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Paloma Faith makes fun of gender reveals in scathing rant

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

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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