Let’s Stop Speculating About Whether Kylie Jenner Is Pregnant

Kylie Jenner, the youngest sibling in the Kardashian-Jenner clan, has never been short of media attention. From growing up on camera in Keeping Up With The Kardashians to going viral for getting her lips done at the age of 17 and subsequently launching a make-up empire that made her the world’s youngest ‘self-made’ billionaire, everything Kylie does becomes a talking point.

Unsurprisingly, that has come to include her romantic relationships and her family life too. Kylie has been dating her current boyfriend, Wonka and A Complete Unknown actor Timotheé Chalamet, since April 2024. As reality TV royalty and an Oscar nominated actor, their relationship sparked a lot of controversy from the offset. They have only been spotted together on a handful of occasions, even skipping the red carpet at the Golden Globes in 2024, and they choose to keep most details about their relationship private.

Kylie already has two children, Stormi and Aire, with her previous partner Travis Scott. On both occasions, she did not reveal that she was expecting a baby until after they were born for want of protecting her mental health and avoiding unnecessary media attention and trolling.

If she is pregnant again, which has not been confirmed, it is likely that she would follow the same procedure. However, it is no one’s right to speculate about whether someone is or is not having a baby. Nor is it their right to announce it as a fact or bombard their social media posts with questions.

Not only that, but the grounds for speculation around Kylie's 'pregnancy' are dubious at best. ‘Covering her belly and the pregnancy nose? Yeah she’s pregnant,’ wrote one TikTok user. Another user wrote, 'she's glowing...' and a third commented, 'A little kymothee on the way.' Within less than a few hours, her rumoured pregnancy was being reported on by media outlets around the world.

If sitting down with a bag over her stomach is all it takes to ring in her second trimester, there is little hope for any of us. And what, I hear you ask, is a ‘pregnancy nose’? Apparently, it’s a term that describes the physical changes that can occur in a woman’s nose while she’s pregnant i.e. it might appear larger or more swollen due to increased blood flow and an increase in oestrogen. However, it sounds like another pseudoscientific reason for women to be insecure – whether they are expecting a baby or not.

Sadly, it's something Kylie and other celebrities are all too used to. It’s the same story when someone famous goes a fortnight without posting their significant other on social media, if they are seen with or without a ring on their engagement finger, if they post a cryptic Instagram story, especially one featuring song lyrics, or if an unidentified and unchecked ‘source’ tells a tabloid that something is true.

At best, it’s a waste of everyone’s time, but at worst, it's probing into someone's personal life and turning their unconfirmed private news into a viral story. That's not something any of us should willingly partake in.

Nikki Peach is a writer at Grazia UK, working across pop culture, TV and news. She has also written for the i, i-D and the New Statesman Media Group and covers all things TV for Grazia (treating high and lowbrow shows with equal respect).