Salma Hayek Wet-Nurses in Africa

Actress Salma Hayek nursed a starving baby in front of an ABC News crew while on a trip to Sierra Leone in support of a tetanus vaccination project. She did this, she told the camera crew, in compassion for a starving child, but also to help lift a breastfeeding stigma in Africa, where men think that women cannot have sex while still nursing. "So the husbands, of course, of these women are really encouraging them to stop," Hayek said.

The mother of this baby boy is an obvious victim of this stigma. Hayek intervened with her emergency nursing because the mother simply had no milk. While the child, who was born the same day as Hayek's own daughter, will need a lot more nursing to make it safely out of infancy, Hayek's gesture could help relieve the African situation.

For those in the United States, Hayek has crossed many stigma lines as well. Cross-nursing or wet-nursing, in which one woman occasionally suckles another's baby, has long been considered a taboo in America. The later even denotes classism. Despite the taboo, cross-nursing has been on the rise. Nadya Suleman, mother of the octuplets, has been receiving breast milk donations to help feed her newborns.

Experts say that the cross-nursing taboo has nothing to do with class, but the safety of the mother and child. Even organizations that support sharing of breast milk do so conditionally, through the intermediary breast-pump. The Human Milk Banking Association of North America, which screens and distributes donated milk to hospitals across the U.S. and Canada, requires that its milk be pasteurized before distribution. The child Hayek nursed was reportedly healthy, and Hayek is reported to show no signs of illness.

No matter the outcome of Hayek's actions, the video has become an overnight internet sensation, reaching record views on YouTube. EW.com gave the clip its "biggest eyebrow-raiser" of the day award.

Salma Hayek Calls Off Engagement to Billionaire

Salma Hayek and her billionaire babydaddy, fiance Francois-Henri Pinault, are kaput.

“We are sad to announce the engagement of Salma Hayek and Francois-Henri Pinault has been canceled,” Hayek’s rep told USA Today. “There will be no further comment.”

In April, the 41-year-old actress told Glamour magazine that marriage doesn’t make a difference in a relationship.

“Do I think we are going to get married? Probably. Will it make a difference? I hope not,” she said.

“You want to grow old with someone, you want to have a partner and to have children — we have all those things,” Hayek added. “Some people need the commitment. Maybe we’ll just make the party!”

The couple became in engaged in March of last year and welcomed daughter Valentina in September.

Valentina is the first child for Hayek. Pinault, 45, has two children from a previous marriage.

Hayek’s rep did not immediately return our call for comment.


"Well I personally can say that I totally agree with her on that. Selma voice's a good statement! Marriage is not for everyone! I do not think that if you’re married that you still will be more committed to that person. The divorce rate has hit and all time high. I think we all need to ask ourselves are we doing it because we believe in marriage? Or are we doing it because it’s how our society has always been since the beginning of time?"

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Salma Hayek Won't Walk Down The Aisle

Gorgeous actress Salma Hayek and French billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault have called off their engagement, their rep confirms to USA TODAY. Such sad news. The pair announced their engagement at the same time Hayek announced her pregnancy.

“We are sad to announce the engagement of Salma Hayek and Francois-Henri Pinault has been canceled. There will be no further comment,” Hayek’s rep said in a statement.

The announcement comes ten months after the couple welcomed daughter Valentina Paloma, who was born in LA. The cutest celebrity baby ever! We reported last week on Salma and Valentina's lunch date together, remember?

Salma began dating Francois-Henri, who is head of the luxury goods firm that owns Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent and Balenciaga, in 2006 after the pair first met in Venice.

Salma Hayek & Baby Valentina

Actress Salma Hayek and her 10-month-old daughter Valentina were spotted over the weekend in Malibu, California. Hayek is a rare celebrity mom that doesn't seem to hide her daughter from the press and flashing cameras. The kid is so adorable, I would want to show her off, too! They enjoyed lunch at Taverna Tony's restaurant.This sighting of the adorable mother-daughter team makes our PCM Pic of The Day.