Paloma Faith criticises gender reveals as she says third child will ‘decide its own identity’

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12 Feb 2026 • 3:07 AM MYT
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Paloma Faith has criticised gender reveals as she prepares to welcome her third child.

The singer, 44, previously kept the gender of her first child a secret for three years, telling the Radio Times she was "traumatised by the birth and protective of our privacy."

In a video posted to Instagram, the mother-of-three raised one pink balloon and one blue balloon before letting them deflate and asking: "Oh, come on, does it really matter?

"It's 2026 - do we even give a s**t about gender anymore?

"It'll be whatever it wants to be when it's old enough to decide its own identity."

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