left right and center, no one is speaking up from Louis’ camp apart from Liam’s Magic Radio interview and that memorable Good Morning America interview where Michael Strahan congratulated Louis in a live show. We are watching and waiting to see how they will SHOW that this woman is indeed pregnant. I don’t think it’s needed to say but the BURGEONING bump did not convince anyone that she was pregnant.
Fan reactions:
credit: proudoflou
WAIT A MINUTE. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY HIDING HER BELLY? Well, here is a montage of all of her pictures before her belly debut on Aug 7:
The pictures were also more than.. interesting: (credit: jaw-drops):
credit: vansandburberry:
(credit: yealourry, diggingandfluff)
Conveniently she is visiting a passport office here.
Here is more fan opinions about the passport:
Note: the international travel was Briana in the Bahamas.
credit: diggingandfluff
This next one is from a certified US Passport Acceptance Agent:
I wanna talk about the passport office photos for a minute because a) I’ve seen a whole lot of antis trying to justify why she was there, especially since she did just travel to the Bahamas (from what I have seen/heard - I have paid little attention to this particular circus so forgive me if I’m wrong on that one) and b) I have seen a lot of speculation that she will be at the BiM Cinderella Ball or at least in the UK by Monday.
[For the record, I am a certified United State Passport Acceptance Agent. I am on the front line of the passport process, so I know my shit.]
“Maybe she was picking up the forms to mail.” “Maybe she needs to get more pages.” “Maybe she needs to correct information.”
Pap photos show Briana leaving a passport office WITH a DS-11 (not a DS-4085 or DS-5504) in her hand. You cannot mail a DS-11 yourself. You must appear in front of a passport agent. Part of the form is filled out by an acceptance agent. We collect identification, proof of citizenship, fees, and take your photo, etc.
“Maybe she was getting a new photo.”
That’s not a thing. You don’t replace your photo. That’d be replacing the whole passport. Plus, girlie was wearing a white t-shirt. I would have had to tell her to put on a sweater or go home and change. Whenever people call to inquire about passports and/or passport photos, I am required to tell the person that they cannot wear white and cannot wear anything with writing or a logo.
“Maybe she’s renewing.”
Nah. You need the DS-82 to renew a passport and you mail that yourself (+ check/money order and new passport photo).
Again, she had a DS-11, which is the form one is required to fill out to apply for a first time passport (book and/or card - you can do both at once) or to apply for a new passport if one’s previously issued passport expired more than 15 years ago. (You can access this form online so you don’t have to actually pick it up somewhere.)
Passports are only valid for 10 years if the applicant is 16 or older. (A child’s passport is valid for 5 years and cannot be renewed).
“Maybe she has a passport card and needs a passport book.”
This is a plausible scenario.
A passport book allows a person to travel internationally by air, land, and sea. A passport card allows only for land and sea travel. Basically, you can drive to Canada or Mexico. Some cruises will allow you to use a passport card when stopping at international ports, but if you really want to explore, you need the book and many cruise lines (from my experience) now advise you to have the book. It’s more expensive, but it’s better and usually worth it in the end considering a number of people come back to get the book within that 10 years anyway.
So maybe the Bahamas trip was a cruise and that Briana has a passport card and that’s why she is applying for a passport again. (Like I said, I don’t know shit about her trip or how she got there and back. I’m sure one of y’all more attentive Larries know.)
HOWEVER
Standard processing time for a U.S. passport is 4 to 6 weeks (it is busy season and with over 1 million apps in process right now, NPC is dealing with some delays, pushing it to 5 to 7 weeks maybe 8 weeks in some cases). With expedite services processing takes 2 to 3 weeks. Expedited at a Department of State Passport Agency will, at its soonest, take 8business days (9 A.M. to 5 P.M. Monday - Friday) and there are a number of restrictions because this type of service is usually reserved for urgent matters (not PR stunts).
There are only 28 DoS agencies in the United States, California has 3 of them in LA, San Diego, and San Francisco respectively. Banana was not at one of these agencies. That office looked like it was on a used car lot.
She was leaving with the DS-11. So she didn’t do anything right then other than be seen at the passport office with a passport application.
Though it goes without saying, this was an intentional papping to a) have something to write articles about because, to echo drunkhermione, PREGNANT AMERICAN BRIANA + BRITISH LOUIS + BABY = INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL. b) cause speculation amongst fans aboutwhen she’ll be in the UK. c) Whatever other crazy dumb Modest! logic is going on.
Now back to bump watch!
Remember how One Direction had 22 concerts while in North America?
Can you guess how many concerts Briana attended?
NONE.
So she is photographed just leaving a passport office.
Can you guess when she shows up?
She bloody traveled to the UK to attend SIX shows of One Direction and instead of a short domestic flight while the band is mere hours away and she is not that along in her pregnancy she flew international.
SEP 24: approx 22 weeks along. One Direction’s first show after they ended the North America leg about 2 weeks ago.
Briana’s cousin Ashley Jessica who very actively served as the spokesperson for Briana on twitter tweeted this:
Then she went private. (as always)
Get ready for WHAT?
Oh well we will soon know.
So here we have the entire O2 arena full of fans, and a rumor that Briana would travel to the concert. IF the passport pictures were not cluing you in, then this next one definitely is because one lucky fan was able to get a picture of Briana.
This was the tweet, she deleted her tweet since.
What do I mean by lucky?
credit: bethaboolou
(credit: zenlikejen)
Remember this name? Simon Cowell? The only one from the 1D camp ever speaking up about the baby? Yeah him. Wait, there’s more:
credit: genuinelybelieve
screenshot taken: 2nd May, 2016. WHAT A LUCKY FAN, AGAIN!!
Now, here is another picture:
If on July 14 (according to the sun) she was 11 weeks pregnant then on Sept 24 he should be around 21-22 weeks pregnant here. Her legs are apart and it looks like she is ready to give birth here in the stands.
Looks pregnant, right? it is actually the game of the angles. See:
Yet another black outfit and hand on belly. Source: a submitter to zenlikejen
credit: diggingandfluff
So the pictures can be all taken apart. She is wearing black, her bump is always covered by either her hands, a cordon or the angle the picture was taken from.
SEP 28:
No one can find her. The entire arena is on bump watch but no one can take a pic.
We got this:
But that is not her.
No one can even identify the girl because she looks different every time she is pictured. This is Ashley’s mom, Tracy. Briana’s aunt.
Context:
SEP 29:
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Even tweeted about it:
Interesting timing, huh?
Here are the HQ’s from Sep 29:
The dress on this second pic looks a bit tricky but the puffy part is still not the belly. The first pic shows it much better. And of course her bump is covered by a cordon.
This bump is too low. It is normally this low when you are ready to pop.
SEP 30:
lightened out version:
Fan report from a blogger:
credit: buscandoelparaiso
How Jay (Louis’ mom, mom of seven) did it when she was pregnant:
credit: anonymous
And this girl is not getting a call out or congrats from the band at all. Attends 6 shows in a row and GETS NOTHING.
credit: happy1days
credit: lesbianslovelouis
So let’s check that bump:
OCT 31: Halloween
She looks pregnant, right?
Let’s get a closer look.
Oopsie. She’s not pregnant. She literally just pushed her belly in a way that it looked like she was pregnant. She is supposed to be 26 weeks pregnant.
NOV 2: papped
This was her a few days ago. WHERE IS THAT BUMP?
There’s literally no way that she looked like that on Oct 31 and looking heavily pregnant on NOV 2.
Here is the OCT 31 pic lightened:
THERE’S LITERALLY NO BUMP. (credit: stylinsobss)
Back to Oct 31 a little bit:
credit: conscious–ramblings
Now she will disappear for weeks.
DEC 26: Briana posts this: (approx 35 weeks along from the 40 weeks)
and posted a video about their family Christmas in 2015.
And this pic leaked or was posted (not clear yet) from the same day Dec 26:
This is Briana.
Now you might ask yourself a question here:
She is supposed to be 34-35 weeks along, where the hell is the bump??
The video is not available anymore but here are a few screenshots proving it was taken the same time as the picture where Briana conveniently is not wearing her fake bump.
A day ago she had this huge bump. WHERE IS IT??? The picture on the right side is from this same video, you can see the same people on the left, everyone is dressed the same. And THAT is Briana. No bump. It’s not the black dress. It’s not the angle. SHE HAS NO BUMP. And she also deleted the video from her instagram on Apr 17 in 2016.
JAN 16:
Briana’s mom posted this:
BUT:
credit: actuallyredorchid (EDIT: we’re not sure if Amber is a cousin or not, but she’s a Clark.)
They went above and beyond to show she is pregnant on social media, but they never showed the actual face with the entire bump. It was aleways cropped.
Here’s more proof that they tried to use pics from someone else: on the right side you can see Ashley sending that cropped picture to one of the Briana accounts and asking them to post it.
And surprise surprise that is again: amberfillerup.The picture can be easily found on Pinterest.
Even her @ is there:
When they were called out that the headless picture is old they posted this picture on the right to prove it is not old.
Fan reaction: credit: hearteyeslikeafooligan
OK I just love analyzing visual clues, so I couldn’t resist!
The photo on the left was quite obviously taken at a VERY different time, long before the date the person posting it wanted it to be assumed.
They were obviously presenting that photo as “proof” of how B’s belly looks currently, when they posted it two days ago. They presented it as if it was B posing for that photo two days ago, to show how her pregnant belly looked right then.
The photo on the right was posted to show the same spot as it looks right now.
That view out the door proves to me that the photo on the left was taken a very long time ago, and was therefore not taken of anyone who is currently pregnant.
1. The photo on the left shows leaves on the ground, and I can’t imagine there being any leaves still on the ground now in such a well-groomed courtyard.
