Owen Wilson Proves Celebrity Privacy Possible

By Jo Piazza Posted Jan 11th 2011 04:30PM

We hear a lot of whining from celebrities about how they have no privacy, how they can't lives their lives away from the cameras and a prying media and generally how it is just so hard to be them. But some celebrities do have privacy, and Owen Wilson proved this week that living your life away from the cameras is indeed possible.

We learned yesterday that Wilson is about to be a proud papa --- not nine months from now but any day. That means that Wilson has been able to keep girlfriend Jade Duell's pregnancy under wraps for the better part of a year. And it isn't like the actor has been away from the spotlight. He released two big movies in the past two months, the romantic comedy 'How Do You Know?' with Reese Witherspoon and 'Little Fockers.'

Wilson had every opportunity to share his happy news, but he opted to keep his personal life personal, proving that stars can be left alone if that's what they want.

But for most of them, it isn't what they really want.

"Celebrities only have to reveal what they want us to know. Here is yet another example of how a star can have a private life if they so choose," says 'Cult of Celebrity' author Cooper Lawrence. "This is a good lesson to remember the next time something 'leaks out' about a star and they act horrified that it did."

Lawrence explains that celebrity really is a creation of publicists, agents and managers, all of whom decide what we can and can't know about a star.

"When they sell us this image it makes us feel like we have an all-access pass to their lives and they are open to us," Lawrence says. "Thus, we get used to thinking that we know them and that we are entitled to every bit of information about them."

But we really just get what they want to give us, and Wilson didn't want to give us his girlfriend's pregnancy until it was almost over.

There's a lesson here for celebs prone to complain about their lack of privacy. Go to Hawaii and shut your trap. You'll be left alone if that's what you really want, but we don't think you do.

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Tuesday 11 January

By Allie

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You're giving him WAAAY too much credit.

The reason he didn't want anyone to know because he was still "getting some" from other women throughout the entire pregnancy and that would have thrown a wrench in his game - simple as that.

I give this relationship another year, if that.

By mark

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This whole thing is hysterical, I always thought Owen Wilson was lovers with Ben Stiller. When Owen went nuts last fall it was because they broke up!

By Melanie

I agree with Owen but one small point is he is a guy and not actually carrying the child so of course no one will know he is going to have a baby when they see him.
I use to hope Owen and Jennifer Aniston would date but now I know why it would never be possible because Jennifer Aniston love to flaunt her behind in front of the camera while she is in Mexico for attention and Owen is a very private person.

By Orlando

Privacy? No one cares about him. Hes not relevent.
Call it what it is!
Hes on par with Anniston and Diaz. its called HASBEEN

By Blonde Ambition

So who was it who dumped him & drove him to attempt suicide? Wasn't it Kate Hudson? Glad he's still alive.

By Karen Day

I don't know how he gets anyone. I find his penis-like nose very disturbing.

By guinevere

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congrats to both the soon to be parents..both Owen brothers have always tried to keep their personal lives out of the lomelight..not everyone in Hollyrot want media time 24/7

By Suzanna

I really love Owen Wilson. But I just noticed while looking at the pic in article (yet I have never put this together before) that his multiple broken nose episodes have left it looking slightly like a penis.

Wednesday 12 January

By Ripper

The reason he has soooo much privacy is because he isn't some top line actor everyone wants a piece of, so big deal. I won't see he sucks because I like some of his movies. But beyond that he isn't exactly an A Lister.

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