Josh Kelley and Katherine Heigl. Photo: Izumi Hasegawa / PRPhotos.com
By Dr. Jane Greer
Dealing with an illness or injury is stressful and overwhelming, and that is even more true during a global pandemic. When it happens, family members and friends rally around the person who is sick, and the focus is on them as they deal with doctors, getting a diagnosis, managing symptoms, and so much more. While that is happening, their partner often becomes a hands-on caregiver, arranging appointments, transportation, in-home care, and dealing with all sorts of other logistics. Their strength and stamina can be instrumental in helping their loved one get through the difficult time. Katharine Heigl, the star of Firefly Lane, recently revealed her husband Josh Kelley helped her get through a health crisis. “First trip since the start of the pandemic is back to L.A. to deal with a herniated disk in my neck,” Heigl captioned with an Instagram video of Kelley singing along with the coffee maker in their hotel room. “Thank God for @joshbkelley for not only coming with me to hold my hand but for providing me with some very much needed comedic relief!” And while caring for the person who is unwell is so important, the thing that can fall through the cracks is the impact all of this has on the partner who has stepped into that helping role. Illness can hit hard, not just for the one who is sick but also for the one who is going through it with them. Since they don’t want to be a burden and possibly add more stress to their loved one who is healing, they may be reluctant to voice their worry and unhappiness, as well as the strain they are experiencing, and may even think they shouldn’t.
If you find yourself in this position, what can you do to make sure you are getting what you need so you don’t burn out and can continue to be there for the person who relies on you?
It’s official! Katherine Heigl absolutely loves her family life. Recently in celebrity news, Heigl gushed to EOnline.com on the red carpet of her movie premiere about her love for her three children and the secret to her long-lasting and incredibly happy celebrity relationship with her husband. “I think honestly, that we just are really good friends,” Heigl confessed about her longtime love, Josh Kelley, “We’re sort of best friends, we get along really well, we have a really good time together. We have our moments, like any couple, so we just sort of cling to that friendship when stuff gets hard.” Kelley and Heigl have been married for nearly ten years and have three children, Naleigh, Adalaide and Joshua, and the celebrity mom joked that she’s all in for more. “I’m kind of like, ‘Let’s have four or five’ and Josh is tapping out,” Heigl confessed, adding that whether or not there are more celebrity babies on the horizon for her and her hubby, her daughters are adjusting incredibly well to new family addition, four-month-old Joshua. “They’re fawning all over him,” Heigl admitted with a huge smile.
This celebrity news has us very happy for Katherine Heigl! What are some secrets to a long-lasting relationship?
The Jolie-Pitt's are perhaps the best known family in Hollywood when it comes to adoptions! Three of their celebrity kids -- Maddox, Zahara, and Pax -- were adopted from Cambodia, Ethiopia, and Vietnam respectively. They also have three biological children: Shiloh, Knox, and Vivienne. Photo: Andrew Evans / PR Photos
In the new relationship movie Home Sweet Hell, which releases on March 13th, Don Champagne (Patrick Wilson) has a successful business, a perfect wife, perfect kids, and a perfect house. But, when Don’s wife, Mona (Katherine Heigl), learns of his affair, his “perfect wife” decides to stop at nothing, including murder, to maintain their “perfect” life.
Katherine Heigl, with husband Josh Kelley, says "family comes first." Photo: Pixplanete / PR Photos
By Shannon Seibert
Katherine Heigl has become the ultimate celebrity mom since adopting her two beautiful daughters, Naleigh, 5, and Adalaide, 2. This September, the actress graces the cover of Good Housekeeping and opens up about living in Utah with her husband Josh Kelley and their kids. Heigl recently opened up to Celebrity Baby Scoop in a celebrity interview about her experiences with each of her daughters and the pleasures of being a mother. …Want to keep reading? Click here!…
Christina Milian and Jas Prince. Photo: Mike/FAMEFLYNET PICTURES
By Shannon Seibert
Tis the season to take pride in your homeland and rock the colors of vigilance, perseverance and justice. It’s also the day where we sport killer bikinis, chow on barbecue and watch amazing fireworks displays. The best part about the holiday, though, is that it’s a day in which our entire country takes pride in their homeland, especially our celebrities. We’ve pulled together the envy-worthy patriotic plans and traditions of these stars to hopefully inspire a little Independence Day tradition in your own household:
Angelina Jolie with Vivienne, Knox, Pax, Zahara, and Shiloh. Photo: FameFlynetUK/FAMEFLYNET PICTURES
By Louisa Gonzales
Lately, Hollywood has been flooded with celebrity baby news and baby bumps! However, many celebrities have chosen adoption over having a biological child. Here are five celebrity couples who recently adopted:
Will Arnett and Katherine Heigl. Photo: Andrew Evans / PR Photos
By Maria Darbenzio
Will Arnett and Katherine Heigl walked the red carpet joyfully on January 11th at the Los Angeles premiere of their new animated comedy, The Nut Job. This family movie follows the story of an independent squirrel named Surly, who is banished from his park and forced to live a city life. Celebrity Baby Scoop had a chance to catch up with Arnett and Heigel to discuss the movie as well as their children. Arnett is the father of two sons, Archibald William Emerson and Abel James. Heigel is the mother of two adopted daughters, Nancy Leigh and Adalaide Marie Hope.
