Model Behavior: How Naomi Campbell Shut Down Pregnancy Rumors With a Single Look

Children, come gather โ€™round for a much-needed lesson in fact-checking, presented by none other than Mother Naomi of House Campbell. We mean that figuratively, of courseโ€”but you wouldnโ€™t know it from the rumors that were swirling on Tuesday morning, when Harperโ€™s Bazaar, amongst other publications, suggested that the supermodel might be expecting a child with…

Children, come gather โ€™round for a much-needed lesson in fact-checking, presented by none other than Mother Naomi of House Campbell. We mean that figuratively, of courseโ€”but you wouldnโ€™t know it from the rumors that were swirling on Tuesday morning, when Harperโ€™s Bazaar, amongst other publications, suggested that the supermodel might be expecting a child with her rumored boyfriend, grime rapper Skepta.

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Granted, there was ample reason to speculate; the pair has been the subject of speculation for some time, which was only fueled by a steamy cover story of the two in British GQโ€™s April issue. So when Skepta (given name: Joseph Junior Adenuga) posted a sonogram pic labeled โ€œBaby Adenugaโ€ on Monday, folks understandably got excited by the prospect of possibly the most beautiful baby aliveโ€”and โ€œfolksโ€ include famous friends like Drake and Lil Yachty, who posted their congratulations.

But if these two were a pair, they certainly arenโ€™t any longer. While Campbell has at times expressed interest in motherhood, she made it abundantly clear that she is not the expectant mother of Baby Adenugaโ€”and in supreme supermodel style, she did it without even dignifying the rumors with a response.

Onboard a yacht somewhere we probably canโ€™t even pronounce, let alone afford, on Wednesday, the 48-year-old stunner shared a shot of her living her best, non-pregnant life in a tiny black bikini and body jewelry, simply captioning it: โ€œHappy 1st of August my loves.โ€ Sheโ€™s also purportedly unfollowed Skepta, making it likely that the two wonโ€™t be the subject of further speculation.

Of course, Bazaar has since updated their inflammatory post (including the title) to say that โ€œNaomi Campbell Shuts Down Pregnancy Speculation with an Epic Bikini Instagram.โ€ But at bigger issue is a lesson we should likely all learn and abide by: Like relationships, fertility is a very personal and often sensitive issue. While Campbell took it in stride, how about we steer clear of publicly commenting on the status of other womenโ€™s reproductive systems until we have some factsโ€”and enthusiastic confirmationโ€”to back it up?

But never let it be said that Naomi Campbell isnโ€™t always on brand; already a legend in killing the game, she just wrote another chapter in the book of slayageโ€”without saying a single word.

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