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Do celebrity nannies have to sign privacy agreements?
By: Christian, Casper, Wyoming
A.B. Replies: Thinking of becoming a nanny, are we? Well, prepare to have your lips epoxied shut by the invisible glue of the law. This substance is so strong Tom Cruise's lawyer will be able to wiretap your coffin for 50 years after you've passed away--just to make absolutely sure that, even in death, you never confirm the imaginary nature of Suri.
I exaggerate, but not by much. According to lawyers and nanny placement agents contacted by this B!tch, nondisclosure agreements between caregiver and client often last indefinitely. As in, forever. As in, even after the nanny has been fired or driven screaming from the Spears household by the sounds of Kevin Federline rapping about himself.
Employment agreements between nanny and boss are usually year-by-year contracts, but not the confidentiality portion. That tends to stick there. Through eternity.
"It is imperative that the terms a family and nanny leave on are not fuel for the family's proprietary information to go public," says Vanessa Wauchope, founder of Sensible Sitters, a nanny placement service with celebrity clientele. "Remember Daisy and Jude? You can be certain there would be more concrete stories published in Page Six if she didn't have a nanny contract."
By Daisy and Jude we mean Jude Law and nanny Daisy Wright. A year ago, the actor publicly admitted he had cheated on girlfriend-It girl-fashion juggernaut Sienna Miller by sleeping with Wright. Wright, who reportedly kept a diary of her trysts with Law, also tittered to Britain's Sunday Mirror that "Jude was a masterful lover who made my whole body tingle."
No major legal fallout resulted from that disclosure, only a chorus of gags echoing round Piccadilly Circus. One British tabloid later reported that Wright's nondisclosure agreement covered only her interactions with Sadie Frost--the mother of his kids--not Law.
Another blabbing nanny, however, did get dragged into court. Abbie Gibson, a governess to David and Victoria Beckham's brood, reportedly spilled some dish about the soccer player's love habits. The Beckhams sued Gibson, claiming she had violated a confidentiality agreement. She subsequently agreed to cluck more quietly.
The agreement can also get very specific about what the nanny cannot discuss. "Codename confidentiality" is one example, according to Wauchope. "Many nannies will have codenames to enter a gated community," Wauchope tells this B!tch. "It is very important that this name remains confidential, so that strangers or paparazzi do not have access to the home."
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