The holidays are said to be the most wonderful time of the year, so it’s no surprise that so many couples — famous faces and everyday folks alike — choose to walk down the aisle around Christmas. Thanks to lightly falling snow, flickering fireplaces, and cozy color palettes, the wedding practically plans itself. Whether they embraced the cold crispness in the air or escaped the winter wonderland and headed somewhere warm, the celebrity couples below ensured that their holiday seasons were all the more magical because of their plans to say “I do.”
Credit: Barry Wetcher, Amanda Seyfried, Ben Barnes, The Big Wedding
By Meghan Fitzgerald
The Big Wedding has a vamped up cast, including Diane Keaton, Robert De Niro, Susan Sarandon, Robin Williams, Katherine Heigl, Amanda Seyfried and Topher Grace. This new romantic comedy directed by Justin Zackham is about a modern family attempting to remain sane for the weekend of Alejandro (Ben Barnes) and Missy O’ Connor’s (Amanda Seyfriend) wedding. Don (Robert De Niro) and Ellie Griffin (Diane Keaton) are a long divorced couple who are playing “happy” for their adopted son’s wedding. Alejandro’s biological mother is also in attendance, after deciding to fly halfway around the world. Not only does she not approve of divorce, but she also doesn’t know that Alejandro’s foster parents are adopted. The Griffin family tries to keep their cool as they are bombarded with the past, present and future throughout the weekend.
Katherine Heigl and Josh Kelley. Photo: Fame Pictures
Katherine Heigl and Josh Kelley have finally stepped out with their newly adopted daughter. The couple brought their baby girl to a friend’s house in Beverly Hills on Saturday, reports UsMagazine.com. The couple announced the adoption on April 25th, though they did not release the name of their new daughter or other details. Heigl and Kelley are already parents to Naleigh, who they adopted from South Korea in 2009. “Josh and I started talking about [adoption] before we were even engaged,” said Heigl in February. “My sister Meg is Korean, and my parents adopted her three years before I was born. I wanted my own family to resemble the one I came from, so I always knew I wanted to adopt from Korea.”
How do you introduce your new child to your friends and family?
Katherine Heigl is back in a romantic comedy with an edge: One For The Money. Based on Janet Evanovich’s sixteen-book mystery series, Heigl plays Stephanie Plum, a newly divorced and unemployed New Jersey girl. Stephanie talks her cousin into giving her a job at his bail bonding company as a recovery agent to get gain some cash. Stephanie agrees to catch Joe Morelli (Jason O’ Mara), a former cop, murder suspect and the ex who dumped her in high school. With no idea how to handle a gun and pay back on her mind, she begins to fall for Joe all over again.
In the romantic comedy Life As We Know It, Josh Duhamel plays a new dad, a role he says he’d love to have in real life. According to People, Josh says that getting the chance to play a father is what “initially drew me to” the role. During the New York premiere at the Ziegfeld, he opened up even more saying, that he has “always had a real fondness for kids.” In terms of his wife, he says, “She’ll be a great mom … She got to meet [costar Katherine Heigl’s daughter] Naleigh on set. It was great.” Maybe this is a hint of what’s to come for him and Fergie in the very near future!
How do you know if your partner is parent material?
For a story about romance cropping up in the most unexpected places (with often hilarious results), check out the new comedy Life As We Know It. In the film, two single adults are forced to raise a baby together after their mutual friends die in an accident and leave their daughter in their friends’ care. The situation is complicated even more by the fact that Holly (Katherine Heigl) and Eric (Josh Duhamel) don’t exactly get along. But for the sake of Sophie, their new baby girl, they must learn to live together. In the end, after going through all the challenges that new parents face together, their relationship goes from outright hostility to mutual respect … and eventually, maybe even love.
How can having a baby bring you together as a couple?
Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel. Photo: Charles Norfleet / PR Photos
First dates are always hit or miss. At a promotional press conference for their upcoming romantic comedy, Life As We Know It, Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel, both married, reminisced about past dating disasters, according to People. Whereas dating in general scared Duhamel, Heigl, married three years to singer Josh Kelley, spoke of an awkward date with a personal trainer. “He took me to Sizzler and gave me his head shot and asked me if I could get him in my agency,” recalled the actress. Although this was ultimately the deal breaker, she also went on to notice his shaved legs. We can only wonder if she stuck around long enough for dessert!
Josh Kelley and Katherine Heigl. Photo: Albert L. Ortega / PR Photos
As reported on Us Weekly, Hollywood couple Katherine Heigl and Josh Kelley have left sunny L.A. in favor of the mountains of Utah. Heigl and Kelley married in Utah and are psyched to be moving there with their one-year-old daughter, Naleigh, who they adopted from Korea. The couple plans to spend their time between Nashville and Utah.
When couples have children, should they move out of the city in favor of a more suburban or rural area?
Katherine Heigl and Josh Kelley. Photo: Fame Pictures
While attending London’s red carpet premiere of her new movie, Killers, with Ashton Kutcher, Katherine Heigl was asked by a reporter if she and husband Josh Kelley want to add another baby to the family. People reported that Heigl responded, “I hope so,” and she explained how hard it is to balance a career and motherhood. Heigl and Kelly already have an 18-month-old daughter Naleigh, who was adopted from South Korea last September.What does it take to balance motherhood and a life?
