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Tom Cruise attends Taylor Swift's Eras Tour after skipping Suri's graduation

Tom Cruise was all smiles at Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour show in London Saturday night after skipping daughter Suri’s high school graduation in NYC just hours prior. The “Top Gun” star looked gleeful at Wembley Stadium as he traded friendship bracelets with fans ahead of the singer’s second of three sold-out performances in England’s capital city. The 61-year-old actor — who rocked dark wash jeans, a white T-shirt and a black jacket — sat among A-list attendees including Mila Kunis, Ashton Kutcher, Hugh Grant and “Barbie” director Greta Gerwig. Tom Cruise attended Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour show in London on Saturday night after skipping daughter Suri’s high school graduation the night prior. X/@tswifterastour The “Top Gun” actor was seen trading friendship bracelets with fans and dancing to “Shake It Off.” X/@martareismatias Mila Kunis, Ashton Kutcher and Hugh Grant also attended night two of three sold-out concerts. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management Cruise appeared to be having the time of his life as he — much like Prince William the night prior — danced along to the Grammy winner’s hit song “Shake it Off” with his famous peers in the VIP tent. Swift’s beau, Travis Kelce, was also among stars as he attended his second London concert in a row with his brother and sister-in-law, Jason and Kylie. Meanwhile in the US, Cruise’s estranged 18-year-old daughter graduated from LaGuardia High School the day prior. Cruise’s 18-year-old daughter graduated from NYC’s LaGuardia High School on Friday. BrosNYC / BACKGRID Katie Holmes was on hand to support her only child. BrosNYC / BACKGRID The mother-daughter duo took pictures together after the ceremony. BrosNYC / BACKGRID A beaming Suri was photographed greeting friends outside the venue shortly after they received their diplomas. She also eagerly took pictures with mom Katie Holmes, who proudly stood by her daughter’s side on the special day. The teenager dressed for the heat in a white sundress and heels adorned with a flower. Cruise has been estranged from Suri for years. He and Holmes divorced in 2012. AP He confirmed that the “Dawson’s Creek” actress filed for divorce “in part to protect Suri from Scientology.” Getty Images She completed her summery ensemble with a red graduation robe and white sash. The 45-year-old “Dawson’s Creek” alum, for her part, looked cheerful in beige pleated trousers and a matching collared shirt. Cruise’s choice to opt out of the graduation does not come as a surprise, as he has been estranged from the teen for years. Scientology does not let its members associate with non-believers. AFP via Getty Images Cruise and Holmes were married from 2006 to 2012. Arnaldo Magnani/GettyImages Suri even dropped the “Risky Business” actor’s last name in her school’s official graduation pamphlet, opting instead to go by her first and middle names, “Suri Noelle.” Cruise confirmed in a 2012 deposition that Holmes divorced him “in part to protect Suri from Scientology.” Followers of the controversial religion are not allowed to associate with nonbelievers. Suri will attend Carnegie Mellon University in the fall. maiajwong/TikTok Suri — who revealed she will attend Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh in the fall — did not let her father’s absence ruin her final days of high school. Earlier this week, she was seen having a blast with her friends as they took pictures before they went off to prom. Suri looked like a spitting image of her mother in a ’90s-inspired floral gown that featured a corseted bodice. Cruise still has a relationship with his eldest children, Connor and Isabella, who practice Scientology. WireImage He shares the adopted pair with ex-wife Nicole Kidman. Getty Images Holmes and Cruise split in 2011 nearly six years after tying the knot. The “Mission Impossible” actor shares daughter Isabella, 31, and son Connor, 29, with ex-wife Nicole Kidman, whom he separated from in 2001 following an 11-year marriage. Cruise still spends time with his eldest children as they have followed in his Scientology-practicing footsteps. Source link Read the full article

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When we see our favorite celebrities posing for photoshoots with serene babies, or posting perfect Instagrams of their homes, we can’t help but wonder if some people just have a knack for parenting. Thankfully, there are also honest celebrity moms and dads out there who reveal the truth about how they “do it all”: with the help of really good nannies, babysitters, and night nurses. In fact, unless they’ve said otherwise, you can assume that a lot of the actors, designers, and musical artists you love are getting a little help in the childcare department. After all, there is someone holding up the phone for those perfect Instagram photos and watching the kids while they work on movie sets. For years, many celebrity moms have been a little bit bashful about this fact, and they kept their nannies, baby nurses, and babysitters out of the picture, never mentioning them. The only times we ever had hints that nannies existed in Hollywood was when straying husbands were caught cheating with them (ahem, Ben Affleck), or when some caregiver had enough of their demanding famous bosses (looking at you, Mariah Carey) and leaked their life details to the press. Related story Jessica Biel Wants Everyone To Know How She Really Feels About Her Nannies Thankfully, we find ourselves in an age of a more “confessional” style of parenting. Everyone is admitting that it’s nearly impossible to raise kids in this world, and a handful have been ready to tell us about the women (and sometimes men) who keep things running at home to make their career successes possible. If it was okay for important men of history to rely on stay-at-home wives to make their work possible, important women can get help, too. That’s why nannies are coming out of the shadows and getting shout-outs on Instagram, publishing deals, and even cameos in an SNL video by Amy Poehler and Tina Fey. Oversharing moms like Amy Schumer are giving night nurses credit for their postpartum mental health, too. “I don’t know how not to be honest,” Shonda Rhimes told USA Today of why she credits her nanny when she answers that age-old question of how she does it all. “It does such a disservice to any other woman who’s out there reading and thinking, ‘Oh, it’s so easy for somebody else,’ And it’s not easy. It’s not easy for me. So I know it can’t be easy for somebody who doesn’t have any help. It felt like [I] should absolutely be honest as to how it works and how it is.” When we learn that busy and accomplished women like this have help, it makes the rest of us feel better about not doing as much as they do. At the same time, we still feel super jealous. What would the rest of us be able to accomplish with a household staff? Or even just with good maternity leave and affordable childcare? Well, we can ponder our desire for an equitable economy another time. For now, let’s just enjoy these famous moms and dads being honest about their awesome nannies. A version of this story was originally published on July 30, 2020. Kylie Kelce Image Credit: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images Kylie Kelce didn’t hold back about the importance of her nanny. In a January appearance on Sunday Sports Club with Allison Kuch, the field hockey coach shared that it’s “so important” to take time for yourself as a mom, per PEOPLE. She shared that her nanny of three years has been a “huge” help when she needs to “step away.” “The girls don’t cry when I leave. They’re excited that she’s there,” Kylie said about her daughters Wyatt, born in Oct. 2019, Elliotte, born in March 2021, and Bennett, born in Feb. 2023, who she shares with husband Jason Kelce. “I know that we’ve had enough discussion that she is holding them to the same standards that I hold them to.” The girl mom, who is expecting her fourth daughter in 2025, also revealed some helpful advice she received about self-care. “When there is an infant, like a newborn in the house, I was once told by a maternity nurse, like a recovery nurse in labor and delivery, that you should prioritize showering every day [because] it might be the only five minutes you get to yourself,” she said, per PEOPLE. “I have really tried to take that to heart when I come home and am in recovery phase because sometimes it really is the only time you do not have a baby touching you,” she added. And, of course, it’s much easier to get this time to yourself (and more!) with a nanny to help. In a Dec. 2024 episode of her Not Gonna Lie with Kylie Kelce podcast, she shared that her husband does not watch the girls while she works. “How do I say this nicely? No,” she said, per TODAY. “When I have to do something — coaching, something for Eagles Autism Foundation, podcast, a doctor’s appointment even — I will schedule childcare. My husband could tell me 72 times that he is going to be in the house during the times when I have to leave it; I will still schedule childcare,” she explained. She doesn’t fault him for this, because she knows her retired NFL player husband is “busier than he has ever been.” Kylie added, “I just make sure I’m covered, and if that means that he’s at the house and someone else is there, then that’s what we have going on. He will not be watching the kids. He’s not watching them right now. I think he’s in meetings.” Allison Holker Image Credit: Gregg DeGuire/Variety via Getty Images So You Think You Can Dance judge and mom of three Allison Holker said in 2024 that her nanny of eight years is like her sister. The two care for  “My kids see her as their big sister, second mom,” she told People. “Some people probably meet us and think we’re married at this point because every decision I make, we make together. And I’m not shy about that.” “Of course I’m the parent, but I respect her so much that her opinion matters in our home as well, even if it’s different than mine,” she continued. “And so I just really respect that she has been such a player in our lives for so long.” Chrissy Teigen Image Credit: Chelsea Lauren/WWD. “We have 4 incredible people, not all at once,” Teigen responded to a question on Twitter about how many nannies she has. “One will rotate and stay through the night.” On Mother’s Day 2023, Teigen was praised for transparency after she shouted out her four nannies in a sweet Instagram tribute. The post featured photos of the nannies snuggling her kids, and was captioned, “Grateful for all the people who make it possible for me to be the best mother I can possibly be. I am endlessly thankful for your presence in this home and all our lives. we love you.” Tamron Hall Image Credit: Getty Images “I’ve talked about the fact that our nanny lives with us,” Tamron Hall told SheKnows in February 2023. “It’s impossible to do it without her; my nearest family members are 2 thousand miles away. And I made a very conscious and deliberate decision to make sure people knew this about my life. I wasn’t going to pretend and I also felt that [to do so] was diminishing this great woman who chose a career to care for my son when I’m not able to be there.” Busy Philipps Image Credit: Getty Images Busy Phillips graciously wished a Happy Mother’s Day to all the nannies she’s had throughout the years in a poignant Instagram post.  “Being a mom isn’t a called a job for nothing,” the post was captioned, alongside a carousel of photos featuring her kids and their nannies. “And I wouldn’t have made it this far as a mom and a human without the incredible women who’ve helped me show up for my kids as my best self. Their love and care for my kids has allowed me to go to work and travel with the knowledge that the two humans most important to me will be taken care of.” Philipps concluded the post by saying, “Happy Mother’s Day to all who mother, especially the ones who maybe don’t always get the credit for it.” Jemima Kirke Image Credit: Getty Images Jemima Kirke shared a blatantly honest tidbit in an Instagram post that people rarely say out loud (even if they agree). The Girls actor “can’t stand playing with children.” And so, she gave her children’s nanny a big thank you on Mother’s Day. “You’ve saved them and me a whole lot of boredom,” she said. “Thank you for making me a better mother and for being nothing short of another mom to my children.” Amy Schumer Image Credit: Kevin Mazur/WireImage Though she had a hell of a pregnancy, Amy Schumer told the What to Expect podcast that she didn’t experience postpartum depression, for which she credits the help she got: “I had a baby nurse, and I have an assistant. So I think that if I didn’t have those luxuries, I’m sure I would be in that club.” Ali Fedotowsky-Manno Image Credit: Michael Tullberg/Getty Images “I think for a while I was too embarrassed to get someone to help me because I was worried about being judged for not being able to do it all myself,” Fedotowsky-Manno wrote on Instagram. “And ya know what, I’m kind of upset with myself for waiting as long as I did because not only am I a better mommy now but I feel like I have some of my sanity back.” Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Image Credit: Getty Images Meghan Markle and Prince Harry opened up about the invaluable role their son Archie’s former nanny played in not only their son’s life, but their family’s life. “She just took care of, not just Archie, but she took care of us,” Markle said. “She definitely took care of me.” When Lorren Khumalo first visited the family’s then-home of Frogmore Cottage, she felt instantly at ease when she saw Prince Harry walking barefoot in the garden. She soon fell into a routine with the family and asked if she could incorporate Zimbabwean traditions into her caregiving. “She said, ‘Is it ok if I tie him on my back with a mud cloth like we do in Zimbabwe?'” Markle remembered. “I said, ‘Yes! Let’s do that.'” Prince Harry remembers Archie sleeping soundly while holding Khumalo’s back. “It was brilliant,” he said. Melanie Lynskey Image Credit: The Hollywood Reporter via Getty After winning the Critic’s Choice Best Actress in a Drama Series award in 2022 for her performance in Yellowjackets, actor Melanie Lynskey took to the stage and thanked a pivotal person in her life. “The most important person I have to thank before I finish is my nanny, Sally,” she said. “I love her. She’s an absolute angel. She’s with my child, and I know my child is safe and taken care of, and she allows me to go and do my work. Thank you, Sally. I love you so much.” In the eyes of many, that public display of gratitude was just as (if not more) praise-worthy as the award itself. Amanda Kloots Image Credit: Getty Images In a May 2021 episode of The Talk, co-host Amanda Kloots said her manny, nanny, and amazing friends “will literally help me at any moment of the day,” but it is understandably still hard to be a single mom while navigating the immense grief of losing her late husband Nick Cordero to COVID-19. In a moving Instagram tribute, she expressed just how much one manny means to her and her son Elvis, 3. “After Nick passed and I realized I needed a lot of help, this wonderful human stepped into our lives as his manny. I really wanted a manny because I knew Elvis needed male energy in his life. What I didn’t know was how much he would help us both,” she said. “Thom, you have been the best example to my son. You brighten his day, taught him manners, kept him (well put him) on a schedule, cared for him like he was your own, helped us through so many life transitions, stayed late, arrived early…. there is nothing ever that you said you couldn’t do for us or help us with. I honestly don’t know what we will do without you. You are one of the most fantastic human beings I know and everyone that knows you thinks the same.” Anderson Cooper Image Credit: George Chinsee for WWD Anderson Cooper’s son Wyatt was sleeping through the night at just 3 months old, and the broadcast journalist was quick to give credit to Wyatt’s “amazing” caregiver for making that possible.  “I have an amazing nurse…I’m not sure what she’s done, but I’m told there’s no Ambien or whiskey involved,” he joked. Amanda Seyfried Image Credit: The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Amanda Seyfried has been vocal about just how much she appreciates the childcare her mother provides. She moved into Seyfriend’s house after her daughter Nina was born, and she hasn’t moved out. And honestly, Seyfried told The Sunday Times, she doesn’t want her to. In an intervew with Molner’s Table, she said her mother is not only Nina’s nanny, but her “third parent.” “I am so lucky, I know I am,” the Mamma Mia star said. Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds Image Credit: Christopher Polk for Variety Blake Lively leans on her parents for help with her and husband Ryan Reynolds’ children. They are “pretty much the nannies,” she said, and she is quick to sing their praises. “They are the best baby nurses you could pray for,” she said. “They raised five kids so they know what they are doing.” Megan Fox Image Credit: Brenton Ho for Billboard When Megan Fox’s son Noah was an infant, she and her then-husband Brian Austin Green hired a night nurse. This choice was not only made for the sake of their baby’s wellbeing, but for the sake of their marriage. She told TV host Jay Leno that she “overestimated her abilities,” and so she didn’t hire help originally. “I had no idea how difficult babies could be, so Brian and I were exhausted,” she said. It’s a reality all parents face, no matter how happy they are to have a child. The Transformers actor said she always wanted to be a mom and that she gets more satisfaction from motherhood than her career. “But I said to Brian, ‘We have to get a night nurse or we’re going to get a divorce because someone’s got to sleep in this house or we’re going to kill each other.'” Zoe Kazan Image Credit: Getty Images In a 2022 interview with Marie Claire, actress Zoe Kazan explained that the only way she and her husband, actor Paul Dano, could continue their careers after having a child was to rely on a nanny and family support. “We started filming [She Said] the exact same day that Paul started filming in Los Angeles. Our daughter had two parents who were working 17-hour days on opposite sides of the country. And the only way that we could make that work was that I had to have a really extraordinary nanny, who I am so indebted to. And my parents relocated for almost three months.” She continued, “My mother was a working mother who did not have someone doing that for her. And the reason that she feels so missionized, I think, to do this for us is to give me a different experience than she had. And so that was on my mind every day when I went to work.” Speaking of her upcoming movie, Kazan explained, “Those scenes of motherhood in the movie were actually some of the most important scenes to me. Everyone talks about work-life balance, but it’s also really hard to balance your priorities. I wanted to be the person who took my daughter to her first day of preschool, and I couldn’t do that because I felt like this job, this work was as important as that. And vice versa. I was just really relieved to read a script where that was represented and where I could put that part of myself in there… It made me feel not alone.” In a 2020 tweet, she said urged more people who win awards on TV to thank their children’s various caregivers. She went on to say that though she and her husband were only parents for a little over a year at that point, they had “employed more than a dozen women over three continents in that time.” “All of whom have made it possible for us to do our jobs; this is not to mention our family & friends who have pitched in,” she said. “The debt is immense.” Michelle Obama Image Credit: Getty Images During a conversation with NPR, Former First Lady Michelle Obama opened up about adding a nanny to her support system while shedding a light on the fact that most women aren’t able to do so for their families. “There is no shame in getting support. Your kids will value it; they will value you being less stressed. The guilty part of that piece, if you’re a woman who has the resources, is that we all know women who don’t have that choice.” She continued, “Sometimes we hide it because it’s like, ‘Dang, how am I talking about a nanny and a this and a that when I know that there are women, my peers, my cousins, who don’t have that support. They’re doing just as much as I’m doing but they don’t have access to affordable childcare. They couldn’t think of having a nanny. They don’t have flexibility in their work schedules.’ So part of it is that there’s kind of survivor’s remorse about what you’re able to do.” George Clooney & Amal Clooney Image Credit: Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty Images George and Amal Clooney don’t have a parade of caretakers in and out of their home. They rely on just one to care for their twins Ella and Alexander, who were born in 2017.  “We don’t, because it’s so important to Amal [to be involved],” the actor told The Guardian in December 2021. “We have a nanny four days a week and the rest of the time it’s just us. And during lockdown it was just us – for a full year! I felt like my mother in 1964, doing dishes and six loads of laundry a day.”  Brooklyn Decker Image Credit: Priscilla Grant/Everett Collection “As far as how I do it all, to be totally frank, I have help,” the Grace and Frankie actress told SheKnows in an exclusive interview. “I have a wonderful nanny who makes it so that I know my kids are safe and taken care of when I have to travel. And I have a husband who’s retired… We have this unique luxury of really being able to offer each other professional support and have the resources to be able to have childcare. And that’s the only way I can do it. That’s the only way.” Shonda Rhimes Image Credit: Stewart Cook/WWD. “I’ve read a lot of books written by and about working women and I’m struck by the fact no one ever seems to want to talk about having help at home,” the TV producer wrote in her book, Year of Yes. “Which I think is not so helpful to the women who don’t have help at home.”  Gwyneth Paltrow Image Credit: Christopher Polk for WWD. “I have an amazing nanny,” Paltrow told V Magazine in 2008. “I didn’t have one till Apple was 14 months old, but then, because we were going on tour, we found someone fantastic. She’s been with us ever since.” Later, after switching nannies, she told Harper’s Bazaar, “She’s French, so she’s teaching them French, and their previous nanny was Spanish, so they’re fluent in Spanish.”  Gwen Stefani Image Credit: Andreas Branch/WWD. “I’m super-unorganized, a real procrastinator, time management is non-existent,” Stefani told Stylist magazine in 2016. “When I had [my children], I realized I couldn’t be selfish anymore. …  My time away needs to be productive, and my time with them needs to be productive. It’s a lot of depending on a lot of other people. I had to interview 67 nannies alone, in this room, to get the people I have now.” (And yeah, this was after ex Gavin Rossdale was rumored to have slept with a previous nanny.) Hilaria Baldwin Image Credit: Lexie Moreland for WWD. “It’s so interesting with the whole nanny conversation,” the yoga entrepreneur and Mom Brain podcaster told podcast Mom School.  “People will write to you and say, ‘Ugh, she has a nanny’ — but that doesn’t mean that you don’t take care of your own kids. It literally means I am also working. I work every single day. And for people to make you feel badly about that is not fair. … Neither my family or Alec’s family live close … It is OK to accept help, and there is no shame that other people should give you because of that.” Jessica Alba Image Credit: Derek Wood/WWD. “I’d like to introduce y’all to a very special person. My sweet @nannyconnie,” Alba wrote on Instagram when Connie Simpson released her book, The Nanny Connie Way. “Nearly 10 years ago she came into my life and showed me the ropes with my newborn baby Honor — even though it was for only 3 weeks, as a new mom, it set the stage for me to take on the biggest, most important thing that had ever happened to me. She taught me how to bathe, breastfeed and soothe my new baby. And taught me about the importance of taking care of myself and gave me the space to have all the feels and not feel so alone.” Jessica Biel Image Credit: Tyler Boye/WWD. “Our story with Nanny Connie started the day we brought our son home from the hospital,” Biel wrote in nanny Connie Simpson’s book (yep, the same Connie who worked for Jessica Alba and many other celebs). “That may sound like a normal statement coming from new parents, except our birth plan was anything but normal. … When all our plans fell apart and the serene, natural childbirth we had envisioned ended with a transfer to the hospital and an emergency C-section, we arrived home exhausted, disillusioned, and totally in shock.”  Jessica Biel said on The Drew Barrymore Show in May 2022 that she is thankful for her support system, specifically her two wonderful nannies. In the interview, she said, “There’s no way my life … would exist without the two wonderful nannies that take care of my beautiful kids. Thank you to everyone out there who’s making everyone else’s life possible outside of the house, we could not do it without the support teams that we have — and we shouldn’t be ashamed to tell the truth about that.” Amy Poehler Image Credit: Lexie Moreland for WWD. “I have thought very hard and long about what has influenced me over the past couple of years,” she said at the Time 100 gala in 2011.  “And it was the women who helped me take care of my children. It is Jackie Johnson from Trinidad and it is Dawa Chodon from Tibet, who come to my house and help me raise my children. And for you working women who are out there tonight who get to do what you get to do because there are wonderful people who help you at home, I would like to take a moment to thank those people, some of whom are watching your children right now, while you’re at this event. Those are people who love your children as much as you do, and who inspire them and influence them. So on behalf of every sister and mother and person who stands in your kitchen and helps you love your child, I say thank you and I celebrate you tonight.” Ali Wong  Image Credit: Chelsea Lauren/WWD. “I didn’t expect to be so comfortable handing my child off to a nanny without getting any of her information,” Wong told Paste magazine. “As soon as she arrived at my house, I threw my baby in her arms and went to Target. She gave me her driver’s license a week after—she was like, ‘Uh, you should probably have my address, since you gave me the keys to your house and your child.’ And we were like, ‘Oh, yeah, that’s probably a good idea.’” Charlize Theron Image Credit: Stewart Cook/WWD. “In the beginning, I wanted to do it all and didn’t reach out for as much help as I actually needed,” she told Elle. “I felt, If I don’t do all of this, then maybe I am a bad parent. The second time, I realized I am happier and my kids are happier if I ask for more help. People think I have a staff of 40, but I don’t. I have one nanny and my mom up the street and amazing friends and family. I call them my village. But I’ve learned to balance things out more. I look at my fuel gauge and think, Is it full or is it empty? Then it’s up to me to decide how to fill that tank back up or just remain empty. But what can you do on an empty tank?” Zoe Saldana Image Credit: Michael Buckner/WWD. Asked how she balances home and work, Saldana told ItstheVibe.com, “Our assistant, our nanny, and our housekeeper. They are literally raising our children with us. It’s because of them I am able to rip myself away as long as I can, and my husband as well, to do what we do. They’re teaching us how to manage our pain as they’re raising our kids with us.” Victoria Beckham Image Credit: Paul Stuart for WWD. “If there’s a parents’ night or Easter bonnet parade or nativity parade, I plan around that so I can be heavily involved,” she said at the Vogue Festival in 2013, according to the Evening Standard. “But it’s difficult juggling working, having the children, having a husband who travels. I do have a bit of help, I have a nanny, I can’t do it all myself. I really enjoy being a mum. But I also love what I do. I think anyone who says it’s easy is lying.” Channing Tatum Image Credit: Quoin Pics/Everett Collection “I am sleeping a little, probably a little more than most,” Tatum told the Hollywood Reporter. “A lot of people who have a baby probably don’t have as much rest as I do. We have [a nanny] helping us manage all the risks of having a newborn.”  Mariah Carey Image Credit: Tyler Boye/WWD. “Unfortunately, I have to have nannies.” she told New York’s Power 105.6. “But I’m very hands on. I fire nannies like this. I hate doing it, but I have to [in case] they try to make themselves more important in the baby’s mind than me.” Andy Cohen (and Anderson Cooper) Image Credit: Brian To/Variety. “I’ve been talking about my nanny [saying] she’s leaving, that she’s gonna go help out a friend. And the moment Anderson announced it, I got a bunch of DMs from eagle-eared Radio Andy listeners saying, ‘Wait… is that where your nanny went?’’ Cohen explained of handing off his son’s nanny to Cooper on his SiriusXM radio show. “The answer is yes, that is where my nanny went.” Jennifer Garner Image Credit: Michael Buckner/Variety. “I see my kids’ nanny liking everything you put up with your gorgeous kids and I’m here to tell you, don’t get any ideas, either one of you,” Jennifer Garner commented on one of Chrissy Teigen’s Instagram post of Luna and Miles. This was not, by the way, the nanny who had an affair with Garner’s ex-husband, Ben Affleck. Pin It! Image Credit: Left to right: Jamie McCarthy/Staff/Getty Images; Frazer Harrison/Staff/Getty Images; Trae Patton/NBC/Contributor/Getty Images Source link