2. There is shrubbery directly to the left of the door the girl and cat are standing near, and that shrubbery had been recently sheered close and neat in the photo on the left. In the photo on the right that same shrubbery is overgrown and way past due for being sheered. You can see the shape of the leaves growing out of it which is absolutely impossible if it looked sheered to a straight edge two days prior. Maybe they shoved a different tree against that shrub and it’s leaning there waiting to be moved or something, or maybe they pulled out that shrub and put something bigger in the line of sight past it sometime in the last two days.
3. The shrubbery in front of the neighbor’s house across the street has experienced much growth between photo sessions. Far more than two day’s worth. More like months at least. The two shrubs under their window that can be seen in both photos are kept in the same shape by the gardener but you can still see differences in the sheering that wouldn’t be present after only two days. The inside of the shrubs are far more filled in which represents growth that would take months. Look how bare they are near their roots in the photo on the left, and how lush they are almost all the way down their roots in the photo on the right. They’ve grown to a different shape in the months between photos.
4. That red planter inside the neighbor’s window, visible above those shrubs? Check out the PLANT inside it!!!!! Maybe they changed plants inside that pot sometime in the last two days. Otherwise, that plant grew a ton. Again, months worth of growth.
This was random but again, they could not come up with a bump + head picture.
Another cropped out picture:
Headless:
And another pic where the head is cropped out:
JAN 16: 37 weeks from the 40 weeks.
This picture was posted by Briana, again only a bit of blonde hair is visible and a bump.
This was another attempt at getting people post bump plus blonde hair pictures:
This picture was posted by Ashley:
And this is a pic from Amber: source: Instagram: @amberfillerup
SAME PERSON. You can see the IV, the nails, and the angle on the first one is to hide the ring.
This is Amber after giving birth:
This was the last social media picture of *her* bump.
She gets papped one week before giving birth.
The article was posted on Jan 23:
Pap picture: on the left, her bump picture on the right:
Fan reactions (credit: proudoflou)
credit: bananastagram:
The next pictures will come after giving *birth*.
See a sneak and peek:
UPDATE: she shared this pic as a throwback for being 3 months along:
‘How time just goes’: Taking to Instagram on Wednesday, Briana Jungwirth shared a throwback snap to when she was three months pregnant with her baby boy, Freddie Reign (Daily Mail)
But you can see that the face is her new face, the nose is her new nose. FAIL.
Thank you for reading this!
This was Part 6 of the babygate masterpost.
SOME WOMEN. SOME DADS. SOME BABIES. SOME PREGNANCIES. SOME PEOPLE- THE BABYGATE MASTERPOST.
One comment: if this gets to antis or formers or however they call themselves:
The Larries believe the baby is FAKE not only because of 1 or 2 or 3 bullet points, but because of ALL OF THEM. Don’t come to me saying bullet point 77 can be attacked while you are still unable to give me a logical explanation to the other 176 points. Thanks.
- Some not famous women do get papped at low level clubs and be lucky enough to meet the Sun reporters to pose for a picture.
- Some not famous women do get to be identified by the media from a group of a fuckton of girls.
- Some not so famous women do get to be reported in the media months before their pregnancy scandal breaks.
- Some women do get their social media wiped off months before they get pregnant from a member of the most famous boyband.
- Some women do like to cover their bellies with the first thing they can get hold of. In fact, some women do that before a huge pregnancy scandal breaks.
- Some fans are lucky enough to read Annas’ tweets and coincidentally randomly show up and REPORT about the clubbing Louis and Briana had.
- Some women do break the pregnancy news at 11 weeks.
- Some people are okay with their pregnancy news leaking before it is safe. When Jay was pregnant it was a secret until someone leaked stuff (she was 5 months) and Dan got so angry, because he knew how unsafe this fandom is for someone in such delicate condition. She used safe entrances, she never made contact with fans. It was treated with respect. The last thing a pregnant girl wants is to be around fans without security, and using main entrances to get snacks.
- Some millionaires do get the advice to NOT STOP the media from breaking pregnancy news without a paternity test.
- Some millionaires do get the advice to break a scandal that is damaging to their image knowing that there is going to be a 1 year break, no one, literally no one should have known about this “baby”, they would have been able to hide this “baby” from the public eye if they had wanted to and Louis would have been able to be a “dad” during the hiatus and no one would ever know about it, only when he decides that it’s time to show his kid to the public.
- Some millionaires do not have the luxury to control the media when there is an unplanned or unwanted pregnancy.
- Some PR people don’t get scolded if (their client) “he didn’t take a paternity test yet and that “he doesn’t need one because he knows in his heart it’s his”.
- Some millionaires do impregnate their very-very-very good friend.
- Some millionaires do not afford to have a normal photo-shoot with the baby mama, and instead let a drunk-off-their-asses photo circulate the media for 10-11 months. Still the same picture the moment I write this.
- Some fans are lucky enough to be followed by Simon Cowell on social media AND to be the (fortunate) enough to take the only picture of Briana and her *bump* at the London shows.
- Some pregnant ladies do drink water from a pint glass while everyone else nearby uses plastic cups for water.
- Some pregnant ladies do not like their photo taken and it is *prohibited by management* while they parade around freely in an arena full of thousands of fans (who have been called as CULT previously in an article by ¼ of the band).
- Ryan Seacrest can coincidentally randomly tweet about fake pregnancies the day after Briana showed up with a bump at the London concert, and his tweets can be absolutely unrelated to Briana.
- Some pregnant ladies do stand with legs spread while they are 22 weeks along.
- Some pregnant ladies do look 9 weeks pregnant while they are standing with legs spread while being 22 weeks along.
- Some upcoming dads do host a charity ball dedicated entirely to terminally ill children and not once mention their own baby in any way, shape or form before, during or after the event. Not even a small mention in their thank you speech x
- Some millionaires are advised to not do any kind of “damage control” PR like fluffy cutesy photoshoots or excited interviews to make the whole thing seem a bit less trashy, irresponsible and just a bad example for their teen/young adult fanbase. x
- Some millionaires do allow the media to speculate whether the child is really their own and that way disrespect their friend who is pregnant from them. x
- Some pregnancies do get the media report about the famous boybander’s band member and their relationship instead of the actual pregnancy.
- Some non-famous ladies are lucky enough to always be name-dropped in the media even if they have never done anything that would make their face or name recognizable.
- Some famous millionaires do allow the media outlets to jokingly imply the person carrying their child is not a woman but in fact the man he’s been rumoured to be dating for five years via speculation that has supposedly driven them to apparently yell and scream on Twitter in frustration about it (x)
- Some people DO post pics saying REAL EYES REALIZE REAL LIES before their most controversial written article gets published. Some people do have their band member raise attention to said picture by using quirky which immediately got the Larries’ attention - who were also dissed in the mentioned article.
- Some stylists do not prefer to style themselves as presentable to leave the house and not be a joke.
- Some dickmatized penis-jokeee bandmates do toss dick-patterned onesies on the ground when their bandmate’s upcoming fatherhood has been announced.
- Some aunts do not refer to babygate even before the pregnancy could have been medically confirmed when they say: “it’s not like the news is out”.
- Some mothers of non-famous girls do FEEL when their daughter is going to be pregnant even before they pissed on a stick or they would realize that their cycle is late.
- Some mothers are lucky enough to follow People Babies weeks before surprise surprise PEOPLE BABIES reports of their non-famous daughter’s pregnancy.
- Some mothers do have their bellies invisible even at 7-8 months pregnant.
- Some pregnancies just don’t get confirmation from an official representative. Some rumors do. With an LMAO comment. Just not the pregnancy.
- Some pregnant women do feel the need to post pregnant pictures from user amberfillerup on their instagram.
- Some pregnant women do have the same belly as ambrefillerup when you photoshop the 2 bellies on each other.
- Some mothers do not prefer having their bump and face included in pictures at the same time.
- Some pregnant ladies do write captions: ready to pop - 3 weeks before the due date, and then surprisingly give birth only 1 week later.
- Some pregnant ladies do have bellies that look unnatural.
- Some pregnant women do lose said unnaturally big bump 3-4 days after giving birth.
- Some pregnant women do not have their boobs grow twice, three times the size as it normally is.
- Some pregnant women only gain weight on their belly.
- At some places it is normal that the media writes up articles about a birth of a baby 24 hours before the actual birth happens/is confirmed.
- Some private families do save hundreds of domains before their precious baby is born.
- Some non-famous families do register the domain Skylar Tomlinson then when the dad post an IG pic naming the kid as Freddie, they do create a Freddie Tomlinson domain and it is absolutely normal.
- Some famous celebrities do allow fan-run update accounts to announce their baby’s arrival.
- Some update accounts are lucky enough to break the news exactly at the time the birth certificate states.
- Some famous people have representatives who do not advise to confirm the birth of their first child officially. Nor they confirm it themselves.
- Some pregnant women do not have their belly low 1 week before giving birth.
- Some famous people do not get congratulations from their head of PR even if said PR person reacted to birthdays and engagements quite fast. Boo.
- Some women do not lose their babies in the first trimester.
- Some women do wear maternal pants when they are 3 months along and the belly is not *that uncomfortable*.
- Some people do go to One Direction concerts with a baby doll and they throw it on stage.
- Some performers do stop their shows to talk about said doll.
- Some performers talk about toy dolls by calling them BABY.
- Some performers are annoyed with that doll and throw it off stage with the comment: IT’S NOT REAL. IT’S NOT REAL. IT’S NOT REAL.
- Some performers do reassure their audience that a very visibly play doll is FAKE
- Some performers do this thing ONE MONTH before a REAL pregnancy is happening.
- Some dads are ok with their newborn treated as meme featuring arch enemy Harry Styles as the *mom* or significant other before and after birth.
