Jennifer Aniston says she didn’t do it
Jennifer Aniston opens up about her decisions regarding adoption.
In a candid interview on an early access episode of the “Armchair Expert With Dax Shepard” podcast, Aniston gave listeners a glimpse into her personal life and her views on motherhood, a topic she hasn’t shied away from.
According to People, the conversation began when co-host Monica Padman shared her experience with freezing her eggs and her concerns about becoming a mother. He then turned the conversation to Aniston and asked her what she thought about the topic now that she had finished her IVF attempts.
“It’s so peaceful,” Aniston said, the outlet noted. “But I will say that there is a point where it is out of my control. There is literally nothing I can do about it.”
The “Friends” alum continued to discuss her perspective on adoption and why she ultimately decided not to go down that path.
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“When people say, ‘But you can adopt,’ I don’t want to adopt,” she revealed. “I want my own DNA in a little person. That’s the only way, selfish or not, whatever it is, I’ve wanted it.”
Although the actress had reservations about the subject, she admitted that sometimes she looks at the suitors and thinks that the couple “would have been good children.”
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Earlier this month, the actress also addressed critics who call her “selfish” for not having children.
“They didn’t know my story, or what I had gone through over the last 20 years trying to start a family, because I don’t go out and tell them about my medical problems,” Aniston said of the media. “That’s nobody’s business.”
Aniston continued, “But there comes a point where you can’t stop hearing it: the narrative that I’m not going to have a baby, I’m not going to have a family, because I’m selfish, I’m a workaholic.”