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When we see our favorite celebrities posing for photoshoots with serene babies, or posting perfect Instagrams of their homes, we can’t help but wonder if some people just have a knack for parenting. Thankfully, there are also honest celebrity moms and dads out there who reveal the truth about how they “do it all”: with the help of really good nannies, babysitters, and night nurses. In fact, unless they’ve said otherwise, you can assume that a lot of the actors, designers, and musical artists you love are getting a little help in the childcare department. After all, there is someone holding up the phone for those perfect Instagram photos and watching the kids while they work on movie sets. For years, many celebrity moms have been a little bit bashful about this fact, and they kept their nannies, baby nurses, and babysitters out of the picture, never mentioning them. The only times we ever had hints that nannies existed in Hollywood was when straying husbands were caught cheating with them (ahem, Ben Affleck), or when some caregiver had enough of their demanding famous bosses (looking at you, Mariah Carey) and leaked their life details to the press. Related story Jessica Biel Wants Everyone To Know How She Really Feels About Her Nannies Thankfully, we find ourselves in an age of a more “confessional” style of parenting. Everyone is admitting that it’s nearly impossible to raise kids in this world, and a handful have been ready to tell us about the women (and sometimes men) who keep things running at home to make their career successes possible. If it was okay for important men of history to rely on stay-at-home wives to make their work possible, important women can get help, too. That’s why nannies are coming out of the shadows and getting shout-outs on Instagram, publishing deals, and even cameos in an SNL video by Amy Poehler and Tina Fey. Oversharing moms like Amy Schumer are giving night nurses credit for their postpartum mental health, too. “I don’t know how not to be honest,” Shonda Rhimes told USA Today of why she credits her nanny when she answers that age-old question of how she does it all. “It does such a disservice to any other woman who’s out there reading and thinking, ‘Oh, it’s so easy for somebody else,’ And it’s not easy. It’s not easy for me. So I know it can’t be easy for somebody who doesn’t have any help. It felt like [I] should absolutely be honest as to how it works and how it is.” When we learn that busy and accomplished women like this have help, it makes the rest of us feel better about not doing as much as they do. At the same time, we still feel super jealous. What would the rest of us be able to accomplish with a household staff? Or even just with good maternity leave and affordable childcare? Well, we can ponder our desire for an equitable economy another time. For now, let’s just enjoy these famous moms and dads being honest about their awesome nannies. A version of this story was originally published on July 30, 2020. Kylie Kelce Image Credit: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images Kylie Kelce didn’t hold back about the importance of her nanny. In a January appearance on Sunday Sports Club with Allison Kuch, the field hockey coach shared that it’s “so important” to take time for yourself as a mom, per PEOPLE. She shared that her nanny of three years has been a “huge” help when she needs to “step away.” “The girls don’t cry when I leave. They’re excited that she’s there,” Kylie said about her daughters Wyatt, born in Oct. 2019, Elliotte, born in March 2021, and Bennett, born in Feb. 2023, who she shares with husband Jason Kelce. “I know that we’ve had enough discussion that she is holding them to the same standards that I hold them to.” The girl mom, who is expecting her fourth daughter in 2025, also revealed some helpful advice she received about self-care. “When there is an infant, like a newborn in the house, I was once told by a maternity nurse, like a recovery nurse in labor and delivery, that you should prioritize showering every day [because] it might be the only five minutes you get to yourself,” she said, per PEOPLE. “I have really tried to take that to heart when I come home and am in recovery phase because sometimes it really is the only time you do not have a baby touching you,” she added. And, of course, it’s much easier to get this time to yourself (and more!) with a nanny to help. In a Dec. 2024 episode of her Not Gonna Lie with Kylie Kelce podcast, she shared that her husband does not watch the girls while she works. “How do I say this nicely? No,” she said, per TODAY. “When I have to do something — coaching, something for Eagles Autism Foundation, podcast, a doctor’s appointment even — I will schedule childcare. My husband could tell me 72 times that he is going to be in the house during the times when I have to leave it; I will still schedule childcare,” she explained. She doesn’t fault him for this, because she knows her retired NFL player husband is “busier than he has ever been.” Kylie added, “I just make sure I’m covered, and if that means that he’s at the house and someone else is there, then that’s what we have going on. He will not be watching the kids. He’s not watching them right now. I think he’s in meetings.” Allison Holker Image Credit: Gregg DeGuire/Variety via Getty Images So You Think You Can Dance judge and mom of three Allison Holker said in 2024 that her nanny of eight years is like her sister. The two care for  “My kids see her as their big sister, second mom,” she told People. “Some people probably meet us and think we’re married at this point because every decision I make, we make together. And I’m not shy about that.” “Of course I’m the parent, but I respect her so much that her opinion matters in our home as well, even if it’s different than mine,” she continued. “And so I just really respect that she has been such a player in our lives for so long.” Chrissy Teigen Image Credit: Chelsea Lauren/WWD. “We have 4 incredible people, not all at once,” Teigen responded to a question on Twitter about how many nannies she has. “One will rotate and stay through the night.” On Mother’s Day 2023, Teigen was praised for transparency after she shouted out her four nannies in a sweet Instagram tribute. The post featured photos of the nannies snuggling her kids, and was captioned, “Grateful for all the people who make it possible for me to be the best mother I can possibly be. I am endlessly thankful for your presence in this home and all our lives. we love you.” Tamron Hall Image Credit: Getty Images “I’ve talked about the fact that our nanny lives with us,” Tamron Hall told SheKnows in February 2023. “It’s impossible to do it without her; my nearest family members are 2 thousand miles away. And I made a very conscious and deliberate decision to make sure people knew this about my life. I wasn’t going to pretend and I also felt that [to do so] was diminishing this great woman who chose a career to care for my son when I’m not able to be there.” Busy Philipps Image Credit: Getty Images Busy Phillips graciously wished a Happy Mother’s Day to all the nannies she’s had throughout the years in a poignant Instagram post.  “Being a mom isn’t a called a job for nothing,” the post was captioned, alongside a carousel of photos featuring her kids and their nannies. “And I wouldn’t have made it this far as a mom and a human without the incredible women who’ve helped me show up for my kids as my best self. Their love and care for my kids has allowed me to go to work and travel with the knowledge that the two humans most important to me will be taken care of.” Philipps concluded the post by saying, “Happy Mother’s Day to all who mother, especially the ones who maybe don’t always get the credit for it.” Jemima Kirke Image Credit: Getty Images Jemima Kirke shared a blatantly honest tidbit in an Instagram post that people rarely say out loud (even if they agree). The Girls actor “can’t stand playing with children.” And so, she gave her children’s nanny a big thank you on Mother’s Day. “You’ve saved them and me a whole lot of boredom,” she said. “Thank you for making me a better mother and for being nothing short of another mom to my children.” Amy Schumer Image Credit: Kevin Mazur/WireImage Though she had a hell of a pregnancy, Amy Schumer told the What to Expect podcast that she didn’t experience postpartum depression, for which she credits the help she got: “I had a baby nurse, and I have an assistant. So I think that if I didn’t have those luxuries, I’m sure I would be in that club.” Ali Fedotowsky-Manno Image Credit: Michael Tullberg/Getty Images “I think for a while I was too embarrassed to get someone to help me because I was worried about being judged for not being able to do it all myself,” Fedotowsky-Manno wrote on Instagram. “And ya know what, I’m kind of upset with myself for waiting as long as I did because not only am I a better mommy now but I feel like I have some of my sanity back.” Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Image Credit: Getty Images Meghan Markle and Prince Harry opened up about the invaluable role their son Archie’s former nanny played in not only their son’s life, but their family’s life. “She just took care of, not just Archie, but she took care of us,” Markle said. “She definitely took care of me.” When Lorren Khumalo first visited the family’s then-home of Frogmore Cottage, she felt instantly at ease when she saw Prince Harry walking barefoot in the garden. She soon fell into a routine with the family and asked if she could incorporate Zimbabwean traditions into her caregiving. “She said, ‘Is it ok if I tie him on my back with a mud cloth like we do in Zimbabwe?'” Markle remembered. “I said, ‘Yes! Let’s do that.'” Prince Harry remembers Archie sleeping soundly while holding Khumalo’s back. “It was brilliant,” he said. Melanie Lynskey Image Credit: The Hollywood Reporter via Getty After winning the Critic’s Choice Best Actress in a Drama Series award in 2022 for her performance in Yellowjackets, actor Melanie Lynskey took to the stage and thanked a pivotal person in her life. “The most important person I have to thank before I finish is my nanny, Sally,” she said. “I love her. She’s an absolute angel. She’s with my child, and I know my child is safe and taken care of, and she allows me to go and do my work. Thank you, Sally. I love you so much.” In the eyes of many, that public display of gratitude was just as (if not more) praise-worthy as the award itself. Amanda Kloots Image Credit: Getty Images In a May 2021 episode of The Talk, co-host Amanda Kloots said her manny, nanny, and amazing friends “will literally help me at any moment of the day,” but it is understandably still hard to be a single mom while navigating the immense grief of losing her late husband Nick Cordero to COVID-19. In a moving Instagram tribute, she expressed just how much one manny means to her and her son Elvis, 3. “After Nick passed and I realized I needed a lot of help, this wonderful human stepped into our lives as his manny. I really wanted a manny because I knew Elvis needed male energy in his life. What I didn’t know was how much he would help us both,” she said. “Thom, you have been the best example to my son. You brighten his day, taught him manners, kept him (well put him) on a schedule, cared for him like he was your own, helped us through so many life transitions, stayed late, arrived early…. there is nothing ever that you said you couldn’t do for us or help us with. I honestly don’t know what we will do without you. You are one of the most fantastic human beings I know and everyone that knows you thinks the same.” Anderson Cooper Image Credit: George Chinsee for WWD Anderson Cooper’s son Wyatt was sleeping through the night at just 3 months old, and the broadcast journalist was quick to give credit to Wyatt’s “amazing” caregiver for making that possible.  “I have an amazing nurse…I’m not sure what she’s done, but I’m told there’s no Ambien or whiskey involved,” he joked. Amanda Seyfried Image Credit: The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Amanda Seyfried has been vocal about just how much she appreciates the childcare her mother provides. She moved into Seyfriend’s house after her daughter Nina was born, and she hasn’t moved out. And honestly, Seyfried told The Sunday Times, she doesn’t want her to. In an intervew with Molner’s Table, she said her mother is not only Nina’s nanny, but her “third parent.” “I am so lucky, I know I am,” the Mamma Mia star said. Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds Image Credit: Christopher Polk for Variety Blake Lively leans on her parents for help with her and husband Ryan Reynolds’ children. They are “pretty much the nannies,” she said, and she is quick to sing their praises. “They are the best baby nurses you could pray for,” she said. “They raised five kids so they know what they are doing.” Megan Fox Image Credit: Brenton Ho for Billboard When Megan Fox’s son Noah was an infant, she and her then-husband Brian Austin Green hired a night nurse. This choice was not only made for the sake of their baby’s wellbeing, but for the sake of their marriage. She told TV host Jay Leno that she “overestimated her abilities,” and so she didn’t hire help originally. “I had no idea how difficult babies could be, so Brian and I were exhausted,” she said. It’s a reality all parents face, no matter how happy they are to have a child. The Transformers actor said she always wanted to be a mom and that she gets more satisfaction from motherhood than her career. “But I said to Brian, ‘We have to get a night nurse or we’re going to get a divorce because someone’s got to sleep in this house or we’re going to kill each other.'” Zoe Kazan Image Credit: Getty Images In a 2022 interview with Marie Claire, actress Zoe Kazan explained that the only way she and her husband, actor Paul Dano, could continue their careers after having a child was to rely on a nanny and family support. “We started filming [She Said] the exact same day that Paul started filming in Los Angeles. Our daughter had two parents who were working 17-hour days on opposite sides of the country. And the only way that we could make that work was that I had to have a really extraordinary nanny, who I am so indebted to. And my parents relocated for almost three months.” She continued, “My mother was a working mother who did not have someone doing that for her. And the reason that she feels so missionized, I think, to do this for us is to give me a different experience than she had. And so that was on my mind every day when I went to work.” Speaking of her upcoming movie, Kazan explained, “Those scenes of motherhood in the movie were actually some of the most important scenes to me. Everyone talks about work-life balance, but it’s also really hard to balance your priorities. I wanted to be the person who took my daughter to her first day of preschool, and I couldn’t do that because I felt like this job, this work was as important as that. And vice versa. I was just really relieved to read a script where that was represented and where I could put that part of myself in there… It made me feel not alone.” In a 2020 tweet, she said urged more people who win awards on TV to thank their children’s various caregivers. She went on to say that though she and her husband were only parents for a little over a year at that point, they had “employed more than a dozen women over three continents in that time.” “All of whom have made it possible for us to do our jobs; this is not to mention our family & friends who have pitched in,” she said. “The debt is immense.” Michelle Obama Image Credit: Getty Images During a conversation with NPR, Former First Lady Michelle Obama opened up about adding a nanny to her support system while shedding a light on the fact that most women aren’t able to do so for their families. “There is no shame in getting support. Your kids will value it; they will value you being less stressed. The guilty part of that piece, if you’re a woman who has the resources, is that we all know women who don’t have that choice.” She continued, “Sometimes we hide it because it’s like, ‘Dang, how am I talking about a nanny and a this and a that when I know that there are women, my peers, my cousins, who don’t have that support. They’re doing just as much as I’m doing but they don’t have access to affordable childcare. They couldn’t think of having a nanny. They don’t have flexibility in their work schedules.’ So part of it is that there’s kind of survivor’s remorse about what you’re able to do.” George Clooney & Amal Clooney Image Credit: Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty Images George and Amal Clooney don’t have a parade of caretakers in and out of their home. They rely on just one to care for their twins Ella and Alexander, who were born in 2017.  “We don’t, because it’s so important to Amal [to be involved],” the actor told The Guardian in December 2021. “We have a nanny four days a week and the rest of the time it’s just us. And during lockdown it was just us – for a full year! I felt like my mother in 1964, doing dishes and six loads of laundry a day.”  Brooklyn Decker Image Credit: Priscilla Grant/Everett Collection “As far as how I do it all, to be totally frank, I have help,” the Grace and Frankie actress told SheKnows in an exclusive interview. “I have a wonderful nanny who makes it so that I know my kids are safe and taken care of when I have to travel. And I have a husband who’s retired… We have this unique luxury of really being able to offer each other professional support and have the resources to be able to have childcare. And that’s the only way I can do it. That’s the only way.” Shonda Rhimes Image Credit: Stewart Cook/WWD. “I’ve read a lot of books written by and about working women and I’m struck by the fact no one ever seems to want to talk about having help at home,” the TV producer wrote in her book, Year of Yes. “Which I think is not so helpful to the women who don’t have help at home.”  Gwyneth Paltrow Image Credit: Christopher Polk for WWD. “I have an amazing nanny,” Paltrow told V Magazine in 2008. “I didn’t have one till Apple was 14 months old, but then, because we were going on tour, we found someone fantastic. She’s been with us ever since.” Later, after switching nannies, she told Harper’s Bazaar, “She’s French, so she’s teaching them French, and their previous nanny was Spanish, so they’re fluent in Spanish.”  Gwen Stefani Image Credit: Andreas Branch/WWD. “I’m super-unorganized, a real procrastinator, time management is non-existent,” Stefani told Stylist magazine in 2016. “When I had [my children], I realized I couldn’t be selfish anymore. …  My time away needs to be productive, and my time with them needs to be productive. It’s a lot of depending on a lot of other people. I had to interview 67 nannies alone, in this room, to get the people I have now.” (And yeah, this was after ex Gavin Rossdale was rumored to have slept with a previous nanny.) Hilaria Baldwin Image Credit: Lexie Moreland for WWD. “It’s so interesting with the whole nanny conversation,” the yoga entrepreneur and Mom Brain podcaster told podcast Mom School.  “People will write to you and say, ‘Ugh, she has a nanny’ — but that doesn’t mean that you don’t take care of your own kids. It literally means I am also working. I work every single day. And for people to make you feel badly about that is not fair. … Neither my family or Alec’s family live close … It is OK to accept help, and there is no shame that other people should give you because of that.” Jessica Alba Image Credit: Derek Wood/WWD. “I’d like to introduce y’all to a very special person. My sweet @nannyconnie,” Alba wrote on Instagram when Connie Simpson released her book, The Nanny Connie Way. “Nearly 10 years ago she came into my life and showed me the ropes with my newborn baby Honor — even though it was for only 3 weeks, as a new mom, it set the stage for me to take on the biggest, most important thing that had ever happened to me. She taught me how to bathe, breastfeed and soothe my new baby. And taught me about the importance of taking care of myself and gave me the space to have all the feels and not feel so alone.” Jessica Biel Image Credit: Tyler Boye/WWD. “Our story with Nanny Connie started the day we brought our son home from the hospital,” Biel wrote in nanny Connie Simpson’s book (yep, the same Connie who worked for Jessica Alba and many other celebs). “That may sound like a normal statement coming from new parents, except our birth plan was anything but normal. … When all our plans fell apart and the serene, natural childbirth we had envisioned ended with a transfer to the hospital and an emergency C-section, we arrived home exhausted, disillusioned, and totally in shock.”  Jessica Biel said on The Drew Barrymore Show in May 2022 that she is thankful for her support system, specifically her two wonderful nannies. In the interview, she said, “There’s no way my life … would exist without the two wonderful nannies that take care of my beautiful kids. Thank you to everyone out there who’s making everyone else’s life possible outside of the house, we could not do it without the support teams that we have — and we shouldn’t be ashamed to tell the truth about that.” Amy Poehler Image Credit: Lexie Moreland for WWD. “I have thought very hard and long about what has influenced me over the past couple of years,” she said at the Time 100 gala in 2011.  “And it was the women who helped me take care of my children. It is Jackie Johnson from Trinidad and it is Dawa Chodon from Tibet, who come to my house and help me raise my children. And for you working women who are out there tonight who get to do what you get to do because there are wonderful people who help you at home, I would like to take a moment to thank those people, some of whom are watching your children right now, while you’re at this event. Those are people who love your children as much as you do, and who inspire them and influence them. So on behalf of every sister and mother and person who stands in your kitchen and helps you love your child, I say thank you and I celebrate you tonight.” Ali Wong  Image Credit: Chelsea Lauren/WWD. “I didn’t expect to be so comfortable handing my child off to a nanny without getting any of her information,” Wong told Paste magazine. “As soon as she arrived at my house, I threw my baby in her arms and went to Target. She gave me her driver’s license a week after—she was like, ‘Uh, you should probably have my address, since you gave me the keys to your house and your child.’ And we were like, ‘Oh, yeah, that’s probably a good idea.’” Charlize Theron Image Credit: Stewart Cook/WWD. “In the beginning, I wanted to do it all and didn’t reach out for as much help as I actually needed,” she told Elle. “I felt, If I don’t do all of this, then maybe I am a bad parent. The second time, I realized I am happier and my kids are happier if I ask for more help. People think I have a staff of 40, but I don’t. I have one nanny and my mom up the street and amazing friends and family. I call them my village. But I’ve learned to balance things out more. I look at my fuel gauge and think, Is it full or is it empty? Then it’s up to me to decide how to fill that tank back up or just remain empty. But what can you do on an empty tank?” Zoe Saldana Image Credit: Michael Buckner/WWD. Asked how she balances home and work, Saldana told ItstheVibe.com, “Our assistant, our nanny, and our housekeeper. They are literally raising our children with us. It’s because of them I am able to rip myself away as long as I can, and my husband as well, to do what we do. They’re teaching us how to manage our pain as they’re raising our kids with us.” Victoria Beckham Image Credit: Paul Stuart for WWD. “If there’s a parents’ night or Easter bonnet parade or nativity parade, I plan around that so I can be heavily involved,” she said at the Vogue Festival in 2013, according to the Evening Standard. “But it’s difficult juggling working, having the children, having a husband who travels. I do have a bit of help, I have a nanny, I can’t do it all myself. I really enjoy being a mum. But I also love what I do. I think anyone who says it’s easy is lying.” Channing Tatum Image Credit: Quoin Pics/Everett Collection “I am sleeping a little, probably a little more than most,” Tatum told the Hollywood Reporter. “A lot of people who have a baby probably don’t have as much rest as I do. We have [a nanny] helping us manage all the risks of having a newborn.”  Mariah Carey Image Credit: Tyler Boye/WWD. “Unfortunately, I have to have nannies.” she told New York’s Power 105.6. “But I’m very hands on. I fire nannies like this. I hate doing it, but I have to [in case] they try to make themselves more important in the baby’s mind than me.” Andy Cohen (and Anderson Cooper) Image Credit: Brian To/Variety. “I’ve been talking about my nanny [saying] she’s leaving, that she’s gonna go help out a friend. And the moment Anderson announced it, I got a bunch of DMs from eagle-eared Radio Andy listeners saying, ‘Wait… is that where your nanny went?’’ Cohen explained of handing off his son’s nanny to Cooper on his SiriusXM radio show. “The answer is yes, that is where my nanny went.” Jennifer Garner Image Credit: Michael Buckner/Variety. “I see my kids’ nanny liking everything you put up with your gorgeous kids and I’m here to tell you, don’t get any ideas, either one of you,” Jennifer Garner commented on one of Chrissy Teigen’s Instagram post of Luna and Miles. This was not, by the way, the nanny who had an affair with Garner’s ex-husband, Ben Affleck. Pin It! Image Credit: Left to right: Jamie McCarthy/Staff/Getty Images; Frazer Harrison/Staff/Getty Images; Trae Patton/NBC/Contributor/Getty Images Source link