- Some dads are ok with the media talk about fake names like SYDNEY RAIN or CONCHOBAR without the need to just go online and share the name of the baby.
- Some dads do announce the arrival of the baby without the name, calling it: BABY SON.
- Some birth announcements do not have the weight and height and the *healthy* comments in it.
- Some PR teams don’t feel necessary to let outlets like Billboard, Daily Mail, Sun (who they have been working closely with) correct Briana’s name from BRIANI or BRIAN.
- Some performers do have their pregnancy-crazy band mates put a balloon under their t-shirt 1 months before the pregnancy breaks, just to NEVER EVER ADDRESS said pregnancy.
- Some people do not value family values even after their own dad abandoned them at 10 days and need to get speeches to MAN UP from their boss.
- Some famous people do not feel the need to publicly congratulate their bandmate when said bandmate is having a baby.
- Some pregnant women do feel the need to show up at a passport office and carry a passport-requesting-document shortly after they left the Bahamas where passport is needed.
- Some pregnant ladies do prefer to switch public and private profiles before posting a new picture.
- Some pregnant ladies are lucky enough to have said picture reported in articles mere minutes after being posted.
- Some real pregnancies ARE handled as a joke by the media.
- Some pregnant women do get confused as to which document needs to be filled out or get wrong advice from the passport officers when requesting a passport - while they already have one…
- Some pregnant women do get papped at dead city parts like passport offices. This even happens with the most private pregnant women of all times.
- Some pregnant women love to have their entire family in the room while having a vaginal ultrasound.
- Some pregnant women do said sonograms FOUR weeks along.
- Some dads-to-be do throw a baby doll from stage AGAIN, after the news broke of their impending fatherhood.
- Some first grandmothers do not congratulate or even share their excitement about their first grandchild for months before said grandchild is born.
- Some men do impregnate women after 5 years of never ending gay rumors with their own bandmate they share multiple complementary tattoos with.
- Some pregnant women do prefer to fly across the ocean instead of making a short domestic flight when the band is there for months.
- Some women do wear scarves that cover the belly while pregnant.
- Some women do always put something to cover their pregnant belly because they are afraid, but they are not afraid to have security.
- Some performers do not want to address the presence of their family members when they are with the mom-to-be because One Direction is not famous for stopping shows talking about babies, pregnant ladies or just say hi to their family.
- Some pregnancy confirmations are aligned with the release of singles and music videos and it is absolutely normal.
- Some people have more than 10 cm long thumbs like Louis Tomlinson and it is absolutely normal that said thumb is only long on a photoshopped Briana-Louis clubbing picture.
- Some families who think that leaking pictures on public social media accounts is a private thing to do.
- Some people are unlucky enough to have Harry Styles not notice their pregnant belly when they stand in the VIP area, nor address their presence, or the happiness for having pregnant women in the arena.
- Some pregnant ladies refuse to sit down at a 2 hour long concert and instead they stand.
- Because for some pregnant ladies at 5 months along it is perfectly fine to stand.
- Some dads-to-be are not annoyed when their fetus is called spawn multiple times by the media but react within 40 minutes when their favorite football team is called out.
- Some dads do forget they will have a baby and say they have no responsibilities, months before their first child is being born. (”just the idea of having no solid plans, no responsibilities is really exciting”)
- Some private families do announce a baby shower publicly that then will never happen.
- Some dads do not prefer to talk about their upcoming fatherhood and blacklist the topic while still staying very happy and excited.
- Some dads protect their moms from bad press and announce a war against said media outlet but not moving a finger when their fetus is called spawn and the mother is mocked. “you can actually see the growing expanse of Louis’ spawn for the first time EVER”. “LOOK, she can actually rest her hand on it. This is actually happening.” “She could probably balance a sandwich on it if she wanted to. Or at least a selection of mini burgers.” “Tomlinson spawn”
- In some universes a celebrity’s upcoming fatherhood is announced and said celebrity can be interviewed a dozen of times without receiving a single congratulations.
- Some dads-to-be do buzz when their body language screams differently.
- Some band members the dad-to-be is rumored to be in a relationship with, CAN get asked why they are so mum when the other band member is buzzing to be a dad.
- Some dads-to-be do spend time with the mom-to-be when we do not see it.
- Some dads-to-be are excited to have a baby even if the mere mention of the baby makes them crawl out of his own skin.
- Some dads do only post black and white pics on their social media with their baby while post everything else in color.
- Some women have faces that change every single time.
- Some famous dads-to-be or their bandmates do not prefer to have BABY, *name of mom-to-be* and PREGNANCY leave their mouth.
- Some first grandmothers do not prefer to be at the birth or even in the same continent as their first grandchild for days.
- Some grandmothers do not report on the birth of their first grandchild but instead heavily mention relaxing in spas and enjoying the sunshine as if that was the thing grandmothers do instead of helping the new family with advice and actively engage in the first days.
- Some new moms do leave their homes with a newborn almost every single day for a week.
- Some non-famous new moms do not have the power to stop paps.
- Some new moms do want to protect their empty carrycot from the paps.
- Some new moms lift weight even if 100% of the doctors advise not to.
- Some new moms look fitter than ever 2-3-4 days after giving birth.
- Some new moms do feel comfortable leaving the house in tight dresses.
- Some new moms do wear high heels and skirt.
- Some new moms do wear comfortable clothes while pregnant but turn into supermodel mode after giving birth.
- Oh and get accidentally papped while wearing non-comfy clothes.
- Some new moms do leave their house to go to party and they do drink alcohol 3-4 weeks after giving birth.
- Some new moms do not wear bra 3-4 weeks after giving birth.
- Some new moms are not able to breastfeed.
- Some new moms who are able to breastfeed do not need to wear bras to support their aching boobs.
- Some new moms are comfortable showing sideboobs.
- Some new moms do not have leaking boobs after they give birth,
- Some new moms do not bleed mere days after giving birth.
- Some new moms can walk perfectly, without waddling fine after giving birth, be that a natural childbirth or a c-section.
- Some new moms do feel the need to hide their babies in thick blankets while they leave their house in the first week of the newborn and boooo getting papped accidentally in the process.
- Some new moms do not freak the fuck out that they would drop the carrycot if they do not have access to the handle of the carrycot because it is covered in a blanket.
- Some new moms do get advice from their moms who totally ignored the grip of their daughter, to hold that carrycot with a firm grip because those nasty bullying larries spoke up on tumblr.
- Some new moms do lift their precious little baby in the carrier with 2 fingers 5 days after giving birth and specifically advised NOT TO.
- Some black dresses are able to hide a very visibly big bump during Halloween.
- Some new moms are able to carry that carrycot without the help of anyone.
- Some grandmothers post a picture saying: *Sometimes you just have to play the role of a fool to fool the fool who thinks they are fooling you* in the middle of the most controversial pregnancy in Hollywood.
- Some grandmothers do follow journalists on social media who have been exclusively dissing the legitimacy of the existence of their first grandchild.
- In some families there is something in Christmas family dinners, either the vibe or the celebration in the air that makes 8 months pregnant bellies just disappear.
- Some grandmothers allow their daughter to carry that heavy carrycot alone after they gave birth to 2 kids themselves and are perfectly aware that new moms are not advised to carry any weight.
- For some famous pregnancies it is normal to not discuss custody and money before the child’s birth when the dad is a millionaire.
- For some famous pregnancies it is absolutely normal to mention paternity or paternity test this many times as we had for babygate.
- Some celebrities do release the birth certificate of their child and sell it to In Touch and likes.
- Some celebrities have a different version of birth certificate.
- Some parents do not know even after the birth if the last name should be Jungwirth or Tomlinson.
- For some media outlets it is normal to always mention that the rep was unavailable.
- Some new dads do go to Sunglasses Hut the day after their first baby is born.
- Some new dads don’t take this as a Friends reference x
- Some new dads do follow Matt Leblanc randomly after this Friends reference starts to be highly speculated. x
- Some update accounts ABOUT UNKNOWN NO NAME GIRLS do get created 2 DAYS AND A MONTH before the biggest pregnancy scandal breaks. x
- Some pictures that have wrong black-and white contrast/light setting are not photoshopped.
- Some ears do lose their shape when pictured. x
- Some men have hair that looks short one day and then very long the next day.
Women when get pregnant gain approximately 25-35 pounds and when she gives birth she looses
- approximately half of that (5-10 pounds which is the baby’s weight and another 2 approx for the amniotic fluid), so the woman post-partum would still have 13-23 podiums of excess weight left over. A safe rate of weight loss after giving birth would be 1-2 pounds every week.
- Some women don’t.
- Some men do have the same length of hair in January as in December even if there is daily photographic reminder that their hair length is absolutely different.
- Some men do not get advised to hold a newborn’s head.
- Some babies do resemble the baby of your employer who closeted you.
- Some non-famous girl’s cousin can follow the employer who the non famous girl is pregnant from.
- Some new moms do not have bags under their eyes when pictured with a one month old baby.
- Some babies do have their fingers in the same position on pictures that were clearly not taken on the same day.
- Some newborns do have perfect skin tone, no rash, no blush, no reddish or white spots.
- Some hospitals do give out handwritten bracelets.
- Some babies do look like they aged weeks in age and size in the shortest period.
- Some babies just always sleep when they are pictured.
- Some newborns just do not need their head to be supported.
- Some moms always bundle up their babies when said baby is in the hospital, so there is no way to see a hospital bracelet.
- Some moms do not have IV in their hands in the hospital.
- Some moms do not look tired after giving birth.
- Some moms have time to redo their highlights and wash their hair 2 days after the delivery.
- Some famous dads tell the media they are staying with the mom and the baby while they are papped every day staying in hotels.
- Some women do pierce their nose and show up with perfectly healed skin (healing time 2 weeks) 4 weeks after giving birth.
