"I have one big problem with Gabi and Geoff splicing their DNA."

by Mamamia Team June 15, 2015

Gabi Grecko and Geoffrey Edelsten are having a baby. But should we be celebrating?

We know because last night Gabi put a picture of her positive pregnancy test on Instagram. We know because she told breakfast radio this morning that she is “three or four weeks” into her pregnancy.

Gabi said to the Daily Mail: “My gyno [ gynecologist ] called and left messages [on Saturday] and said, “You’re pregnant!” I then took another test for myself” (because, you know, gynos can be unreliable, so it’s always best to check a medical opinion with a test you bought at the supermarket). In truth, she wanted the test because it makes a killer Instagram pic. Gabi knows her brand.

The couple say the baby is a huge shock, but who knows? In one breath, Gabi says that the baby was a surprise. In the next, she says that she wasn’t using any form of contraception and they were trying for a baby.

It’s not really worth trying to trace the truth here. The story shifts with these guys. It always does. They tell tales (even the story of how they met is contested – she says they met at a fashion show; he says they met on the street) and they court public attention. He proposed at the Melbourne Cup in a canary yellow suit with tabloid cameras that just happened to be perfectly positioned.

So they tell little lies. That’s their thing. They love attention. They love to shock. Big deal. Everyone in Australia could do that if they wanted to.

This is what Gabi and Geoff’s baby is going to look like, according to makemebabies.com. You’re welcome.:

Could this be the new Grecko-Edleston baby?

But there’s something that grates about this particular announcement. Something that just doesn’t sit right. Something wrong, even.

Gabi said to Fairfax Media this morning: “Me and Geoff are so happy we feel so blessed he told me before we were even engaged that I was the only woman he’d had ever wanted children with. He cried when we found out.”

Image via @mrsgabigrecko.

So, Gabi is the only woman Geoff had ever wanted children with. That’s sweet.

Except.

Except when you remember that Geoffrey Edelsten already has a son. His name is Matthew and he is 26, the same age as Gabi. Geoffrey and Matthew don’t really speak, though Gabi is keen to help the pair reunite. Gabi told the Daily Mail last November that she felt like she could help bring Matthew and Geoffrey closer together because she and Matthew are close in age and she’d be able to relate to him.

I’m going to go ahead and suggest that Matthew isn’t going to be too thrilled to hear that Gabi is the only woman who Geoff ever wanted to have a baby with. That might make Matthew feel a bit shit, despite how close he and Gabi are in age. Gabi and Geoff don’t seem that thoughtful and self-aware. They don’t necessarily think through the consequences of their actions. They live large. That’s who they are.

But, Geoffrey and Gabi are having a baby. They are bringing another person into their world – a world of shifting truths and exposure. A world where Mum announced she was breaking up with Dad on Instagram three days after becoming engaged. A world where Dad keeps mum’s engagement ring for safe keeping, presumably because he doesn’t trust her with it. A world where Mum nudes up in public and Dad gropes at mum’s boobs on the internet. A world where Mum and Dad are focussed on the next way they can shock Australia.

Hey, hey, Geoffrey and Gabi are having a baby.

Flick through the gallery below for more photos of Geoffrey and Gabi. (Post continues after gallery…)