Inside Malika Haqq’s Bear-Themed Baby Shower {PHOTOS}

Posted on February 11, 2020

Entrepreneur and Reality Tv star Khloe Kardashian threw a lavish neutral-colored bear themed baby shower for her BFF, actress and model Malika Haqq, over the weekend.

The event was held at the luxurious Waldorf Astoria hotel in Beverly Hills, California. Celebrity event planner Mindy Weiss organized the luxe celebration.

The mom-to-be wore a muted strappy floor length fish tail, bump-hugging jersey dress with her hair pulled back in a sleek ponytail and subtle and soft makeup.

Guests included family and friends and fellow celebs like Kylie Jenner, Kourtney Kardashian, Tamar Braxton, Don’t Be Tardy’s Brielle Biermann and her mom Kim Zolciak-Biermann and others. Haqq’s twin sister Khadijah Haqq was also on hand.

Attendees were treated to goodies like sweet honey tea in adorable bear jars,petite pastries, a multi-tiered cake and cereal because according to Khloe in an insta story video, Malika craved cereal for most of her pregnancy.

They also played typical baby shower games like the “can’t say ‘baby’” game, the guess Malika’s baby belly girth and the guess the baby’s delivery date and guess the number of cookies in the jar game.

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They went home with cute favors like baby bottle shaped bottle openers.

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Malika is expecting a baby boy, the first child with her on-again-off-again boyfriend, rapper O.T. Genasis.

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“A BEARy beautiful Baby Shower!!” Khloe captioned a series of photos of the event. “I have been planning Malika’s baby shower in my head for quite some time. Malika was very specific with not wanting color. So this was the only color we were able to get away with LOL It turned out beautifully!”

Everyone wore brown, white and other muted and neutral colors to the event to accommodate Malika’s request.

“I could not thank @mindyweiss @andrew_mindyweiss @jeffleatham enough!!” Khloe added thanking the event planning staff. “I know I’m a lot at times because I’m so specific and I love to micro manage but you guys always go over the top. You surpass any dream that I have ever conjured up in my head as to how I want something to look. Every time I am WOWED by your work and perfection! Thank you guys for being the best! You literally are my dream team! Thank to everyone who helped put this spectacular shower together!”

Here are some videos and photos of the fun event that the host, guests and vendors posted on their respective social media pages

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Halloween 2018: Superheroes Were Celeb Families’ Top Choice

Posted on November 3, 2018

Here are some additional amazing celebrity family Halloween costumes from this year that rocked! And one thing I’ve noticed while pulling this together using their respective Instagram photo shares is that the Super Heroes theme was the preferred costume.

On top of that list, about 4 families did the Incredibles this years. In years past, Mariah Carey and The Baldwins among other families had gone with that group costume option. Here is a quick run down of other fabulous costumes including some amazing over-the top ones that are not super heroes but are from popular movies and other pop culture figures.

Adrienne and Chris Bosh and family as The Incredibles

Fergie and her son Axl were are super heroes Power Rangers

Kevin Hart and family as Minions

Wonder Woman Tamar Braxton and her son Logan as Batman

Kandi Burruss and family also as Super heroes

Vanessa Lachey and her kids were also The Incredibles.

Singer Melanie Fiona and her family were also The Incredibles

And finally so was Cyn Santanna and fam

Monica Brown and her family are usually on the top 5 list when it comes to Halloween costumes and so to no surprise her daughter Laiyah Brown‘s Edward Scissorhands is amazing@

No doubt Ayesha Curry as Snow White and her 4-month old son Canon as a Dwarf were the cutest!

Not a family costume but here is Marcus Scribner as Erik Killmonger, Tracee Ellis Ross as Nakia, and Anthony Anderson as T’Challa from Black Panther

More Superheroes from Tia Mowry, Cory Hardrict and family

Her sister Tamera Mowry-Housley and her daughter were lady bugs with husband Adam Housley as a cave man and their son Aden a dinosaur.

Gisele Bundchen and her daughter were unicorns.

As was Jessica Alba and her daughter while her hubby Cash Warren and their other kids were giraffes.

Toya Wright was Cruella DeVille and her daughter a dalmatian

Lisa Ling and her daughter Jett were mermaids

Ray J and wife Princess Love and their daughter were Holy figures, a priest, Nun and angel.

Hoda Kotb and her daughter were bumble bees.

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Tamar Braxton-Herbert Reveals she Had a Recent Miscarriage on last episode of BFV

Posted on April 2, 2017

On this week’s episode of WETV’s Braxton Family Values that aired this past Thursday, March 30, Tamar Braxton-Herbert revealed to her sisters that she suffered a miscarriage.