- Some women have shifting cheekbones: one time looking super round, one time looking skinny.
- Some women do get a lip job during pregnancy or after sometimes in the 4 weeks post partum.
- Some new dads only prefer to confirm or talk about their newborn on social media but never on camera.
- In fact some new dads get annoyed when they are being asked about the baby they seem to be very eagerly posting pictures and tweeting about.
- Some pregnancy-baby-crazy band members do have their ONE AND ONLY ACTION which is pregnancy related as putting a stuffed animal under their T-shirt during the song LITTLE WHITE LIES.
- Some new moms do listen to doctors and do not take their newborn out in the first few weeks and risk exposing them to germs.
- Some millionaires do go with their 2-3-4 old newborn publicly to the doctor’s office instead of hiring a nurse or asking the grandmother for help who happens to be a midwife.
- Some mothers do get confused that the birth date of their kid is 21.01.16 while the dad tweets about 22.01.16
- Some men have longer eyelashes than Louis Tomlinson. They even have 3 set of eyelashes. The picture is not phoshopped. No.
- Some new moms are comfortable wearing pleather leggings.
- Because some new moms do not need those massive pads for the vaginal bleeding.
- Some people are lucky enough to have a baby who beats even Renesmee in growing. x
- Some families do get accused of posting fake pictures when in reality they have never done so.
- Some tattoos do disappear when a dad is pictured with his baby.
- Some babies do seem longer than in reality when pictured in black and white.
- Some dads do see the aesthetic in not smiling nor showing an emotion when pictured with their firstborn newborn.
Inconsistencies
So if this girl is really pregnant, why was her social media wiped off months before? Why did she cover her belly on every single party pic when she was drunk off her ass (aka very not pregnant thank you very much) and why is that the first time we saw the “belly” it looked less than a pregnant belly and more a ‘well, so far I have been hiding my belly but now that there is a pregnancy scandal I might as well show you because you will all see what you want: pro people a pregnant belly and larries a food baby" and most of all why did Lilo foreshadow this entire scandal by calling a still unsourced baby doll BABY, Louis repeating annoyed IT’S NOT REAL three times and if that was not enough Liam trumped it with *if anyone had any doubts this baby is fake*? Why was Simon Cowell the first to react - with that very hurtful MAN UP comment to emphasize family values to Louis Tomlinson of all people - and why did B never attend a concert in the US with minimal flight time when they were there for months but rather fly across the ocean 22 weeks pregnant and show up coincidentally on the same show as Cowell, dressed in black, using scarf and handbag to yet again cover her belly? Why did we never get a normal angle of said belly? Why was the picture we got posted by a mutual of Simon Cowell’s? And also, why is that all the boys spoke up about their family being there but Louis and Harry? Why was this the first time when Harry flat out ignored a pregnant woman in the crowd? The same Harry who grabs every chance to congratulate on pregnancies, the same Harry who draws a pregnant air belly like a pro, and the same boy who has his IG favorites and iCal full of baby birthdays. Why is that Louis can react to Rovers accusations in 40 minutes and by nature protects everyone and everything that’s precious to him yet after 2,5 months he yet to step up and protect his very own child and very good friend baby mama who is mocked and ridiculed by every article? How are people explaining the difference between actions and narrative? Why is a buzzing father out there partying and ignoring the shit out of his own very good friend baby mama when we all know how loving and affectionate he is towards kids? Why is everything going against the norm in how this very pregnancy is handled by Louis’ own actions, the media and their PR team? Need I say the same PR team which congratulated the Little Mix singer on her engagement on the day it happened but remained crickets about a baby? About a BABY???!
Sorry to jump in but I’m just going to add…. Don’t forget the complete silence by not just Harry but everyone surrounding Louis as well. Why no excited statement from his mom and sisters? Why is the only time we’ve heard from them when a pap shoved a camera in their faces and they had no choice but to respond? Why did we get a totally messed up timeline with ultrasounds and sonograms at as early as FOUR weeks? Why were we told about this to begin with rather than keeping it hush hush and paying her off like any actual accidental celebrity pregnancy would happen? Why has no other celebrity or interviewer or journalist brought it up to Louis outside michael strahan on LIVE TV where Louis was forced to answer? Why did we get those pap pics of Briana leaving a passport office with documents that turned out to be the wrong docs for what that passport office does literally a week after going to the Bahamas? Why did we get RBB making blatant and poignant references to the baby with a pregnancy test and baby bottle and the blue and green stickers shocked, sad and angry?
Why is that everytime before there is an update in babygate, the oh so private family goes public on social media to warn us and then goes private again? Why is it that every time before anything happened - even the pregnancy - anons were warning bloggers? How absurd it is that a celebrity pregnancy is announced at the first trimester, at 9 weeks and when you call them out for this insanity they change the date to 11 weeks? Why are they even RISKING a pregnancy by announcing it when they could have laid low and the public would not even had known about it because they go on hiatus coincidentally when that baby is supposed to be born? How is that those lucky paps who were looking for a millionaire, just happened to find him coincidentally when partying with B in a low level club? How is it that Annas the club promoter invited even the dead from six feet under in public tweets hours before that same clubbing happened in a low level club instead of a high level no picture policy club where millionaires tend to party? Why did the media know immediately the name of said mystery blond waaaaay before this obsessed CSI fandom? Why is everything so public with this? Why is this chirpy band not talking about buying baby clothes, pregnancy accessories, why is there no tweet about what the fuck is a breast pump, why is there no nursery talk, or pretty much anything that convinces people that Louis Tomlinson is indeed going to be a father anytime soon? Why is every single quote from Louis’ bandmate and friend commenting on the pregnancy so carefully crafted that no one ever says the words baby, dad, Briana and instead use such vague wording as: He’s very excited with what’s going on at the moment and I feel that stuff like that happens sometimes.” “He’s taking it very seriously.”? Why is there no talk about how the band is going to break up because we know that the real Louis Tomlinson is a very fucking dedicated person and if he indeed fathered a child from a one night stand he will deal with it? But instead it is all about judge rumors and record label rumors? Why did the GMA anchor call Harry out for being awfully quiet? Who the hell cares about him? Why not Niall or Liam? Why is Louis throwing a baby doll TWICE angrily from stage and Harry of all people a baby onesie as if it burnt him? And for god’s sake: why is it always coming back to Harry and Louis? After FIVE years! Louis said on twitter that it’s bullshit, that he is happy why can’t people accept it. He said he was in fact straight on his twitter so it must be true. Forget about your belief in Larry for a second. Why is the happy couple’s only pic from partying when drunk off their asses? Why not reporting that they are happy and in love? Why using the friends angle? Why is a Louis Tomlinson having a baby report starting with “Larry is dead” or “watch out Larries”. Who the hell cares about Larry??? A “handful” of fans “ship” them together, ok. Whatever. But this is real life. Real lives. SO why is a Louis Tomlinson having a baby report not focusing on Louis Tomlinson having a baby? And why are articles adding that fans think it’s fake? Who the fuck cares about the fans’ belief when Louis Tomlinson is really going to have a baby? Did we see articles that some Kutcher-Kunis non believers thought they are not having a baby? No, we didn’t. So why are we still seeing articles at her week 21 pregnancy in a gay magazine of all places in huge ass bold letters with font 55 in the middle of the page about the fans thinking this pregnancy is fake? Why the hell does it matter? Why does it matter???
you don’t even have to ship larry to see how shady this whole pregnancy thing is - celebrities don’t announce pregnancies like that - especially accidental pregnancies - especially accidental pregnancies with some random who was also fucking other people around the same time - celebrities don’t fucking announce that shit to the world? ?? - especially if they’re not even 100% sure it’s theirs??? - even then that’s still not a story they’d sell to fucking tabloids (teenag3shithead)
Why did Tracy comment on a Louis picture “it’s not like the news is out” and worrying about Briana’s Facebook and instagram at a time when she did not even know Briana was pregnant? Why did Briana’s mom follow baby stores, People babies (where the news broke later) and other baby sites on instagram when Briana did not even miss her period much less piss on a stick? What was that no bump pic from Halloween? What was the no bump pic from Christmas? Why are the pregnant bump pics from amberfillerup? Why is it that when you put together to no face-bump only pictures, the body type and the bump exactly matches Amber’s? Why are all bump pictures without head? Why are the papped bump pics showing no real natural bump? And why are bump pictures only on their socal media? Why did they try so damn hard and fail every single time to post a convincing photo where it is clearly Briana and an unmistakable natural real baby bump? Why did B post a pic with the caption ready to pop when she actually had 3 more weeks till the original due date Feb 3? Why did her so called papped pic one week before birth not have the bump so low that it was ready to pop? Why did an update account break the news and why did we all get anons about the birth more than 24 hours before it actually happened? Why were all the headlines in the form of a question (has louis become a dad?) or say “twitter claims” because it’s literally unheard of for a celebrity baby announcement to happen like this. Why was the rep not available for comment when the birth happened? Why did Louis wait for almost a day to tweet about his twitter-happiness? Why did not he tweet the baby’s name and instead sell the story to the Sun? Why did not he say a single thing about the baby when he was papped walking around just the day before? Where are the bandmates’ congratulations? Why is Jay who is a midwife and is mother of 7 NOT in LA for the birth and don’t tell me she did not know about it when the update accounts and the media was very ready to break the news. Why are Larry manips circulating in the press after the birth was announced? Why is there custody talk and money talk in the press when they had 9 months to decide? Why does the Sun say that the birth certificate is not filled yet, that they have not even decided if he will be a Jungwirth or a Tomlinson, if they have not even decided about money and custody? Why are people close to the band (but not on 1DHQ’s payroll) like Smallzy congratulating in a sarcastic way? Why are news outlets stressing that Tommo never discussed the news publicly but did confirm it in an awkward moment on US television? Why are news outlets still saying that the rep is unavailable? Or about the Jungwirth family expecting an exaggerated amount of financial support from Louis? Or that the morning after the birth he was seen shopping for sunglasses?
