‘No Hard Feelings’ Star Laura Benanti Talks Being Shamed for Using a Surrogate After 4 Miscarriages
usmagazine.comLaura Benanti opened up about the joys and struggles of being a mom of two daughters — and the ups and downs she faced to expand her family.“I think people feel like [when it comes to surrogacy], ‘Oh you’re outsourcing your baby.
You don’t wanna wreck your figure because you’re an actress or you wanna be able to work.’ And I’m like, no, I had four miscarriages, and I couldn’t keep doing that anymore,” Benanti, 43, exclusively told Us Weekly while promoting her new movie No Hard Feelings. “People making themself feel better by making someone else feel bad is something I have a very hard time with.”The five-time Tony nominee welcomed her second child, daughter Luisa, 11 months, with husband Patrick Brown via surrogate in July 2022.
Benanti gave birth to the couple’s first daughter Ella, 6, in February 2017. Throughout her motherhood journey, the actress suffered a series of miscarriages and has been candid about her struggles.“Miscarrying was extremely lonely.
You are carrying this being, and not only are you physically carrying this being, but you have already in your mind pictured this human and now they are gone,” the former Gossip Girl actress explained to Us. “You are in the midst of losing them, and there’s nothing you can do.
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