The episode was about the singer’s attempts to have a second child using IVF treatment. [Watch a clip about it here of Tamar discussing the challenges of IVF with her husband Vince Herbert.]

“You know, I didn’t tell nobody because it was very very new. Well, maybe, like, a week before I went to Atlanta, I found out that I was pregnant,” Tamar told her older sister, Toni Braxton, who erupted in excitement over the news. “Congratulations! You’re pregnant!”

But then Tamar added that she “was” expecting a child to Toni’s shock. It’s a heart wrenching moment when she realizes that her sister lost her baby early in the pregnancy.

“I’m sorry, Tay,” Toni replies after realizing that her sister just told her she suffered a miscarriage. You can catch a teaser here:

You can watch the entire episode on WETV if you are on certain cable networks. Find out HERE!

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This Reality TV show alum turned Lifestyle Mogul is the Latest Expecting Laguna Beach Alum

Posted on January 2, 2017

Lauren Conrad is the latest of alums from the MTV reality TV shows Laguna Beach and The Hills to have announce a pregnancy.

The author, blogger and lifestyle maven shared the news on Instagram that she and her husband William Tell are expecting their first child together.

“Happy New Year! I have a feeling 2017 is going to be the best year yet…” she captioned a photo of her sonogram and of course, it was quite dreamy and perfect and quite on brand with her Instagram page with 5.5M followers.

Happy New Year! I have a feeling 2017 is going to be the best year yet…
A photo posted by Lauren Conrad (@laurenconrad) on Jan 1, 2017 at 7:57am PST

Audrina Patridge welcomed her first child, daughter, Kirra Max, early in 2016 and Kristin Cavallari is well ahead of all of them, having given birth to her third child, daughter Saylor James in 2015. She gave birth to her first child, son Camden, in August 2012 and second, Jaxon in May 2014;

Laguna Beach alum Alex Murrel gave birth to a son last July with her spouse and a month later another alum of that show about “the Real Orange County”, named after the hit show The OC ‘s fictionalized portrayal of the posh coastal region, gave birth. Casey Reindhardt and her husband welcomed their first child, a daughter they named Kensington. Christina Schuller (nee Sinclair) welcomed her first child, son Christian Sutton, in 2014. This past September 2016, Morgan Smith (nee Olson) welcomed her second child with her husband, daughter, after giving birth to son Theo in 2014.

One interesting thing I noted of all these births is that they all (minus Cavallari’s first) were with their husbands, not fiances or boyfriends. Says something about how they stick to tradition.

I’ve always admired Conrad for being one of the few people to successfully parlay a reality TV show beginning into a mini empire.

She has written a successful series of young-adult novels and oversees her successful fashion line she co-founded Paper Crown and her popular Kohl’s line, LC by Lauren Conrad.

Our Bellyitch Bumpwatch alums who have done the same include Kim Kardashian West, the ultimate media and lifestyle mogul. Tamar Braxton Herbert and Evelyn Lozada have successfully leveraged their fame from reality TV to lucrative subsequent gigs, careers and other ventures. They’re not limited to marketing their online social media presence via sponsored posts or by selling digital products either, a lot of reality TV alums are doing well selling products and partnering with brick and mortar realtors! Good stuff!

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#PhilandoCastile and #AltonSterling: Celeb Moms Who’ve Spoken Out About Killings

Posted on July 8, 2016

Tonight, we’ve reached a tipping point in America as several Dallas police officers were killed during a rally to protest recent police shootings. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends of those men and women who put their lives at risk daily to protect and serve.

Here is a rundown of what sparked the rally followed by solidarity messages from celeb women we’ve featured on the blog:

Within 48 hours, two black men in “concealed weapon license to carry” states exercising their rights to have guns in their pockets were nonetheless shot and killed by police officers. Both killings, one execution style and the other in front of a 4-year old child during a routine traffic stop, has sparked outrage.

Alton Sterling was selling CDs outside of a grocery store in a high crime neighborhood and exercising his Second Amendment rights as an American, carried a weapon to protect himself. Someone reported to the police that Sterling had it out waving at people and after scuffle with the officers who arrived at the scene and eventually took Sterling down, another took out his revolver and emptied a couple of rounds into Sterling’s body before falling off the man’s chest and shooting a few more shots. The store owner and another eyewitness filmed the shootings on their smartphones and circulated it on social media. The outrage has been swift.