Helllooooooooooooooooooo??! There’s no baby. Never was.
Before babygate - part 1. (foreshadowing and sketchiness)
Never forget that THIS was the night they partied.
And this.
And this.
And what happened that night?
The Sun just happens to be there and make a video and take this well-known picture.
Briana’s mom. Remember if she was ovulating on May 11 (aka had the chance to get pregnant) then it takes about 2 weeks for her period to come. Two weeks so around May 25 she should have her period.
Well this is her mom following baby stuff on wait for it.. wait for it.. wait for it..
MAY 18.
THEN SURPRISE SURPRISE.
July 14.
It was fake from the beginning. Even before it began.
AND friendly reminder:
JUNE 27:
(GIF credit)
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louis: what’s this baby doing here?
liam: who has thrown their baby on stage!? that is OUTRAGEOUS!
louis: it’s not real!!!
liam: oh no… it’s.. it’s a fake baby guys.
louis: it’s not real… it’s.. not… real… (he’s looking on the ground reciting that)
liam: that is for all those people out there who think that was a real baby…
That’s all you need to know.
Before babygate - part 2. (foreshadowing - lilo, harry)
IT’S.NOT.REAL. (X3)
loueii:
louis: what’s this baby doing here?
liam: who has thrown their baby on stage!? that is OUTRAGEOUS!
louis: it’s not real!!!
liam: oh no… it’s.. it’s a fake baby guys.
louis: it’s not real… it’s.. not… real… (he’s looking on the ground reciting that)
liam: that is for all those people out there who think that was a real baby…
Puts on tinhat.
June 23: show in Gothenburg: Harry puts a balloon of Louis’ in his T-shirt as if he was pregnant. (not the first time, maybe not the last, but interesting.)
LOUIS WEARS THE FUTURE IS NOW SHIRT.
June 27: the next show after Gothenburg was in Helsinki, where for an unknown reason someone thought bringing a baby doll to a One Direction concert was a good idea, Louis thought of hey let’s talk about it, and both Louis and Liam addressed it as BABY. Louis said 3 times: IT’S NOT REAL.
LOUIS WEARS THE FUTURE IS NOW SHIRT. (GIF credit)
July 14: the scandal breaks.
July 17: Billie Jean by Michael Jackson is the first song played AFTER they ended the show. No video yet, but several concertgoers confirmed it.
Friendly reminder that this is a line from Billie Jean:
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It might not come from an official rep (and I trust that will be taken care of soon and this nightmare can be forgotten), but the BOY WHO CAN’T SPEAK UP is whisper-screaming to trust him (and Harry) in this.
BABYGATE - FIRST REACTIONS AND LOGICAL REASONINGS ON JULY 14, 2015.
loueii:
louis: what’s this baby doing here?
liam: who has thrown their baby on stage!? that is OUTRAGEOUS!
louis: it’s not real!!!
liam: oh no… it’s.. it’s a fake baby guys.
louis: it’s not real… it’s.. not… real… (he’s looking on the ground reciting that)
liam: that is for all those people out there who think that was a real baby…
louis is so damn smart. take it as you may, but louis shading a publicity stunt ahead of the release isn’t that farfetched. watch it here and decide yourself (x)
I know we all want to leave this behind, but here’s a compilation of everything important about Babygate.
Louis, Harry and Liam foreshadowing the baby during their EU leg. (link to mini masterpost)
Louis tweeting Worth The While 2 days before the scandal breaks.
Louis tweeting Dirty Dancing lyrics 2 days before the scandal breaks.
hazzaloveslouslittlethings:
So remember a couple days ago when Louis tweeted Dirty Dancing lyrics?
You know there was a pregnancy in that movie, too. People assumed Johnny was the father because he was “close friends” with the mother. He wasn’t.
LINK TO THE GOOGLE SEARCH TREND REPORTS OVER TIME HERE.
And now here’s the posts with great points - note the order is chronological.
I will update as more stuff come in.
verily-i-say:
Okay, but for anyone who is genuinely stressed about this stupid rumour, please remember that if it was even remotely true, it would have been handled WAY better.
If it was true (WHICH IT ISN’T), they would have controlled the narrative in order to make this ~pregnancy~ seem like a positive thing. We would have had a huge influx of official publicity around Briana, starting from weeks/months ago (ie, the second they found out she was supposedly ‘pregnant’), showing her and Louis being seen everywhere together, holding hands, kissing in public, officially dating, and more than likely, with Louis being quoted as being head over heels for her.
If this rumour was true (WHICH IT ISN’T) they would be playing this as a new, but wildly passionate romance, with Briana as the surprise love of his life and the two of them surprised, but overjoyed at their ‘miracle’.
They would not, repeat NOT, allow a tabloid to break this news with an article about how Louis has been partying hard with lots of different girls and knocked up one of them (who he hasn’t known very long).
If it was true (WHICH IT ISN’T) they would have been preparing for this news to go public from the exact second they found out, and they wouldn’t have been ‘caught out’ by the tabloids like this.
It doesn’t even matter whether you believe Louis is in a relationship with Harry, this rumour is ridiculous. Boybands, even boybands that are growing up and maturing quickly, don’t allow their images to be fucked over by major news coming out this way.
This will be denied soon. Guaranteed.
larryappreciation:
Just pointing out again it’s the typical time of the day to release a scandal
daysundercover:
even if this was true, which i don’t think it is, this is the type of shit you hide, not announce out to the world.
champagneboyband:
okay but taking larry entirely and completely out of the picture, why would they announce an accidental pregnancy with someone he’s not in a relationship with before she’s even out of her first trimester like……..most people don’t even announce pregnancies to their friends or family before they’re past the first trimester like legitimately why would they turn this into international tabloid fodder i don’t even understand even if louis is 100% straight and larry is the fakest shit in the world, it still makes absolutely zero sense that this would happen the way that it did
tellmethisisnotlove:
Louis was wearing THE FUTURE IS NOW shirt. TWICE. They have been fonding and orbiting around each other on stage since the EU leg. They look genuinely happy. Harry fricking pranced and skipped on stage in Santa Clara. Whatever the plan is, they’re OK with it because they know what’s to come. THEY KNOW.
ohnooooonedirection:
Yeah, I can’t think through any logical explanations of this. If it were a real pregnancy announcement, I would hope People has the tact to not choose a picture where they’re both stumbling around drunk.
But People doesn’t fuck up their stories like this. Having a denial issued is going to be a major blow to them. Even if they get short term ad revenue from page views.
I’m thinking:
1. collateral for the real coming out photo shoot. (Issue a strongly worded denial that seeds the lack of attraction to women). People gets money from this story and the coming out.
2. old team vs. new team sabotage. Though grandpa has more sway with people so this doesn’t make sense.
Either way, real or not, this is a massive game changer and is going to impact all coming out or band activities from now on. Press like this doesn’t happen accidentally, not with people, not with a billion dollar brand. My points of interest are:
1. the band’s next tweets
2. morale/comments during the concert
3. syndication
Then I’ll have a better sense of where I stand on the whole shitshow.
vansandburberry:
Also, if the fact that numerous media outlets (all the way to Vanity Fair) are referencing Larry in their articles about this, a ship that supposedly is a “conspiracy of fanfiction” and died years ago, doesn’t make you side-eye this whole thing, I don’t know what will.
worshippedlove:
But they said she’s due early next year. I can’t be clearer on this. Early next year would mean she would have to be pregnant for over 10 months for him to get her pregnant in March!
Also, NO.
He was in LA until February 4th (February 4th would make her five months pregnant now and 13 weeks pregnant when she was stumbling out a club filled with smoke in May, FYI, it would also mean that her due date would be mid November).
He had concerts in Australia the 7th, 8th, 11th, 14th, 15th, 17th and 20th.
9th was the yatch with Eleanor, 10th we got pap pictures, 12th he was MIA but 13th he was seen with Eleanor for the last time (it takes 13 hours each way to fly from Brisbane which is where he was the 11th at night, to LA, so time doesn’t add up for him to go there). We got pictures the 16th. He was in Hamilton island 18th/19th and he made it just in time for the show on the 20th.
He flew to LA from Perth on a private jet the 21st (midnight after the show the 20th), which took him over than a day because he had to refuel, and he got to Osaka the 24th (again, private jet and refueling, around 15 hours at least). So he was there late the 21st, 22nd and part of the 23rd. If he got her pregnant THEN, that would mean she was 11 weeks pregnant in May (while she was clubbing and clearly drunk), and her due date would be late November. Not early next year.
He was in Asia 24th, 25th, 27th, 28th of February, March 1st and 2nd.
Then he went to London he was there the 3rd and the 7th. That gives him three days to go to LA and back (maths work here, but that would mean he got off a thirteen hour transatlantic flight and took a 12 hour transatlantic flight right away, instead of going from Tokyo to LA directly, which takes 10 hours, only to go back to London after less than 48 hours, how unlikely can something be?). We saw him the 8th, 9th and 10th. Which is when he flew back to Asia for the tour.
He had concerts the 11th, 14th, 18th, 21st, 22nd, 25th, 28th, 29th, April 1st and 4th. And he was also seen the 12th, 13th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 26th and April 3rd. He was only MIA 19th and 20th (flights from Hong Kong to LA last 14 hours each way, so he would have to fly for 28 hours to be there for less than 20) 23rd and 24th (Philippines to LA lasts 15 hours each way, so… 30 hours for less than 18, again) 30th (flights from Johannesburg to LA last 23 hours each way, so maths make it impossible) and April 2nd (flights from Dubai to LA last 16 hours each way, so maths don’t work either).
