What the Kiwi gossip mags say

BY CHRIS SCHULZ

She's eight months pregnant and recently lost her job as the host of TV3's defunct morning news show Sunrise. So you'd think Carly Flynn would have time to relax, drink some tea and wait for her baby belly to blow.

But, as she tells this week's Woman's Day, Flynn is suffering from low blood pressure and a chest infection as she juggles nesting, house renovations and a new job at The Breeze as she and hubby Dave prepare for the arrival of their first child together.

"I'm so tired all the time - my blood pressure is about 80 over 50, which is really low," Flynn, 32, tells WD. "I'm so weak that I can barely speak if I climb a flight of stairs."

Consider yourself lucky she gathered enough breath to get that sentence out.

With all that going on, undertaking major house renovations - including a new office and bathroom - is probably the last thing Flynn should be undertaking.

"At 32 weeks' pregnant I decided it was time to get a new bathroom. Now we've got building dust all through the house and no washing machine for two weeks," Flynn says.

"I'm just hoping this baby stays in there for long enough so all the building is done and I actually get time to put my feet up and rest a bit."

Somebody warn the baby to steer clear of Flynn's teddy bear with no nose. He's scary. And how does he smell anything?

Meanwhile, Kate Hawkesby and her million-dollar dad John pair up for a four-page feature in Woman's Weekly, discussing their best tips to become celebrity newsreaders.

Having sparkling pearly whites is important, apparently.

"I'll always remember one crazy bit of advice (John) used to give us, which was, 'Brush your teeth'," Kate tells WW. "That's always pretty much been dad's big mantra with us all our lives: 'Clean your teeth and you'll feel good about yourself'."

Brushing's good, but only floss will get rid of that pesky spinach.

Elsewhere, three All Blacks offer up their style secrets to WD with disastrous consequences.

Out of Jimmy Cowan, Ma'a Nonu and Jerome Kaino, the only one with a beauty regime is Cowan, who likes to use a facial wash and moisturiser. So that's how he gets his cheeks so smooth.

Kaino admits getting his hair cut every two months, but Nonu refuses to admit wearing - as has been rumoured in the past - eyeliner during games, skirting the issue by saying he simply "gets up and goes".

What, no shower? Are you flatting with Carly Flynn?

Finally, the quote of the week comes from Chloe from Wainuiomata: "I do wish I hadn't gone out night-clubbing so much when the children were little."

Wait, what? Wainuiomata has nightclubs? It's hipper than we thought.

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