That's very lovely, Charlize. But stop trying to distract me with your covetable new handbag, tell us about your new baby.
Indeed, Charlize has joined the ranks of Kristin Davis, Sandra Bullock, Mariska Hargitay, Diane Keaton, Sharon Stone and Sheryl Crowe, becoming a single celebrity female of a certain age who's been able to adopt a baby. Because anything's possible in Hollywood. Fear not, I've already harped on about how easy it would be for a normal Joe Soap to adopt a child out of wedlock, I shan't bore you again.
Her new son is the first child for the 36-year-old Oscar winning actress, although no further details have been released. A representative simply confirmed: "Charlize has adopted a child. She is the proud mom of a healthy baby boy named Jackson."
Charlize - who split from boyfriend Stuart Townsend in January 2010 after almost nine years together - has previously said she has found it hard to deal with the single life, but now finds it more empowering, saying: "I don't think I've actually been on a date with somebody I didn't know. I've been on dates with my boyfriend of course but I've never really dated. I've been in serious relationships from the time I was 19 and I'm single for the first time in my life since then. I had to make a real conscious effort to rediscover myself and it's hard. I'm a creature who has really found her comfort in relationships. I'm really at peace and feeling good about it. All of us go through darkness but that doesn't make you dark. There's something really powerful in being OK with being alone, especially for women."