He was in Dubai until April 5th. And then he was spotted in London on the 6th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 15th, 16th and 17th. He was only MIA 7th/8th (meaning, again, after an 8 hour transatlantic flight he goes to London, only to take another 12 hour long transatlantic flight to be in LA for less than 48 hours and take another 12 hour long transatlantic flight), 14th (one day, not enough to go and come back), and 18th (again, one day). Then we go to the 19th which is what I already broke down.
And even if that WAS the case, getting her pregnant before April 19th would mean that her due date is NOT early next year. So NOOOOO.
crumblinghouseofcards:
“Of course, the biggest question this whole insanity raises is this: what of Larry Stylinson? If you are not aware of Larry Stylinson, get thee to Tumblr or call up your teenage niece (or nephew—hey Tyler!) and educate yourself immediately.” - Richard Lawson, Vanity Fair (x)
Pregnancy!!.. and now that I have your attention, Larry Stylinson (???) Me and scrufflecake are over here side-eyeing how many of these pregnancy articles are mentioning Larry. Why is this ‘silly’ ship important to bring up at a time like this?
Anonymous asked:
When highly popular, 20 something year old popstars who are admired by millions of young fans, get random girls pregnant, it is not announced to the world. At least not until the baby is close to being born, and even then the parents and baby are presented as a solid family unit. You don’t tell a bunch of 14 year olds that their idol accidentally knocked up someone he met at a club and they’ll raise the baby together as friends.
Anonymous asked:
So tonight…. Harry styles of One direction, rumored to be dating Louis Tomlinson of One Direction…. Took pictures with fans and talked to fans and was extremely pleasant TONIGHT? The same night that a story about someone in his band was released? Okay……. So case closed I’m going to catch up on my damn sleep.
larryappreciation:
yep… it’s all bullshit.
tellmethisisnotlove:
And seriously MR CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR CHILD is quiet? And MR TWITLONGER would so totally congratulate him. And Niall would also stop golfing or watch tennis to tweet congratulations, that would be the normal thing to do. Jay to post how happy she is and how happy she is that she can TALK about it now, like seriously my mother in law called me every day if she can post the news on her Facebook and we waited for MONTHS before allowing her.
errorsmadeearly:
I’m not sure why all of this happened, people can only speculate. Let me tell you something though: every major news outlet and then some has covered this story. Louis name is #1 trending right now, and he’s getting like like 5 times as many google searches as Harry in the prime of 1D. So there’s that.
lourryetc:
They’ve thrown everything but the kitchen sink at this kid. Literally. Break-up, 5 women in a night, dating a celebrity, friend of Taylor Swift, drugs, business man, charity worker, Twitter shitstarter….. None of it was working particularly well (save for Louis/Zayn). They have tried so many different tactics to get his name in the press and people paying attention to him. It’s hard for me to say why, without 1DHQ’s comment and how they’re going to handle this. But, it’s pretty clear they’ve been doing everything they can to make sure everyone knows who Louis Tomlinson is.
diggingandfluff:
Larry should be a minor side note IF THAT. This is not how pregnancy announcements are handled.
What the fuck is going on?
verily-i-say:
No way. This story has gained WAY too much traction for there to be any kind of reasonable explanation of why it would take more than 24 hours for One Direction’s PR person to do their actual job, the thing they’re paid A LOT of money to do and finally say “Speculation that Louis Tomlinson is set to be a father is untrue. He and Briana have only ever been friends and she is not pregnant.”
Frankly, there’s no reasonable explanation for why they couldn’t have shut it down in less than two hours, so clearly they want it out there, but the longer they leave it, the stupider they look (and probably the less people care). They should capitalise on the current interest in the story and deny soon. 48 hours of being continuously discussed in the media is pretty damn good.
crumblinghouseofcards:
A denial doesn’t come, I think the fact that 95% of the media made this story into a joke and used it as an opportunity to mention Larry Stylinson or Harry should be considered denial enough.
diggingandfluff:
Ok for the third time, why is the media making this about Larry??
The appropriate reaction to a pregnancy announcement is “congrats!” not “what about this popular gay ship and longstanding sexuality rumors?”
sundy:
I think it has something to do with something big because they’ve been trying to push Louis in a very obvious way and with very different tools that the ones they’ve used for the rest of the boys, it even looks slightly desperate to me (a baby, that’s how far they’re willing to go) so it feels like they’re in a hurry. They already took the drug path twice (which is the other type of scandal that comes to mind) so the only thing bigger than a pregnancy I can think of in his situation is the CO, I don’t know if it’s their intention or not but I really believe there must be something.
whatiwishicould:
Idc what u believe but u gotta start questioning why, after 5 years (3 of them spent actively shitting on this “conspiracy of fanfiction”), Larry is the biggest secondary issue media outlets are focusing on after a sketchy (at best) baby scandal feat. Louis, I truly don’t care what u believe but u gotta start wondering
errorsmadeearly:
Ok, so TMZ posted an article about Louis meeting Briana’s family with Eli, but in the photo with her brother he’s wearing the Glastonbury bracelet. 👀
lourryetc:
It doesn’t add up. It doesn’t make sense. It’s making a mockery out of him. I mean. Now we’ve got vines of him throwing babies going viral. ‘Despite having a baby with Briana, Louis is still juggling at least three other girls right now. He’s really enjoying the single life right now and has no plans on settling down anytime soon.’ Instead of congratulating him or wishing him well, the media is posting pictures of a pregnant Harry Styles. He does not look good right now. At all. Everyone is laughing him and making a joke out of this situation.
The fans are being blamed for “stressing” them out when they could have kept this out of the papers SO EASILY. We should NOT have known about this. I’m tired of this BS about she’s a very “private person.” Listen. She was papped with him on multiple occasions. If she was really shy, if she really didn’t want to be in the pictures, she wouldn’t have jogged to be right next to him to make sure she was in the frame. She could have left the club earlier or later or out the back and met him somewhere else. The quotes are all saying they’ve spent a lot of private time together, when, really? No. She and her family all posted pictures of herself and that monkey on Instagram. She tried to leak them. It didn’t work. So, she put her private Instagram profile on public to make sure people saw it. When it still didn’t go around, she turned her Instagram on private again. An UA posted a picture of Louis with her brother. They are not hanging out privately. At all. They have made SURE we knew when they were hanging out. Remember when we were all like ‘why are they making it soooo obvious he’s in LA right now???’ If he flew back because she thought she was pregnant (which I find highly unlikely), why pap him at the airport? Why not keep this totally silent until a paternity test is done? Why allow it to be advertised if there’s even a possibility? Why not try to keep it contained and on the down low? Why literally hire people to take his picture so fans know exactly where he is?
Also, can we talk about the fact that her mother is being papped? Okay. If that’s normal, where’s Jay’s exclusive? Why do I have an article here praising her mother’s work and talking all about her mother’s life? We’re sitting over here dragging Troy for chiming in, and her family is doing the exact same thing. Why is her family talking to the press if she’s such a ‘private girl’ and it’s stressing her out? Don’t you think they’d maybe NOT keep providing articles for these people to write? Don’t you think they’d be worried about her, and keeping tabs on her, not making phone calls to journalists? Don’t feed me that BS. You know what you should have done? Not put in the papers. Especially before she’s even reportedly three months pregnant. There was no reason to do that. None at all. We literally could have never known. It could have been kept under wraps for the entire pregnancy, if not thereafter. There was no reason to break this story right now.
Their timelines don’t match up. They’re painting a picture that doesn’t match the facts. I see ‘April’ and then ‘May’, and then ‘close friends’ and then ‘they were dating but broke it off.’ I’ve seen ‘he’s going to be a hands on father’, and I’ve seen 'he’s asked his team to throw money at her to get whatever she wants.’ It is horribly inconsistent and quite frankly, in some cases, completely fabricated.
Also. The biggest kicker here is why the radio silence from 1DHQ? Why would they let a story like this go global, without any spin on it whatsoever? Not a single word from their own team? Why let this spiral out of control and look the other way? Why the 'no comment’? You can’t 'no comment’ a baby. You just can’t do that.
Something is not fishy. The entire THING is suspect. The fact that we know about it AT ALL especially this early has every single alarm bell going off. The way the media is handling this is disgusting if there’s even a shred of truth to it. Everyone is cashing in on their 15 minutes of fame by taking advantage of a baby, if this is the case. The timelines don’t match up. There are a million different stories about it all out there.
And everyone is treating it about as seriously as they did Louis’ April Fool’s joke tweet about being a father.
banana-louis:
I see so much talk about the paternity test angle here and it’s really intriguing to me because this is one of the major reasons I just can’t get behind this story.
HYPOTHETICALLY:
So, if they are announcing the pregnancy, clearly he’s confident that the child is his. I’m assuming a paternity test would be involved since he’s a multimillionaire who probably won’t just take her word for it, especially since this was supposedly the result of a drunken one night stand. Gonna want to make sure that you really are on the hook for life before announcing it to the world.
You technically CAN have a prenatal paternity test done as early as 8-9 weeks (though most docs recommend waiting until after the first trimester), but even then, most docs will tell you it’s risky. Especially in-utero testing. There’s a new non-invasive test that can be done but I’m not sure on the reliability there.
