Pregnant Paloma Faith hits out at gender reveals in new video as she declares: ‘It’s 2026 – do we even give a s**t anymore?’

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Paloma Faith has hit out at gender reveals in a new video shared to her Instagram on Tuesday. 

In a recent video, the 44-year-old singer, who is pregnant with her second child – and first with boyfriend Stevie Thomas – revealed the baby’s gender. She held up both a pink and a blue balloon, announcing it was her gender reveal post.

Smiling for the camera, she playfully held up two balloons and announced, ‘We’re about to find out – is it a boy or a girl? I’m excited to share with everyone!’

The celebrity then dramatically let go of the balloons, which quickly lost air as they rose, and followed that with her opinion on gender reveal parties.

She said: ‘Oh, come on, does it really matter? 

Honestly, I was floored by her passionate outburst! She playfully confronted the camera, asking if, by 2026, we’d finally moved past caring about gender. Then, with real fire, she called out anyone holding prejudiced views, emphasizing that a child should be allowed to define their own identity when they’re ready. It was a powerful moment, and I completely agree with her sentiment.

This follows Paloma’s earlier decision to keep her first child’s gender a secret for the first three years of their life. That child is now nine years old.

I remember back in 2018 when Paloma shared why she didn’t want to reveal whether her little one, who was about 13 months old at the time, was a boy or a girl. She felt strongly that growing up in the spotlight isn’t good for kids, and that’s why she actually used ‘they’ when talking about her child publicly. It really resonated with me – she was putting her kid’s wellbeing first.

The singer behind ‘Changing,’ who shares a daughter with her former husband Leyman Lahcine (born December 2016), recently discussed motherhood and feminist beliefs on Good Morning Britain.

The singer explained she’s kept details about her baby private because she doesn’t think fame is good for children. When speaking publicly, she uses gender-neutral pronouns for the baby, but uses their actual gender pronouns privately.

The star also spoke about female empowerment and her strong feminist beliefs. 

She said: ‘Every decade is a good time to be a woman because we are absolutely amazing.’

I created this album to share my beliefs and encourage people to think differently. I strongly identify as a feminist, and I believe all women – regardless of race, body type, or background – deserve equal respect.

I was really shocked the other day to overhear someone say a person’s only value was their ability to have children. It was a truly awful and hurtful thing to say, and I couldn’t believe someone would think like that.

The singer behind the song ‘Only Love Can Hurt Like This’ shared that having a child has changed how she sees the world.

Becoming a parent shifts your focus to the future and what values you want to instill in your child, she said.

It always makes me happy to see young boys pushing strollers, because it shows they’re developing a sense of responsibility and kindness.

In October 2017, she talked to The Mirror about her decision to raise her child as gender-neutral.

She explained: ‘I love being a mum. I want two or three kids in all and they’ll be gender neutral.’

The singer also avoids dressing her child in traditionally gendered colors like pink and blue, explaining that she wants to raise her child with a belief in gender equality.

She stated: ‘I just want them to be who they want to be.’ 

I recently chatted with Paloma on Lorraine, and it seems there was a bit of a misunderstanding! She clarified that when she talked about not wanting to assign a gender to her baby, she actually meant she simply wants to keep the baby’s sex a surprise – she’s choosing to keep it private, not raise the child with a neutral gender identity. It’s all about privacy for her, and she wanted to set the record straight!

Paloma explained that she was committed to keeping her child’s identity private, wanting to shield them from the pressures of her celebrity just as much as challenging traditional ideas about gender.

She explained that people seem to be mixing up the issues of privacy and gender neutrality.

I don’t want to embarrass them by revealing our relationship, as they might be private or not want others to know I’m their mother.

She explained that it’s important for both boys and girls to learn valuable life lessons through play. She believes boys benefit from developing kindness and caring through playing with dolls, while girls need to feel empowered to pursue any career they choose, like science, math, or firefighting.

‘The confusion is that I used a word that means different things to different people.’

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2026-02-10 22:49