Actor Impregnates His Children's Former Nanny and Montel's Show Fizzles Outby Michele Cheplic | More from this Blogger 31 Jan 2008 12:50 AM Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman's two children are about to get a new sibling... from a woman they know well. According to the actor's rep, Hawke's children's former nanny and current girlfriend (got that?), Ryan Shawhughes is pregnant with the "Dead Poets Society" star's baby. Hawke and Shawhughes are reportedly thrilled by the news and say they can't wait to introduce the baby-to-be to Hawke's kids with ex-wife Thurman. The two actors were married for seven years and had two children together daughter Maya, now 9, and son Levon, 5. When the superstar couple split in 2004 rumors swirled that it was because Hawke cheated on Thurman with a 22-year-old model he met while he was working in Canada. Back then several publications noted that Hawke strayed because he thought Thurman was having a relationship with moviemaker Quentin Tarantino. According to Thurman and Tarantino, the allegations were false but by then Hawke had already checked out of the marriage and divorce proceedings began. Then, about a year after Hawke and Thurman's split was finalized the couple's former nanny contacted the actor to confess her feelings for him. According to the Daily News, Shawhughes had nothing to do with Hawke and Thurman's divorce and started seeing the actor after she was no longer employed as his children's nanny. Thirty-seven-year-old Hawke and 28-year-old Shawhughes have been dating for nearly two years, though friends of Shawhughes say she has been in love with Hawke for much longer than that. And now she is carrying his baby... No word on how Thurman or her two children are taking the news. MONTEL'S SHOW FIZZLES OUT After 17 seasons on the air "The Montel Williams Show" is biting the dust. According to the talk show's distributor, the long running chatfest will cease production after this television season. But Williams says fans of his show shouldn't despair he won't be disappearing from TV all together. In a deal the talk-show host struck with CBS Television, a series of best-of episodes will air beginning this fall. The series consists of a full-year of programming highlighting "the most exciting episodes from the last 17 years," according to network execs. Original episodes, however, will cease production at the end of this season. In an earlier blog I mentioned that I had no idea "The Montel Williams Show" was still on the air. Now that Williams really will be gone from the airwaves will you miss him? Learn more about Michele Cheplic  Michele Cheplic was born and raised in Hilo, Hawaii, but now lives in Wisconsin. Michele graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a degree in Journalism. Relevantpopular culture tags User Comments  Libby Pelham (12871) 31 Jan 2008 06:04 AMHow very Robin Williams of Ethan. And as for Montel, I will miss him - he is like the last of the big talk show guys to me. What will Sylvia Brown do every Tuesday (or whatever day it is she appears on the show)?  mcmama (51978) 31 Jan 2008 10:46 AMMontel could have done more with his show. He's very engaging as an interviewer. But the regular appearance of the psychic made it seem cheap to me, and I was less likely to tune it in, unless I knew the subject matter was going to be of interest. Libby Pelham (12871) 31 Jan 2008 11:43 AMOh geesh, no doubt Michele! I know TECHNICALLY there was nothing wrong with Woody and Soon-Yi seeing each other (and eventually marrying), but morally and ethically, it was just all kinds of wrong.  Tristi Pinkston (10839) 01 Feb 2008 09:45 AMYou know, as far as Montel goes, I really feel that in light of his illness, he was looking for a higher power or something to give a foundation to his situation and that's why he kept calling in the psychic. As far as Ethan goes . . . sheesh. You know how many men in this world would kill to be married to Uma Thurman? Community Tags celebrity baby, Ethan Hawke, Montel Williams, Uma Thurman Discuss this article
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