Claire Danes admits she felt a little “shame” when she got pregnant in her 40s.
In case you didn’t know, Claire and her hubby Hugh Dancy welcomed their third child — who is also their first daughter — in 2023. The publicly unnamed little girl came as a huge surprise, as the actress got pregnant with her when she was 44 years old!
On Monday’s episode of the SmartLess podcast, she opened up about another surprise she experienced during her pregnancy — the feelings of shame that came with it:
“I was so old when that happened. I was 44. [I] didn’t think it was possible [to get pregnant at that age].”
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Claire went on to say she felt “weird” for a very sad reason:
“Well, it was actually really interesting because I did not foresee this at all. And it was weird. Suddenly I felt like a funny shame. I was naughty. I had been caught fornicating past the point I was meant to. No, it was weird, and it was like I found an edge that I hadn’t been quite conscious of.”
Ugh… Society is so strict, it literally pushes women to feel ashamed of everything they do and don’t do. Even something as normal as having sex in their forties! It’s so heartbreaking to hear Claire felt weird for this.
Despite it all, though, the Homeland star says her daughter is a “blessing” — and now she’s 2 years old and “loves a tutu”. Aww! Listen to the podcast for yourself around the 9:41 timestamp (below):
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