TAKING THE PENIS

Ooh, that crazy Christina Aguilera likes a laugh doesn't she? This time it's at the expense of her newborn son, Max Liron, whom she welcomed home after his circumcision by decorating her house with penis balloons.

Now, we know that pop stars like to live a bit differently but isn't this just a bit cruel? It's a bit like suggesting a nice game of Monopoly to someone who's just lost their fortune on the housing market or having a welcome home bonfire for a burns victim, isn't it?

Christina, who was born a Catholic but converted to Judaism to marry her husband Jordan Bratman, said:

"I'm not Jewish, my husband's Jewish... I never really knew a lot of Jewish people growing up either, so I really had no idea about the bris [circumcision rite] and all the Jewish holidays. It's all a learning process for me.

"It was a very sweet experience; we had a lot of close friends come over and experience the bris with us."

Poor little Max, don't be surprised if he starts manifesting some psychological scarring in about 16 years time. Although 'The Oedipus of Beverly Hills' would no doubt sell a few newspapers...

Shall we expect the elevator pouring blood scene from 'The Shining' to be on loop to mark her future daughter's first menstruation? Poor little lambs.