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Scarlett Johanssonis opening up about her decision to keep her pregnancies private.
TheSingstar, 37, is mom to 7-year-old daughterRose Dorothy, whom she shares with ex-husband Romain Dauriac, and son Cosmo, whom shewelcomed back in Augustwith husbandColin Jost.
Speaking withVanity Fairabout her new skincare brandThe Outsetin an interview published Tuesday, Johansson shared how becoming a mom served as an “outset” — or a feeling of “reset” — for her.
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Johansson continued, “It wasn’t until my daughter was more independent of me, probably around two, where I rediscovered myself. I was like, ‘What is most important to me in my life?’ I felt like the work that I was doing and the choices that I was making personally should be intentional in a certain kind of way, where I didn’t want to feel like life was happeningtome. I knew more what Ididn’twant in my life and in my career.”
Explaining her decision to be “so protective” over her two pregnancies, Johansson said she didn’t “[want] to feel scrutinized in the public eye.”
She added, “I wanted to be able to have my own feelings about my changing body without other people also telling me how they saw me, whether it was positive or negative.”
It was during her pregnancy with Cosmo that she truly grasped “how much stuff people put on you when you’re pregnant — their hopes or their judgment or their desire, a lot of that is put on pregnant women. I would have a lot of people saying things to me immediately, like, ‘How great, oh my God, that’s wonderful.’ "
Johansson also noted that she faced criticism from other women while she was expecting.
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“One friend, when I told her that I was pregnant — she knew I was trying to get pregnant — she was just like, ‘Oh s—. Great, but not great.’ And I was like, ‘You’re a true friend,’ " she said, laughing.
She shared that though the “women’s empowerment” movement has seen progress in recent years, “that thing remains sort of in the Dark Ages. So much judgment it’s crazy.”
source: people.com
