FameCrawler : unconventional families

Tilda Swinton: Usually Mistaken For Her Sons' Father!

Sassy Smith — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 16:02:00 GMT

Actress Tilda Swinton admits that people often mistake her for a man because of her short hairstyle and she's usually called "Sir!"

Swinton, who has 11-year-old twin boys, Xavier and Honor, is usually mistaken for their dad.

"People call me 'Sir' in American hotels."

She adds, "I'm relatively tall, I don't wear make-up and I often wear my hair short.

"My son wears his hair long and we're often called father and daughter."

But Tilda, 48, takes it in stride. She actually loves playing male characters in movie roles.

"It's fun! Often there are poetic and creative moments in androgyny."

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Clay Aiken is a Push-Over

sweatpantsmom — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:03:00 GMT

Looks like new dad Clay Aiken is putty in the teeny hands of his newborn son. Talking about 3-1/2 month old son Parker, Aiken says, "I'm trying my best to be the one who doesn't always let him get what he wants, but he owns us." Speaking from experience, I say they're never too young to get grounded - a week without internet access and his pacifier should put you right back in control, Clay.

But looks like the baby's mother and Aiken's good friend Jaymes Foster really calls the shots. "It was probably a week before [she] had to change a diaper at all!" the singer tells Entertainment Tonight. Really? A week before she had to change a diaper? This woman is my new hero.

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That's More Amore: Tilda Swinton, Sandro Kopp, and Two Others

sweatpantsmom — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 05:25:00 GMT

Just how exactly do these people keep track of all their toothbrushes?

Tilda Swinton has always been open about her unconventional love life - the Michael Clayton actress lives in Scotland with lover John Byrne, 67, and their twin 10 year old boys, but she also has a relationship with Sandro Kopp, 29, a painter from Wellington.

Now it turns out the love triangle is actually a love square, with the revelation that Byrne also has a lover on the side: lighting director Jeanine Davis, 42.

Byrne, an director, playwright and artist, describes their situation as "relaxed and amicable."

"We have not hidden away and Jeanine is very much part of my life. Tilda knows all about it and is more than happy with the situation," he says in a recent interview. "Tilda has Sandro and the arrangement works very well."

Byrne also revealed that Davis has met his family and Kopp, Tilda's other lover. "I wouldn’t say we all socialised together but she has met Sandro and we have all been under one roof together ... I know some people will struggle to understand it, but it works for us.”

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