Motherhood is different for everyone, but the one thing that most moms can agree on is that after the little life is brought into the world, life changes dramatically and forever. The obvious changes include the sleepless nights and the constant feeling of exhaustion, the diaper changes and the reduction in the amount of “me” time -- morning routines have suddenly been reduced to ten minutes, and moms become superheroes with their multitasking.
Despite their seemingly glamorous lives, celebrities also experience these changes, which is refreshing to know. Shakira, for instance, has been open and honest about how she had no idea parenting was going to be so hard, and it’s not quite as idyllic as everyone makes it out to be. And Claire Danes thinks it’s time we stopped only speaking about motherhood in romantic terms.
But change is also welcome, and for many moms, they experience a new feeling of love, an unconditional kind that cannot be broken, as well as a newfound confidence in their abilities. Take Kelly Clarkson as an example, because she feels that since giving birth her confidence has reached the next level, and she is empowered.
Let's have a look at 20 celebrities whose lives will never be the same now that they are parents.
20 Shakira Didn’t Realize How Many Changes Would Happen
Shakira has two children, Sasha Piqué Mebarak and Milan Piqué Mebarak, who she shares with her partner, Gerard Piqué. After the birth of her first child, Milan, she spoke to Us Weekly about how she was finding motherhood, and casually admitted that it was harder than she had initially expected.
She said, "I didn't expect babies to need so many diapers! Nobody told me they needed to be changed so often!" Although her comments about the diapers were said in jest, she continued, "But nobody told me it would be this hard. It takes a lot of energy from you. But I love it, I'm really enjoying every bit of it. It's just that it's not as idyllic as everybody tells you, but also not as horrible as everyone tells you."
19 Claire Danes Thinks Motherhood Is Hard And She’s Not Ashamed To Say So
Shakira is not the only person to get real about motherhood and the fact that it’s not easy because actress Claire Danes has also spoken about one of her toughest roles yet.
She wants the world to stop thinking of being a mother in such romantic terms, and be real about what it entails.
She told Harper’s Bazaar, “Being a mum is incredibly challenging, but we still feel a pressure to talk about it in very romantic terms. And it’s not just that. We all have that resentment at times and anxiety about being trapped by the role, that responsibility. And then chemically it can run riot.”
18 Cardi B Cancelled Her Tour To Focus On Her Baby
In July of 2018, Cardi B and rapper Offset welcomed their first child, a baby girl they named Kulture Kiari Cephus. In many ways, Cardi B’s life has changed since becoming a mom, including her career, and she had to make a tough decision to drop out of a tour with Bruno Mars to focus on parenting.
She spoke of her decision on Twitter, writing, “I thought that after giving birth to my daughter, that 6 weeks would be enough time for me to recover mentally and physically. I also thought that I’d be able to bring her with me on tour, but I think I underestimated this whole mommy thing.”
17 It's Not Just Chrissy Teigen’s Life That Changed
Chrissy Teigen is one of the most well-known swimsuit supermodels in the world, but she’s also a wife to R&B singer John Legend and a mother to two children. On top of it all, she has turned into being one of the most relatable celebrities around because she often shares her feelings on social media about what it’s really like to be a mom and the changes she has experienced since giving birth.
These changes include the way she feels about herself. When she went back to modeling, she was apprehensive because of the ways she had changed, and she still had stitches. She also admitted, “I think just my confidence level changed a lot.”
16 Pink Says Having A Child Is A Beautiful Journey
Singer Pink and her husband Carey Hart share two children together, a boy and a girl, and motherhood was an unexpected journey for her too. Speaking in an interview with People,
Pink revealed you don’t believe the changes that happen until you’re actually a mother and experiencing them for yourself. And a lot of these changes are very welcome.
She said, "You hear people say it all the time, how life changes so drastically. But you can't possibly grasp how beautiful that is until you have your child."
15 Blake Lively Feels She’s Living The Unexpected
Blake Lively knows that children are unpredictable because of the constant changes in not only their lives but also their moods. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, she said, "Having a baby is just living in the constant unexpected.”