That same night, another man, Philando Castile, was driving with his girlfriend Diamond Reynolds and her 4-year old daughter in the backseat when he was pulled over for a busted tail light. Diamond turned on her Facebook Live and shared the incident as it happened with her followers on the social media site. The world was witness to the moments immediately after one officer shot him as he reached into his pocket to pull out his driver’s license as asked to do so by the officer, per Reynold’s account. The officer can be overheard on the video saying “ignorance”.

As with other past police killings of unarmed black men and boys, many parents have been shaken by the incident especially parents of young black boys. In social media, many have expressed fear that when their children grow up, they will be seen as menacing threats simply for being in the skin they were born in and could be the next hashtag.

I know personally, I’ve talked to my kids again as my husband and I do periodically throughout their lives to make sure they are aware what they need to do to escape a possible police encounter alive. My father in law is a retired veteran police detective and my husband’s uncle was a police officer. We fear for the lives of blue and believe Blue Lives Matter as well, but at the same time, we are frightened by the pattern of brutality among some officers.

To Kiyan ? #philandocastile #altonsterling ??
A photo posted by LaLa (@lala) on Jul 7, 2016 at 1:36pm PDT

We checked in on several of the celeb moms we’ve profiled on the blog before and noticed that some of them spoke out about the shootings in social media.

Beyonce, Alicia Keys, Kristen Bell, Olivia Wilde, Kelly Clarkson, Kelly Rowland, Tamera Mowry-Housley, Tia Mowry, Jenna Dewan Tatum, Tamar Braxton, Ellen Pompeo, busy Philipps,Eva Marcille, Phaedra Parks, Rasheeda, Yandy Smith,Toni Braxton, FAntasia, Brandy all shared posts and Kim Kardashian West and Vanessa Simmons rt’d others.

Here is a roundup of their shares, excluding Monica Brown’s who posted an excerpt of Reynold’s graphic video:

Click the link in my bio to go to Beyonce.com. Turn our anger into action. A photo posted by Beyoncé (@beyonce) on Jul 7, 2016 at 12:42pm PDT

Praying for a more peaceful world for our children and our children’s children. ?? A photo posted by Kourtney Kardashian (@kourtneykardash) on Jul 7, 2016 at 8:44pm PDT

We are all equal in the fact that we are all different. We are all the same in the fact that we will never be the same. We are united by the reality that all colours and all cultures are distinct & individual. We are harmonious in the reality that we are all held to this earth by the same gravity. – C. JoyBell C. We must fix this… Racial injustice is not ok. #altonsterling #philandoCastile A photo posted by tameramowrytwo (@tameramowrytwo) on Jul 7, 2016 at 11:40am PDT

My heart is heavy Illustration by- @nichollekobi
A photo posted by tiamowry (@tiamowry) on Jul 7, 2016 at 5:51am PDT

We can’t be silent… I don’t care what you call me… I won’t be silent
A photo posted by Ellen Pompeo (@ellenpompeo) on Jul 7, 2016 at 7:25am PDT

….what’s the excuse this time? This is ridiculous! Sad, ANGRY, and disappointed in a system that is suppose to protect…NOT kill.
A photo posted by kellyrowland (@kellyrowland) on Jul 6, 2016 at 9:55pm PDT

ENOUGH already!!!! When does this nightmare end? #philandocastile #BlackLivesMatter #PoliceBrutality A photo posted by PHAEDRA (@phaedraparks) on Jul 7, 2016 at 3:09pm PDT

‘Strange Fruit’ Billie Holiday. I keep hearing that song. No more. #FalconHeightsShooting #AltonSterling #PhilandoCastile #BlackLivesMatter
— Jaime King (@Jaime_King) July 7, 2016

NO. I DONT WANT TO WATCH. I WANT IT TO STOP.
A photo posted by Busy Philipps (@busyphilipps) on Jul 7, 2016 at 9:29am PDT

OUR Fathers. OUR Brothers. OUR Sons. When will this end? I am heartbroken.
A photo posted by Fantasia? (@tasiasword) on Jul 7, 2016 at 7:40am PDT

#live
A video posted by Nia Long (@iamnialong) on Jul 7, 2016 at 5:04pm PDT

You are probably going to see this picture a lot today. I hope you do. Baton Rouge cops killed 37 year old #AltonSterling, father of 5, in front of a store where he was selling CDs. The owner of the store told @nydailynews that he openly allowed #altonsterling to sell his CDs in front of his store. #AltonSterling was the 154th black person killed by police this year(to date) Hands behind his back. Shot 5 times. There is a video. I don’t know what can be done but something needs to be. We are better than this. #altonsterling
A photo posted by Busy Philipps (@busyphilipps) on Jul 6, 2016 at 6:30am PDT

