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Idol's Kat McPhee Weds, Lily Allen Splits from Beau

Katharine McPhee by Michael Bezjian/WireImage.com and Lily Allen by Eamonn McCormack/WireImage.com

American Idol Season 5 runner-up Katharine McPhee, 23, on Saturday married 42-year-old actor Nick Cokas, her boyfriend of more than a year, in front of 300 guests at the Beverly Hills Presbyterian Church.

Lily Allen has split from her boyfriend, the Chemical Brothers' Ed Simons, People reports — this just two weeks after the songstress suffered a miscarriage of the couple's child.

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Feb 3, 2008 10:10 AM

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It's no reflection on you, Matt, because it is a very common way to phrase the situation, but it always bothers me when someone says "...(she) miscarried the couple's child". As if it's her fault, or was her idea, or she had any say in the matter whatsoever. Let's, as a society, come up with better phrasing for that terrible circumstance.
Posted by curluplw Feb 3, 2008 2:25 PM Report Abuse

I do agree it should be worded differently. She lost a child. It was not her idea to miscarry. I am sorry for Lily's loss. Congrats to Kat McPhee.
Posted by cigi1028 Feb 3, 2008 8:58 PM Report Abuse

"Suffered a miscarriage" is probably a more compassionate way to word it, but to be fair, I really doubt that anyone read the original article and thought that it meant Lily did anything to her own child.
Posted by Dianora Feb 4, 2008 10:41 AM Report Abuse

Of course the article didn't mean that Lily did anything, and of course no one thought Lily did anything. I just don't like that the phrase boils down to "you miscarried your child". It just adds unkind weight to an already tragic situation. I prefer "suffered a miscarriage" also.
Posted by curluplw Feb 4, 2008 10:54 AM Report Abuse

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