Lively went on to state that you never know when your child is going to moan at you, “or when you're gonna get a big smile or when that smile immediately turns into hysterics.”
But despite all the ways that her life has changed since becoming a mother, Lively has embraced her role and explained she could never imagine not having a baby.
14 Kim Kardashian Is Honest And Open About Her Mommy Experience
Kim Kardashian has one of the most recognized faces in the world and has millions of followers on social media. She always looks impeccably groomed and has made a name for herself in the fashion and beauty world, where she has become one of the most respected influencers.
But putting work aside for a minute, Kardashian is also a mom, who has gotten real about how it wasn’t easy for her to “bounce back” after having a child. On her app, she explained, “I embrace [myself] and the changes I've gone through. If anything, those changes remind me of what I'm able to create with my body: two little angels that I love beyond words."
13 Becoming A Mother Has Made Kelly Clarkson More Confident
Some women struggle to accept their new figure, and others can’t get used to the sleepless nights and incessant crying after having a child, but despite all of these things, having a child still manages to empower a woman’s life.
At least, that’s the way Kelly Clarkson feels, and she opened up about her newfound confidence in an interview with Good Housekeeping.
She said, "Becoming a mother has made me next-level confident. I've never felt more empowered. I feel like my 20s were spent walking on eggshells making sure everyone felt loved and not really expressing my opinion. As a mom, you just don't have time, so you get straight to the point."
12 Jessica Biel Knows A Mom’s Morning Routine Is Not Exactly Glamorous
You may think because she's an actress and married to Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel lives a very glamorous life, but actually, her comments on her morning routine make her incredibly relatable.
On Instagram she revealed how life really is, writing,
“[I woke up] disheveled, running late, doing too many things at once and underperforming all of them; but pretty thrilled about mediocrity! Could be a lot worse, guys. A lot worse.”
This is something most women have experienced while they are trying to juggle being a parent, and getting ready.
11 Kristen Bell Is Hilarious About Her Desire To Stop Having Kids
Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard have two children together, and two is the number where she would like to stop.
The thing that makes Bell so great is she’s able to deliver truths about motherhood in the most amusing way, and in an interview with Natural Health (via E! News), she explained that she had no intention of expanding her family because she didn’t want to be “outnumbered.” She continued, "I think we're stopping at two. I'm not even sharing a soda with Dax until he gets his tubes tied!"
10 Gisele Bündchen Thinks Motherhood Is Rewarding And Challenging
Gisele Bündchen and Tom Brady share two children, and she is also the stepmom to Brady’s son, who he had with former partner, Bridget Moynahan. Having a family is something that the supermodel always wanted, and she spoke to Harper’s Bazaar about this in 2009, revealing, "I want to have a big family.”
She is a dedicated mom, but she has struggled with mommy guilt and spoke about this in her memoir, Lessons: My Path To A Meaningful Life. She wrote,
“I had all this horrible, self-imposed guilt. I thought what a terrible mother I was for leaving my child even for like a day." And when she took the kids to work she felt guilty for that too.
9 Demi Moore’s Girls Are Her Priority And Always Will Be
Demi Moore has three daughters who she shares with ex-husband Bruce Willis, and after the couple split, Moore was hesitant to let other men into her daughter’s lives. She told Harper’s Bazaar she even made it clear to her then-husband Ashton Kutcher, after a few weeks of dating, that she wouldn’t bring someone into her children’s lives lightly.
She also spoke about knowing the importance of letting her children make decisions for themselves, saying,
“They are my priority, and I've always been sensitive to their feelings, but as the parent, you can't allow your children to dictate what's right for you.”
8 Jessica Alba’s World Was Turned Completely Upside Down
Jessica Alba is the proud mom of three children, and she is also not afraid to speak about how her life has changed since she took on the responsibility of being a parent.
In an Instagram post, Alba discussed motherhood, writing, “Your world gets turned completely upside down. Everything you thought you knew about what was important is no longer. And all the things you once took for granted — like sleep, and sitting down to eat an actual meal — become the greatest luxuries. Little people change you.”