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When we see our favorite celebrities posing for photoshoots with serene babies, or posting perfect Instagrams of their homes, we can’t help but wonder if some people just have a knack for parenting. Thankfully, there are also honest celebrity moms and dads out there who reveal the truth about how they “do it all”: with the help of really good nannies, babysitters, and night nurses. In fact, unless they’ve said otherwise, you can assume that a lot of the actors, designers, and musical artists you love are getting a little help in the childcare department. After all, there is someone holding up the phone for those perfect Instagram photos and watching the kids while they work on movie sets. For years, many celebrity moms have been a little bit bashful about this fact, and they kept their nannies, baby nurses, and babysitters out of the picture, never mentioning them. The only times we ever had hints that nannies existed in Hollywood was when straying husbands were caught cheating with them (ahem, Ben Affleck), or when some caregiver had enough of their demanding famous bosses (looking at you, Mariah Carey) and leaked their life details to the press. Related story Jessica Biel Wants Everyone To Know How She Really Feels About Her Nannies Thankfully, we find ourselves in an age of a more “confessional” style of parenting. Everyone is admitting that it’s nearly impossible to raise kids in this world, and a handful have been ready to tell us about the women (and sometimes men) who keep things running at home to make their career successes possible. If it was okay for important men of history to rely on stay-at-home wives to make their work possible, important women can get help, too. That’s why nannies are coming out of the shadows and getting shout-outs on Instagram, publishing deals, and even cameos in an SNL video by Amy Poehler and Tina Fey. Oversharing moms like Amy Schumer are giving night nurses credit for their postpartum mental health, too. “I don’t know how not to be honest,” Shonda Rhimes told USA Today of why she credits her nanny when she answers that age-old question of how she does it all. “It does such a disservice to any other woman who’s out there reading and thinking, ‘Oh, it’s so easy for somebody else,’ And it’s not easy. It’s not easy for me. So I know it can’t be easy for somebody who doesn’t have any help. It felt like [I] should absolutely be honest as to how it works and how it is.” When we learn that busy and accomplished women like this have help, it makes the rest of us feel better about not doing as much as they do. At the same time, we still feel super jealous. What would the rest of us be able to accomplish with a household staff? Or even just with good maternity leave and affordable childcare? Well, we can ponder our desire for an equitable economy another time. For now, let’s just enjoy these famous moms and dads being honest about their awesome nannies. A version of this story was originally published on July 30, 2020. Kylie Kelce Image Credit: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images Kylie Kelce didn’t hold back about the importance of her nanny. In a January appearance on Sunday Sports Club with Allison Kuch, the field hockey coach shared that it’s “so important” to take time for yourself as a mom, per PEOPLE. She shared that her nanny of three years has been a “huge” help when she needs to “step away.” “The girls don’t cry when I leave. They’re excited that she’s there,” Kylie said about her daughters Wyatt, born in Oct. 2019, Elliotte, born in March 2021, and Bennett, born in Feb. 2023, who she shares with husband Jason Kelce. “I know that we’ve had enough discussion that she is holding them to the same standards that I hold them to.” The girl mom, who is expecting her fourth daughter in 2025, also revealed some helpful advice she received about self-care. “When there is an infant, like a newborn in the house, I was once told by a maternity nurse, like a recovery nurse in labor and delivery, that you should prioritize showering every day [because] it might be the only five minutes you get to yourself,” she said, per PEOPLE. “I have really tried to take that to heart when I come home and am in recovery phase because sometimes it really is the only time you do not have a baby touching you,” she added. And, of course, it’s much easier to get this time to yourself (and more!) with a nanny to help. In a Dec. 2024 episode of her Not Gonna Lie with Kylie Kelce podcast, she shared that her husband does not watch the girls while she works. “How do I say this nicely? No,” she said, per TODAY. “When I have to do something — coaching, something for Eagles Autism Foundation, podcast, a doctor’s appointment even — I will schedule childcare. My husband could tell me 72 times that he is going to be in the house during the times when I have to leave it; I will still schedule childcare,” she explained. She doesn’t fault him for this, because she knows her retired NFL player husband is “busier than he has ever been.” Kylie added, “I just make sure I’m covered, and if that means that he’s at the house and someone else is there, then that’s what we have going on. He will not be watching the kids. He’s not watching them right now. I think he’s in meetings.” Allison Holker Image Credit: Gregg DeGuire/Variety via Getty Images So You Think You Can Dance judge and mom of three Allison Holker said in 2024 that her nanny of eight years is like her sister. The two care for  “My kids see her as their big sister, second mom,” she told People. “Some people probably meet us and think we’re married at this point because every decision I make, we make together. And I’m not shy about that.” “Of course I’m the parent, but I respect her so much that her opinion matters in our home as well, even if it’s different than mine,” she continued. “And so I just really respect that she has been such a player in our lives for so long.” Chrissy Teigen Image Credit: Chelsea Lauren/WWD. “We have 4 incredible people, not all at once,” Teigen responded to a question on Twitter about how many nannies she has. “One will rotate and stay through the night.” On Mother’s Day 2023, Teigen was praised for transparency after she shouted out her four nannies in a sweet Instagram tribute. The post featured photos of the nannies snuggling her kids, and was captioned, “Grateful for all the people who make it possible for me to be the best mother I can possibly be. I am endlessly thankful for your presence in this home and all our lives. we love you.” Tamron Hall Image Credit: Getty Images “I’ve talked about the fact that our nanny lives with us,” Tamron Hall told SheKnows in February 2023. “It’s impossible to do it without her; my nearest family members are 2 thousand miles away. And I made a very conscious and deliberate decision to make sure people knew this about my life. I wasn’t going to pretend and I also felt that [to do so] was diminishing this great woman who chose a career to care for my son when I’m not able to be there.” Busy Philipps Image Credit: Getty Images Busy Phillips graciously wished a Happy Mother’s Day to all the nannies she’s had throughout the years in a poignant Instagram post.  “Being a mom isn’t a called a job for nothing,” the post was captioned, alongside a carousel of photos featuring her kids and their nannies. “And I wouldn’t have made it this far as a mom and a human without the incredible women who’ve helped me show up for my kids as my best self. Their love and care for my kids has allowed me to go to work and travel with the knowledge that the two humans most important to me will be taken care of.” Philipps concluded the post by saying, “Happy Mother’s Day to all who mother, especially the ones who maybe don’t always get the credit for it.” Jemima Kirke Image Credit: Getty Images Jemima Kirke shared a blatantly honest tidbit in an Instagram post that people rarely say out loud (even if they agree). The Girls actor “can’t stand playing with children.” And so, she gave her children’s nanny a big thank you on Mother’s Day. “You’ve saved them and me a whole lot of boredom,” she said. “Thank you for making me a better mother and for being nothing short of another mom to my children.” Amy Schumer Image Credit: Kevin Mazur/WireImage Though she had a hell of a pregnancy, Amy Schumer told the What to Expect podcast that she didn’t experience postpartum depression, for which she credits the help she got: “I had a baby nurse, and I have an assistant. So I think that if I didn’t have those luxuries, I’m sure I would be in that club.” Ali Fedotowsky-Manno Image Credit: Michael Tullberg/Getty Images “I think for a while I was too embarrassed to get someone to help me because I was worried about being judged for not being able to do it all myself,” Fedotowsky-Manno wrote on Instagram. “And ya know what, I’m kind of upset with myself for waiting as long as I did because not only am I a better mommy now but I feel like I have some of my sanity back.” Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Image Credit: Getty Images Meghan Markle and Prince Harry opened up about the invaluable role their son Archie’s former nanny played in not only their son’s life, but their family’s life. “She just took care of, not just Archie, but she took care of us,” Markle said. “She definitely took care of me.” When Lorren Khumalo first visited the family’s then-home of Frogmore Cottage, she felt instantly at ease when she saw Prince Harry walking barefoot in the garden. She soon fell into a routine with the family and asked if she could incorporate Zimbabwean traditions into her caregiving. “She said, ‘Is it ok if I tie him on my back with a mud cloth like we do in Zimbabwe?'” Markle remembered. “I said, ‘Yes! Let’s do that.'” Prince Harry remembers Archie sleeping soundly while holding Khumalo’s back. “It was brilliant,” he said. Melanie Lynskey Image Credit: The Hollywood Reporter via Getty After winning the Critic’s Choice Best Actress in a Drama Series award in 2022 for her performance in Yellowjackets, actor Melanie Lynskey took to the stage and thanked a pivotal person in her life. “The most important person I have to thank before I finish is my nanny, Sally,” she said. “I love her. She’s an absolute angel. She’s with my child, and I know my child is safe and taken care of, and she allows me to go and do my work. Thank you, Sally. I love you so much.” In the eyes of many, that public display of gratitude was just as (if not more) praise-worthy as the award itself. Amanda Kloots Image Credit: Getty Images In a May 2021 episode of The Talk, co-host Amanda Kloots said her manny, nanny, and amazing friends “will literally help me at any moment of the day,” but it is understandably still hard to be a single mom while navigating the immense grief of losing her late husband Nick Cordero to COVID-19. In a moving Instagram tribute, she expressed just how much one manny means to her and her son Elvis, 3. “After Nick passed and I realized I needed a lot of help, this wonderful human stepped into our lives as his manny. I really wanted a manny because I knew Elvis needed male energy in his life. What I didn’t know was how much he would help us both,” she said. “Thom, you have been the best example to my son. You brighten his day, taught him manners, kept him (well put him) on a schedule, cared for him like he was your own, helped us through so many life transitions, stayed late, arrived early…. there is nothing ever that you said you couldn’t do for us or help us with. I honestly don’t know what we will do without you. You are one of the most fantastic human beings I know and everyone that knows you thinks the same.” Anderson Cooper Image Credit: George Chinsee for WWD Anderson Cooper’s son Wyatt was sleeping through the night at just 3 months old, and the broadcast journalist was quick to give credit to Wyatt’s “amazing” caregiver for making that possible.  “I have an amazing nurse…I’m not sure what she’s done, but I’m told there’s no Ambien or whiskey involved,” he joked. Amanda Seyfried Image Credit: The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Amanda Seyfried has been vocal about just how much she appreciates the childcare her mother provides. She moved into Seyfriend’s house after her daughter Nina was born, and she hasn’t moved out. And honestly, Seyfried told The Sunday Times, she doesn’t want her to. In an intervew with Molner’s Table, she said her mother is not only Nina’s nanny, but her “third parent.” “I am so lucky, I know I am,” the Mamma Mia star said. Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds Image Credit: Christopher Polk for Variety Blake Lively leans on her parents for help with her and husband Ryan Reynolds’ children. They are “pretty much the nannies,” she said, and she is quick to sing their praises. “They are the best baby nurses you could pray for,” she said. “They raised five kids so they know what they are doing.” Megan Fox Image Credit: Brenton Ho for Billboard When Megan Fox’s son Noah was an infant, she and her then-husband Brian Austin Green hired a night nurse. This choice was not only made for the sake of their baby’s wellbeing, but for the sake of their marriage. She told TV host Jay Leno that she “overestimated her abilities,” and so she didn’t hire help originally. “I had no idea how difficult babies could be, so Brian and I were exhausted,” she said. It’s a reality all parents face, no matter how happy they are to have a child. The Transformers actor said she always wanted to be a mom and that she gets more satisfaction from motherhood than her career. “But I said to Brian, ‘We have to get a night nurse or we’re going to get a divorce because someone’s got to sleep in this house or we’re going to kill each other.'” Zoe Kazan Image Credit: Getty Images In a 2022 interview with Marie Claire, actress Zoe Kazan explained that the only way she and her husband, actor Paul Dano, could continue their careers after having a child was to rely on a nanny and family support. “We started filming [She Said] the exact same day that Paul started filming in Los Angeles. Our daughter had two parents who were working 17-hour days on opposite sides of the country. And the only way that we could make that work was that I had to have a really extraordinary nanny, who I am so indebted to. And my parents relocated for almost three months.” She continued, “My mother was a working mother who did not have someone doing that for her. And the reason that she feels so missionized, I think, to do this for us is to give me a different experience than she had. And so that was on my mind every day when I went to work.” Speaking of her upcoming movie, Kazan explained, “Those scenes of motherhood in the movie were actually some of the most important scenes to me. Everyone talks about work-life balance, but it’s also really hard to balance your priorities. I wanted to be the person who took my daughter to her first day of preschool, and I couldn’t do that because I felt like this job, this work was as important as that. And vice versa. I was just really relieved to read a script where that was represented and where I could put that part of myself in there… It made me feel not alone.” In a 2020 tweet, she said urged more people who win awards on TV to thank their children’s various caregivers. She went on to say that though she and her husband were only parents for a little over a year at that point, they had “employed more than a dozen women over three continents in that time.” “All of whom have made it possible for us to do our jobs; this is not to mention our family & friends who have pitched in,” she said. “The debt is immense.” Michelle Obama Image Credit: Getty Images During a conversation with NPR, Former First Lady Michelle Obama opened up about adding a nanny to her support system while shedding a light on the fact that most women aren’t able to do so for their families. “There is no shame in getting support. Your kids will value it; they will value you being less stressed. The guilty part of that piece, if you’re a woman who has the resources, is that we all know women who don’t have that choice.” She continued, “Sometimes we hide it because it’s like, ‘Dang, how am I talking about a nanny and a this and a that when I know that there are women, my peers, my cousins, who don’t have that support. They’re doing just as much as I’m doing but they don’t have access to affordable childcare. They couldn’t think of having a nanny. They don’t have flexibility in their work schedules.’ So part of it is that there’s kind of survivor’s remorse about what you’re able to do.” George Clooney & Amal Clooney Image Credit: Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty Images George and Amal Clooney don’t have a parade of caretakers in and out of their home. They rely on just one to care for their twins Ella and Alexander, who were born in 2017.  “We don’t, because it’s so important to Amal [to be involved],” the actor told The Guardian in December 2021. “We have a nanny four days a week and the rest of the time it’s just us. And during lockdown it was just us – for a full year! I felt like my mother in 1964, doing dishes and six loads of laundry a day.”  Brooklyn Decker Image Credit: Priscilla Grant/Everett Collection “As far as how I do it all, to be totally frank, I have help,” the Grace and Frankie actress told SheKnows in an exclusive interview. “I have a wonderful nanny who makes it so that I know my kids are safe and taken care of when I have to travel. And I have a husband who’s retired… We have this unique luxury of really being able to offer each other professional support and have the resources to be able to have childcare. And that’s the only way I can do it. That’s the only way.” Shonda Rhimes Image Credit: Stewart Cook/WWD. “I’ve read a lot of books written by and about working women and I’m struck by the fact no one ever seems to want to talk about having help at home,” the TV producer wrote in her book, Year of Yes. “Which I think is not so helpful to the women who don’t have help at home.”  Gwyneth Paltrow Image Credit: Christopher Polk for WWD. “I have an amazing nanny,” Paltrow told V Magazine in 2008. “I didn’t have one till Apple was 14 months old, but then, because we were going on tour, we found someone fantastic. She’s been with us ever since.” Later, after switching nannies, she told Harper’s Bazaar, “She’s French, so she’s teaching them French, and their previous nanny was Spanish, so they’re fluent in Spanish.”  Gwen Stefani Image Credit: Andreas Branch/WWD. “I’m super-unorganized, a real procrastinator, time management is non-existent,” Stefani told Stylist magazine in 2016. “When I had [my children], I realized I couldn’t be selfish anymore. …  My time away needs to be productive, and my time with them needs to be productive. It’s a lot of depending on a lot of other people. I had to interview 67 nannies alone, in this room, to get the people I have now.” (And yeah, this was after ex Gavin Rossdale was rumored to have slept with a previous nanny.) Hilaria Baldwin Image Credit: Lexie Moreland for WWD. “It’s so interesting with the whole nanny conversation,” the yoga entrepreneur and Mom Brain podcaster told podcast Mom School.  “People will write to you and say, ‘Ugh, she has a nanny’ — but that doesn’t mean that you don’t take care of your own kids. It literally means I am also working. I work every single day. And for people to make you feel badly about that is not fair. … Neither my family or Alec’s family live close … It is OK to accept help, and there is no shame that other people should give you because of that.” Jessica Alba Image Credit: Derek Wood/WWD. “I’d like to introduce y’all to a very special person. My sweet @nannyconnie,” Alba wrote on Instagram when Connie Simpson released her book, The Nanny Connie Way. “Nearly 10 years ago she came into my life and showed me the ropes with my newborn baby Honor — even though it was for only 3 weeks, as a new mom, it set the stage for me to take on the biggest, most important thing that had ever happened to me. She taught me how to bathe, breastfeed and soothe my new baby. And taught me about the importance of taking care of myself and gave me the space to have all the feels and not feel so alone.” Jessica Biel Image Credit: Tyler Boye/WWD. “Our story with Nanny Connie started the day we brought our son home from the hospital,” Biel wrote in nanny Connie Simpson’s book (yep, the same Connie who worked for Jessica Alba and many other celebs). “That may sound like a normal statement coming from new parents, except our birth plan was anything but normal. … When all our plans fell apart and the serene, natural childbirth we had envisioned ended with a transfer to the hospital and an emergency C-section, we arrived home exhausted, disillusioned, and totally in shock.”  Jessica Biel said on The Drew Barrymore Show in May 2022 that she is thankful for her support system, specifically her two wonderful nannies. In the interview, she said, “There’s no way my life … would exist without the two wonderful nannies that take care of my beautiful kids. Thank you to everyone out there who’s making everyone else’s life possible outside of the house, we could not do it without the support teams that we have — and we shouldn’t be ashamed to tell the truth about that.” Amy Poehler Image Credit: Lexie Moreland for WWD. “I have thought very hard and long about what has influenced me over the past couple of years,” she said at the Time 100 gala in 2011.  “And it was the women who helped me take care of my children. It is Jackie Johnson from Trinidad and it is Dawa Chodon from Tibet, who come to my house and help me raise my children. And for you working women who are out there tonight who get to do what you get to do because there are wonderful people who help you at home, I would like to take a moment to thank those people, some of whom are watching your children right now, while you’re at this event. Those are people who love your children as much as you do, and who inspire them and influence them. So on behalf of every sister and mother and person who stands in your kitchen and helps you love your child, I say thank you and I celebrate you tonight.” Ali Wong  Image Credit: Chelsea Lauren/WWD. “I didn’t expect to be so comfortable handing my child off to a nanny without getting any of her information,” Wong told Paste magazine. “As soon as she arrived at my house, I threw my baby in her arms and went to Target. She gave me her driver’s license a week after—she was like, ‘Uh, you should probably have my address, since you gave me the keys to your house and your child.’ And we were like, ‘Oh, yeah, that’s probably a good idea.’” Charlize Theron Image Credit: Stewart Cook/WWD. “In the beginning, I wanted to do it all and didn’t reach out for as much help as I actually needed,” she told Elle. “I felt, If I don’t do all of this, then maybe I am a bad parent. The second time, I realized I am happier and my kids are happier if I ask for more help. People think I have a staff of 40, but I don’t. I have one nanny and my mom up the street and amazing friends and family. I call them my village. But I’ve learned to balance things out more. I look at my fuel gauge and think, Is it full or is it empty? Then it’s up to me to decide how to fill that tank back up or just remain empty. But what can you do on an empty tank?” Zoe Saldana Image Credit: Michael Buckner/WWD. Asked how she balances home and work, Saldana told ItstheVibe.com, “Our assistant, our nanny, and our housekeeper. They are literally raising our children with us. It’s because of them I am able to rip myself away as long as I can, and my husband as well, to do what we do. They’re teaching us how to manage our pain as they’re raising our kids with us.” Victoria Beckham Image Credit: Paul Stuart for WWD. “If there’s a parents’ night or Easter bonnet parade or nativity parade, I plan around that so I can be heavily involved,” she said at the Vogue Festival in 2013, according to the Evening Standard. “But it’s difficult juggling working, having the children, having a husband who travels. I do have a bit of help, I have a nanny, I can’t do it all myself. I really enjoy being a mum. But I also love what I do. I think anyone who says it’s easy is lying.” Channing Tatum Image Credit: Quoin Pics/Everett Collection “I am sleeping a little, probably a little more than most,” Tatum told the Hollywood Reporter. “A lot of people who have a baby probably don’t have as much rest as I do. We have [a nanny] helping us manage all the risks of having a newborn.”  Mariah Carey Image Credit: Tyler Boye/WWD. “Unfortunately, I have to have nannies.” she told New York’s Power 105.6. “But I’m very hands on. I fire nannies like this. I hate doing it, but I have to [in case] they try to make themselves more important in the baby’s mind than me.” Andy Cohen (and Anderson Cooper) Image Credit: Brian To/Variety. “I’ve been talking about my nanny [saying] she’s leaving, that she’s gonna go help out a friend. And the moment Anderson announced it, I got a bunch of DMs from eagle-eared Radio Andy listeners saying, ‘Wait… is that where your nanny went?’’ Cohen explained of handing off his son’s nanny to Cooper on his SiriusXM radio show. “The answer is yes, that is where my nanny went.” Jennifer Garner Image Credit: Michael Buckner/Variety. “I see my kids’ nanny liking everything you put up with your gorgeous kids and I’m here to tell you, don’t get any ideas, either one of you,” Jennifer Garner commented on one of Chrissy Teigen’s Instagram post of Luna and Miles. This was not, by the way, the nanny who had an affair with Garner’s ex-husband, Ben Affleck. Pin It! Image Credit: Left to right: Jamie McCarthy/Staff/Getty Images; Frazer Harrison/Staff/Getty Images; Trae Patton/NBC/Contributor/Getty Images Source link

