I can’t say I’m a diehard fan of this actress, but I do respect her right to make choices for herself and not be judged by the public over every little thing.

For instance, I don’t agree with critics calling the dress she wore to the Academy Awards “ugly.”  Yes, it was black and simple.  An appropriately non-glitzy Balenciaga gown for a woman in the early months of pregnancy.

She might have taken a moment to re-think the goofy necklace she wore, but hey - she was certainly not among the Worst Dressed on the red carpet.

And as for the New York Post attempting to scandalize the fact that she wanted to sip white wine backstage at the Oscars, I’m thinking, who cares?

Pregnant women are not unilaterally denied alcoholic beverages by their doctors. They are asked to drink conservatively - as in having only one glass of wine, a beer or a mixed drink per day, unless they are experiencing complications or are in the midst of a high-risk pregnancy.

So she sipped a glass of white wine backstage.  Kidman’s publicist, Catherine Olim, has since taken the New York Post to task for printing the item, calling the column’s author, Cindy Adams, an “idiot”.

I don’t think the rest of us are going to lose sleep over the fact that Nicole ingested a bit of fermented grape before she took the stage at the Oscars.