7 Christina Applegate Questions Whether She’s Parenting Correctly
Christina Applegate has had moments when she doubted herself and wondered if she’s parenting correctly. She spoke to People magazine about her desire to want to change diapers and burp her daughter like a pro.
But she also had experiences we can all relate to. "Sometimes I stand there going, 'I'm not doing any of this right!'” she said.
As amazing as motherhood has been for her, she’s also done having kids (although she only has one) because she needs sleep! She told Access Hollywood Live, “I’m 41 years old and I don’t know if I could do the whole like, not sleeping thing again. If I was 35, then maybe I’d have the energy but there’s just, like, when I get up it hurts…”
6 Serena Williams Wants To Spend Every Day With Her Daughter Until She’s 18
Serena Williams has been very vocal about her journey into motherhood and her love for her daughter, Alexis Olympia Ohanian, Jr. She even joked to Vogue (via Entertainment Tonight) on how “We’re not spending a day apart until she’s 18.”
Williams has also discussed how having a daughter has affected her career. She said, “I think having a baby might help. When I’m too anxious I lose matches, and I feel like a lot of that anxiety disappeared when Olympia was born. Knowing I’ve got this beautiful baby to go home to makes me feel like I don’t have to play another match. I don’t need the money or the titles or the prestige. I want them, but I don’t need them. That’s a different feeling for me.”
5 Drew Barrymore’s Children Make Her A Better Person
Drew Barrymore is a mother to two children whom she shares with ex-husband, Will Kopelman, and she feels that since becoming a parent, she has also become a better person.
Children teach their parents a lot about themselves and also encourage us to live a better life.
Barrymore spoke about this with Good Housekeeping (via E! News), saying, "My favorite thing about being a mom is just what a better person it makes you on a daily basis. Every morning when I wake her up, the endgame is, Can I get her to smile? And that puts me in a good mood. It's definitely a different way to live—and a much better one."
4 The Most Powerful Thing Beyoncé Experienced Was Having A Life Inside Of Her
Beyoncé and Jay Z are one of Hollywood’s biggest power couples, and despite their demanding careers, they are also doting parents to three children. Of all the things that Beyoncé has achieved in her life (and let’s be honest, there’s a lot) one of the things she values most is becoming a mother.
According to Parents, when speaking on the topic, she said,
"It is the most powerful creation to have life growing inside of you. There is no bigger gift."
3 Motherhood Made Kate Winslet More Determined
Kate Winslet’s journey into motherhood has been an empowering one, and she has realized she is capable of doing things she never would have thought were possible.
According to Huffington Post, she previously spoke about what it’s like to be a mom, making one of the most relatable statements.
She said, "There's something really empowering about going, 'Hell, I can do this! I can do this all!' That's the wonderful thing about mothers, you can because you must, and you just DO."
2 Tyra Banks Was Surprised By Just How Many Sleepless Nights You Get
One of the most well-known things about being a parent, especially a parent of a newborn, is how many sleepless nights are involved. But before you have a child, you can never fully grasp just how exhausted you’re going to be during this time.
Speaking of her biggest surprise about being a working mother, Tyra Banks told Entertainment Tonight it was, "Just how tired [I am].” She continued, "I'm tired right now because I was up all night. He was waking up all night last night, and [needed a] bottle at 5:30 this morning. I do have a lot of help, but I don't have help all the time. So those moments when I'm like, in it and [struggling], I'm like, 'This is what I'm supposed to be doing as a mama.'"
1 Anne Hathaway Finds Life Has Become More Simple, And She Wouldn’t Have It Any Other Way
Anne Hathaway didn’t marry someone in the entertainment industry, instead, she found love with a jewelry designer named Adam Shulman, and in 2016, they welcomed their son, Jonothan, into the world.
Hathaway is not one of those celebrities who share every aspect of her life on social media, but she has shared her opinion about becoming a mother, and how it has changed her, with Marie Claire.
She said, “I’m happy when things are simple. Since having a kid, I find it a lot easier to do that.”
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