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When we see our favorite celebrities posing for photoshoots with serene babies, or posting perfect Instagrams of their homes, we can’t help but wonder if some people just have a knack for parenting. Thankfully, there are also honest celebrity moms and dads out there who reveal the truth about how they “do it all”: with the help of really good nannies, babysitters, and night nurses. In fact, unless they’ve said otherwise, you can assume that a lot of the actors, designers, and musical artists you love are getting a little help in the childcare department. After all, there is someone holding up the phone for those perfect Instagram photos and watching the kids while they work on movie sets. For years, many celebrity moms have been a little bit bashful about this fact, and they kept their nannies, baby nurses, and babysitters out of the picture, never mentioning them. The only times we ever had hints that nannies existed in Hollywood was when straying husbands were caught cheating with them (ahem, Ben Affleck), or when some caregiver had enough of their demanding famous bosses (looking at you, Mariah Carey) and leaked their life details to the press. Related story Jessica Biel Wants Everyone To Know How She Really Feels About Her Nannies Thankfully, we find ourselves in an age of a more “confessional” style of parenting. Everyone is admitting that it’s nearly impossible to raise kids in this world, and a handful have been ready to tell us about the women (and sometimes men) who keep things running at home to make their career successes possible. If it was okay for important men of history to rely on stay-at-home wives to make their work possible, important women can get help, too. That’s why nannies are coming out of the shadows and getting shout-outs on Instagram, publishing deals, and even cameos in an SNL video by Amy Poehler and Tina Fey. Oversharing moms like Amy Schumer are giving night nurses credit for their postpartum mental health, too. “I don’t know how not to be honest,” Shonda Rhimes told USA Today of why she credits her nanny when she answers that age-old question of how she does it all. “It does such a disservice to any other woman who’s out there reading and thinking, ‘Oh, it’s so easy for somebody else,’ And it’s not easy. It’s not easy for me. So I know it can’t be easy for somebody who doesn’t have any help. It felt like [I] should absolutely be honest as to how it works and how it is.” When we learn that busy and accomplished women like this have help, it makes the rest of us feel better about not doing as much as they do. At the same time, we still feel super jealous. What would the rest of us be able to accomplish with a household staff? Or even just with good maternity leave and affordable childcare? Well, we can ponder our desire for an equitable economy another time. For now, let’s just enjoy these famous moms and dads being honest about their awesome nannies. A version of this story was originally published on July 30, 2020. Kylie Kelce Image Credit: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images Kylie Kelce didn’t hold back about the importance of her nanny. In a January appearance on Sunday Sports Club with Allison Kuch, the field hockey coach shared that it’s “so important” to take time for yourself as a mom, per PEOPLE. She shared that her nanny of three years has been a “huge” help when she needs to “step away.” “The girls don’t cry when I leave. They’re excited that she’s there,” Kylie said about her daughters Wyatt, born in Oct. 2019, Elliotte, born in March 2021, and Bennett, born in Feb. 2023, who she shares with husband Jason Kelce. “I know that we’ve had enough discussion that she is holding them to the same standards that I hold them to.” The girl mom, who is expecting her fourth daughter in 2025, also revealed some helpful advice she received about self-care. “When there is an infant, like a newborn in the house, I was once told by a maternity nurse, like a recovery nurse in labor and delivery, that you should prioritize showering every day [because] it might be the only five minutes you get to yourself,” she said, per PEOPLE. “I have really tried to take that to heart when I come home and am in recovery phase because sometimes it really is the only time you do not have a baby touching you,” she added. And, of course, it’s much easier to get this time to yourself (and more!) with a nanny to help. In a Dec. 2024 episode of her Not Gonna Lie with Kylie Kelce podcast, she shared that her husband does not watch the girls while she works. “How do I say this nicely? No,” she said, per TODAY. “When I have to do something — coaching, something for Eagles Autism Foundation, podcast, a doctor’s appointment even — I will schedule childcare. My husband could tell me 72 times that he is going to be in the house during the times when I have to leave it; I will still schedule childcare,” she explained. She doesn’t fault him for this, because she knows her retired NFL player husband is “busier than he has ever been.” Kylie added, “I just make sure I’m covered, and if that means that he’s at the house and someone else is there, then that’s what we have going on. He will not be watching the kids. He’s not watching them right now. I think he’s in meetings.” Allison Holker Image Credit: Gregg DeGuire/Variety via Getty Images So You Think You Can Dance judge and mom of three Allison Holker said in 2024 that her nanny of eight years is like her sister. The two care for  “My kids see her as their big sister, second mom,” she told People. “Some people probably meet us and think we’re married at this point because every decision I make, we make together. And I’m not shy about that.” “Of course I’m the parent, but I respect her so much that her opinion matters in our home as well, even if it’s different than mine,” she continued. “And so I just really respect that she has been such a player in our lives for so long.” Chrissy Teigen Image Credit: Chelsea Lauren/WWD. “We have 4 incredible people, not all at once,” Teigen responded to a question on Twitter about how many nannies she has. “One will rotate and stay through the night.” On Mother’s Day 2023, Teigen was praised for transparency after she shouted out her four nannies in a sweet Instagram tribute. The post featured photos of the nannies snuggling her kids, and was captioned, “Grateful for all the people who make it possible for me to be the best mother I can possibly be. I am endlessly thankful for your presence in this home and all our lives. we love you.” Tamron Hall Image Credit: Getty Images “I’ve talked about the fact that our nanny lives with us,” Tamron Hall told SheKnows in February 2023. “It’s impossible to do it without her; my nearest family members are 2 thousand miles away. And I made a very conscious and deliberate decision to make sure people knew this about my life. I wasn’t going to pretend and I also felt that [to do so] was diminishing this great woman who chose a career to care for my son when I’m not able to be there.” Busy Philipps Image Credit: Getty Images Busy Phillips graciously wished a Happy Mother’s Day to all the nannies she’s had throughout the years in a poignant Instagram post.  “Being a mom isn’t a called a job for nothing,” the post was captioned, alongside a carousel of photos featuring her kids and their nannies. “And I wouldn’t have made it this far as a mom and a human without the incredible women who’ve helped me show up for my kids as my best self. Their love and care for my kids has allowed me to go to work and travel with the knowledge that the two humans most important to me will be taken care of.” Philipps concluded the post by saying, “Happy Mother’s Day to all who mother, especially the ones who maybe don’t always get the credit for it.” Jemima Kirke Image Credit: Getty Images Jemima Kirke shared a blatantly honest tidbit in an Instagram post that people rarely say out loud (even if they agree). The Girls actor “can’t stand playing with children.” And so, she gave her children’s nanny a big thank you on Mother’s Day. “You’ve saved them and me a whole lot of boredom,” she said. “Thank you for making me a better mother and for being nothing short of another mom to my children.” Amy Schumer Image Credit: Kevin Mazur/WireImage Though she had a hell of a pregnancy, Amy Schumer told the What to Expect podcast that she didn’t experience postpartum depression, for which she credits the help she got: “I had a baby nurse, and I have an assistant. So I think that if I didn’t have those luxuries, I’m sure I would be in that club.” Ali Fedotowsky-Manno Image Credit: Michael Tullberg/Getty Images “I think for a while I was too embarrassed to get someone to help me because I was worried about being judged for not being able to do it all myself,” Fedotowsky-Manno wrote on Instagram. “And ya know what, I’m kind of upset with myself for waiting as long as I did because not only am I a better mommy now but I feel like I have some of my sanity back.” Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Image Credit: Getty Images Meghan Markle and Prince Harry opened up about the invaluable role their son Archie’s former nanny played in not only their son’s life, but their family’s life. “She just took care of, not just Archie, but she took care of us,” Markle said. “She definitely took care of me.” When Lorren Khumalo first visited the family’s then-home of Frogmore Cottage, she felt instantly at ease when she saw Prince Harry walking barefoot in the garden. She soon fell into a routine with the family and asked if she could incorporate Zimbabwean traditions into her caregiving. “She said, ‘Is it ok if I tie him on my back with a mud cloth like we do in Zimbabwe?'” Markle remembered. “I said, ‘Yes! Let’s do that.'” Prince Harry remembers Archie sleeping soundly while holding Khumalo’s back. “It was brilliant,” he said. Melanie Lynskey Image Credit: The Hollywood Reporter via Getty After winning the Critic’s Choice Best Actress in a Drama Series award in 2022 for her performance in Yellowjackets, actor Melanie Lynskey took to the stage and thanked a pivotal person in her life. “The most important person I have to thank before I finish is my nanny, Sally,” she said. “I love her. She’s an absolute angel. She’s with my child, and I know my child is safe and taken care of, and she allows me to go and do my work. Thank you, Sally. I love you so much.” In the eyes of many, that public display of gratitude was just as (if not more) praise-worthy as the award itself. Amanda Kloots Image Credit: Getty Images In a May 2021 episode of The Talk, co-host Amanda Kloots said her manny, nanny, and amazing friends “will literally help me at any moment of the day,” but it is understandably still hard to be a single mom while navigating the immense grief of losing her late husband Nick Cordero to COVID-19. In a moving Instagram tribute, she expressed just how much one manny means to her and her son Elvis, 3. “After Nick passed and I realized I needed a lot of help, this wonderful human stepped into our lives as his manny. I really wanted a manny because I knew Elvis needed male energy in his life. What I didn’t know was how much he would help us both,” she said. “Thom, you have been the best example to my son. You brighten his day, taught him manners, kept him (well put him) on a schedule, cared for him like he was your own, helped us through so many life transitions, stayed late, arrived early…. there is nothing ever that you said you couldn’t do for us or help us with. I honestly don’t know what we will do without you. You are one of the most fantastic human beings I know and everyone that knows you thinks the same.” Anderson Cooper Image Credit: George Chinsee for WWD Anderson Cooper’s son Wyatt was sleeping through the night at just 3 months old, and the broadcast journalist was quick to give credit to Wyatt’s “amazing” caregiver for making that possible.  “I have an amazing nurse…I’m not sure what she’s done, but I’m told there’s no Ambien or whiskey involved,” he joked. Amanda Seyfried Image Credit: The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Amanda Seyfried has been vocal about just how much she appreciates the childcare her mother provides. She moved into Seyfriend’s house after her daughter Nina was born, and she hasn’t moved out. And honestly, Seyfried told The Sunday Times, she doesn’t want her to. In an intervew with Molner’s Table, she said her mother is not only Nina’s nanny, but her “third parent.” “I am so lucky, I know I am,” the Mamma Mia star said. Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds Image Credit: Christopher Polk for Variety Blake Lively leans on her parents for help with her and husband Ryan Reynolds’ children. They are “pretty much the nannies,” she said, and she is quick to sing their praises. “They are the best baby nurses you could pray for,” she said. “They raised five kids so they know what they are doing.” Megan Fox Image Credit: Brenton Ho for Billboard When Megan Fox’s son Noah was an infant, she and her then-husband Brian Austin Green hired a night nurse. This choice was not only made for the sake of their baby’s wellbeing, but for the sake of their marriage. She told TV host Jay Leno that she “overestimated her abilities,” and so she didn’t hire help originally. “I had no idea how difficult babies could be, so Brian and I were exhausted,” she said. It’s a reality all parents face, no matter how happy they are to have a child. The Transformers actor said she always wanted to be a mom and that she gets more satisfaction from motherhood than her career. “But I said to Brian, ‘We have to get a night nurse or we’re going to get a divorce because someone’s got to sleep in this house or we’re going to kill each other.'” Zoe Kazan Image Credit: Getty Images In a 2022 interview with Marie Claire, actress Zoe Kazan explained that the only way she and her husband, actor Paul Dano, could continue their careers after having a child was to rely on a nanny and family support. “We started filming [She Said] the exact same day that Paul started filming in Los Angeles. Our daughter had two parents who were working 17-hour days on opposite sides of the country. And the only way that we could make that work was that I had to have a really extraordinary nanny, who I am so indebted to. And my parents relocated for almost three months.” She continued, “My mother was a working mother who did not have someone doing that for her. And the reason that she feels so missionized, I think, to do this for us is to give me a different experience than she had. And so that was on my mind every day when I went to work.” Speaking of her upcoming movie, Kazan explained, “Those scenes of motherhood in the movie were actually some of the most important scenes to me. Everyone talks about work-life balance, but it’s also really hard to balance your priorities. I wanted to be the person who took my daughter to her first day of preschool, and I couldn’t do that because I felt like this job, this work was as important as that. And vice versa. I was just really relieved to read a script where that was represented and where I could put that part of myself in there… It made me feel not alone.” In a 2020 tweet, she said urged more people who win awards on TV to thank their children’s various caregivers. She went on to say that though she and her husband were only parents for a little over a year at that point, they had “employed more than a dozen women over three continents in that time.” “All of whom have made it possible for us to do our jobs; this is not to mention our family & friends who have pitched in,” she said. “The debt is immense.” Michelle Obama Image Credit: Getty Images During a conversation with NPR, Former First Lady Michelle Obama opened up about adding a nanny to her support system while shedding a light on the fact that most women aren’t able to do so for their families. “There is no shame in getting support. Your kids will value it; they will value you being less stressed. The guilty part of that piece, if you’re a woman who has the resources, is that we all know women who don’t have that choice.” She continued, “Sometimes we hide it because it’s like, ‘Dang, how am I talking about a nanny and a this and a that when I know that there are women, my peers, my cousins, who don’t have that support. They’re doing just as much as I’m doing but they don’t have access to affordable childcare. They couldn’t think of having a nanny. They don’t have flexibility in their work schedules.’ So part of it is that there’s kind of survivor’s remorse about what you’re able to do.” George Clooney & Amal Clooney Image Credit: Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty Images George and Amal Clooney don’t have a parade of caretakers in and out of their home. They rely on just one to care for their twins Ella and Alexander, who were born in 2017.  “We don’t, because it’s so important to Amal [to be involved],” the actor told The Guardian in December 2021. “We have a nanny four days a week and the rest of the time it’s just us. And during lockdown it was just us – for a full year! I felt like my mother in 1964, doing dishes and six loads of laundry a day.”  Brooklyn Decker Image Credit: Priscilla Grant/Everett Collection “As far as how I do it all, to be totally frank, I have help,” the Grace and Frankie actress told SheKnows in an exclusive interview. “I have a wonderful nanny who makes it so that I know my kids are safe and taken care of when I have to travel. And I have a husband who’s retired… We have this unique luxury of really being able to offer each other professional support and have the resources to be able to have childcare. And that’s the only way I can do it. That’s the only way.” Shonda Rhimes Image Credit: Stewart Cook/WWD. “I’ve read a lot of books written by and about working women and I’m struck by the fact no one ever seems to want to talk about having help at home,” the TV producer wrote in her book, Year of Yes. “Which I think is not so helpful to the women who don’t have help at home.”  Gwyneth Paltrow Image Credit: Christopher Polk for WWD. “I have an amazing nanny,” Paltrow told V Magazine in 2008. “I didn’t have one till Apple was 14 months old, but then, because we were going on tour, we found someone fantastic. She’s been with us ever since.” Later, after switching nannies, she told Harper’s Bazaar, “She’s French, so she’s teaching them French, and their previous nanny was Spanish, so they’re fluent in Spanish.”  Gwen Stefani Image Credit: Andreas Branch/WWD. “I’m super-unorganized, a real procrastinator, time management is non-existent,” Stefani told Stylist magazine in 2016. “When I had [my children], I realized I couldn’t be selfish anymore. …  My time away needs to be productive, and my time with them needs to be productive. It’s a lot of depending on a lot of other people. I had to interview 67 nannies alone, in this room, to get the people I have now.” (And yeah, this was after ex Gavin Rossdale was rumored to have slept with a previous nanny.) Hilaria Baldwin Image Credit: Lexie Moreland for WWD. “It’s so interesting with the whole nanny conversation,” the yoga entrepreneur and Mom Brain podcaster told podcast Mom School.  “People will write to you and say, ‘Ugh, she has a nanny’ — but that doesn’t mean that you don’t take care of your own kids. It literally means I am also working. I work every single day. And for people to make you feel badly about that is not fair. … Neither my family or Alec’s family live close … It is OK to accept help, and there is no shame that other people should give you because of that.” Jessica Alba Image Credit: Derek Wood/WWD. “I’d like to introduce y’all to a very special person. My sweet @nannyconnie,” Alba wrote on Instagram when Connie Simpson released her book, The Nanny Connie Way. “Nearly 10 years ago she came into my life and showed me the ropes with my newborn baby Honor — even though it was for only 3 weeks, as a new mom, it set the stage for me to take on the biggest, most important thing that had ever happened to me. She taught me how to bathe, breastfeed and soothe my new baby. And taught me about the importance of taking care of myself and gave me the space to have all the feels and not feel so alone.” Jessica Biel Image Credit: Tyler Boye/WWD. “Our story with Nanny Connie started the day we brought our son home from the hospital,” Biel wrote in nanny Connie Simpson’s book (yep, the same Connie who worked for Jessica Alba and many other celebs). “That may sound like a normal statement coming from new parents, except our birth plan was anything but normal. … When all our plans fell apart and the serene, natural childbirth we had envisioned ended with a transfer to the hospital and an emergency C-section, we arrived home exhausted, disillusioned, and totally in shock.”  Jessica Biel said on The Drew Barrymore Show in May 2022 that she is thankful for her support system, specifically her two wonderful nannies. In the interview, she said, “There’s no way my life … would exist without the two wonderful nannies that take care of my beautiful kids. Thank you to everyone out there who’s making everyone else’s life possible outside of the house, we could not do it without the support teams that we have — and we shouldn’t be ashamed to tell the truth about that.” Amy Poehler Image Credit: Lexie Moreland for WWD. “I have thought very hard and long about what has influenced me over the past couple of years,” she said at the Time 100 gala in 2011.  “And it was the women who helped me take care of my children. It is Jackie Johnson from Trinidad and it is Dawa Chodon from Tibet, who come to my house and help me raise my children. And for you working women who are out there tonight who get to do what you get to do because there are wonderful people who help you at home, I would like to take a moment to thank those people, some of whom are watching your children right now, while you’re at this event. Those are people who love your children as much as you do, and who inspire them and influence them. So on behalf of every sister and mother and person who stands in your kitchen and helps you love your child, I say thank you and I celebrate you tonight.” Ali Wong  Image Credit: Chelsea Lauren/WWD. “I didn’t expect to be so comfortable handing my child off to a nanny without getting any of her information,” Wong told Paste magazine. “As soon as she arrived at my house, I threw my baby in her arms and went to Target. She gave me her driver’s license a week after—she was like, ‘Uh, you should probably have my address, since you gave me the keys to your house and your child.’ And we were like, ‘Oh, yeah, that’s probably a good idea.’” Charlize Theron Image Credit: Stewart Cook/WWD. “In the beginning, I wanted to do it all and didn’t reach out for as much help as I actually needed,” she told Elle. “I felt, If I don’t do all of this, then maybe I am a bad parent. The second time, I realized I am happier and my kids are happier if I ask for more help. People think I have a staff of 40, but I don’t. I have one nanny and my mom up the street and amazing friends and family. I call them my village. But I’ve learned to balance things out more. I look at my fuel gauge and think, Is it full or is it empty? Then it’s up to me to decide how to fill that tank back up or just remain empty. But what can you do on an empty tank?” Zoe Saldana Image Credit: Michael Buckner/WWD. Asked how she balances home and work, Saldana told ItstheVibe.com, “Our assistant, our nanny, and our housekeeper. They are literally raising our children with us. It’s because of them I am able to rip myself away as long as I can, and my husband as well, to do what we do. They’re teaching us how to manage our pain as they’re raising our kids with us.” Victoria Beckham Image Credit: Paul Stuart for WWD. “If there’s a parents’ night or Easter bonnet parade or nativity parade, I plan around that so I can be heavily involved,” she said at the Vogue Festival in 2013, according to the Evening Standard. “But it’s difficult juggling working, having the children, having a husband who travels. I do have a bit of help, I have a nanny, I can’t do it all myself. I really enjoy being a mum. But I also love what I do. I think anyone who says it’s easy is lying.” Channing Tatum Image Credit: Quoin Pics/Everett Collection “I am sleeping a little, probably a little more than most,” Tatum told the Hollywood Reporter. “A lot of people who have a baby probably don’t have as much rest as I do. We have [a nanny] helping us manage all the risks of having a newborn.”  Mariah Carey Image Credit: Tyler Boye/WWD. “Unfortunately, I have to have nannies.” she told New York’s Power 105.6. “But I’m very hands on. I fire nannies like this. I hate doing it, but I have to [in case] they try to make themselves more important in the baby’s mind than me.” Andy Cohen (and Anderson Cooper) Image Credit: Brian To/Variety. “I’ve been talking about my nanny [saying] she’s leaving, that she’s gonna go help out a friend. And the moment Anderson announced it, I got a bunch of DMs from eagle-eared Radio Andy listeners saying, ‘Wait… is that where your nanny went?’’ Cohen explained of handing off his son’s nanny to Cooper on his SiriusXM radio show. “The answer is yes, that is where my nanny went.” Jennifer Garner Image Credit: Michael Buckner/Variety. “I see my kids’ nanny liking everything you put up with your gorgeous kids and I’m here to tell you, don’t get any ideas, either one of you,” Jennifer Garner commented on one of Chrissy Teigen’s Instagram post of Luna and Miles. This was not, by the way, the nanny who had an affair with Garner’s ex-husband, Ben Affleck. Pin It! Image Credit: Left to right: Jamie McCarthy/Staff/Getty Images; Frazer Harrison/Staff/Getty Images; Trae Patton/NBC/Contributor/Getty Images Source link

