Naomi Watts Confirmed Pregnant
February 28th 2007 02:15
Watts in her flowing Oscars dress
Conan O'Brien let the cat out of the bag regarding Naomi Watts' pregnancy rumours when he congratulated her partner Liev Schreiber on the impending baby.
Schreiber replied "Yes, I'm going to be a dad. Very exciting".
Before that, the couple had been officially mum on the subject. However, a publicist for the Escada fashion house, which designed Watts's Oscar gown, revealed the news Sunday in a press release. It read, in part, "The ESCADA gown set off her most precious new asset – the baby she is expecting with longtime boyfriend Liev Schreiber."
Schreiber jokingly told O'Brien that he "gave grief" to Watts – whom he described as "normally a wallflower" – for her suddenly being so sociable and going to the Oscars. (Schreiber, meanwhile was back on the East Coast during Oscar night, as he is starring in the Broadway revival of Talk Radio).
"And she said, 'No, no – it's a very auspicious thing that our embryo is going to be at the Oscars,' " said Schreiber.
When it comes to selecting a name for the child, "I'm trying to stay out of it all," he adds. "I'm trying not to make any decisions, [because] everything that I try to do in service of her or the coming baby is wrong. So I really don't even go to my house much anymore."
One thing for sure, however: The baby will not be named Liev. "It's an awful name," said Schreiber. "It's probably the most oft-mispronounced name in showbiz."
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