There are some downsides to being a woman in the public eye, not least being subjected to ruthless, misogynistic body-shaming.

From Eva Longoria to Alyson Hannigan, countless female stars have seen tabloids bear false headlines about their ‘baby bumps’ (generally a means of penning unsavoury comments about a woman’s physical appearance). In 2016, Jennifer Aniston decided enough was enough and wrote a blistering missive about how tiresome it is to have to defend any change in her body, calling out suggestions that she was secretly pregnant for what they really were: “absurd and disturbing”.

And she was right: no one should need reminding that a woman’s body is not something to speculate over.

But now, after daring to place a hand somewhere near the region of her own midriff, Halle Berry is the latest high-profile actor targeted by pregnancy rumours.

Halle Berry forced to respond to pregnancy rumours after eating steak and chips