The mock shock on Oprah Winfrey’s face was just so blatant, absolutely toe curling stuff by the old girl, shameful.
This question about the baby’s potential colour is so indicative of today’s ultra PC world.
Back in 1981 when I was working in menswear my boss Nigel had married a very attractive girl called Lynne and she tanned beautifully in the summer, as brown as a berry.
Nigel was a big, pale, ginger lad.
I’d known Lynne for three years at this point and until she mentioned it I had no idea that in her family lineage a few generations previously someone had been West Indian.
She and Nigel openly talked and joked about the fact that the doctor had explained to them that there was a possibility that the baby could be as black as coal when it arrived, it was described as a “throwback” I believe.
Apparently this can happen up to around four generations after the West Indian genes ( in this case ) were added to the family genetics.
They didn’t take offence with the doctor for pointing this out, they were grateful because they both admitted that although it would make no difference to the way they felt about their baby, if they’d just been presented with a black one it would’ve been an almighty shock.
Nigel openly joked that it might come out singing “Old Man River” and he was the bloody father!
As it happens they had two girls, one a chunky, paler than pale ginger girl and a lightly olive skinned girl who looked just like her mum.
People are just too precious these days, it’s pathetic.
Most families discuss how a baby will look in terms of dads big nose or mums ears and like with my grandson, would he be a “milk bottle” like his mum or a swarthy Irish looking kid like his dad was.
He’s the absolute spit of his dad who I despise ( for walking out on his one year old son! ) but I couldn’t love that little chap more than I do.
All it was was a discussion point in our family like with so many other families but Hewitt’s wife has played the race card because she knows how damaging that’ll be to the monarchy.
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