Michelle Yeoh Not having children felt like “such a failure.”
The Oscar winner, 62, revealed on the Monday, November 18, episode of the UK BBC Radio 4 show A woman’s watch that she always wanted to start a family and underwent fertility treatment while married to her first husband, Dixon Poon. She said the marriage – which lasted from 1988 to 1992 – was in part “to have children, the next generation and all that.”
“And I think the worst moment is going through every month you feel like such a failure.” Wicked said the actress. “And then you go, ‘Why?’ And I think at some point you stop blaming yourself. I go, ‘There are things in your body that don’t work a certain way.'”
Yeh added, “You just have to let go and move on. And I think you get to a point where you have to stop blaming yourself.
Parenthood has been a tough road for many celebrity parents, including Chrissy Teigen and John Legend. After in vitro fertilization didn’t work on the first try, Teigen wondered if she had done something wrong. “You just look for anything to blame, especially yourself,” Teigen explained to New York magazine’s The Cut in April. […]
Yeh said that not having children of her own “is honestly not a lack of trying because I always and still love children,” adding, “Sometimes, honestly, I still think about it. I think so.”
The Malaysian-born star opened up about how her marriage to Pawan was childless, saying it was the “main factor” in the breakup of their union.
“But you also have to realize, these are the conversations you really have to have with yourself and be able to look ahead and think, ‘Yeah, we love each other so much now, but in 10 or 20 years. , I still can’ ‘don’t give him the family he longs for.’ And you have to be fair,” Yehu explained.
He continued, “That’s why this dialogue between the couple is so important. Like, if someone wants to [a baby] And the other one doesn’t, that’s something you have to face in the beginning, because there will be a lot of pain and hard times along the way.
“And so I think it was very brave of us to admit that, to say, ‘OK, let’s not drag it out, because that’s what we’re doing. Because we tried,'” Everything everywhere at once said the star.
Jean Todt and Michelle Yeoh
Courtesy of Felipe Massa/InstagramYeo married her longtime partner, a French motor racing executive. Jean TodtIn July 2023 after 19 years of engagement.
Addressing the A woman’s watchYeoh said she found some satisfaction in becoming a grandmother through her marriage. Todt’s son from a previous marriage, Nicholaswelcomed a son Maxim with his wife. Darina On January 1
“I’m 62 years old. Of course, I’m not about to have a baby yet, but the thing is, we just had a grandchild,” the actress shared. “Then you think you’re still very, very blessed because you have a child in your life.”
