Despite the fame and fortune, being an A-list celebrity is an often-unenviable position – not least because of the regular invasion of privacy, online criticism and speculation that comes with the territory.
Kylie Jenner, the youngest sibling in the Kardashian-Jenner clan, has never been short of media attention. From growing up on camera in Keeping Up With The Kardashians to going viral for getting her lips done at the age of 17 and subsequently launching a make-up empire that made her the world’s youngest ‘self-made’ billionaire, everything Kylie does becomes a talking point.
Unsurprisingly, that has come to include her romantic relationships and her family life too. Kylie has been dating her current boyfriend, Wonka and A Complete Unknown actor Timotheé Chalamet, since April 2024. As reality TV royalty and an Oscar nominated actor, their relationship sparked a lot of controversy from the offset. They have only been spotted together on a handful of occasions, even skipping the red carpet at the Golden Globes in 2024, and they choose to keep most details about their relationship private.
Unfortunately, that is not something their fans take into consideration when speculating about their relationship online. One minute they are broken up, the next they are expecting a baby together. Last week, Kylie shared a TikTok featuring her daughter Stormi and her niece Chicago West where she is sat down in a t-shirt in her house and her stomach is covered with a bag. It immediately prompted a flurry of comments speculating that she might be pregnant with Timotheé’s child.
Kylie already has two children, Stormi and Aire, with her previous partner, rapper Travis Scott. On both occasions, she did not reveal that she was expecting a baby until after they were born for want of protecting her mental health and avoiding unnecessary media attention and trolling.
If she is pregnant again, which has not been confirmed, it is likely that she would follow the same procedure. Even more so then, it is no one’s right to speculate about whether Kylie is or is not having a baby. Nor is it their right to announce it as a fact or bombard her social media posts with questions.
Not only that, but the grounds for speculation around Kylie's 'pregnancy' are dubious at best. ‘Covering her belly and the pregnancy nose? Yeah she’s pregnant,’ wrote one TikTok user. Another user wrote, 'she's glowing...' and a third commented, 'A little kymothee on the way.'
Within less than a few hours, her rumoured pregnancy was being reported on by media outlets around the world. Google was immediately flush with questions, with Google Trends showing that 'Is Kylie Jenner pregnant?' is now the top trending search for her.
If sitting down with a bag over her stomach is all it takes to start a flurry of baseless rumours, there is little hope for any of us. And what, I hear you ask, is a ‘pregnancy nose’? Apparently, it’s a term that describes the physical changes that can occur in a woman’s nose while she’s pregnant i.e. it might appear larger or more swollen due to increased blood flow and an increase in oestrogen. Personally, it sounds to me like another pseudoscientific excuse to make women feel insecure at one of the most vulnerable times in their life.
All of this chatter is based on a one-minute video, in which Kylie features for five seconds at the beginning, where Chicago and Stormi show off their Hello Kitty make up purchases. At best, all of this is a waste of everyone’s time, but at worst, it's probing into someone's personal life and turning their personal news into a circus.
Nikki Peach is a writer at Grazia UK, working across pop culture, TV and news. She has also written for the i, i-D and the New Statesman Media Group and covers all things TV for Grazia (treating high and lowbrow shows with equal respect).