Katherine Heigl is too busy for children
Categories: Pregnancy & birth, Money & work, Bump watch, Life & style, Mommy wars, That's entertainment
Actress and break-out movie sensation Katherine Heigl is too busy for children. The Grey's Anatomy star, whose recent silver screen hits include 27 Dresses and Knocked Up, says she is far too busy to consider having kids.
The newlywed's husband, musician Josh Kelley, basically couldn't agree more. According to him he's even taken some time off touring to focus more on music. Once you're married, though, inevitably comes all the questions about when you'll be starting a family.
Like many, many women before her, famous and not, Heigl is spurring on the trend of having a baby later in life (if indeed she wants kids at all). With a career as full and successful as Katherine's, I can certainly understand putting off motherhood for a while. Or, maybe the experiences she had while playing a pregnant woman in Knocked Up scared her!!!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Jyn 8-02-2008 @ 12:02PM
Personally, could not be happier that she has chosen not to reproduce. The last thing that her over-inflated Hollywood ego needs is the requisite "side" of kids for garnish.
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Shannon 8-06-2008 @ 10:44AM
Thats sad she's waiting. The longer you wait the harder it is to get pregnant. I feel sorry for those who don't want kids. They don't know what they are missing.
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jeanine 8-06-2008 @ 3:25PM
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jeanine 8-06-2008 @ 3:25PM
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CHRISTINE 8-06-2008 @ 3:36PM
WHY DOES EVERYONE NEED TO HAVE KIDS? I FEEL SORRY FOR YOU THAT YOU ARE SO CLOSED MINDED - EVERYONE HAS A DIFFERENT LIFE............WALK IN THEIR SHOES BEFORE YOU ARE SO QUICK TO JUDGE..................
Quadean 8-06-2008 @ 12:02PM
I would rather see with know kids then to have them and let someone else raise them.
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debb 8-06-2008 @ 3:25PM
We feel sorry for people like you who decide to have children- you have no iode what you are missing, how much freedom you have, how much money you have and how much sanity you have when you choose not to have children. It is mind blowing how ignorant those who have children are when it comes to the PERSONAL CHOICE about having/not having children. Odds are you put more thought nd attention into choosing a paint color or piece of furniture than into having a child. It takes great courage to look at having a child from ALL sides and make the CHOICE to be a parent or to not be. Did you-or most people with children- ever consider if YOUwere good enought to be a parent, if your child would spend more time in day care than with you, if the world/lifestyle YOU could provide was adeqate enough to truly fulfill all the needs and responsibilities of a child? Or did you just feel like having a child, think it would be cute? Most people have children for purly egotistical, selfish reasons...as do most people decide not to have a child, their just more honest about their motives than those who have children. People who have kids claim its a beautiful thing, a higher purpose when really all it does is satisfy some need to be loved, important, pass on their own personality traits and a myriad of other selfish reasons. Save your pity because we, the people who choose to be honest and make a DECISION about having a child, who take it seriously enough to actually consider for a moment the responsibilities involved, the lifestyle we can provide and what life the child would have, do not need or want to be pitied by the likes of you. Pity the children who have parents that didn't respect them enough to put a little thought into it, who still choose to be selfish, to be lazy, to be too busy or broke to support their kids Jackass.
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kim 8-06-2008 @ 5:05PM
I do not think cursing and calling people names is appropriate! I did NOT warrant the obscenities that you hurled at me ( I am a parent that you bunched in that cursed group) as I PERSONALLY did not say anything about your choice not to have kids (maybe YOU feel some loss about it or you would not be so hostile), not EVERYONE who has kids feels that people who do not are missing out. I absolutely LOVE my kids, although I married young and sometimes wish I had had them later in life, I am still in a top notch Masters program with two kids, so it is possible, and just because I chose to have them does not mean my life is over, I have traveled many places since having my children and yes they usually come with, but its been just as exciting for them. I still have date nights with my husband too. I still have money in the bank, I still wear nice clothes and am having the best times of my life, just as much fun as when I was single and/or without kids. HOWEVER, and here it is IT IS NOT MINE OR ANYONE ELSE'S CHOICE on if and/or when a person other than ourselves chooses to have or not have children. Its that simple really, Mrs. Heigl/Kelly has the right to NOT have kids or have them when she wants. Period and honestly I do not think its any of our business, I only got caught in this article because I saw Ms/Mrs.debb's response to someone saying they felt sorry for her not having kids, the ferocity of her response astounded me because it was not called for to call ALL of us whom have kids such names or to shoot down our choice, her response SHOULD have been directed at the person whom she disagreed with, who should have not generalized as well. Generalization is idiotic in ALL forms.
