Anna Kendrick Opens Up About Not Wanting Kids, Talks Differences Between Men & Women Becoming Parents

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Anna Kendrick opened up about her decision not to have children. The 39-year-old actress has previously explained that she doesn’t want to become a parent.

In 2016, she joked about the reasoning in an interview. More recently, she revisited the topic and called out a big difference in parenthood for men and women. Keep reading to find out more… “I was thinking recently about a phrase I’ve heard men say about their desire to have children in the future, and it occurred to me: I don’t think I’ve ever heard a woman say that,” she said while speaking to Flow Space. “And the thing they’ll say is, ‘Yeah, maybe one day — a couple of kids running around.’” The outlet noted that she reacted with “deadpan disbelief” before adding, “I don’t think I’ve ever heard a woman say that!” “Because it paints a certain visual, yes?

That you come home at the end of your workday, and you put down your proverbial briefcase, and you’re making yourself a cocktail, and a woman in a Laura Ashley dress is out in the yard, and there’s a couple of kids — in white! — running around.

Um, ‘Where are you in that, sir,’” Anna said. She added that it “really starts to rub [her] the wrong way.” “It’s like when I hear husbands say they want to ‘help out’ with the kids.