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When we see our favorite celebrities posing for photoshoots with serene babies, or posting perfect Instagrams of their homes, we can’t help but wonder if some people just have a knack for parenting. Thankfully, there are also honest celebrity moms and dads out there who reveal the truth about how they “do it all”: with the help of really good nannies, babysitters, and night nurses. In fact, unless they’ve said otherwise, you can assume that a lot of the actors, designers, and musical artists you love are getting a little help in the childcare department. After all, there is someone holding up the phone for those perfect Instagram photos and watching the kids while they work on movie sets. For years, many celebrity moms have been a little bit bashful about this fact, and they kept their nannies, baby nurses, and babysitters out of the picture, never mentioning them. The only times we ever had hints that nannies existed in Hollywood was when straying husbands were caught cheating with them (ahem, Ben Affleck), or when some caregiver had enough of their demanding famous bosses (looking at you, Mariah Carey) and leaked their life details to the press. Related story Jessica Biel Wants Everyone To Know How She Really Feels About Her Nannies Thankfully, we find ourselves in an age of a more “confessional” style of parenting. Everyone is admitting that it’s nearly impossible to raise kids in this world, and a handful have been ready to tell us about the women (and sometimes men) who keep things running at home to make their career successes possible. If it was okay for important men of history to rely on stay-at-home wives to make their work possible, important women can get help, too. That’s why nannies are coming out of the shadows and getting shout-outs on Instagram, publishing deals, and even cameos in an SNL video by Amy Poehler and Tina Fey. Oversharing moms like Amy Schumer are giving night nurses credit for their postpartum mental health, too. “I don’t know how not to be honest,” Shonda Rhimes told USA Today of why she credits her nanny when she answers that age-old question of how she does it all. “It does such a disservice to any other woman who’s out there reading and thinking, ‘Oh, it’s so easy for somebody else,’ And it’s not easy. It’s not easy for me. So I know it can’t be easy for somebody who doesn’t have any help. It felt like [I] should absolutely be honest as to how it works and how it is.” When we learn that busy and accomplished women like this have help, it makes the rest of us feel better about not doing as much as they do. At the same time, we still feel super jealous. What would the rest of us be able to accomplish with a household staff? Or even just with good maternity leave and affordable childcare? Well, we can ponder our desire for an equitable economy another time. For now, let’s just enjoy these famous moms and dads being honest about their awesome nannies. A version of this story was originally published on July 30, 2020. Kylie Kelce Image Credit: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images Kylie Kelce didn’t hold back about the importance of her nanny. In a January appearance on Sunday Sports Club with Allison Kuch, the field hockey coach shared that it’s “so important” to take time for yourself as a mom, per PEOPLE. She shared that her nanny of three years has been a “huge” help when she needs to “step away.” “The girls don’t cry when I leave. They’re excited that she’s there,” Kylie said about her daughters Wyatt, born in Oct. 2019, Elliotte, born in March 2021, and Bennett, born in Feb. 2023, who she shares with husband Jason Kelce. “I know that we’ve had enough discussion that she is holding them to the same standards that I hold them to.” The girl mom, who is expecting her fourth daughter in 2025, also revealed some helpful advice she received about self-care. “When there is an infant, like a newborn in the house, I was once told by a maternity nurse, like a recovery nurse in labor and delivery, that you should prioritize showering every day [because] it might be the only five minutes you get to yourself,” she said, per PEOPLE. “I have really tried to take that to heart when I come home and am in recovery phase because sometimes it really is the only time you do not have a baby touching you,” she added. And, of course, it’s much easier to get this time to yourself (and more!) with a nanny to help. In a Dec. 2024 episode of her Not Gonna Lie with Kylie Kelce podcast, she shared that her husband does not watch the girls while she works. “How do I say this nicely? No,” she said, per TODAY. “When I have to do something — coaching, something for Eagles Autism Foundation, podcast, a doctor’s appointment even — I will schedule childcare. My husband could tell me 72 times that he is going to be in the house during the times when I have to leave it; I will still schedule childcare,” she explained. She doesn’t fault him for this, because she knows her retired NFL player husband is “busier than he has ever been.” Kylie added, “I just make sure I’m covered, and if that means that he’s at the house and someone else is there, then that’s what we have going on. He will not be watching the kids. He’s not watching them right now. I think he’s in meetings.” Allison Holker Image Credit: Gregg DeGuire/Variety via Getty Images So You Think You Can Dance judge and mom of three Allison Holker said in 2024 that her nanny of eight years is like her sister. The two care for  “My kids see her as their big sister, second mom,” she told People. “Some people probably meet us and think we’re married at this point because every decision I make, we make together. And I’m not shy about that.” “Of course I’m the parent, but I respect her so much that her opinion matters in our home as well, even if it’s different than mine,” she continued. “And so I just really respect that she has been such a player in our lives for so long.” Chrissy Teigen Image Credit: Chelsea Lauren/WWD. “We have 4 incredible people, not all at once,” Teigen responded to a question on Twitter about how many nannies she has. “One will rotate and stay through the night.” On Mother’s Day 2023, Teigen was praised for transparency after she shouted out her four nannies in a sweet Instagram tribute. The post featured photos of the nannies snuggling her kids, and was captioned, “Grateful for all the people who make it possible for me to be the best mother I can possibly be. I am endlessly thankful for your presence in this home and all our lives. we love you.” Tamron Hall Image Credit: Getty Images “I’ve talked about the fact that our nanny lives with us,” Tamron Hall told SheKnows in February 2023. “It’s impossible to do it without her; my nearest family members are 2 thousand miles away. And I made a very conscious and deliberate decision to make sure people knew this about my life. I wasn’t going to pretend and I also felt that [to do so] was diminishing this great woman who chose a career to care for my son when I’m not able to be there.” Busy Philipps Image Credit: Getty Images Busy Phillips graciously wished a Happy Mother’s Day to all the nannies she’s had throughout the years in a poignant Instagram post.  “Being a mom isn’t a called a job for nothing,” the post was captioned, alongside a carousel of photos featuring her kids and their nannies. “And I wouldn’t have made it this far as a mom and a human without the incredible women who’ve helped me show up for my kids as my best self. Their love and care for my kids has allowed me to go to work and travel with the knowledge that the two humans most important to me will be taken care of.” Philipps concluded the post by saying, “Happy Mother’s Day to all who mother, especially the ones who maybe don’t always get the credit for it.” Jemima Kirke Image Credit: Getty Images Jemima Kirke shared a blatantly honest tidbit in an Instagram post that people rarely say out loud (even if they agree). The Girls actor “can’t stand playing with children.” And so, she gave her children’s nanny a big thank you on Mother’s Day. “You’ve saved them and me a whole lot of boredom,” she said. “Thank you for making me a better mother and for being nothing short of another mom to my children.” Amy Schumer Image Credit: Kevin Mazur/WireImage Though she had a hell of a pregnancy, Amy Schumer told the What to Expect podcast that she didn’t experience postpartum depression, for which she credits the help she got: “I had a baby nurse, and I have an assistant. So I think that if I didn’t have those luxuries, I’m sure I would be in that club.” Ali Fedotowsky-Manno Image Credit: Michael Tullberg/Getty Images “I think for a while I was too embarrassed to get someone to help me because I was worried about being judged for not being able to do it all myself,” Fedotowsky-Manno wrote on Instagram. “And ya know what, I’m kind of upset with myself for waiting as long as I did because not only am I a better mommy now but I feel like I have some of my sanity back.” Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Image Credit: Getty Images Meghan Markle and Prince Harry opened up about the invaluable role their son Archie’s former nanny played in not only their son’s life, but their family’s life. “She just took care of, not just Archie, but she took care of us,” Markle said. “She definitely took care of me.” When Lorren Khumalo first visited the family’s then-home of Frogmore Cottage, she felt instantly at ease when she saw Prince Harry walking barefoot in the garden. She soon fell into a routine with the family and asked if she could incorporate Zimbabwean traditions into her caregiving. “She said, ‘Is it ok if I tie him on my back with a mud cloth like we do in Zimbabwe?'” Markle remembered. “I said, ‘Yes! Let’s do that.'” Prince Harry remembers Archie sleeping soundly while holding Khumalo’s back. “It was brilliant,” he said. Melanie Lynskey Image Credit: The Hollywood Reporter via Getty After winning the Critic’s Choice Best Actress in a Drama Series award in 2022 for her performance in Yellowjackets, actor Melanie Lynskey took to the stage and thanked a pivotal person in her life. “The most important person I have to thank before I finish is my nanny, Sally,” she said. “I love her. She’s an absolute angel. She’s with my child, and I know my child is safe and taken care of, and she allows me to go and do my work. Thank you, Sally. I love you so much.” In the eyes of many, that public display of gratitude was just as (if not more) praise-worthy as the award itself. Amanda Kloots Image Credit: Getty Images In a May 2021 episode of The Talk, co-host Amanda Kloots said her manny, nanny, and amazing friends “will literally help me at any moment of the day,” but it is understandably still hard to be a single mom while navigating the immense grief of losing her late husband Nick Cordero to COVID-19. In a moving Instagram tribute, she expressed just how much one manny means to her and her son Elvis, 3. “After Nick passed and I realized I needed a lot of help, this wonderful human stepped into our lives as his manny. I really wanted a manny because I knew Elvis needed male energy in his life. What I didn’t know was how much he would help us both,” she said. “Thom, you have been the best example to my son. You brighten his day, taught him manners, kept him (well put him) on a schedule, cared for him like he was your own, helped us through so many life transitions, stayed late, arrived early…. there is nothing ever that you said you couldn’t do for us or help us with. I honestly don’t know what we will do without you. You are one of the most fantastic human beings I know and everyone that knows you thinks the same.” Anderson Cooper Image Credit: George Chinsee for WWD Anderson Cooper’s son Wyatt was sleeping through the night at just 3 months old, and the broadcast journalist was quick to give credit to Wyatt’s “amazing” caregiver for making that possible.  “I have an amazing nurse…I’m not sure what she’s done, but I’m told there’s no Ambien or whiskey involved,” he joked. Amanda Seyfried Image Credit: The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Amanda Seyfried has been vocal about just how much she appreciates the childcare her mother provides. She moved into Seyfriend’s house after her daughter Nina was born, and she hasn’t moved out. And honestly, Seyfried told The Sunday Times, she doesn’t want her to. In an intervew with Molner’s Table, she said her mother is not only Nina’s nanny, but her “third parent.” “I am so lucky, I know I am,” the Mamma Mia star said. Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds Image Credit: Christopher Polk for Variety Blake Lively leans on her parents for help with her and husband Ryan Reynolds’ children. They are “pretty much the nannies,” she said, and she is quick to sing their praises. “They are the best baby nurses you could pray for,” she said. “They raised five kids so they know what they are doing.” Megan Fox Image Credit: Brenton Ho for Billboard When Megan Fox’s son Noah was an infant, she and her then-husband Brian Austin Green hired a night nurse. This choice was not only made for the sake of their baby’s wellbeing, but for the sake of their marriage. She told TV host Jay Leno that she “overestimated her abilities,” and so she didn’t hire help originally. “I had no idea how difficult babies could be, so Brian and I were exhausted,” she said. It’s a reality all parents face, no matter how happy they are to have a child. The Transformers actor said she always wanted to be a mom and that she gets more satisfaction from motherhood than her career. “But I said to Brian, ‘We have to get a night nurse or we’re going to get a divorce because someone’s got to sleep in this house or we’re going to kill each other.'” Zoe Kazan Image Credit: Getty Images In a 2022 interview with Marie Claire, actress Zoe Kazan explained that the only way she and her husband, actor Paul Dano, could continue their careers after having a child was to rely on a nanny and family support. “We started filming [She Said] the exact same day that Paul started filming in Los Angeles. Our daughter had two parents who were working 17-hour days on opposite sides of the country. And the only way that we could make that work was that I had to have a really extraordinary nanny, who I am so indebted to. And my parents relocated for almost three months.” She continued, “My mother was a working mother who did not have someone doing that for her. And the reason that she feels so missionized, I think, to do this for us is to give me a different experience than she had. And so that was on my mind every day when I went to work.” Speaking of her upcoming movie, Kazan explained, “Those scenes of motherhood in the movie were actually some of the most important scenes to me. Everyone talks about work-life balance, but it’s also really hard to balance your priorities. I wanted to be the person who took my daughter to her first day of preschool, and I couldn’t do that because I felt like this job, this work was as important as that. And vice versa. I was just really relieved to read a script where that was represented and where I could put that part of myself in there… It made me feel not alone.” In a 2020 tweet, she said urged more people who win awards on TV to thank their children’s various caregivers. She went on to say that though she and her husband were only parents for a little over a year at that point, they had “employed more than a dozen women over three continents in that time.” “All of whom have made it possible for us to do our jobs; this is not to mention our family & friends who have pitched in,” she said. “The debt is immense.” Michelle Obama Image Credit: Getty Images During a conversation with NPR, Former First Lady Michelle Obama opened up about adding a nanny to her support system while shedding a light on the fact that most women aren’t able to do so for their families. “There is no shame in getting support. Your kids will value it; they will value you being less stressed. The guilty part of that piece, if you’re a woman who has the resources, is that we all know women who don’t have that choice.” She continued, “Sometimes we hide it because it’s like, ‘Dang, how am I talking about a nanny and a this and a that when I know that there are women, my peers, my cousins, who don’t have that support. They’re doing just as much as I’m doing but they don’t have access to affordable childcare. They couldn’t think of having a nanny. They don’t have flexibility in their work schedules.’ So part of it is that there’s kind of survivor’s remorse about what you’re able to do.” George Clooney & Amal Clooney Image Credit: Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty Images George and Amal Clooney don’t have a parade of caretakers in and out of their home. They rely on just one to care for their twins Ella and Alexander, who were born in 2017.  “We don’t, because it’s so important to Amal [to be involved],” the actor told The Guardian in December 2021. “We have a nanny four days a week and the rest of the time it’s just us. And during lockdown it was just us – for a full year! I felt like my mother in 1964, doing dishes and six loads of laundry a day.”  Brooklyn Decker Image Credit: Priscilla Grant/Everett Collection “As far as how I do it all, to be totally frank, I have help,” the Grace and Frankie actress told SheKnows in an exclusive interview. “I have a wonderful nanny who makes it so that I know my kids are safe and taken care of when I have to travel. And I have a husband who’s retired… We have this unique luxury of really being able to offer each other professional support and have the resources to be able to have childcare. And that’s the only way I can do it. That’s the only way.” Shonda Rhimes Image Credit: Stewart Cook/WWD. “I’ve read a lot of books written by and about working women and I’m struck by the fact no one ever seems to want to talk about having help at home,” the TV producer wrote in her book, Year of Yes. “Which I think is not so helpful to the women who don’t have help at home.”  Gwyneth Paltrow Image Credit: Christopher Polk for WWD. “I have an amazing nanny,” Paltrow told V Magazine in 2008. “I didn’t have one till Apple was 14 months old, but then, because we were going on tour, we found someone fantastic. She’s been with us ever since.” Later, after switching nannies, she told Harper’s Bazaar, “She’s French, so she’s teaching them French, and their previous nanny was Spanish, so they’re fluent in Spanish.”  Gwen Stefani Image Credit: Andreas Branch/WWD. “I’m super-unorganized, a real procrastinator, time management is non-existent,” Stefani told Stylist magazine in 2016. “When I had [my children], I realized I couldn’t be selfish anymore. …  My time away needs to be productive, and my time with them needs to be productive. It’s a lot of depending on a lot of other people. I had to interview 67 nannies alone, in this room, to get the people I have now.” (And yeah, this was after ex Gavin Rossdale was rumored to have slept with a previous nanny.) Hilaria Baldwin Image Credit: Lexie Moreland for WWD. “It’s so interesting with the whole nanny conversation,” the yoga entrepreneur and Mom Brain podcaster told podcast Mom School.  “People will write to you and say, ‘Ugh, she has a nanny’ — but that doesn’t mean that you don’t take care of your own kids. It literally means I am also working. I work every single day. And for people to make you feel badly about that is not fair. … Neither my family or Alec’s family live close … It is OK to accept help, and there is no shame that other people should give you because of that.” Jessica Alba Image Credit: Derek Wood/WWD. “I’d like to introduce y’all to a very special person. My sweet @nannyconnie,” Alba wrote on Instagram when Connie Simpson released her book, The Nanny Connie Way. “Nearly 10 years ago she came into my life and showed me the ropes with my newborn baby Honor — even though it was for only 3 weeks, as a new mom, it set the stage for me to take on the biggest, most important thing that had ever happened to me. She taught me how to bathe, breastfeed and soothe my new baby. And taught me about the importance of taking care of myself and gave me the space to have all the feels and not feel so alone.” Jessica Biel Image Credit: Tyler Boye/WWD. “Our story with Nanny Connie started the day we brought our son home from the hospital,” Biel wrote in nanny Connie Simpson’s book (yep, the same Connie who worked for Jessica Alba and many other celebs). “That may sound like a normal statement coming from new parents, except our birth plan was anything but normal. … When all our plans fell apart and the serene, natural childbirth we had envisioned ended with a transfer to the hospital and an emergency C-section, we arrived home exhausted, disillusioned, and totally in shock.”  Jessica Biel said on The Drew Barrymore Show in May 2022 that she is thankful for her support system, specifically her two wonderful nannies. In the interview, she said, “There’s no way my life … would exist without the two wonderful nannies that take care of my beautiful kids. Thank you to everyone out there who’s making everyone else’s life possible outside of the house, we could not do it without the support teams that we have — and we shouldn’t be ashamed to tell the truth about that.” Amy Poehler Image Credit: Lexie Moreland for WWD. “I have thought very hard and long about what has influenced me over the past couple of years,” she said at the Time 100 gala in 2011.  “And it was the women who helped me take care of my children. It is Jackie Johnson from Trinidad and it is Dawa Chodon from Tibet, who come to my house and help me raise my children. And for you working women who are out there tonight who get to do what you get to do because there are wonderful people who help you at home, I would like to take a moment to thank those people, some of whom are watching your children right now, while you’re at this event. Those are people who love your children as much as you do, and who inspire them and influence them. So on behalf of every sister and mother and person who stands in your kitchen and helps you love your child, I say thank you and I celebrate you tonight.” Ali Wong  Image Credit: Chelsea Lauren/WWD. “I didn’t expect to be so comfortable handing my child off to a nanny without getting any of her information,” Wong told Paste magazine. “As soon as she arrived at my house, I threw my baby in her arms and went to Target. She gave me her driver’s license a week after—she was like, ‘Uh, you should probably have my address, since you gave me the keys to your house and your child.’ And we were like, ‘Oh, yeah, that’s probably a good idea.’” Charlize Theron Image Credit: Stewart Cook/WWD. “In the beginning, I wanted to do it all and didn’t reach out for as much help as I actually needed,” she told Elle. “I felt, If I don’t do all of this, then maybe I am a bad parent. The second time, I realized I am happier and my kids are happier if I ask for more help. People think I have a staff of 40, but I don’t. I have one nanny and my mom up the street and amazing friends and family. I call them my village. But I’ve learned to balance things out more. I look at my fuel gauge and think, Is it full or is it empty? Then it’s up to me to decide how to fill that tank back up or just remain empty. But what can you do on an empty tank?” Zoe Saldana Image Credit: Michael Buckner/WWD. Asked how she balances home and work, Saldana told ItstheVibe.com, “Our assistant, our nanny, and our housekeeper. They are literally raising our children with us. It’s because of them I am able to rip myself away as long as I can, and my husband as well, to do what we do. They’re teaching us how to manage our pain as they’re raising our kids with us.” Victoria Beckham Image Credit: Paul Stuart for WWD. “If there’s a parents’ night or Easter bonnet parade or nativity parade, I plan around that so I can be heavily involved,” she said at the Vogue Festival in 2013, according to the Evening Standard. “But it’s difficult juggling working, having the children, having a husband who travels. I do have a bit of help, I have a nanny, I can’t do it all myself. I really enjoy being a mum. But I also love what I do. I think anyone who says it’s easy is lying.” Channing Tatum Image Credit: Quoin Pics/Everett Collection “I am sleeping a little, probably a little more than most,” Tatum told the Hollywood Reporter. “A lot of people who have a baby probably don’t have as much rest as I do. We have [a nanny] helping us manage all the risks of having a newborn.”  Mariah Carey Image Credit: Tyler Boye/WWD. “Unfortunately, I have to have nannies.” she told New York’s Power 105.6. “But I’m very hands on. I fire nannies like this. I hate doing it, but I have to [in case] they try to make themselves more important in the baby’s mind than me.” Andy Cohen (and Anderson Cooper) Image Credit: Brian To/Variety. “I’ve been talking about my nanny [saying] she’s leaving, that she’s gonna go help out a friend. And the moment Anderson announced it, I got a bunch of DMs from eagle-eared Radio Andy listeners saying, ‘Wait… is that where your nanny went?’’ Cohen explained of handing off his son’s nanny to Cooper on his SiriusXM radio show. “The answer is yes, that is where my nanny went.” Jennifer Garner Image Credit: Michael Buckner/Variety. “I see my kids’ nanny liking everything you put up with your gorgeous kids and I’m here to tell you, don’t get any ideas, either one of you,” Jennifer Garner commented on one of Chrissy Teigen’s Instagram post of Luna and Miles. This was not, by the way, the nanny who had an affair with Garner’s ex-husband, Ben Affleck. Pin It! Image Credit: Left to right: Jamie McCarthy/Staff/Getty Images; Frazer Harrison/Staff/Getty Images; Trae Patton/NBC/Contributor/Getty Images Source link

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evin Mazur/Getty Images Kylie Kelce is coming clean about why she wanted to expand her family with husband Jason Kelce. The podcaster and mom-of-three joked on the Thursday, December 19, episode of her “Not Gonna Lie With Kylie Kelce” podcast that she settled on four kids because “I really like even numbers.” During an interview with guest Charissa Thompson, Kylie, 32, shared that she always knew she wanted a big brood. “Jason was always like, ‘I’ll do whatever you wanna do,’ and I was always in the camp of I wanted four with room for one pleasant surprise,” she explained. Related: Jason Kelce and Pregnant Wife Kylie Kelce‘s Relationship Timeline Jason Kelce swiped right and found love with Kylie Kelce — even if their first date got off to a rocky start. “[I] definitely fell asleep,” the former Philadelphia Eagles athlete recalled on his “New Heights” podcast in September 2023. “Got a little too inebriated, but I was sober enough to know it was the […] “We got to three and I was like, ‘Three’s cool. This feels good,’” Kylie added, referring to her and Jason’s three daughters, Wyatt, 5, Elliotte, 3, and Bennett, 22 months. “Then we got out of the rough baby sleeping and all that, and I was like, ‘You know what, I like even numbers, let’s do it.’” Thursday Night Football host Thompson then asked Kylie if she still wanted one more after welcoming baby no. 4. “I think it might get shut down after this one,” the podcast host admitted. “We’re gonna have this next kid and I’m gonna be like, ‘Don’t even look at me. Eyes at the floor. Don’t look at me.’” Related: The Kelce Family‘s Glowing Quotes About Taylor Swift It’s safe to say that Taylor Swift has boyfriend Travis Kelce‘s family’s stamp of approval. The 14-time Grammy Award winner’s close bonds with Travis’ loved ones – including mom Donna, dad Ed, brother Jason and sister-in-law Kylie – have only grown since the couple started dating in the summer of 2023. “Both of their families […] Earlier on the podcast, Kylie responded to fans’ questions about whether she and Jason, 37, have picked out a name for the new addition. “First of all, love the confidence, but even if I did have a name picked out, I’d probably keep that one in the family,” she said. “What I will say: We don’t have a name picked out, so you’re not missing out on anything. And I have seen a number of the suggestions come through in the comments section so I appreciate that.” Thank You! You have successfully subscribed. Kylie and Jason shared news of their impending arrival last month via Instagram. Courtesy of Kylie Kelce/Instagram “I feel like we captured a very accurate representation of how each of the girls feel about getting another sister,” Kylie, 32, wrote via Instagram on Friday, November 22, alongside a photo of the couple’s three children wearing matching sweaters that read, “Big sister.” She added, “At least Ellie, mom and dad are on the same page! 🤷‍♀️.” In the snap, their youngest daughter, Bennett, is crying, while the eldest, Wyatt, is holding her hands over her ears in shock. Elliotte, nicknamed “Ellie,” however, is all smiles.