kim 8-06-2008 @ 5:23PM
Oh and as far as BEING selfish in having kids, how is that selfish? To have a child is VERY unselfish when its done right, and I am sorry you have had such bad parenting experiences that, that is what you think of having children and/or being a parent. I have sacrificed MUCH for my kids and it was hard to get where we are now, but I chose to have my kids even as a young woman, I have a BA, a great husband and a good job and I had my kids to love THEM, not for someone to love me, as I already love me. As far as my being a good parent, well considering both my kids are polite, sweet, and everyone says we are doing a great job, I would think we are. It is LOVE, time and responsibility that is required to take care of a child, you do not need loads of money, though it helps. But first and foremost is stability, love, time, energy and responsibility. So contrary to your beliefs there are parents who had their children for the right reasons and with the knowledge of what it entails to be a proper and great parent!
debb 8-08-2008 @ 12:29PM
If your such a great mom why are you spending so much time on line posting comments on blogs,go be a parent! Having a child is NOT A SELFLESS ACT by any stretch of the imagination, that is just somethng people like you tell yourself to make yourself feel important. All your reasons for deciding to have a child were selfish, whatever they were. A selfless act is doing something for a cause higher than yourself, something to benefit someone else other than yourself for no payoff to yourself. Having a child isn't a higher act,d, the lowest creature on Earth can reproduce. You had a child to be fulfilled and that is a selfish motive. Again, people who choose not to have children also do so for their own selfish reasons. Personal gratification is selfish, whether you have a child or not. You made the choice to sacrifice for the sake of having children, thats not selfless or heroic- THATS WHAT YOUR SUPPOSED TO DO- ITS THE RESPONSIBILITY of having a child so don't pat yourself on the back to much for doing what your supposed to do.
How much time have your children actually spent with you and not in daycare or with babysitters. Thats great that you have a BA, a great job,date nights and nice clothes and thats awsome that your kids are sweet and polite...did they learn that from you or the daycare?
Perhaps you took my comments as personally as you did and felt the need to defend yourself SOO vehemently because I struck a nerve with you. I had a great upbringing, had a stay at home mom who made sure my siblings and I had everything we needed,especially emotionally. She sacrificed her career for quite a few years to make sure we had a mom. What sacrifice did you make?
Sarah 8-06-2008 @ 5:34PM
At least she knows the difference between a child and a parakeet, and has enough sense not rush in to parenthood just because "everyone else is". More than a lot of her peers in the entertainment industry who seem to think children are the latest "must have accessory"...
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kim 8-06-2008 @ 5:55PM
Do you KNOW all of her peers? Firstly, the only ones I see who could be considered as having kids frivolously are Ashley Simpson, Nicole Ritchie, Jaime Lynn and Britney Spears. They had unprotected sex and ended up with babies, now as far as the others, Halle, Jennifer Lopez and Nicole Kidman have been waiting FOREVER to have kids. Angelina Joli and Brad Pitt have always stated they love kids and honestly I do not know of anyone else who just had kids willy nilly. Most of the stars with kids today ARE older parents, if you look at the actual amount of parents in Hollywood having kids, almost all are in their late 30's, or in thier 40's and 50's and there are only 5 stars that are in their 20's and one in her teens. I wish people would stop thinking ALL people have kids just to say they did it, yes some people do, just like some people do not have kids because they are selfish, no getting around that, but NOT ALL people are the SAME! Will people pleaseeeeeeee stop generalizing, OMG it is so irritating!
Sarah 8-06-2008 @ 6:24PM
Kim,
Relax!!!! In my own "fresh" way, I was being supportive of Ms. Heigl's decision to delay parenthood. I am an educated woman in my late 40's who waited until I was 30 to start my family. I am keenly aware how children change your life ( both positively and negatively) and wish more people would take the decision to have children seriously. A lot of what the media puts out there, trivializes the decision to have children. What is irritating is having you continuosly rant at the rest of us.
kim 8-06-2008 @ 5:41PM
Oh and just to address your comment about how we all work ourselves to death because we irresponsibly chose to have kids, I am a stay at home mom and have been since my first was born, granted, again I am blessed, however, my father was a Doctor and my mom a Psychologist; I was a latch key kid, and I turned out pretty good I think, I was a cheerleader, got a 3.5 all throughout high school and college, and a 4.0 now in my masters program. I volunteered all of my life and still do when I have a free moment, and YES I am a soccer *gasp* mom!! So, to make my point, one can be a full time parent and raise outstanding kids! My sisters and brothers are awesome! All four of us, with two hard working parents. My bff also had hard working parents and whom made less money than mine with 6 kids and ALL of them have either BA's, Masters and/or Doctorates. My parents are now retired and living the good life down in Florida! So much for your whole life being ruined when you have kids. Just had to address that comment it really irritated me, because to say that ALL people with kids have ruined their lives and/or are selfish "jackarses" well I found that just to rude to pass by.
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