Either way, let’s talk about paternity testing and how it would fit into the timeline. The story is that Louis went to LA on the 4th of July to introduce the families and be there for a sonogram. We are supposed to believe that by the 4th of July when he flew to LA, she was:
- Confirmed to be pregnant and far enough along for a sonogram
- The results of an in-utero/prenatal paternity test are in and Louis is confident in those results
- According to the Prenatal Genetics Center it takes 9 days usually to get non-invasive prenatal test results back, so she would have been tested during the month of May (we are going to go with the idea that they would choose the non-invasive route since an in-utero test can result in miscarriage and I doubt they would want to chance that)
So by the timeline we are being sold, she gets pregnant in early May after their drunken clubbing, within 3 weeks knows she is pregnant (is she counting the days until her missed period?), has an in-utero test performed and Louis is confirmed to be the father, the test results are back in time by the 4th of July, has a sonogram where the heartbeat is somehow magically audible (and rumors of an ultrasound where Jay “was thrilled to see the baby”), and then two weeks later announces the pregnancy to the world via People magazine.
….. sure.
ashavahishta:
Looking at all the cute smiley Louis pics and the cute bouncy Harry vids from tonight (and indeed, from the past couple of months), I just keep thinking….everything is going to be fine.
You know why? Because we’ve seen our boys upset, and we’ve seen our boys stressed. We know what it looks like. We saw them in early and mid 2012 when the closet was brought down on them. We saw Harry nearly in tears after being accused of being ‘the womaniser’ again. We saw them touching feet under the table to reassure each other when they were grilled about whether they’d ever kissed.
We saw them during Haylor. We saw them tired, and stressed. We saw them pale and baggy-eyed and listless. We saw Louis reach breaking point. We know what it looks like.
We saw them in 2013 and 2014 when they were even more locked down than before. We saw how much it ran them down to be constantly separated. We saw Louis disengaged from the crowds, restricting himself, holding back.
We have seen them unhappy. We know what it looks like.
It’s becoming apparent that this Brianna plan has been in place for months. They knew it was coming.
And haven’t we all been commenting on how happy they’ve been? How Louis has been relaxed, and smiley, and bouncy? How much he’s been interacting with fans? How grateful and sweet and full of energy he’s been?
I just can’t comprehend how he would be this happy, this consistently, in the weeks leading up to a stunt if he knew it was going to have a negative outcome.
I’ve always thought that Louis’ body is sensitive to stress. In difficult closeting periods, on demanding tours, you can always tell when it’s starting to catch up with him. He loses weight. He loses sleep, and starts looking tired and pale. He doesn’t smile as much, and it seems an effort for him to interact with fans. He gets sick often.
That is not the Louis we’ve been seeing. He’s bright, he’s fit, he’s well-rested. He hasn’t been sick in months. He smiles and laughs and dances. He teases and talks to fans.
It may sound silly to act like we ‘know’ the boys. But we have been observing (and, sometimes, obsessing over) their behaviour for literally years. I just feel like we would know about it if this stunt was really upsetting them. Which is why I think it’s all going to be okay.
ashavahishta:
So this post did an excellent job of summarising the possible reasons for the babygate drama - boiling down to “Louis needs lots of publicity, very quickly.”
I wanted to expand a little on what I think is coming next.
I do think there will be a denial - but not for awhile. They seem very keen on getting Brianna’s family in the papers. A week is not going to be enough for these people. Louis’ family, friends and of course Louis himself will keep up radio silence while Brianna and the fam continue garnering as much attention as possible. The media will probably keep dropping Larry hints.
Liam said the boys have already chosen the first single from the new album. That means it will probably be out soon, and all their lead singles have been released between July and September.
I think whatever kind of denial we get - whether it’s “she was never pregnant because they never had sex”, “she is pregnant but it’s not Louis’”, (I think this is most likely as they’ve already introduced her ex boyfriend to the story) or, god forbid, “she’s lost the baby” - will happen just prior to the single release. They can ride that publicity all the way through single promo up to about October.
I think the Larry stuff in the media will continue at a slow but steady pace - it will be easier to slip references to them into stories now that they’ve been more formally introduced to the public. I’m sure the “no baby” stories will include quotes like “so does this mean Larry is real?” etc. The boys will hopefully have a bit more freedom to interact as well.
I do think that the pregnancy stuff is a ploy to get Louis’ name much more recognised in preparation to a coming out. In the eyes of the label, their PR team, and their management (whether that is Modest or Irving), the album release is the prime time to do this. It would benefit everyone involved. The publicity around this story will be absolutely monumental. Like, huge. It would be stupid not to capitalise on that for the album.
So I can definitely see a CO in November when they can do as many rounds of the press as possible. It would be a People exclusive, of course, in return for People running the baby story for them in the first place.
If it’s not November, I can see them getting themselves through the album promo and quietly coming out themselves early next year. I know we’re not believing that Sun interview with Simon, but I really hope the hiatus rumour is true. And after it’s all done, I hope Harry and Louis go on vacation for a year.
bethaboolou:
It occurs to me…..
And maybe it does to you as well. Maybe this isn’t SUPPOSED to be believable.
unintentionalarry:
I do not believe for a second this has any ounce of truth or validity to it. No one can get their stories straight -journalistic inconsistencies across the board means that people are getting different stories from different places or just pulling stuff out of their ass- and people who are worried about “hints” from Harry are forgetting that his other half has given us plenty.
Let’s suspend reality for five seconds and say that Louis cheated on Harry with a woman and got her pregnant. (I cannot believe I just typed that sentence). If they’ve known for a month now (I can’t remember what story they were going with last time I checked), that means that the shows in Horsens, Oslo, Gothenburg, and Helsinki happened after Louis -and presumably Harry and the rest of the band- found out he had impregnated a rando. (And a woman at that! Hello!) Something tells me that the bandmate you “don’t fly with” all of the time would be easy not to fly with if he had just cheated on you with a woman and knocked her up. And yet. Sweden and Lairport 2.0 definitely happened. Among countless other things between those shows, Sweden (Gothenburg) especially.
People are going to believe what they want to believe and draw conclusions as they will. My conclusion is that this is a stunt. To “no comment” something for almost a week and have radio silence from an alleged baby daddy is not how you handle a legitimate pregnancy in public relations. If it’s legitimate, you do one of a few things: you pay for an abortion (sorry, it’s true), you pay the woman to quietly go away (and in Brianna’s case, that would NOT have been difficult since NO ONE KNEW HER UNTIL NOW), or you prepare and spin it. The only -only- reason that this should happen is if the child is going to be a visible part of Louis’ life in the future. Then, in that case, you would spin it differently than they are now. There would be confirmation from reps, paps showing affectionate or at the very least FRIENDLY meet-ups and encounters, congratulations (and not joking congratulations from everyone but Kevin Jonas) from family, band members, their team, and the public. You don’t handle this and promote it in the press as some scandal of an irresponsible kid who didn’t know how to wrap it up if you give one shit about your client’s long-term image maintenance. The ONLY way they’re allowing this to happen and allowing this detriment/hit to be taken is because they know they’ve got something that can rehab that image quickly.
So no. I don’t buy it for a second.
Anonymous asked:
isn’t it a red flag too that she was named dropped from the very first article like 'Louis Tomlinson having a bay with Briana Jungwursth’ (? idek her name) instead of 'Louis Tomlinson having baby with everyday SHY girl called Briana…’ like i supposed to know who the fuck she is. I didn’t really remember her and i can’t imagine the non-larry side remembers her at all
diggingandfluff:
It was a red flag when the day after Corden the tabs named her and said the FANDOM dug her name up when I can tell you for a fucking fact that I talk privately with the hardest diggers and nobody knew her fucking name.
This whole thing is just 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩♦️🇻🇳🇨🇭🇹🇷🇵🇹🇭🇰🇩🇰🇨🇳🇦🇹🇨🇦🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩
ohnooooonedirection answered:
I think it makes sense with what we’ve seen so far. I do think that babygate is a much more amplified stunt than anything they’ve tried to do before. It’s so extreme that I really question why they would do it. But I also think that it’s playing out more or less how they wanted it to, which is sick that they thought it was a good idea at all. There’s really no way of fully backing off from this, so it either has to be the first step of end-stage seeding, or a significant step in 1D’s exit from the music industry.
Either way, it’s going to be a stressful and bumpy ride. The optimistic part of me thinks that this week or next we’re going to swing into a “The baby isn’t mine” strong press narrative in the next few weeks, beginning the final “push” cycle.
Once they’ve issued a strongly worded denial, they drop a single and album announcement right as those headlines are dissipating. Next step is to go crazy with Louis’ sexuality seeding(question his attraction to women, deny that he’s slept with anyone since Eleanor, a comment about his triangle tattoo being the most meaningful). Basically, get him the same press that Harry got last November. With the baby scandal, that amount of coverage is possible and likely.
On the break from Sept 12-24, release the album. They’ll do a mass amount of press, come out shortly after the album drops, and continue on the tour as planned.
diggingandfluff:
In the 5 days since People Magazine released the initial “pregnancy” rumor story, I, along with much of the fandom have been suffering from whiplash as we try to hold onto the ride.
So much has happened, it’s all so shady, there are so many bits and pieces to collect that I haven’t had a moment of quiet mind to stop and figure out where this is all coming from and why.
This is my first attempt at doing so.
All ideas subject to change!
- Briana’s family is fame-hungry, industry connected, and lives in Calabasas, California.
- Irving is an industry kingpin, outrageously connected, and lives in Calabasas, California.
HEYYO!
I believe that for the right payout and the opportunity to have Azoff support, Briana’s family would do A N Y T H I N G.
Debase themselves, play the fame-thirsty role, whatever. If you have an Azoff hookup in LA and you are industry, YOU ARE SET.
Also, don’t forget Hendall! There is a historical precedent for Azoff involvement in One Direction stunting.
I also think 1DHQ was pushing for a much nicer role for Briana which also brings a much stronger het-affirmation for Louis.
We all know about the wedding anon rumors so I think that it is very possible they were originally sold on the idea of a engagement/pregnancy scandal, not the super weird “just friends”/pregnancy scandal that we see playing out.
So why the “just friends” narrative? Tamara Bell.
