Diane Kruger Thought It was ‘Too Late’ to Have Kids Before She Met Norman Reedus: ‘I Had Kind of Given Up Hope’
usmagazine.comHe changed her tune! Diane Kruger loves being a mom to 4-year-old daughter Nova — but the Unknown star didn’t think she’d have children before meeting fiancé Norman Reedus. “In my late thirties, I was starting to think about it but I wasn’t in a place in my relationship at the time – or whatever – where that was going to be a possibility and so I had kind of given up hope and I thought it was just too late.
And I was OK with that,” Kruger, 46, told Tatler magazine in an article published on Wednesday, November 30. “I really liked my life the way it was.”While the National Treasure star revealed she ‘didn’t want children for a long time,” things changed when she met Reedus, 53, in 2018 – and the pair welcomed Nova less than a year later. “The arrival of Nova has changed my life – our lives – in the best possible way,” she gushed. “It’s just amazing that you thought you were one thing but you’re meant to do something completely different.” Now that she is a proud parent to her little one, Kruger will do whatever it takes to protect her.
As someone who felt like an “outsider” growing up, the Fringe alum told the outlet she wants to ensure her daughter will “always feel like she has a place everywhere.” This isn’t the first time the Germany native has gotten candid about her hesitancy toward motherhood, telling PorterEdit in January 2019 that she didn’t see herself being a parent before getting pregnant with Nova. “I was too selfish.
But by the time I got to about 35, I thought, ‘Yes, I probably do want one,’” Kruger shared. “But then you have to wait for the right person to come along.” The Inglorious Bastards star noted that Reedus is a “calm” dad who “teaches me a lot because he’s done it before.” (Reedus also shares son
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