Some of us want kids, some of us don’tand either of those two options are equally valid.
It was nothing I wanted to re-create, the beloved chef said during a BBC interview,per JustJared.
Im always looking forward to look back and realized a lot of my decisions were based on my childhood.
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And so I think that was the motivating factor.
And Jeffrey and I were just so happy together.
Like, we’re fucking psyched all the time!
We’re laying in bed on Saturday mornings smoking weed, watching movies naked.
If we had kids, we could not be fucking doing this.
Two years later the pair are even more sure of their decision.
Rogenrevealed on a podcast in 2023.
Now, more than anything, the conversation is like, Honestly, thank God we dont have children.
We get to do whatever we want.
We are in the prime of our lives.
We are smarter than we’ve ever been.
We understand ourselves more than we ever have.
Patricia Clarkson
Ive never wanted to marry, Ive never wanted children.
I was born without that gene,Clarkson revealed in a conversation with Bruce Bozzi.
You have to be a great parent, and I was afraid I couldnt be….
I’m fine failing as an actor.
I didnt want to fail at being a parent.
I woke up at 50 in stilettos and a thong…. Ive had a great sexy-ass life.
Im constantly asking myself questions, reminding myself, Are you making that decision for you or someone else?
she said at the time.
Some people could be working on the world being a better place, or just being happy.
Jennifer Aniston
After years of tabloid speculation about her pregnancy status, Jennifer Aniston is fed up.
We get to determine our own ‘happily ever after’ for ourselves.
Motherhood has never been an ambition.
I dont think like that, she toldthe LondonTimesin 2004.
I just want to be independent and be able to take care of myself.
Anything else is just gravy.
If I had kids, my kids would hate me, she toldThe Hollywood Reporterin 2013.
Oh yeah, thats perfectly fine for somebody who wants to.
But at that time I didnt want toand Im glad I donthave any children, she toldMetro Weeklyin 2006.
God only knows what I would have done with them, poor things.
I really do like kids, but there wouldnt have been room in my life to raise children.
Honestly, wed probably be great parents, she wrote in an essay forPeoplein 2014.
We love our animals.
Instead she’ll just keep supporting those super-talented kids on her show.
I believe all the answers are ultimately within us.
Instead Cattrall considers herself a mother to the actors she mentors.
Margaret Cho
Margaret Cho doesn’t sugarcoat anythingincluding her aversion to having children.
I look at children and feel nothing, she said in her 2004Revolutionperformance.
Betty White
America’s grandma wasn’tactuallya grandma, in case you didn’t know.
I love children, White toldEntertainment Tonightin 2015.
It’s that simple.
Chelsea Handler
Chelsea Handler is pretty vocal about not wanting children.
I dont think Id be a great mother.
I dont want to have a kid and have it raised by a nanny.
I dont have the time to raise a child, she said onThe Conversation With Amanda de Cadenetin 2013.
Childhood was heartbreaking enough for anybody.
Not that it was so traumatic, but in many ways, it was in your own way.
So I froze my eggs, just in case.
Allison Brie
I don’t really want to have kids.
It would be nice, but I think of all the things that would be so stressful.
I think about how much we’re involved in our cats' lives.
Oh my God, if it was a child!
and he said, There are other ways to have children in your life.
That’s trueand I get these amazing doses with my brother’s kids.
But I’ve got to stop listening to other people.
It’s crazy the stuff women will tell you, the actor toldThe Telegraphin 2014.
I wouldn’t be in a position to do all of the things I’m doing now.
In 2013,Mirren told BritishVogue,[Motherhood] was not my destiny.
It was only boring old men [who would ask me].
