I don’t have a lot of faith in many of the British tabloid weeklies, mainly because they seem even worse than the American celebrity weeklies. There are a couple British gossip sites that I read regularly because they often get good scoops on some of the British celebrities, or visiting American celebrities. But too often the sources are one of the dreaded British weeklies, and I’ve learned to totally avoid the celebrity reports that originate in Look Magazine. That being said, I just couldn’t avoid this story, because I think it might be real. Not that Look (story via Showbiz Spy) actually got a good scoop – I think Look just made a really good guess, in this case.

They’re reporting that Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick are fighting all the time because SJP wants to hire a full-time nanny to look after the twins they are expecting via surrogacy. This is because SJP will have to go to work on the Sex and the City sequel like two minutes after the babies are born. A stressful film shoot – plus SJP’s likely a producer as well – means 18-hour-plus days, and no time to spend with those new babies SJP was so desperate for:

Sarah Jessica Parker has come to blows with her husband Matthew Broderick — because she wants to hire a nanny to care for their unborn twins, and he’s against the idea.

The couple — who are expecting the babies through a surrogate mother — allegedly had a heated argument because Sarah will begin working on the Sex and the City movie sequel soon after the children are born.

“They had a big row earlier this month when Sarah was trying to arrange nannies to help with the twins in the autumn when she starts filming,” a source told Britain’s Look magazine.

“I think Matthew was anxious about the babies being looked after by someone else. She hates the idea too but — not surprisingly — it looks like there’s just no way she can work 18-hour days on set and look after the children.

“Sarah is panicking a bit, wondering whether her and Matthew both being in their 40s means they’re too old to cope with the heavy workload newborns bring.

“She might be scared the night feeds, early mornings and lack of sleep could really divide a wedge between them.”

Sarah and Matthew — who have been married for 12 years — already have a a six-year-old son, James, together.

[From Showbiz Spy]

No judgment to all of the working mothers out there – motherhood on its own is the hardest gig. But I can’t imagine spending 18 hours a day on the set with two newborns being looked after by a nanny. I suspect this story is at least partially true because the babies are due right when SJP begins filming on the SATC sequel. So who will take care of the babies? Why was there such awful scheduling? SJP has known the surrogate’s due date for months, and as producer and star of SATC, she has a major say in the film schedule. Once again, no judgment, but if you’re going to go through all of the surrogacy drama, don’t you want to spend time with those babies? I’m really asking.

In other SJP-is-kind-of-flaky news, Page Six has a story about how she was pulled over by cops in the Hamptons recently. Thank goodness it wasn’t for drunk driving or anything – she was driving at night without her headlights turned on. And her son was in the car. According to Page Six’s source (which sounds like the cop who pulled her over), SJP “told him it was a brand-new car and she didn’t know how to turn them on. They showed her how and let her go with a warning.” I sometimes forget to turn on my headlights when I’m driving in a well-lit area – but my car has sensors that turn the headlights on automatically if they read any kind of darkness. I tend to think that if it’s a new car, and your kid is with you, you should just pull over to side of road and figure out how to turn on the damn headlights.

Sarah Jessica Parker and James Wilkie are shown out on 5/1/09. Credit: WENN.com