Inside The Internet’s Wild Theory That Khloe Kardashian’s Not Really Pregnant

Khloe Kardashian Fake Bump Not Pregnant Blind Item

The Internet, to paraphrase that boring red-headed lady from Game of Thrones, is dark and full of terrors. If you want to, you can absolutely fall into a deep cesspit of completely unfounded gossip and celebrity theories, only to resurface days later with nothing but MORE QUESTIONS.

Look, dear readers, I’m not exactly innocent here. I am the first to admit to devouring more than my fair share of celebrity dirt, and even coming up with my own theories about Famous People, which I shan’t publish here but will definitely shout at you after downing 1.5 glasses of Pinot Grigio.

But it seems other people aren’t as discreet as yours truly, and take to their keyboards to share them with anyone who will listen. Obviously, Blind Gossip is a huge source of all these unfounded rumours, but some Deep Thinkers also take to Twitter to make these celeb conspiracies known.

The latest batshit theory to gain some serious traction is that Khloe Kardashian, who will become the third of the Kardashian/Jenner clan to welcome a baby girl into world this year, is not actually pregnant at all, and in fact is just a pawn in some evil Kris Jenner plot to score publicity.

I know, I know. We’ve read the news, seen the bump, bought the t-shirt. But some keen-eyed folks reckon that bump is not really a bump at all. (Or, like it is but it’s made out of padding and not body parts.)

The sleuths at Blind Gossip really got the ball rolling with a trio of stories surrounding Khloe’s baby, kicking off with one where they blamed her delay in confirming her pregnancy on the fact it is “fake”. The site quotes a source as saying:

People think that she is just waiting to be safe before she confirms the pregnancy. She actually is not even pregnant! She is just stretching out the rumours as long as possible because of publicity.

Then, BG posted this article, entitled “She’s Not Really Pregnant”, which isn’t so much a blind item as an article that clearly implies Koko is wearing a fake bump because she should have a popped-out bellybutton, and asking their readers: “Based on your knowledge of the physical signs of pregnancy, which one of these women is a fraud?” 

Wow, Blind Gossip. Tell us what you really think.

They followed this up with a “blind item” hinting at drama within a Hollywood family over a bellybutton… hmm, wonder who that fam could POSSIBLY be? The March 12 story claims that the woman had a discussion with her family over her navel, with a source giving them this info:

What would convince people that her belly is genuine? Should she have a belly button? Should it be an innie? An outie? Or should she not care what people think and leave her belly a smooth surface, unmarred by such a blemish? We don’t know how many more high-level executive meetings will be held to discuss this issue, nor what the outcome will be.

About a week after this story was published, Khloe posted these pics, marking the first time we’d seen the bump without clothes covering it.

There is a definite bump / bellybutton situation there, but, you know. Haters will say it’s Photoshop.

Intrigued by the story, I took to Twitter to see what, if anything, peeps were saying about this allegedly fraudulent bump. Turns out it was a lot:

https://twitter.com/thotrockettt/status/976184547065856001

https://twitter.com/briaruffen/status/972920199778246656

https://twitter.com/I_am_MrsA/status/972362973770493952

WOW, some strong takes there.

Frankly, after doing all this exhaustive research I’m not convinced, nor am I into it. This might be because I used to feel sad when I watched her on TV having fertility struggles while Kourtney kept birthing child after child and made it look so easy. All this scrutiny on Khloe’s bump seems more than a little body-shamey and honestly, all this talk of bellybuttons is making me squeamish.

Off to read about which celebrities are secretly gay now, bye.

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