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Katherine Heigl And Husband Josh Kelley To Adopt A Baby Girl!

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Katherine Heigl and hubby Josh Kelley are adopting a special needs baby girl from Korea, and in an interview which will air on Friday's Ellen DeGeneres Show, the actress reveals that her daughter will arrive in California very soon, but she still hasn't met the little one!

Katherine told Ellen, "They sent us a picture. They told us that it was a little girl and who she was and the information about six months ago. It was meant to take a long time. This sort of thing can take years.”

“She has special needs. She is a special needs baby and because of that it all moved so much faster," Katherine added. "They wanted to get her to us as quickly as possible." Katherine said she plans to name the baby girl Naleigh, in honor of her mother Nancy and sister Leigh, and the two almost share the same birthday! “She was actually born the day before me in November, which I thought was really serendipitous and just kind of like a sign."

Katherine said she discussed adoption with Josh before the two even got engaged, since it is an issue that hits close to home for her, as her sister Leigh was adopted as well. Katherine says, "It’s been a big part of my life and my family. My sister is Korean and my parents adopted her back in the '70s and so I just always knew that this is something I wanted to do. I made that really clear because not everybody is down with that. Not everybody thinks that. I just wanted to make sure that I was marrying a guy who understands that this was going to have to happen. So about a year ago is when we said, 'Okay! Let’s start the process and the process is intense. It’s just as intense I’m sure to have a baby biologically because you’re going through the whole physical sort of thing of it."

Think Katherine will be a good mama? She better quit smoking!



Think she'll still want more kiddos down the road?

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Posted by: Anonymous

Hope her maternal instincts kick in and she stops smoking! Second hand smoke is not healthy for anyone...especially young children.



Posted by: PM

She has said she will definitely have more children. She and Josh will make wonderful parents. So pleased for them!

She quit smoking a month ago. Get up to date. There was an interview / quote with US Weekly where she said she had her first smoke free month in 6 years.



Posted by: Jenna

come on X17 you should know she's already quit smoking! Good luck to them both they will make great parents.



Posted by: Anonymous

Korea? I guess all the American special needs kids who need adopting don't count?



Posted by: Anonymous

she's adopting a special needs child...good for her...not to many people would do that! She's still a terrible actress and is annoying in interviews but good for her for adopting!



Posted by: Anonymous

she quit smoking over a month ago. i am not an american, but I don't understand why she is not adopting a child from her own country who desperately needs it.



Posted by: Anonymous

You people really need to get off this smoking/secondhand smoke b.s. I seriously doubt she would even dare smoke around her baby or any others. Not everyone who smokes does so around children, except welfare rats & trailer trash. If people chose to smoke, that's their choice & their business as long as they are considerate & responsible about it. Geez, give it a rest already. We all have bad habits, one is no worse than the other, a habit is a habit!!



Posted by: from Romania

you morons! stop caring only for the american babies! she`s adopting a korean because her sister is korean, too! don`t you get it? what is your damn problem? good to her and josh! they will make wonderful parents. And not everybody would do what she does: adopting a special needs baby. That is just wonderful. She`s going to do great. And you morons mind your own business and give her a chance, she`s over you all! She`s superior and she can afford to do whatever she wants to do whether you like it or not! you bunch of idiots!



Posted by: MM

you only get to judge her even though you`re not even a bit better than she is! you will never be what she is. You will never have her fame. You will never adopt a baby and most important: you will never adopt a special needs baby! why? because you wouldn`t be able to! you are only able to judge. you should admire her for that and stop hating without even knowing her in private. You only get to judge from what you see on tv which is wrong. You are wrong about her! she`s a great person, a person to admire! instead of hating a person without knowing her you should look at yourself and wonder why you are so stupid! you suckers!



Posted by: Anonymous

Who cares where the kid is from? People are so dumb when they harp on it being from America. A baby in need can come from anywhere. It's not your business. It's her's and her husbands who or where they adopt from.



Posted by: ANNA

I am soooo happy for them, they are amazing people and will make wonderful parents. and to anyone who says Katie is a terrible actress?!?!? Ooookay, we all know that's not true.



Posted by: ANNA

I am soooo happy for them, they are amazing people and will make wonderful parents. and to anyone who says Katie is a terrible actress?!?!? Ooookay, we all know that's not true.



Posted by: Anonymous

"Korea? I guess all the American special needs kids who need adopting don't count?"

Wow...ignorant. How's that working for you? Every child deserves a family.







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