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Postpartum depression (PPD) is super common, affecting one out of every eight people who give birth — as well as even some partners who didn’t give birth. But it’s something far too few parents speak openly about, likely due to stigma and fears of being seen as not stable or “good enough” to take care of their babies. That’s why when celebrity parents use their platforms to share their experiences, it’s all the more powerful — because they’re broadcasting the message that yes, this is normal. Yes, we are still good moms. Yes, so are you. From Brooke Shields and Alanis Morissette to Adele and Reese Witherspoon, there are plenty of brave and openhearted celebrity moms out there who prove that you can indeed have PPD or postpartum anxiety (PPA) and a) overcome it and b) still be a badass mom. These A-listers have revealed the harrowing experiences they had after giving birth in an effort to let other women know they’re not alone. Read on for their stories. If you or a loved one are dealing with any form of postpartum emotional distress, please know that help is available. An excellent resource for information and support is Postpartum Support International. Call 1-800-944-4773 or visit postpartum.net for resources.  A version of this story was originally published in January 2017. Brooke Shields Image Credit: George Chinsee/SHE Media Brooke Shields has not just spoken about her experience with postpartum depression — she wrote a whole book about it. While chatting with SHE Media CEO Sam Skey at Flow Space presents An Evening with Brooke Shields, the actress explained why she published the book. “I felt like [my experience] had been played out on a public scale … for so many years that I felt like I needed to get my voice out there,” she says. “I was so destroyed by [postpartum depression] and thrown for a loop and just had no knowledge about the fear and guilt of it all.” Kylie Kelce Image Credit: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images In 2025, while preparing to welcome her fourth daughter with former Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce, Kylie Kelce revealed she believes she had some level of postpartum depression. “I have had periods of my life where I truly believe I was experiencing postpartum,” she said, per E News. “I know with [my eldest daughter] Wyatt that I had severe baby blues. We left the hospital, and I was like, ‘So you’re telling me this is mine?'” Hayden Panettiere Image Credit: Nina Westervelt for Variety In 2016, Hayden Panettiere revealed she suffered from postpartum depression after the birth of her daughter, Kaya. Panettiere got treatment for her PPD and has since become a vocal advocate for PPD awareness. “The more open I was, the more acceptance I got from people,” Panettiere told Yahoo! “I got so much support and so much love. I was floored. I feel much more exposed, yes, but in a great way.”  Panettiere has also opened up about the crossover between PPD and substance abuse, telling Women’s Health she turned to alcohol and opioids to try to manage the pain when it felt “like all the walls were closing in.” In an interview with E! News, Panettiere said she wishes she knew about PPD, what to look out for, and what would and wouldn’t help. “I just thought there was something seriously wrong with me, so I thought, ‘Fireball will fix this—duh!'” she said. “And it didn’t. It does for a moment, but then it makes everything worse.” She wishes someone had told her that PPD was not something she “should have to get over all by [herself],” and that it’s possible to give birth and not immediately feel an overwhelming sense of love. “It’s OK and not abnormal if [your baby] comes out and it’s a blob, and you’re like, ‘Oh my gosh, this is like a crazy little creation that I’m going to love when I get to know you.'” Celebrity Moms Who Battled Postpartum Depression Kylie Jenner Image Credit: Gilbert Flores/WWD via Getty Images In an interview with Vanity Fair Italy published in Feb. 2023, Kylie Jenner opened up about experiencing postpartum depression with kids Stormi and Aire who she shares with ex Travis Scott. “I have experienced [postpartum depression]. Twice,” she said. “The first time was very difficult, the second was more manageable,” she went on, adding that her advice for moms is to “not to over-think things” and to “live all the emotions of that moment to the fullest.” “Stay inside that moment, even if it is painful. I know, in those moments you think that it will never pass, that your body will never be the same as before, that you will never be the same,” Jenner continued. “That’s not true: the hormones, the emotions at that stage are much, much more powerful and bigger than you. My advice is to live through that transition, without fear of the aftermath. The risk is to miss all the most beautiful things of motherhood as well.” Sarah Michelle Gellar Image Credit: Griffin Lotz/Rolling Stone Sarah Michelle Gellar experienced postpartum depression after welcoming her firstborn, Charlotte. The Buffy The Vampire Slayer star — who shares Charlotte and son Rocky — with husband Freddie Prinze Jr., wrote about her experience in an Instagram post on May 9, 2017. “Having kids is wonderful, and life changing, and rarely what you’re prepared for,” she began, alongside a throwback photo of her and her baby girl. “I love my children more than anything in the world. But like a lot of women, I too struggled with postpartum depression after my first baby was born.” She went on, “I got help, and made it through, and every day since has been the best gift I could ever have asked for. To those of you going through this, know that you’re not alone and that it really does get better.” Sharna Burgess Image Credit: Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images for Fashion Island Sharna Burgess became a mom in June 2022 to Zane Walker Green with husband Brian Austin Green, and she experienced postpartum panic attacks and intrusive thoughts. “I had imagined the absolute worst-case scenario. And I felt myself having this panic attack, which I’ve never had a panic attack before,” Burgess told Good Morning America. “I’m a new mom, and all of a sudden, I was in this full-blown panic attack.” She also opened up about her intrusive thoughts in a Dec. 9, 2022 Instagram post, which Burgess described as “super dark thoughts of all the things that could go wrong. All the ways I or life could accidentally hurt my baby. Falling down stairs holding him, sickness, a car accident.. the list is long but I won’t share it. If you know you know.” The former Dancing With the Stars pro described that she thinks it stems from having a “massive responsibility suddenly upon us when we leave that hospital… in a diaper.. sleep deprived, emotionally charged but also depleted, trying to piece ourselves back together and let’s not forget .. in pain.” She went on, “That new responsibility is filled with so much love, wonder and awe but nobody warns you about the equal amount of fear that now lives within you. It’s the most excruciating love you’ve ever felt and its overwhelming, at least for me it was.” Maren Morris Image Credit: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images During a “Sunday Sitdown” interview with TODAY’s Willie Geist, Maren Morris opened up about her experience with postpartum depression following the birth of her son, Hayes, in March 2020. “I think a lot of identity crises happened there,” she said of becoming a mom in the midst of the global coronavirus outbreak. She explained, “Not just being a new parent and a new mother and dealing with postpartum depression for the first time, and reeling from that, and trying to, like, find the forest through the trees, but also just knowing my worth without someone clapping for me.” Morris shared that making music with her husband, fellow singer-songwriter Ryan Hurd, is ultimately what helped her to overcome PPD and the added darkness from the COVID-19 pandemic. “It was like, ‘Can we just please write something light to pull me out of this pandemic doldrum? I don’t wanna, you know, sit in the ashes very long here.’ He kind of just helped me in song form, and in just conversation form, figure out how to get to the light.” Ayesha Curry Image Credit: Bryan Bedder/WWD via Getty Images Ayesha Curry recently opened up on the Because Life podcast about suffering from postpartum depression after the birth of her second child, son Ryan, with husband Steph Curry, but she didn’t have an official diagnosis at the time. She made the decision to stop breastfeeding at six months, which made her “feel like a failure” as pressure of life in the public eye only “brought some other insecurities with it.” The mom of four now wants to help end the stigma around PPD. “It’s not anything we talked about with our moms at the time,” she said. “It was this invisible thing. Even to this day, I’ve never heard my mom talk about it. They didn’t experience that. It might have been a sign of the times.” Gwyneth Paltrow Image Credit: Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty Images Gwyneth Paltrow went through a hard time after her second child, son Moses, was born. She revealed to Entertainment Tonight, “Luckily [my case] was low grade enough that I didn’t have to be hospitalized, but it’s a very debilitating thing, and I think there’s so much shame around it, and there shouldn’t be. It’s something that happens, it’s something that befalls many women after they have a baby, and for me, it ended up being a wonderful opportunity to explore some underlying issues that I think the depression kind of brought out.” Amanda Seyfried Image Credit: WWD via Getty Images Amanda Seyfried made a decision with her doctor during her first pregnancy with daughter Nina to stay on the antidepressant she had been on “for years and years and years.” The A Mouthful of Air star revealed to SheKnows that she was “so lucky to have had that research and to have that confidence in taking my medicine while I was pregnant.” The actress believes this move helped her avoid postpartum depression after both of her pregnancies. “I don’t want to feel bad, I don’t want to feel scared,” Seyfried explained. “I want to feel as supported as possible because this country doesn’t support women, maternal mental health, or maternal health at all. Postpartum, the fourth trimester, is nothing, it doesn’t exist to the health care industry at all.” adeleAdele Image Credit: Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty Images “My knowledge of postpartum — or postnatal, as we call it in England — is that you don’t want to be with your child; you’re worried you might hurt your child; you’re worried you weren’t doing a good job,” Adele said in an interview with Vanity Fair, explaining why she hadn’t initially thought she had PPD. “I was obsessed with my child,” she noted. It was unlike PPD cases she’d heard about where the mother felt disconnected from her baby. But still, she was struggling. “I felt very inadequate; I felt like I’d made the worst decision of my life,” Adele continued. Now, she’s comfortable admitting that she “had really bad postpartum depression after I had my son, and it frightened me,” she told the publication. Reese Witherspoon Image Credit: Elizabeth Goodenough/Everett Collection Witherspoon told Jameela Jamil on her I Weigh podcast that she experienced varying degrees of PPD with her kids. “I’ve had three kids. After each child, I had a different experience. One kid I had kind of mild postpartum, and one kid I had severe postpartum where I had to take pretty heavy medication because I just wasn’t thinking straight at all. And then I had one kid where I had no postpartum at all.” She added that she was “completely out of control” after the birth of her first child, daughter Ava Phillipe, and that seeking help was absolutely key to her recovery. Chrissy Teigen Image Credit: Michael Buckner/Variety Chrissy Teigen — who shares four kids with husband John Legend — opened up to Net-a-Porter about the postpartum depression she experienced after her eldest’s birth — and how she felt guilty for feeling bad at all. “I felt bad [about it] because we had so many resources. John was great and helpful. My mom was here… I was embarrassed,” she recalled. “I was prescribed Lexapro [an antidepressant] when I was a teenager, and then I just quit cold turkey, not thinking it was a real thing. I thought everyone had problems like mine, like it was part of life.” Serena Williams Image Credit: Gilbert Flores/Billboard via Getty Images Tennis Legend Serena Williams opened up about her experiences with postpartum depression after the birth of her first daughter, writing on Instagram: “I felt like I was not a good mom. I read several articles that said postpartum emotions can last up to 3 years if not dealt with,” she explained. What helped her get through it? “I like communication best,” Williams continued in her post. “Talking things through with my mom, my sisters, my friends let me know that my feelings are totally normal. It’s totally normal to feel like I’m not doing enough for my baby.” Drew Barrymore Image Credit: Kristina Bumphrey/Variety via Getty Images After she gave birth to her second baby, Drew Barrymore revealed that she suffered from PPD. “I didn’t have postpartum the first time, so I didn’t understand it, because I was like, ‘I feel great!’ The second time, I was like, ‘Oh, whoa, I see what people talk about now. I understand,'” Barrymore told People. “It’s a different type of overwhelming with the second. I really got under the cloud.” Courteney Cox Image Credit: Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images In 2005, nearly a year after she gave birth to her daughter Coco Arquette (pictured above), Courteney Cox told USA Today that she suffered from PPD a few months after she became a mom. “I went through a really hard time — not right after the baby, but when [Coco] turned 6 months. I couldn’t sleep. My heart was racing. And I got really depressed. I went to the doctor and found out my hormones had been pummeled.” Celine Dion Image Credit: Kristin Callahan/Everett Collection After Celine Dion had her twins, Nelson and Eddy, she [unsurprisingly] felt very overwhelmed. Dion told GALA magazine, “One moment, tremendous happiness; the next, fatigue sets in, and I cried for no reason, and then that took care of itself.” She also added, “I had no appetite, and that bothered me. My mother remarked that she noticed I had moments of lifelessness but reassured me that this was entirely normal.” Alanis Morissette Image Credit: Christopher Polk/Billboard via Getty Images After the 2010 birth of her son Ever, Morissette went through a “really intense time.” On Good Morning America, Morissette encouraged women suffering with PPD to get help sooner rather than later, saying, “If I could share anything with anyone who’s going through it, it would be to encourage them to seek help and reach out a little earlier than I did.”  Vanessa Lachey Image Credit: Michael Kovac/Getty Images for Adopt Together. Vanessa Lachey revealed that, after the birth of her son Camden, she “came undone.” In a candid blog post, Lachey talked about her experience, saying, “I noticed a swing in my emotions. At this point I was sick of feeling like a milk machine. I felt lost, unloved, alone and at my wits end. It’s weird, too, because I have an amazing and supportive husband, his loving family and wonderful friends. But at that moment… I felt like NO ONE understood me.” Lachey also confessed that the early days of motherhood were nothing like what she had envisioned. “I imagined blissful days, tired nights, but quiet loving moments,” she wrote. “I imagined family dinners with the 12 casseroles I prepared ahead of time, and a beautiful post-pregnancy glow that embodied me 24-7. But This was none of that.” Carnie Wilson Image Credit: Priscilla Grant/Everett Collection Back in 2005, Carnie Wilson admitted to suffering postpartum depression after the birth of her daughter, Lola. “I cried all day over everything,” Wilson told People. “It’s a physical feeling. I don’t know how to describe it. You’re overwhelmed with love and joy, then sadness and fear. You’re so afraid you’re going to fail this baby. What if you drop her or hurt her? She’s totally dependent on you, and it’s scary.” Kendra Wilkinson Image Credit: Elizabeth Goodenough/Everett Collection Kendra Wilkinson had a hard time after her son Hank Jr. was born in 2009. Nearly two years after she became a mother, Wilkinson opened up about her private battle with PPD to People. “It got pretty bad, [but] not to the point where I would harm my family. I was a great mom and did what I needed to, but I was definitely very depressed,” Wilkinson revealed. “[Motherhood is] a big change in life, and it happened overnight.” Wilkinson also said that PPD “needs to be talked about.” Catelynn Lowell Image Credit: Priscilla Grant/Everett Collection Teen Mom star Catelynn Lowell felt severely depressed after she gave birth to daughter Novalee in 2015. “I started having severe panic and anxiety attacks in the middle of the night, which led me into a deep depression,” she admitted. “I couldn’t stop crying. I felt I’d be better off dead. I needed help.” Peggy Tanous Image Credit: Michael Germana/Everett Collection Former star of The Real Housewives of Orange County Peggy Tanous confessed to suffering from PPD in a blog post for Bravo. Remembering what her experience was like, Tanous revealed, “I finally had everything I had wanted, a great husband and amazing children, but I felt as if nothing was ever enough to make me happy. It was as if I never had enough of anything, but now being healthier I realize it isn’t about getting enough of something, but rather having a different frame of mind!” Source link

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Postpartum depression (PPD) is super common, affecting one out of every eight people who give birth — as well as even some partners who didn’t give birth. But it’s something far too few parents speak openly about, likely due to stigma and fears of being seen as not stable or “good enough” to take care of their babies. That’s why when celebrity parents use their platforms to share their experiences, it’s all the more powerful — because they’re broadcasting the message that yes, this is normal. Yes, we are still good moms. Yes, so are you. From Brooke Shields and Alanis Morissette to Adele and Reese Witherspoon, there are plenty of brave and openhearted celebrity moms out there who prove that you can indeed have PPD or postpartum anxiety (PPA) and a) overcome it and b) still be a badass mom. These A-listers have revealed the harrowing experiences they had after giving birth in an effort to let other women know they’re not alone. Read on for their stories. If you or a loved one are dealing with any form of postpartum emotional distress, please know that help is available. An excellent resource for information and support is Postpartum Support International. Call 1-800-944-4773 or visit postpartum.net for resources.  A version of this story was originally published in January 2017. Brooke Shields Image Credit: George Chinsee/SHE Media Brooke Shields has not just spoken about her experience with postpartum depression — she wrote a whole book about it. While chatting with SHE Media CEO Sam Skey at Flow Space presents An Evening with Brooke Shields, the actress explained why she published the book. “I felt like [my experience] had been played out on a public scale … for so many years that I felt like I needed to get my voice out there,” she says. “I was so destroyed by [postpartum depression] and thrown for a loop and just had no knowledge about the fear and guilt of it all.” Kylie Kelce Image Credit: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images In 2025, while preparing to welcome her fourth daughter with former Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce, Kylie Kelce revealed she believes she had some level of postpartum depression. “I have had periods of my life where I truly believe I was experiencing postpartum,” she said, per E News. “I know with [my eldest daughter] Wyatt that I had severe baby blues. We left the hospital, and I was like, ‘So you’re telling me this is mine?'” Hayden Panettiere Image Credit: Nina Westervelt for Variety In 2016, Hayden Panettiere revealed she suffered from postpartum depression after the birth of her daughter, Kaya. Panettiere got treatment for her PPD and has since become a vocal advocate for PPD awareness. “The more open I was, the more acceptance I got from people,” Panettiere told Yahoo! “I got so much support and so much love. I was floored. I feel much more exposed, yes, but in a great way.”  Panettiere has also opened up about the crossover between PPD and substance abuse, telling Women’s Health she turned to alcohol and opioids to try to manage the pain when it felt “like all the walls were closing in.” In an interview with E! News, Panettiere said she wishes she knew about PPD, what to look out for, and what would and wouldn’t help. “I just thought there was something seriously wrong with me, so I thought, ‘Fireball will fix this—duh!'” she said. “And it didn’t. It does for a moment, but then it makes everything worse.” She wishes someone had told her that PPD was not something she “should have to get over all by [herself],” and that it’s possible to give birth and not immediately feel an overwhelming sense of love. “It’s OK and not abnormal if [your baby] comes out and it’s a blob, and you’re like, ‘Oh my gosh, this is like a crazy little creation that I’m going to love when I get to know you.'” Celebrity Moms Who Battled Postpartum Depression Kylie Jenner Image Credit: Gilbert Flores/WWD via Getty Images In an interview with Vanity Fair Italy published in Feb. 2023, Kylie Jenner opened up about experiencing postpartum depression with kids Stormi and Aire who she shares with ex Travis Scott. “I have experienced [postpartum depression]. Twice,” she said. “The first time was very difficult, the second was more manageable,” she went on, adding that her advice for moms is to “not to over-think things” and to “live all the emotions of that moment to the fullest.” “Stay inside that moment, even if it is painful. I know, in those moments you think that it will never pass, that your body will never be the same as before, that you will never be the same,” Jenner continued. “That’s not true: the hormones, the emotions at that stage are much, much more powerful and bigger than you. My advice is to live through that transition, without fear of the aftermath. The risk is to miss all the most beautiful things of motherhood as well.” Sarah Michelle Gellar Image Credit: Griffin Lotz/Rolling Stone Sarah Michelle Gellar experienced postpartum depression after welcoming her firstborn, Charlotte. The Buffy The Vampire Slayer star — who shares Charlotte and son Rocky — with husband Freddie Prinze Jr., wrote about her experience in an Instagram post on May 9, 2017. “Having kids is wonderful, and life changing, and rarely what you’re prepared for,” she began, alongside a throwback photo of her and her baby girl. “I love my children more than anything in the world. But like a lot of women, I too struggled with postpartum depression after my first baby was born.” She went on, “I got help, and made it through, and every day since has been the best gift I could ever have asked for. To those of you going through this, know that you’re not alone and that it really does get better.” Sharna Burgess Image Credit: Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images for Fashion Island Sharna Burgess became a mom in June 2022 to Zane Walker Green with husband Brian Austin Green, and she experienced postpartum panic attacks and intrusive thoughts. “I had imagined the absolute worst-case scenario. And I felt myself having this panic attack, which I’ve never had a panic attack before,” Burgess told Good Morning America. “I’m a new mom, and all of a sudden, I was in this full-blown panic attack.” She also opened up about her intrusive thoughts in a Dec. 9, 2022 Instagram post, which Burgess described as “super dark thoughts of all the things that could go wrong. All the ways I or life could accidentally hurt my baby. Falling down stairs holding him, sickness, a car accident.. the list is long but I won’t share it. If you know you know.” The former Dancing With the Stars pro described that she thinks it stems from having a “massive responsibility suddenly upon us when we leave that hospital… in a diaper.. sleep deprived, emotionally charged but also depleted, trying to piece ourselves back together and let’s not forget .. in pain.” She went on, “That new responsibility is filled with so much love, wonder and awe but nobody warns you about the equal amount of fear that now lives within you. It’s the most excruciating love you’ve ever felt and its overwhelming, at least for me it was.” Maren Morris Image Credit: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images During a “Sunday Sitdown” interview with TODAY’s Willie Geist, Maren Morris opened up about her experience with postpartum depression following the birth of her son, Hayes, in March 2020. “I think a lot of identity crises happened there,” she said of becoming a mom in the midst of the global coronavirus outbreak. She explained, “Not just being a new parent and a new mother and dealing with postpartum depression for the first time, and reeling from that, and trying to, like, find the forest through the trees, but also just knowing my worth without someone clapping for me.” Morris shared that making music with her husband, fellow singer-songwriter Ryan Hurd, is ultimately what helped her to overcome PPD and the added darkness from the COVID-19 pandemic. “It was like, ‘Can we just please write something light to pull me out of this pandemic doldrum? I don’t wanna, you know, sit in the ashes very long here.’ He kind of just helped me in song form, and in just conversation form, figure out how to get to the light.” Ayesha Curry Image Credit: Bryan Bedder/WWD via Getty Images Ayesha Curry recently opened up on the Because Life podcast about suffering from postpartum depression after the birth of her second child, son Ryan, with husband Steph Curry, but she didn’t have an official diagnosis at the time. She made the decision to stop breastfeeding at six months, which made her “feel like a failure” as pressure of life in the public eye only “brought some other insecurities with it.” The mom of four now wants to help end the stigma around PPD. “It’s not anything we talked about with our moms at the time,” she said. “It was this invisible thing. Even to this day, I’ve never heard my mom talk about it. They didn’t experience that. It might have been a sign of the times.” Gwyneth Paltrow Image Credit: Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty Images Gwyneth Paltrow went through a hard time after her second child, son Moses, was born. She revealed to Entertainment Tonight, “Luckily [my case] was low grade enough that I didn’t have to be hospitalized, but it’s a very debilitating thing, and I think there’s so much shame around it, and there shouldn’t be. It’s something that happens, it’s something that befalls many women after they have a baby, and for me, it ended up being a wonderful opportunity to explore some underlying issues that I think the depression kind of brought out.” Amanda Seyfried Image Credit: WWD via Getty Images Amanda Seyfried made a decision with her doctor during her first pregnancy with daughter Nina to stay on the antidepressant she had been on “for years and years and years.” The A Mouthful of Air star revealed to SheKnows that she was “so lucky to have had that research and to have that confidence in taking my medicine while I was pregnant.” The actress believes this move helped her avoid postpartum depression after both of her pregnancies. “I don’t want to feel bad, I don’t want to feel scared,” Seyfried explained. “I want to feel as supported as possible because this country doesn’t support women, maternal mental health, or maternal health at all. Postpartum, the fourth trimester, is nothing, it doesn’t exist to the health care industry at all.” adeleAdele Image Credit: Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty Images “My knowledge of postpartum — or postnatal, as we call it in England — is that you don’t want to be with your child; you’re worried you might hurt your child; you’re worried you weren’t doing a good job,” Adele said in an interview with Vanity Fair, explaining why she hadn’t initially thought she had PPD. “I was obsessed with my child,” she noted. It was unlike PPD cases she’d heard about where the mother felt disconnected from her baby. But still, she was struggling. “I felt very inadequate; I felt like I’d made the worst decision of my life,” Adele continued. Now, she’s comfortable admitting that she “had really bad postpartum depression after I had my son, and it frightened me,” she told the publication. Reese Witherspoon Image Credit: Elizabeth Goodenough/Everett Collection Witherspoon told Jameela Jamil on her I Weigh podcast that she experienced varying degrees of PPD with her kids. “I’ve had three kids. After each child, I had a different experience. One kid I had kind of mild postpartum, and one kid I had severe postpartum where I had to take pretty heavy medication because I just wasn’t thinking straight at all. And then I had one kid where I had no postpartum at all.” She added that she was “completely out of control” after the birth of her first child, daughter Ava Phillipe, and that seeking help was absolutely key to her recovery. Chrissy Teigen Image Credit: Michael Buckner/Variety Chrissy Teigen — who shares four kids with husband John Legend — opened up to Net-a-Porter about the postpartum depression she experienced after her eldest’s birth — and how she felt guilty for feeling bad at all. “I felt bad [about it] because we had so many resources. John was great and helpful. My mom was here… I was embarrassed,” she recalled. “I was prescribed Lexapro [an antidepressant] when I was a teenager, and then I just quit cold turkey, not thinking it was a real thing. I thought everyone had problems like mine, like it was part of life.” Serena Williams Image Credit: Gilbert Flores/Billboard via Getty Images Tennis Legend Serena Williams opened up about her experiences with postpartum depression after the birth of her first daughter, writing on Instagram: “I felt like I was not a good mom. I read several articles that said postpartum emotions can last up to 3 years if not dealt with,” she explained. What helped her get through it? “I like communication best,” Williams continued in her post. “Talking things through with my mom, my sisters, my friends let me know that my feelings are totally normal. It’s totally normal to feel like I’m not doing enough for my baby.” Drew Barrymore Image Credit: Kristina Bumphrey/Variety via Getty Images After she gave birth to her second baby, Drew Barrymore revealed that she suffered from PPD. “I didn’t have postpartum the first time, so I didn’t understand it, because I was like, ‘I feel great!’ The second time, I was like, ‘Oh, whoa, I see what people talk about now. I understand,'” Barrymore told People. “It’s a different type of overwhelming with the second. I really got under the cloud.” Courteney Cox Image Credit: Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images In 2005, nearly a year after she gave birth to her daughter Coco Arquette (pictured above), Courteney Cox told USA Today that she suffered from PPD a few months after she became a mom. “I went through a really hard time — not right after the baby, but when [Coco] turned 6 months. I couldn’t sleep. My heart was racing. And I got really depressed. I went to the doctor and found out my hormones had been pummeled.” Celine Dion Image Credit: Kristin Callahan/Everett Collection After Celine Dion had her twins, Nelson and Eddy, she [unsurprisingly] felt very overwhelmed. Dion told GALA magazine, “One moment, tremendous happiness; the next, fatigue sets in, and I cried for no reason, and then that took care of itself.” She also added, “I had no appetite, and that bothered me. My mother remarked that she noticed I had moments of lifelessness but reassured me that this was entirely normal.” Alanis Morissette Image Credit: Christopher Polk/Billboard via Getty Images After the 2010 birth of her son Ever, Morissette went through a “really intense time.” On Good Morning America, Morissette encouraged women suffering with PPD to get help sooner rather than later, saying, “If I could share anything with anyone who’s going through it, it would be to encourage them to seek help and reach out a little earlier than I did.”  Vanessa Lachey Image Credit: Michael Kovac/Getty Images for Adopt Together. Vanessa Lachey revealed that, after the birth of her son Camden, she “came undone.” In a candid blog post, Lachey talked about her experience, saying, “I noticed a swing in my emotions. At this point I was sick of feeling like a milk machine. I felt lost, unloved, alone and at my wits end. It’s weird, too, because I have an amazing and supportive husband, his loving family and wonderful friends. But at that moment… I felt like NO ONE understood me.” Lachey also confessed that the early days of motherhood were nothing like what she had envisioned. “I imagined blissful days, tired nights, but quiet loving moments,” she wrote. “I imagined family dinners with the 12 casseroles I prepared ahead of time, and a beautiful post-pregnancy glow that embodied me 24-7. But This was none of that.” Carnie Wilson Image Credit: Priscilla Grant/Everett Collection Back in 2005, Carnie Wilson admitted to suffering postpartum depression after the birth of her daughter, Lola. “I cried all day over everything,” Wilson told People. “It’s a physical feeling. I don’t know how to describe it. You’re overwhelmed with love and joy, then sadness and fear. You’re so afraid you’re going to fail this baby. What if you drop her or hurt her? She’s totally dependent on you, and it’s scary.” Kendra Wilkinson Image Credit: Elizabeth Goodenough/Everett Collection Kendra Wilkinson had a hard time after her son Hank Jr. was born in 2009. Nearly two years after she became a mother, Wilkinson opened up about her private battle with PPD to People. “It got pretty bad, [but] not to the point where I would harm my family. I was a great mom and did what I needed to, but I was definitely very depressed,” Wilkinson revealed. “[Motherhood is] a big change in life, and it happened overnight.” Wilkinson also said that PPD “needs to be talked about.” Catelynn Lowell Image Credit: Priscilla Grant/Everett Collection Teen Mom star Catelynn Lowell felt severely depressed after she gave birth to daughter Novalee in 2015. “I started having severe panic and anxiety attacks in the middle of the night, which led me into a deep depression,” she admitted. “I couldn’t stop crying. I felt I’d be better off dead. I needed help.” Peggy Tanous Image Credit: Michael Germana/Everett Collection Former star of The Real Housewives of Orange County Peggy Tanous confessed to suffering from PPD in a blog post for Bravo. Remembering what her experience was like, Tanous revealed, “I finally had everything I had wanted, a great husband and amazing children, but I felt as if nothing was ever enough to make me happy. It was as if I never had enough of anything, but now being healthier I realize it isn’t about getting enough of something, but rather having a different frame of mind!” Source link

