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Jennifer Coolidgeis getting candid about her decision not to have kids.
In a cover interview withBritish GQfor their summer issue, Coolidge opened up about why she thinks she never became a mom.
“I’m very, very immature,” she told the outlet. “I think that has kept me from having children, because I’m sort of a child.”
“Maybe if I had kids, I would’ve had to have grown up,” she added, joking that she’d make a better stepmother than anything.
The star — who has already had a bustling year with aGolden Globe, aCritics Choice Award, aHasty Pudding Theatricals Woman of Year honorand aSuper Bowl commercial for e.l.f. Cosmetics— noted that she thinks she’d “appreciate” her recent success “more if I had kids or something.”
However, she told the outlet that it was ultimately not in the cards for her, partially because of her taste in dating intense men.
“I’ve never had, like, a laid-back boyfriend that was just full of joy, you know?” she said. “Like, someone who laughs at all your shortcomings. That’s never who I choose for myself.”
Speaking with PEOPLE in February about her whirlwind few months and new status as the “It Girl”, the actress said she has an idea about why she connected with so many fans.
Coolidge previously took on roles as a supporting actress in films likeLegally Blonde,A Cinderella Storyand appeared in shows likeSex and the City,2 Broke GirlsandFriends, before landing her popular role as rich damsel in distress Tanya McQuoidonThe White Lotus.
The show, which catapulted her fame and helped her reach a new fan base, also brought her newfound attention during the awards season and even in regular moments in her daily life.
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“I don’t know if they just played clips of me so many times on the Internet or Instagram, but it doesn’t matter what disguise I have on, I can be wearing a frog costume with a helmet and people know it’s me,” she said.
She added, “I was recently walking in the North End in Boston, and I couldn’t make it down the street. I think it’s so interesting. I guess it’s the Internet. I don’t know — or maybe I have a weird walk.”
source: people.com
