Patricia Clarkson is the latest celebrity opening up about her reasons for living a child-free lifestyle. While it initially wasn’t an easy decision for her to make, she feels that ultimately it was the right one.
“My mother said, ‘Patty, I just don’t want you to wake up at 50 and be unhappy.’ I woke up at 50 in stilettos and a thong,’ “ she recalled her mother telling her about living a child-free life. “I’ve had a great sexy-ass life.”
The Sharp Objects star recently sat down with Bruce Bozzi for his podcast Table for Two and talked about her life decision that has brought judgement, but also a life full of happiness.
“I made a big choice,” Clarkson admitted. “But I knew it when I was young.”
“I’ve had beautiful men in my life and I’ve thought about it with this one artist I dated when I was 38; I had a window to have a child. But at the end of the day, I loved working.”
Clarkson said she realized how much her parents sacrificed when it came to raising her and she understood “you have to really be committed to having children to be a great parent.”
“I was afraid I couldn’t be [committed to having kids]. And didn’t want to fail at being a parent. I’m fine failing as an actor.”
Her entire life isn’t dedicated to work. She still has plenty of time for all the other relationships in her life.
“I love being an aunt, I love being a sister, I love being a daughter, I love being a great best friend. I’m a very good friend, I think. It’s not what I wanted to define me because I didn’t want to fail.”
“I have so many sisters who have beautiful children, and they now have beautiful children,” she said. “I love being an aunt, I love it more than— probably more than acting, which is odd. They’re on par. But I’m telling you, these are gorgeous children, but that doesn’t have to define every woman.”
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So often women are judged if they choose to live a child-free life. We need to stop judging others’ decisions that don’t affect us.