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Postpartum depression (PPD) is super common, affecting one out of every eight people who give birth — as well as even some partners who didn’t give birth. But it’s something far too few parents speak openly about, likely due to stigma and fears of being seen as not stable or “good enough” to take care of their babies. That’s why when celebrity parents use their platforms to share their experiences, it’s all the more powerful — because they’re broadcasting the message that yes, this is normal. Yes, we are still good moms. Yes, so are you. From Brooke Shields and Alanis Morissette to Adele and Reese Witherspoon, there are plenty of brave and openhearted celebrity moms out there who prove that you can indeed have PPD or postpartum anxiety (PPA) and a) overcome it and b) still be a badass mom. These A-listers have revealed the harrowing experiences they had after giving birth in an effort to let other women know they’re not alone. Read on for their stories. If you or a loved one are dealing with any form of postpartum emotional distress, please know that help is available. An excellent resource for information and support is Postpartum Support International. Call 1-800-944-4773 or visit postpartum.net for resources.  A version of this story was originally published in January 2017. Brooke Shields Image Credit: George Chinsee/SHE Media Brooke Shields has not just spoken about her experience with postpartum depression — she wrote a whole book about it. While chatting with SHE Media CEO Sam Skey at Flow Space presents An Evening with Brooke Shields, the actress explained why she published the book. “I felt like [my experience] had been played out on a public scale … for so many years that I felt like I needed to get my voice out there,” she says. “I was so destroyed by [postpartum depression] and thrown for a loop and just had no knowledge about the fear and guilt of it all.” Kylie Kelce Image Credit: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images In 2025, while preparing to welcome her fourth daughter with former Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce, Kylie Kelce revealed she believes she had some level of postpartum depression. “I have had periods of my life where I truly believe I was experiencing postpartum,” she said, per E News. “I know with [my eldest daughter] Wyatt that I had severe baby blues. We left the hospital, and I was like, ‘So you’re telling me this is mine?'” Hayden Panettiere Image Credit: Nina Westervelt for Variety In 2016, Hayden Panettiere revealed she suffered from postpartum depression after the birth of her daughter, Kaya. Panettiere got treatment for her PPD and has since become a vocal advocate for PPD awareness. “The more open I was, the more acceptance I got from people,” Panettiere told Yahoo! “I got so much support and so much love. I was floored. I feel much more exposed, yes, but in a great way.”  Panettiere has also opened up about the crossover between PPD and substance abuse, telling Women’s Health she turned to alcohol and opioids to try to manage the pain when it felt “like all the walls were closing in.” In an interview with E! News, Panettiere said she wishes she knew about PPD, what to look out for, and what would and wouldn’t help. “I just thought there was something seriously wrong with me, so I thought, ‘Fireball will fix this—duh!'” she said. “And it didn’t. It does for a moment, but then it makes everything worse.” She wishes someone had told her that PPD was not something she “should have to get over all by [herself],” and that it’s possible to give birth and not immediately feel an overwhelming sense of love. “It’s OK and not abnormal if [your baby] comes out and it’s a blob, and you’re like, ‘Oh my gosh, this is like a crazy little creation that I’m going to love when I get to know you.'” Celebrity Moms Who Battled Postpartum Depression Kylie Jenner Image Credit: Gilbert Flores/WWD via Getty Images In an interview with Vanity Fair Italy published in Feb. 2023, Kylie Jenner opened up about experiencing postpartum depression with kids Stormi and Aire who she shares with ex Travis Scott. “I have experienced [postpartum depression]. Twice,” she said. “The first time was very difficult, the second was more manageable,” she went on, adding that her advice for moms is to “not to over-think things” and to “live all the emotions of that moment to the fullest.” “Stay inside that moment, even if it is painful. I know, in those moments you think that it will never pass, that your body will never be the same as before, that you will never be the same,” Jenner continued. “That’s not true: the hormones, the emotions at that stage are much, much more powerful and bigger than you. My advice is to live through that transition, without fear of the aftermath. The risk is to miss all the most beautiful things of motherhood as well.” Sarah Michelle Gellar Image Credit: Griffin Lotz/Rolling Stone Sarah Michelle Gellar experienced postpartum depression after welcoming her firstborn, Charlotte. The Buffy The Vampire Slayer star — who shares Charlotte and son Rocky — with husband Freddie Prinze Jr., wrote about her experience in an Instagram post on May 9, 2017. “Having kids is wonderful, and life changing, and rarely what you’re prepared for,” she began, alongside a throwback photo of her and her baby girl. “I love my children more than anything in the world. But like a lot of women, I too struggled with postpartum depression after my first baby was born.” She went on, “I got help, and made it through, and every day since has been the best gift I could ever have asked for. To those of you going through this, know that you’re not alone and that it really does get better.” Sharna Burgess Image Credit: Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images for Fashion Island Sharna Burgess became a mom in June 2022 to Zane Walker Green with husband Brian Austin Green, and she experienced postpartum panic attacks and intrusive thoughts. “I had imagined the absolute worst-case scenario. And I felt myself having this panic attack, which I’ve never had a panic attack before,” Burgess told Good Morning America. “I’m a new mom, and all of a sudden, I was in this full-blown panic attack.” She also opened up about her intrusive thoughts in a Dec. 9, 2022 Instagram post, which Burgess described as “super dark thoughts of all the things that could go wrong. All the ways I or life could accidentally hurt my baby. Falling down stairs holding him, sickness, a car accident.. the list is long but I won’t share it. If you know you know.” The former Dancing With the Stars pro described that she thinks it stems from having a “massive responsibility suddenly upon us when we leave that hospital… in a diaper.. sleep deprived, emotionally charged but also depleted, trying to piece ourselves back together and let’s not forget .. in pain.” She went on, “That new responsibility is filled with so much love, wonder and awe but nobody warns you about the equal amount of fear that now lives within you. It’s the most excruciating love you’ve ever felt and its overwhelming, at least for me it was.” Maren Morris Image Credit: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images During a “Sunday Sitdown” interview with TODAY’s Willie Geist, Maren Morris opened up about her experience with postpartum depression following the birth of her son, Hayes, in March 2020. “I think a lot of identity crises happened there,” she said of becoming a mom in the midst of the global coronavirus outbreak. She explained, “Not just being a new parent and a new mother and dealing with postpartum depression for the first time, and reeling from that, and trying to, like, find the forest through the trees, but also just knowing my worth without someone clapping for me.” Morris shared that making music with her husband, fellow singer-songwriter Ryan Hurd, is ultimately what helped her to overcome PPD and the added darkness from the COVID-19 pandemic. “It was like, ‘Can we just please write something light to pull me out of this pandemic doldrum? I don’t wanna, you know, sit in the ashes very long here.’ He kind of just helped me in song form, and in just conversation form, figure out how to get to the light.” Ayesha Curry Image Credit: Bryan Bedder/WWD via Getty Images Ayesha Curry recently opened up on the Because Life podcast about suffering from postpartum depression after the birth of her second child, son Ryan, with husband Steph Curry, but she didn’t have an official diagnosis at the time. She made the decision to stop breastfeeding at six months, which made her “feel like a failure” as pressure of life in the public eye only “brought some other insecurities with it.” The mom of four now wants to help end the stigma around PPD. “It’s not anything we talked about with our moms at the time,” she said. “It was this invisible thing. Even to this day, I’ve never heard my mom talk about it. They didn’t experience that. It might have been a sign of the times.” Gwyneth Paltrow Image Credit: Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty Images Gwyneth Paltrow went through a hard time after her second child, son Moses, was born. She revealed to Entertainment Tonight, “Luckily [my case] was low grade enough that I didn’t have to be hospitalized, but it’s a very debilitating thing, and I think there’s so much shame around it, and there shouldn’t be. It’s something that happens, it’s something that befalls many women after they have a baby, and for me, it ended up being a wonderful opportunity to explore some underlying issues that I think the depression kind of brought out.” Amanda Seyfried Image Credit: WWD via Getty Images Amanda Seyfried made a decision with her doctor during her first pregnancy with daughter Nina to stay on the antidepressant she had been on “for years and years and years.” The A Mouthful of Air star revealed to SheKnows that she was “so lucky to have had that research and to have that confidence in taking my medicine while I was pregnant.” The actress believes this move helped her avoid postpartum depression after both of her pregnancies. “I don’t want to feel bad, I don’t want to feel scared,” Seyfried explained. “I want to feel as supported as possible because this country doesn’t support women, maternal mental health, or maternal health at all. Postpartum, the fourth trimester, is nothing, it doesn’t exist to the health care industry at all.” adeleAdele Image Credit: Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty Images “My knowledge of postpartum — or postnatal, as we call it in England — is that you don’t want to be with your child; you’re worried you might hurt your child; you’re worried you weren’t doing a good job,” Adele said in an interview with Vanity Fair, explaining why she hadn’t initially thought she had PPD. “I was obsessed with my child,” she noted. It was unlike PPD cases she’d heard about where the mother felt disconnected from her baby. But still, she was struggling. “I felt very inadequate; I felt like I’d made the worst decision of my life,” Adele continued. Now, she’s comfortable admitting that she “had really bad postpartum depression after I had my son, and it frightened me,” she told the publication. Reese Witherspoon Image Credit: Elizabeth Goodenough/Everett Collection Witherspoon told Jameela Jamil on her I Weigh podcast that she experienced varying degrees of PPD with her kids. “I’ve had three kids. After each child, I had a different experience. One kid I had kind of mild postpartum, and one kid I had severe postpartum where I had to take pretty heavy medication because I just wasn’t thinking straight at all. And then I had one kid where I had no postpartum at all.” She added that she was “completely out of control” after the birth of her first child, daughter Ava Phillipe, and that seeking help was absolutely key to her recovery. Chrissy Teigen Image Credit: Michael Buckner/Variety Chrissy Teigen — who shares four kids with husband John Legend — opened up to Net-a-Porter about the postpartum depression she experienced after her eldest’s birth — and how she felt guilty for feeling bad at all. “I felt bad [about it] because we had so many resources. John was great and helpful. My mom was here… I was embarrassed,” she recalled. “I was prescribed Lexapro [an antidepressant] when I was a teenager, and then I just quit cold turkey, not thinking it was a real thing. I thought everyone had problems like mine, like it was part of life.” Serena Williams Image Credit: Gilbert Flores/Billboard via Getty Images Tennis Legend Serena Williams opened up about her experiences with postpartum depression after the birth of her first daughter, writing on Instagram: “I felt like I was not a good mom. I read several articles that said postpartum emotions can last up to 3 years if not dealt with,” she explained. What helped her get through it? “I like communication best,” Williams continued in her post. “Talking things through with my mom, my sisters, my friends let me know that my feelings are totally normal. It’s totally normal to feel like I’m not doing enough for my baby.” Drew Barrymore Image Credit: Kristina Bumphrey/Variety via Getty Images After she gave birth to her second baby, Drew Barrymore revealed that she suffered from PPD. “I didn’t have postpartum the first time, so I didn’t understand it, because I was like, ‘I feel great!’ The second time, I was like, ‘Oh, whoa, I see what people talk about now. I understand,'” Barrymore told People. “It’s a different type of overwhelming with the second. I really got under the cloud.” Courteney Cox Image Credit: Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images In 2005, nearly a year after she gave birth to her daughter Coco Arquette (pictured above), Courteney Cox told USA Today that she suffered from PPD a few months after she became a mom. “I went through a really hard time — not right after the baby, but when [Coco] turned 6 months. I couldn’t sleep. My heart was racing. And I got really depressed. I went to the doctor and found out my hormones had been pummeled.” Celine Dion Image Credit: Kristin Callahan/Everett Collection After Celine Dion had her twins, Nelson and Eddy, she [unsurprisingly] felt very overwhelmed. Dion told GALA magazine, “One moment, tremendous happiness; the next, fatigue sets in, and I cried for no reason, and then that took care of itself.” She also added, “I had no appetite, and that bothered me. My mother remarked that she noticed I had moments of lifelessness but reassured me that this was entirely normal.” Alanis Morissette Image Credit: Christopher Polk/Billboard via Getty Images After the 2010 birth of her son Ever, Morissette went through a “really intense time.” On Good Morning America, Morissette encouraged women suffering with PPD to get help sooner rather than later, saying, “If I could share anything with anyone who’s going through it, it would be to encourage them to seek help and reach out a little earlier than I did.”  Vanessa Lachey Image Credit: Michael Kovac/Getty Images for Adopt Together. Vanessa Lachey revealed that, after the birth of her son Camden, she “came undone.” In a candid blog post, Lachey talked about her experience, saying, “I noticed a swing in my emotions. At this point I was sick of feeling like a milk machine. I felt lost, unloved, alone and at my wits end. It’s weird, too, because I have an amazing and supportive husband, his loving family and wonderful friends. But at that moment… I felt like NO ONE understood me.” Lachey also confessed that the early days of motherhood were nothing like what she had envisioned. “I imagined blissful days, tired nights, but quiet loving moments,” she wrote. “I imagined family dinners with the 12 casseroles I prepared ahead of time, and a beautiful post-pregnancy glow that embodied me 24-7. But This was none of that.” Carnie Wilson Image Credit: Priscilla Grant/Everett Collection Back in 2005, Carnie Wilson admitted to suffering postpartum depression after the birth of her daughter, Lola. “I cried all day over everything,” Wilson told People. “It’s a physical feeling. I don’t know how to describe it. You’re overwhelmed with love and joy, then sadness and fear. You’re so afraid you’re going to fail this baby. What if you drop her or hurt her? She’s totally dependent on you, and it’s scary.” Kendra Wilkinson Image Credit: Elizabeth Goodenough/Everett Collection Kendra Wilkinson had a hard time after her son Hank Jr. was born in 2009. Nearly two years after she became a mother, Wilkinson opened up about her private battle with PPD to People. “It got pretty bad, [but] not to the point where I would harm my family. I was a great mom and did what I needed to, but I was definitely very depressed,” Wilkinson revealed. “[Motherhood is] a big change in life, and it happened overnight.” Wilkinson also said that PPD “needs to be talked about.” Catelynn Lowell Image Credit: Priscilla Grant/Everett Collection Teen Mom star Catelynn Lowell felt severely depressed after she gave birth to daughter Novalee in 2015. “I started having severe panic and anxiety attacks in the middle of the night, which led me into a deep depression,” she admitted. “I couldn’t stop crying. I felt I’d be better off dead. I needed help.” Peggy Tanous Image Credit: Michael Germana/Everett Collection Former star of The Real Housewives of Orange County Peggy Tanous confessed to suffering from PPD in a blog post for Bravo. Remembering what her experience was like, Tanous revealed, “I finally had everything I had wanted, a great husband and amazing children, but I felt as if nothing was ever enough to make me happy. It was as if I never had enough of anything, but now being healthier I realize it isn’t about getting enough of something, but rather having a different frame of mind!” Source link