Tamera is a publicly known friend of Harry’s. 1DHQ doesn’t have power over her.
I think Louis didn’t want the engagement story.
I think he solicited a friend of his (who is more known to be Harry’s friend- natch) to hold his hand in semi-public for a split second at a major music industry event and Azoff made sure those photos reached some press and in doing so, Louis completely destroyed the potential for a Louis/Briana coupled up storyline in the press.
What about Simon’s quote to The Sun?
Obviously they could print a correction with a few small words added or retracted that could easily change the entire meaning of his statement. Simon could also say he was quoted deceptively and out of context.
Simon could also be going off script because he’s pissed he didn’t get the engagement story he wanted (we know it’s a fave of his).
That said, Simon has a lot to gain by making an ally of Azoff so who knows, maybe it will become apparent at a later date how that statement plays into this whole thing.
What next for Briana?
They could go SO MANY ways. I can think of a zillion possibilities. I think the strongest one is Gold digger/slut shaming. It’s also the grossest one so hopefully not. We’ll see. I’m sure she’ll be VERY well compensated for whatever happens.
What is the endgame?
Louis coming out. absolutely.
What about Harry?
I know that I’ve said in the past that they would never come out solo, and I still think they would in all likeliness come out together, but IF IF IF one were to come out first and alone it would have to be Louis.
If Harry came out alone, most of the world would say “ok! I guess Larry isn’t real since it’s just Harry.”
If Louis came out alone, everyone would immediately say “what about Harry?” and then go watch 19 hours of Harry’s-campy-moments-on-stage videos. And then later that day Harry would wear a Pride flag speedo whilst throwing glitter from his vintage Mercedes on Sunset Blvd or something.
Is there a baby?
LMAO NO.
What next?
NOOOOO CLUE. I expect them to advance the narrative this week - most likely on tuesday afternoon via people but who fucking knows man. Anything can happen. Someone might tweet something that changes everything.
The Five Stages of Grief: Babygate edition.
Tag page with babygate tags on it.
https://web.archive.org/web/20201101061705/https://tellmethisisnotlove.tumblr.com/tags
TMZ Timeline
Jan 22: I just had the first 1D baby!
Jan 22: Hands-on daddy jetted to L.A. for birth - Sunglasses Hut papping
Jan 26: I got my baby mama a modest home and child support is on the way
Jan 27: 1D baby’s first outing
Jan 27: Check out my kid - first pic of 1D baby
Jan 28: Picking 1D baby name was… fair & balanced fight
Jan 29: Louis Tomlinson’s son master of his own domain
Feb 1: Perks of daddydoom - my baller crib to raise kid
Feb 3: No DNA test needed - positive Freddie’s his son
3 WEEKS SILENCE
LAST WEEK:
With BOLDED the NEW events, as you can see the non-bolded is during Oscars weekend, but they were not quiet at all, they still wanted people to remember the Tomlinson story.
Feb 25: James Corden: and here’s the one who gets outed on TMZ.
Feb 25: covering the story of sitting next to Perrie – TMZ staff meeting
Feb 26: Louis Tomlinson: custody fight, baby mama won’t let me see my kid
Feb 26: Louis Tomlinson – Custody war settled: I get the baby, for a price.
Feb 26: TMZ meeting: One Direction: Custody War
Feb 26: Dax Holt on baby mama drama
Feb 26: pinning tweet: on the verge of MAJOR war with baby mama. Let @DaxHolt explain
Feb 26: Louis’ “baby mama drama” on TMZ
Feb 26: Jason & Derek on Louis Tomlinson
Feb 27: retweet: Louis Tomlinson’s got some baby problems and Dax here is to tell you about it.
Feb 27: retweet: Check out: Louis Tomlinson – Baby mama won’t let me see my kid
Feb 28: retweet: Louis Tomlinson – Baby mama won’t let me see my kid
Feb 28: retweet: Louis Tomlinson – Custody war settled: I get the baby, for a price.
THIS WEEK
Feb 29: LOUIS TOMLINSON BABY MAMA HE CAN SEE THE BABY But Keep His New Chick Away!!!
Feb 29: tweeted about this same article later the day
Mar 1: tweet: can see the baby but needs to keep his new chick away
Mar 1: tweet: @gosspigirl article.
Mar 1: tweet: Louis Tomlinson sugar daddy TMZ video
Mar 1: mention during a segment about Fetty Wap’s baby situation: Charles: “And like you said just the other day with Louis Tomlinson–” Harvey: “Exactly.”Charles: “You better get the paternity test. It’ll be better for both of them.”Harvey: “Oh yeah, there’ll be a paternity test here.”Charles: “There will be eventually.”Harvey: “Just trust me - there will be a dispute and there will be a paternity test.”
Mar 3: Louis out at Fetty Wap’s concert, the same man who also has a babygate situation going on and TMZ has reported about it, even name-dropped Louis on Mar 1.
TMZ is ready.
THREE WEEKS SILENCE
Mar 25: Dax Holt tweets asking from “Dear Directioners” “What the hell does #EndBabyGate mean”
Mar 25: Dax’s video is tweeted for the first time. And had it pinned for hours
Mar 25: 1D’S LOUIS TOMLINSON STROLLIN’ SOLO With Baby Freddie
Mar 25: over the course of the day Dax’s video gets retweeted 4 more times.
Mar 25: they uploaded Dax’s video on Youtube and added a poll about the baby being real and about Larry being real. (poll is still there: March 28). The video is also the first thing that plays when you visit TMZ’s youtube channel.
Mar 25: later the day they made an entire #EndBabygate playlist
Mar 26: posted Dax’s video on TMZ Instagram.
Mar 26: retweeted the strollin’ article twice
Mar 27: On TMZ’s FB page in the About section they have the Endbabygate video from Dax. No text. Just that one video.
Mar 27: posted Dax’s video on TMZ IG again.
Mar 27: retweeted Dax’s video a total of 5 times
Mar 27: retweeted the strollin’ article
Mar 28: Dax Holt tweets a pic with a doll, implying that Louis Tomlinson’s baby is a doll.
Mar 28: the official TMZ twitter retweets it
Mar 28: posted the 58 seconds segment about Louis on their Youtube channel.
Mar 29: Dax Holt replies to an end babygate tweet with a baby emoji, an exclamation mark and a questionmark.
Mar 29: TMZ links an article from gossip girl where “Simon Cowell shades 1D They were a nightmare”
Mar 30: TMZ retweets the strollin’ article two times
Mar 30: Dax talks about Larry in a livestream on TMZ’s youtube channel.
Mar 30: Dax allegedly likes on instagram these 2 pictures: “it’s not real baby pic” plus “his own pic with the doll”.
March 31: Dax posts a twitter picture about him carrying a man who uses a Harry mask. “For those asking if LARRY is real… Here’s the TRUTH. Darry is more real.”
March 31: Dax posts an instagram picture about the same man with a different Harry mask with the capture: “Hanging with Harry”.
March 31: the official TMZ twitter retweets Dax’s Larry is real picture
Apr 1: NOTHING.
Apr 2: Dax is engaging the fandom in babygate topic yet again, and tweets the usual anti questions, while fans reply with proof and link masterposts.
Apr 7: Dax tweeting the Buzzfeed article that is debunking babygate.
Apr 7: Dax doing a chat where he mentions babygate mumbling they did not end it. Again bringing up that there was no paternity test.
Apr 7: TMZ article: ONE DIRECTION Song Triggers Lawsuit C'MON, C'MON AND PAY US!!!
Apr 8: Dax tweets: stay tuned #endbabygate
Apr 8: TMZ twitter retweets Dax’s tweet.
Apr 8: TMZ article: My baby is the real deal
Apr 8: TMZ live also discussed the real baby.
Apr 8: TMZ posts Dax’s video and pins it: It’s time to #EndBabygate for good. @Daxholt gives you the PROOF that the baby is REAL. They retweeted it 3 times.
Apr 8: TMZ twitter: Louis Tomlinson’s baby mama will give you ALL THE FEELS! (via @gossipgirl) http://tmz.me/poGuNzT
Apr 9: TMZ twitter retweets Dax’s debunk (baby is real) video 1x
Apr 10: TMZ twitter retweets Dax’s debunk (baby is real) video - 1x
Apr 11: TMZ twitter retweets: my baby is the real deal
Apr 11: TMZ twitter retweets: LOUIS TOMLINSON’S BABY MAMA WILL GIVE YOU ALL THE FEELS!
Apr 11: TMZ twitter retweets Dax’s debunk (baby is real) video - 1x
Apr 11: TMZ twitter retweets: Louis Tomlinson Shares New Photo of Baby Freddie Playing With His First Soccer Ball
Apr 13: tweeting: No #babygate here! The only onsie your babies need is at TMZ store
Apr 17: tweeting: No #babygate here! The only onsie your babies need is at TMZ store
Apr 18: tweeting: Is #babygate ended? Sorry louis_tomlinson & onedirection fans but you asked us to #Endbabygate. We did!
Apr 20: Dax posting a stroller pic where Louis smiles and he uses the hashtag #smiling
Apr 21: tweeting: #EndBabygate #EndBabygate #EndBabygate… did we call it @onedirection and @louis_tomlinson fans?
Apr 22: tweeting: No #babygate here! The only onsie your babies need is at TMZ store
Apr 24: tweeting: No #babygate here! The only onsie your babies need is at TMZ store
Apr 26: tweeting: The mystery that @onedirection fans have been blogging about & @daxholt will #EndBabyGate for @Louis_Tomlinson.
Apr 27: Daxchat: babygate mention.
Apr 28: tweeting: No #babygate here! The only onsie your babies need is at TMZ store
May 4: tweeting a link to HL not speaking now from gossipgirl
May 5: tweeting: No #babygate here! The only onsie your babies need is at TMZ store