This. Is. Cray….. At some point we gotta STAND together? A photo posted by Taytay❤️ (@tamarbraxton) on Jul 6, 2016 at 10:34am PDT
We need to make a difference. #AltonSterling ? prayers to his family & to every other family who’s ever suffered these tragedies. Only thing we can do is be the difference. Use our voices and come together. #Onelove Have a good night and stay prayed up.
A photo posted by Christina Milian (@christinamilian) on Jul 7, 2016 at 1:30am PDT

A photo posted by Rasheeda (@rasheedadabosschick) on Jul 7, 2016 at 9:41am PDT

It is truly tragic when a vicious few turn a peaceful protest into a bloodbath. Horrific and sad. #nomoreviolence
— olivia wilde (@oliviawilde) July 8, 2016

Accountability is key. This is way past ridiculous. This is scary, & real, & it’s murder either way you look at it. https://t.co/TYTQnffr8q
— Kelly Clarkson (@kelly_clarkson) July 7, 2016

A photo posted by kristen bell (@kristenanniebell) on Jul 7, 2016 at 8:20pm PDT

Praying for a more peaceful world for our children and our children’s children. ??
A photo posted by Kourtney Kardashian (@kourtneykardash) on Jul 7, 2016 at 8:44pm PDT

A photo posted by Alicia Keys (@aliciakeys) on Jul 7, 2016 at 5:21pm PDT

“Even with videotaped evidence of police destroying black people, many freedom-living Americans unconvinced of a systematic problem” #RIPAltonSterling #RIPPhilandoCastile I am Truly heartbroken ? As a mother of 2 young growing black men, I am devastated! This has to stop!
A photo posted by Toni Braxton (@tonibraxton) on Jul 7, 2016 at 9:23am PDT

Stand up, speak up. Stop Killing Us!!!! #blacklivesmatter
A photo posted by Eva Marcille (@evamarcille) on Jul 7, 2016 at 4:22pm PDT

#blacklivesmatter
A photo posted by Eva Marcille (@evamarcille) on Jul 7, 2016 at 3:10pm PDT

#altonsterling I am just heartbroken today for his family. We need change. ?
A photo posted by Jenna Dewan Tatum (@jennaldewan) on Jul 6, 2016 at 4:21pm PDT

#philandocastile A photo posted by Rasheeda (@rasheedadabosschick) on Jul 7, 2016 at 9:45am PDT

A photo posted by Rasheeda (@rasheedadabosschick) on Jul 7, 2016 at 11:10am PDT

And this is our reality…… A photo posted by Rasheeda (@rasheedadabosschick) on Jul 7, 2016 at 11:09am PDT

#ENOUGH ?????? #altonsterling??
A photo posted by @garcelle on Jul 6, 2016 at 5:47pm PDT

So I was advise to take my last two post down and edit my comment to protect my family that is behind the cement walls. I will not take my post down but I will edit my comment. Let’s stick together people. Rise above together. ✊? #Repost @tamikadmallory with @repostapp ・・・ #Repost @angelo_pinto_ ・・・ “I just want to thank them for being here, for teaching me to focus on comprehension over career, and that they made sure I learned what the schools were AFRAID to teach us.” – Jessie Williams (2016 BET Awards Humanitarian Award Speech) #woke #independenceday #altonsterling #blacklivesmatter #policebrutality #spilledink #axwell #meditation #skrillex #afrojack #tiesto #davidguetta #asap #blvck #beentrill #muse #ootd #jamaica #PerformanceArt #hypebeast #rastafari #unity #rasta #wutang #philly #afropunk #philadelphia
A photo posted by Yandy Smith-Harris (@yandysmith) on Jul 6, 2016 at 5:33pm PDT

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WETV greenlights 3rd season for “Kendra on Top” and “Tamar and Vince”;

Posted on April 12, 2014

Congrats to our Bellywatch moms Kendra Wilkinson- Baskett and Tamar Braxton-Herbert on getting their respective reality TV shows renewed.

WETV recently announced that it has signed on Kendra on Top and Tamar and Vince for a third season for both shows.

This is Wilkinson-Baskett’s third reality TV show. She started on E!‘s The Girls Next Door and Kendra. She and hubby ex -NFL player Hank Baskett are expecting their second child this year. The couple are parents to 2-year old Hank Jr.

Meanwhile, the Herberts are staying busy since welcoming their first child together, almost 1-year old Logan. Tamar joins our other BumpWatch alum Tamera Mowry-Housley on a panel TV show, The Real, that will air nationally on FOX starting this fall.

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