Kelly Brook says people are ‘shocked’ at how blunt she is about being child-free
Brook said she had ‘never had a really positive experience with pregnancies and trying for children.’
Kelly Brook has said people are “shocked” by how “blunt” she can be when asked about having children.
The TV star and model, 45, has spoken publicly about her choice to be child-free as well as her experience with multiple miscarriages.
Brook, who is married to Italian model Jeremy Parisi, told Prima magazine: “In my 20s and 30s, I had miscarriages and past relationships that took their toll on me, physically and emotionally.
“It affected my life, my career and how I looked at myself; it made me feel like a bit of a failure.
“It made me judge my partners negatively, by how they responded to it. I never had a really positive experience with pregnancies and trying for children.
“I just got so sick of being asked about it. ‘We’re not having children’ kind of closes off this conversation.
“I think people are shocked you can be that blunt about it, but that’s where we’re at.
“And we’re not saying that having children is a bad thing. Obviously, it’s not, but I don’t think I’m alone.
“A lot of women have reached out to me since I was on Loose Women talking about it and said, ‘I’m the same; thank you for talking about it and thank you for being honest about it’.”
She also told Prima: “The most difficult thing for me not having children over the last 20 years has been losing friends because your lives are so different.
“It’s sad in a way. I miss a lot of my old friends who have kids. To be honest, when I go for lunch and I’m watching them mother their children, I get a bit like, ‘I want the attention, you’re my friends.’
“I don’t want to sit there watching people parent.”
Brook spoke about her experience trying for children on ITV’s Loose Women in 2018 and warned against asking women why they do not have children.
She said on the show: “I have to say, ‘I have tried to have children, I just haven’t been lucky’.
“I’ve had several miscarriages, and when you ask that question to someone, you’ve got to think, there might be a medical reason why they’re not having children.”
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