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Postpartum depression (PPD) is super common, affecting one out of every eight people who give birth — as well as even some partners who didn’t give birth. But it’s something far too few parents speak openly about, likely due to stigma and fears of being seen as not stable or “good enough” to take care of their babies. That’s why when celebrity parents use their platforms to share their experiences, it’s all the more powerful — because they’re broadcasting the message that yes, this is normal. Yes, we are still good moms. Yes, so are you. From Brooke Shields and Alanis Morissette to Adele and Reese Witherspoon, there are plenty of brave and openhearted celebrity moms out there who prove that you can indeed have PPD or postpartum anxiety (PPA) and a) overcome it and b) still be a badass mom. These A-listers have revealed the harrowing experiences they had after giving birth in an effort to let other women know they’re not alone. Read on for their stories. If you or a loved one are dealing with any form of postpartum emotional distress, please know that help is available. An excellent resource for information and support is Postpartum Support International. Call 1-800-944-4773 or visit postpartum.net for resources.  A version of this story was originally published in January 2017. Brooke Shields Image Credit: George Chinsee/SHE Media Brooke Shields has not just spoken about her experience with postpartum depression — she wrote a whole book about it. While chatting with SHE Media CEO Sam Skey at Flow Space presents An Evening with Brooke Shields, the actress explained why she published the book. “I felt like [my experience] had been played out on a public scale … for so many years that I felt like I needed to get my voice out there,” she says. “I was so destroyed by [postpartum depression] and thrown for a loop and just had no knowledge about the fear and guilt of it all.” Kylie Kelce Image Credit: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images In 2025, while preparing to welcome her fourth daughter with former Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce, Kylie Kelce revealed she believes she had some level of postpartum depression. “I have had periods of my life where I truly believe I was experiencing postpartum,” she said, per E News. “I know with [my eldest daughter] Wyatt that I had severe baby blues. We left the hospital, and I was like, ‘So you’re telling me this is mine?'” Hayden Panettiere Image Credit: Nina Westervelt for Variety In 2016, Hayden Panettiere revealed she suffered from postpartum depression after the birth of her daughter, Kaya. Panettiere got treatment for her PPD and has since become a vocal advocate for PPD awareness. “The more open I was, the more acceptance I got from people,” Panettiere told Yahoo! “I got so much support and so much love. I was floored. I feel much more exposed, yes, but in a great way.”  Panettiere has also opened up about the crossover between PPD and substance abuse, telling Women’s Health she turned to alcohol and opioids to try to manage the pain when it felt “like all the walls were closing in.” In an interview with E! News, Panettiere said she wishes she knew about PPD, what to look out for, and what would and wouldn’t help. “I just thought there was something seriously wrong with me, so I thought, ‘Fireball will fix this—duh!'” she said. “And it didn’t. It does for a moment, but then it makes everything worse.” She wishes someone had told her that PPD was not something she “should have to get over all by [herself],” and that it’s possible to give birth and not immediately feel an overwhelming sense of love. “It’s OK and not abnormal if [your baby] comes out and it’s a blob, and you’re like, ‘Oh my gosh, this is like a crazy little creation that I’m going to love when I get to know you.'” Celebrity Moms Who Battled Postpartum Depression Kylie Jenner Image Credit: Gilbert Flores/WWD via Getty Images In an interview with Vanity Fair Italy published in Feb. 2023, Kylie Jenner opened up about experiencing postpartum depression with kids Stormi and Aire who she shares with ex Travis Scott. “I have experienced [postpartum depression]. Twice,” she said. “The first time was very difficult, the second was more manageable,” she went on, adding that her advice for moms is to “not to over-think things” and to “live all the emotions of that moment to the fullest.” “Stay inside that moment, even if it is painful. I know, in those moments you think that it will never pass, that your body will never be the same as before, that you will never be the same,” Jenner continued. “That’s not true: the hormones, the emotions at that stage are much, much more powerful and bigger than you. My advice is to live through that transition, without fear of the aftermath. The risk is to miss all the most beautiful things of motherhood as well.” Sarah Michelle Gellar Image Credit: Griffin Lotz/Rolling Stone Sarah Michelle Gellar experienced postpartum depression after welcoming her firstborn, Charlotte. The Buffy The Vampire Slayer star — who shares Charlotte and son Rocky — with husband Freddie Prinze Jr., wrote about her experience in an Instagram post on May 9, 2017. “Having kids is wonderful, and life changing, and rarely what you’re prepared for,” she began, alongside a throwback photo of her and her baby girl. “I love my children more than anything in the world. But like a lot of women, I too struggled with postpartum depression after my first baby was born.” She went on, “I got help, and made it through, and every day since has been the best gift I could ever have asked for. To those of you going through this, know that you’re not alone and that it really does get better.” Sharna Burgess Image Credit: Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images for Fashion Island Sharna Burgess became a mom in June 2022 to Zane Walker Green with husband Brian Austin Green, and she experienced postpartum panic attacks and intrusive thoughts. “I had imagined the absolute worst-case scenario. And I felt myself having this panic attack, which I’ve never had a panic attack before,” Burgess told Good Morning America. “I’m a new mom, and all of a sudden, I was in this full-blown panic attack.” She also opened up about her intrusive thoughts in a Dec. 9, 2022 Instagram post, which Burgess described as “super dark thoughts of all the things that could go wrong. All the ways I or life could accidentally hurt my baby. Falling down stairs holding him, sickness, a car accident.. the list is long but I won’t share it. If you know you know.” The former Dancing With the Stars pro described that she thinks it stems from having a “massive responsibility suddenly upon us when we leave that hospital… in a diaper.. sleep deprived, emotionally charged but also depleted, trying to piece ourselves back together and let’s not forget .. in pain.” She went on, “That new responsibility is filled with so much love, wonder and awe but nobody warns you about the equal amount of fear that now lives within you. It’s the most excruciating love you’ve ever felt and its overwhelming, at least for me it was.” Maren Morris Image Credit: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images During a “Sunday Sitdown” interview with TODAY’s Willie Geist, Maren Morris opened up about her experience with postpartum depression following the birth of her son, Hayes, in March 2020. “I think a lot of identity crises happened there,” she said of becoming a mom in the midst of the global coronavirus outbreak. She explained, “Not just being a new parent and a new mother and dealing with postpartum depression for the first time, and reeling from that, and trying to, like, find the forest through the trees, but also just knowing my worth without someone clapping for me.” Morris shared that making music with her husband, fellow singer-songwriter Ryan Hurd, is ultimately what helped her to overcome PPD and the added darkness from the COVID-19 pandemic. “It was like, ‘Can we just please write something light to pull me out of this pandemic doldrum? I don’t wanna, you know, sit in the ashes very long here.’ He kind of just helped me in song form, and in just conversation form, figure out how to get to the light.” Ayesha Curry Image Credit: Bryan Bedder/WWD via Getty Images Ayesha Curry recently opened up on the Because Life podcast about suffering from postpartum depression after the birth of her second child, son Ryan, with husband Steph Curry, but she didn’t have an official diagnosis at the time. She made the decision to stop breastfeeding at six months, which made her “feel like a failure” as pressure of life in the public eye only “brought some other insecurities with it.” The mom of four now wants to help end the stigma around PPD. “It’s not anything we talked about with our moms at the time,” she said. “It was this invisible thing. Even to this day, I’ve never heard my mom talk about it. They didn’t experience that. It might have been a sign of the times.” Gwyneth Paltrow Image Credit: Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty Images Gwyneth Paltrow went through a hard time after her second child, son Moses, was born. She revealed to Entertainment Tonight, “Luckily [my case] was low grade enough that I didn’t have to be hospitalized, but it’s a very debilitating thing, and I think there’s so much shame around it, and there shouldn’t be. It’s something that happens, it’s something that befalls many women after they have a baby, and for me, it ended up being a wonderful opportunity to explore some underlying issues that I think the depression kind of brought out.” Amanda Seyfried Image Credit: WWD via Getty Images Amanda Seyfried made a decision with her doctor during her first pregnancy with daughter Nina to stay on the antidepressant she had been on “for years and years and years.” The A Mouthful of Air star revealed to SheKnows that she was “so lucky to have had that research and to have that confidence in taking my medicine while I was pregnant.” The actress believes this move helped her avoid postpartum depression after both of her pregnancies. “I don’t want to feel bad, I don’t want to feel scared,” Seyfried explained. “I want to feel as supported as possible because this country doesn’t support women, maternal mental health, or maternal health at all. Postpartum, the fourth trimester, is nothing, it doesn’t exist to the health care industry at all.” adeleAdele Image Credit: Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty Images “My knowledge of postpartum — or postnatal, as we call it in England — is that you don’t want to be with your child; you’re worried you might hurt your child; you’re worried you weren’t doing a good job,” Adele said in an interview with Vanity Fair, explaining why she hadn’t initially thought she had PPD. “I was obsessed with my child,” she noted. It was unlike PPD cases she’d heard about where the mother felt disconnected from her baby. But still, she was struggling. “I felt very inadequate; I felt like I’d made the worst decision of my life,” Adele continued. Now, she’s comfortable admitting that she “had really bad postpartum depression after I had my son, and it frightened me,” she told the publication. Reese Witherspoon Image Credit: Elizabeth Goodenough/Everett Collection Witherspoon told Jameela Jamil on her I Weigh podcast that she experienced varying degrees of PPD with her kids. “I’ve had three kids. After each child, I had a different experience. One kid I had kind of mild postpartum, and one kid I had severe postpartum where I had to take pretty heavy medication because I just wasn’t thinking straight at all. And then I had one kid where I had no postpartum at all.” She added that she was “completely out of control” after the birth of her first child, daughter Ava Phillipe, and that seeking help was absolutely key to her recovery. Chrissy Teigen Image Credit: Michael Buckner/Variety Chrissy Teigen — who shares four kids with husband John Legend — opened up to Net-a-Porter about the postpartum depression she experienced after her eldest’s birth — and how she felt guilty for feeling bad at all. “I felt bad [about it] because we had so many resources. John was great and helpful. My mom was here… I was embarrassed,” she recalled. “I was prescribed Lexapro [an antidepressant] when I was a teenager, and then I just quit cold turkey, not thinking it was a real thing. I thought everyone had problems like mine, like it was part of life.” Serena Williams Image Credit: Gilbert Flores/Billboard via Getty Images Tennis Legend Serena Williams opened up about her experiences with postpartum depression after the birth of her first daughter, writing on Instagram: “I felt like I was not a good mom. I read several articles that said postpartum emotions can last up to 3 years if not dealt with,” she explained. What helped her get through it? “I like communication best,” Williams continued in her post. “Talking things through with my mom, my sisters, my friends let me know that my feelings are totally normal. It’s totally normal to feel like I’m not doing enough for my baby.” Drew Barrymore Image Credit: Kristina Bumphrey/Variety via Getty Images After she gave birth to her second baby, Drew Barrymore revealed that she suffered from PPD. “I didn’t have postpartum the first time, so I didn’t understand it, because I was like, ‘I feel great!’ The second time, I was like, ‘Oh, whoa, I see what people talk about now. I understand,'” Barrymore told People. “It’s a different type of overwhelming with the second. I really got under the cloud.” Courteney Cox Image Credit: Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images In 2005, nearly a year after she gave birth to her daughter Coco Arquette (pictured above), Courteney Cox told USA Today that she suffered from PPD a few months after she became a mom. “I went through a really hard time — not right after the baby, but when [Coco] turned 6 months. I couldn’t sleep. My heart was racing. And I got really depressed. I went to the doctor and found out my hormones had been pummeled.” Celine Dion Image Credit: Kristin Callahan/Everett Collection After Celine Dion had her twins, Nelson and Eddy, she [unsurprisingly] felt very overwhelmed. Dion told GALA magazine, “One moment, tremendous happiness; the next, fatigue sets in, and I cried for no reason, and then that took care of itself.” She also added, “I had no appetite, and that bothered me. My mother remarked that she noticed I had moments of lifelessness but reassured me that this was entirely normal.” Alanis Morissette Image Credit: Christopher Polk/Billboard via Getty Images After the 2010 birth of her son Ever, Morissette went through a “really intense time.” On Good Morning America, Morissette encouraged women suffering with PPD to get help sooner rather than later, saying, “If I could share anything with anyone who’s going through it, it would be to encourage them to seek help and reach out a little earlier than I did.”  Vanessa Lachey Image Credit: Michael Kovac/Getty Images for Adopt Together. Vanessa Lachey revealed that, after the birth of her son Camden, she “came undone.” In a candid blog post, Lachey talked about her experience, saying, “I noticed a swing in my emotions. At this point I was sick of feeling like a milk machine. I felt lost, unloved, alone and at my wits end. It’s weird, too, because I have an amazing and supportive husband, his loving family and wonderful friends. But at that moment… I felt like NO ONE understood me.” Lachey also confessed that the early days of motherhood were nothing like what she had envisioned. “I imagined blissful days, tired nights, but quiet loving moments,” she wrote. “I imagined family dinners with the 12 casseroles I prepared ahead of time, and a beautiful post-pregnancy glow that embodied me 24-7. But This was none of that.” Carnie Wilson Image Credit: Priscilla Grant/Everett Collection Back in 2005, Carnie Wilson admitted to suffering postpartum depression after the birth of her daughter, Lola. “I cried all day over everything,” Wilson told People. “It’s a physical feeling. I don’t know how to describe it. You’re overwhelmed with love and joy, then sadness and fear. You’re so afraid you’re going to fail this baby. What if you drop her or hurt her? She’s totally dependent on you, and it’s scary.” Kendra Wilkinson Image Credit: Elizabeth Goodenough/Everett Collection Kendra Wilkinson had a hard time after her son Hank Jr. was born in 2009. Nearly two years after she became a mother, Wilkinson opened up about her private battle with PPD to People. “It got pretty bad, [but] not to the point where I would harm my family. I was a great mom and did what I needed to, but I was definitely very depressed,” Wilkinson revealed. “[Motherhood is] a big change in life, and it happened overnight.” Wilkinson also said that PPD “needs to be talked about.” Catelynn Lowell Image Credit: Priscilla Grant/Everett Collection Teen Mom star Catelynn Lowell felt severely depressed after she gave birth to daughter Novalee in 2015. “I started having severe panic and anxiety attacks in the middle of the night, which led me into a deep depression,” she admitted. “I couldn’t stop crying. I felt I’d be better off dead. I needed help.” Peggy Tanous Image Credit: Michael Germana/Everett Collection Former star of The Real Housewives of Orange County Peggy Tanous confessed to suffering from PPD in a blog post for Bravo. Remembering what her experience was like, Tanous revealed, “I finally had everything I had wanted, a great husband and amazing children, but I felt as if nothing was ever enough to make me happy. It was as if I never had enough of anything, but now being healthier I realize it isn’t about getting enough of something, but rather having a different frame of mind!” Source link

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Postpartum depression (PPD) is super common, affecting one out of every eight people who give birth — as well as even some partners who didn’t give birth. But it’s something far too few parents speak openly about, likely due to stigma and fears of being seen as not stable or “good enough” to take care of their babies. That’s why when celebrity parents use their platforms to share their experiences, it’s all the more powerful — because they’re broadcasting the message that yes, this is normal. Yes, we are still good moms. Yes, so are you. From Brooke Shields and Alanis Morissette to Adele and Reese Witherspoon, there are plenty of brave and openhearted celebrity moms out there who prove that you can indeed have PPD or postpartum anxiety (PPA) and a) overcome it and b) still be a badass mom. These A-listers have revealed the harrowing experiences they had after giving birth in an effort to let other women know they’re not alone. Read on for their stories. If you or a loved one are dealing with any form of postpartum emotional distress, please know that help is available. An excellent resource for information and support is Postpartum Support International. Call 1-800-944-4773 or visit postpartum.net for resources.  A version of this story was originally published in January 2017. Brooke Shields Image Credit: George Chinsee/SHE Media Brooke Shields has not just spoken about her experience with postpartum depression — she wrote a whole book about it. While chatting with SHE Media CEO Sam Skey at Flow Space presents An Evening with Brooke Shields, the actress explained why she published the book. “I felt like [my experience] had been played out on a public scale … for so many years that I felt like I needed to get my voice out there,” she says. “I was so destroyed by [postpartum depression] and thrown for a loop and just had no knowledge about the fear and guilt of it all.” Kylie Kelce Image Credit: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images In 2025, while preparing to welcome her fourth daughter with former Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce, Kylie Kelce revealed she believes she had some level of postpartum depression. “I have had periods of my life where I truly believe I was experiencing postpartum,” she said, per E News. “I know with [my eldest daughter] Wyatt that I had severe baby blues. We left the hospital, and I was like, ‘So you’re telling me this is mine?'” Hayden Panettiere Image Credit: Nina Westervelt for Variety In 2016, Hayden Panettiere revealed she suffered from postpartum depression after the birth of her daughter, Kaya. Panettiere got treatment for her PPD and has since become a vocal advocate for PPD awareness. “The more open I was, the more acceptance I got from people,” Panettiere told Yahoo! “I got so much support and so much love. I was floored. I feel much more exposed, yes, but in a great way.”  Panettiere has also opened up about the crossover between PPD and substance abuse, telling Women’s Health she turned to alcohol and opioids to try to manage the pain when it felt “like all the walls were closing in.” In an interview with E! News, Panettiere said she wishes she knew about PPD, what to look out for, and what would and wouldn’t help. “I just thought there was something seriously wrong with me, so I thought, ‘Fireball will fix this—duh!'” she said. “And it didn’t. It does for a moment, but then it makes everything worse.” She wishes someone had told her that PPD was not something she “should have to get over all by [herself],” and that it’s possible to give birth and not immediately feel an overwhelming sense of love. “It’s OK and not abnormal if [your baby] comes out and it’s a blob, and you’re like, ‘Oh my gosh, this is like a crazy little creation that I’m going to love when I get to know you.'” Celebrity Moms Who Battled Postpartum Depression Kylie Jenner Image Credit: Gilbert Flores/WWD via Getty Images In an interview with Vanity Fair Italy published in Feb. 2023, Kylie Jenner opened up about experiencing postpartum depression with kids Stormi and Aire who she shares with ex Travis Scott. “I have experienced [postpartum depression]. Twice,” she said. “The first time was very difficult, the second was more manageable,” she went on, adding that her advice for moms is to “not to over-think things” and to “live all the emotions of that moment to the fullest.” “Stay inside that moment, even if it is painful. I know, in those moments you think that it will never pass, that your body will never be the same as before, that you will never be the same,” Jenner continued. “That’s not true: the hormones, the emotions at that stage are much, much more powerful and bigger than you. My advice is to live through that transition, without fear of the aftermath. The risk is to miss all the most beautiful things of motherhood as well.” Sarah Michelle Gellar Image Credit: Griffin Lotz/Rolling Stone Sarah Michelle Gellar experienced postpartum depression after welcoming her firstborn, Charlotte. The Buffy The Vampire Slayer star — who shares Charlotte and son Rocky — with husband Freddie Prinze Jr., wrote about her experience in an Instagram post on May 9, 2017. “Having kids is wonderful, and life changing, and rarely what you’re prepared for,” she began, alongside a throwback photo of her and her baby girl. “I love my children more than anything in the world. But like a lot of women, I too struggled with postpartum depression after my first baby was born.” She went on, “I got help, and made it through, and every day since has been the best gift I could ever have asked for. To those of you going through this, know that you’re not alone and that it really does get better.” Sharna Burgess Image Credit: Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images for Fashion Island Sharna Burgess became a mom in June 2022 to Zane Walker Green with husband Brian Austin Green, and she experienced postpartum panic attacks and intrusive thoughts. “I had imagined the absolute worst-case scenario. And I felt myself having this panic attack, which I’ve never had a panic attack before,” Burgess told Good Morning America. “I’m a new mom, and all of a sudden, I was in this full-blown panic attack.” She also opened up about her intrusive thoughts in a Dec. 9, 2022 Instagram post, which Burgess described as “super dark thoughts of all the things that could go wrong. All the ways I or life could accidentally hurt my baby. Falling down stairs holding him, sickness, a car accident.. the list is long but I won’t share it. If you know you know.” The former Dancing With the Stars pro described that she thinks it stems from having a “massive responsibility suddenly upon us when we leave that hospital… in a diaper.. sleep deprived, emotionally charged but also depleted, trying to piece ourselves back together and let’s not forget .. in pain.” She went on, “That new responsibility is filled with so much love, wonder and awe but nobody warns you about the equal amount of fear that now lives within you. It’s the most excruciating love you’ve ever felt and its overwhelming, at least for me it was.” Maren Morris Image Credit: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images During a “Sunday Sitdown” interview with TODAY’s Willie Geist, Maren Morris opened up about her experience with postpartum depression following the birth of her son, Hayes, in March 2020. “I think a lot of identity crises happened there,” she said of becoming a mom in the midst of the global coronavirus outbreak. She explained, “Not just being a new parent and a new mother and dealing with postpartum depression for the first time, and reeling from that, and trying to, like, find the forest through the trees, but also just knowing my worth without someone clapping for me.” Morris shared that making music with her husband, fellow singer-songwriter Ryan Hurd, is ultimately what helped her to overcome PPD and the added darkness from the COVID-19 pandemic. “It was like, ‘Can we just please write something light to pull me out of this pandemic doldrum? I don’t wanna, you know, sit in the ashes very long here.’ He kind of just helped me in song form, and in just conversation form, figure out how to get to the light.” Ayesha Curry Image Credit: Bryan Bedder/WWD via Getty Images Ayesha Curry recently opened up on the Because Life podcast about suffering from postpartum depression after the birth of her second child, son Ryan, with husband Steph Curry, but she didn’t have an official diagnosis at the time. She made the decision to stop breastfeeding at six months, which made her “feel like a failure” as pressure of life in the public eye only “brought some other insecurities with it.” The mom of four now wants to help end the stigma around PPD. “It’s not anything we talked about with our moms at the time,” she said. “It was this invisible thing. Even to this day, I’ve never heard my mom talk about it. They didn’t experience that. It might have been a sign of the times.” Gwyneth Paltrow Image Credit: Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty Images Gwyneth Paltrow went through a hard time after her second child, son Moses, was born. She revealed to Entertainment Tonight, “Luckily [my case] was low grade enough that I didn’t have to be hospitalized, but it’s a very debilitating thing, and I think there’s so much shame around it, and there shouldn’t be. It’s something that happens, it’s something that befalls many women after they have a baby, and for me, it ended up being a wonderful opportunity to explore some underlying issues that I think the depression kind of brought out.” Amanda Seyfried Image Credit: WWD via Getty Images Amanda Seyfried made a decision with her doctor during her first pregnancy with daughter Nina to stay on the antidepressant she had been on “for years and years and years.” The A Mouthful of Air star revealed to SheKnows that she was “so lucky to have had that research and to have that confidence in taking my medicine while I was pregnant.” The actress believes this move helped her avoid postpartum depression after both of her pregnancies. “I don’t want to feel bad, I don’t want to feel scared,” Seyfried explained. “I want to feel as supported as possible because this country doesn’t support women, maternal mental health, or maternal health at all. Postpartum, the fourth trimester, is nothing, it doesn’t exist to the health care industry at all.” adeleAdele Image Credit: Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty Images “My knowledge of postpartum — or postnatal, as we call it in England — is that you don’t want to be with your child; you’re worried you might hurt your child; you’re worried you weren’t doing a good job,” Adele said in an interview with Vanity Fair, explaining why she hadn’t initially thought she had PPD. “I was obsessed with my child,” she noted. It was unlike PPD cases she’d heard about where the mother felt disconnected from her baby. But still, she was struggling. “I felt very inadequate; I felt like I’d made the worst decision of my life,” Adele continued. Now, she’s comfortable admitting that she “had really bad postpartum depression after I had my son, and it frightened me,” she told the publication. Reese Witherspoon Image Credit: Elizabeth Goodenough/Everett Collection Witherspoon told Jameela Jamil on her I Weigh podcast that she experienced varying degrees of PPD with her kids. “I’ve had three kids. After each child, I had a different experience. One kid I had kind of mild postpartum, and one kid I had severe postpartum where I had to take pretty heavy medication because I just wasn’t thinking straight at all. And then I had one kid where I had no postpartum at all.” She added that she was “completely out of control” after the birth of her first child, daughter Ava Phillipe, and that seeking help was absolutely key to her recovery. Chrissy Teigen Image Credit: Michael Buckner/Variety Chrissy Teigen — who shares four kids with husband John Legend — opened up to Net-a-Porter about the postpartum depression she experienced after her eldest’s birth — and how she felt guilty for feeling bad at all. “I felt bad [about it] because we had so many resources. John was great and helpful. My mom was here… I was embarrassed,” she recalled. “I was prescribed Lexapro [an antidepressant] when I was a teenager, and then I just quit cold turkey, not thinking it was a real thing. I thought everyone had problems like mine, like it was part of life.” Serena Williams Image Credit: Gilbert Flores/Billboard via Getty Images Tennis Legend Serena Williams opened up about her experiences with postpartum depression after the birth of her first daughter, writing on Instagram: “I felt like I was not a good mom. I read several articles that said postpartum emotions can last up to 3 years if not dealt with,” she explained. What helped her get through it? “I like communication best,” Williams continued in her post. “Talking things through with my mom, my sisters, my friends let me know that my feelings are totally normal. It’s totally normal to feel like I’m not doing enough for my baby.” Drew Barrymore Image Credit: Kristina Bumphrey/Variety via Getty Images After she gave birth to her second baby, Drew Barrymore revealed that she suffered from PPD. “I didn’t have postpartum the first time, so I didn’t understand it, because I was like, ‘I feel great!’ The second time, I was like, ‘Oh, whoa, I see what people talk about now. I understand,'” Barrymore told People. “It’s a different type of overwhelming with the second. I really got under the cloud.” Courteney Cox Image Credit: Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images In 2005, nearly a year after she gave birth to her daughter Coco Arquette (pictured above), Courteney Cox told USA Today that she suffered from PPD a few months after she became a mom. “I went through a really hard time — not right after the baby, but when [Coco] turned 6 months. I couldn’t sleep. My heart was racing. And I got really depressed. I went to the doctor and found out my hormones had been pummeled.” Celine Dion Image Credit: Kristin Callahan/Everett Collection After Celine Dion had her twins, Nelson and Eddy, she [unsurprisingly] felt very overwhelmed. Dion told GALA magazine, “One moment, tremendous happiness; the next, fatigue sets in, and I cried for no reason, and then that took care of itself.” She also added, “I had no appetite, and that bothered me. My mother remarked that she noticed I had moments of lifelessness but reassured me that this was entirely normal.” Alanis Morissette Image Credit: Christopher Polk/Billboard via Getty Images After the 2010 birth of her son Ever, Morissette went through a “really intense time.” On Good Morning America, Morissette encouraged women suffering with PPD to get help sooner rather than later, saying, “If I could share anything with anyone who’s going through it, it would be to encourage them to seek help and reach out a little earlier than I did.”  Vanessa Lachey Image Credit: Michael Kovac/Getty Images for Adopt Together. Vanessa Lachey revealed that, after the birth of her son Camden, she “came undone.” In a candid blog post, Lachey talked about her experience, saying, “I noticed a swing in my emotions. At this point I was sick of feeling like a milk machine. I felt lost, unloved, alone and at my wits end. It’s weird, too, because I have an amazing and supportive husband, his loving family and wonderful friends. But at that moment… I felt like NO ONE understood me.” Lachey also confessed that the early days of motherhood were nothing like what she had envisioned. “I imagined blissful days, tired nights, but quiet loving moments,” she wrote. “I imagined family dinners with the 12 casseroles I prepared ahead of time, and a beautiful post-pregnancy glow that embodied me 24-7. But This was none of that.” Carnie Wilson Image Credit: Priscilla Grant/Everett Collection Back in 2005, Carnie Wilson admitted to suffering postpartum depression after the birth of her daughter, Lola. “I cried all day over everything,” Wilson told People. “It’s a physical feeling. I don’t know how to describe it. You’re overwhelmed with love and joy, then sadness and fear. You’re so afraid you’re going to fail this baby. What if you drop her or hurt her? She’s totally dependent on you, and it’s scary.” Kendra Wilkinson Image Credit: Elizabeth Goodenough/Everett Collection Kendra Wilkinson had a hard time after her son Hank Jr. was born in 2009. Nearly two years after she became a mother, Wilkinson opened up about her private battle with PPD to People. “It got pretty bad, [but] not to the point where I would harm my family. I was a great mom and did what I needed to, but I was definitely very depressed,” Wilkinson revealed. “[Motherhood is] a big change in life, and it happened overnight.” Wilkinson also said that PPD “needs to be talked about.” Catelynn Lowell Image Credit: Priscilla Grant/Everett Collection Teen Mom star Catelynn Lowell felt severely depressed after she gave birth to daughter Novalee in 2015. “I started having severe panic and anxiety attacks in the middle of the night, which led me into a deep depression,” she admitted. “I couldn’t stop crying. I felt I’d be better off dead. I needed help.” Peggy Tanous Image Credit: Michael Germana/Everett Collection Former star of The Real Housewives of Orange County Peggy Tanous confessed to suffering from PPD in a blog post for Bravo. Remembering what her experience was like, Tanous revealed, “I finally had everything I had wanted, a great husband and amazing children, but I felt as if nothing was ever enough to make me happy. It was as if I never had enough of anything, but now being healthier I realize it isn’t about getting enough of something, but rather having a different frame of mind!” Source link

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Kylie Kells Jokes She Wants Baby No. 4 Because 'I Like Even Numbers'

Evin Mazur/Getty Images Kylie Kells Being clear about why she wanted to expand her family with her husband Jason Kells. The podcaster and mother of three joked on her Thursday, Dec. 19 episode “Kylie wouldn't sleep with Kells” podcast that she settled on four kids because “I really like even numbers.” During the interview with the guest Carissa ThompsonKylie, 32, shared that she always knew she…

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Kylie Kells Jokes She Wants Baby No. 4 Because 'I Like Even Numbers'

Evin Mazur/Getty Images Kylie Kells Being clear about why she wanted to expand her family with her husband Jason Kells. The podcaster and mother of three joked on her Thursday, Dec. 19 episode “Kylie wouldn't sleep with Kells” podcast that she settled on four kids because “I really like even numbers.” During the interview with the guest Carissa ThompsonKylie, 32, shared that she always knew she…

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Kylie Kells Jokes She Wants Baby No. 4 Because 'I Like Even Numbers'

Evin Mazur/Getty Images Kylie Kells Being clear about why she wanted to expand her family with her husband Jason Kells. The podcaster and mother of three joked on her Thursday, Dec. 19 episode “Kylie wouldn't sleep with Kells” podcast that she settled on four kids because “I really like even numbers.” During the interview with the guest Carissa ThompsonKylie, 32, shared that she always knew she…