Top 10 Stars & Celebrity Couples Who NEVER Want Kids (& Why)

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Some stars are redefining family on their own terms! Join us as we spotlight celebs who’ve openly shared why they’re choosing not to have kids. From comedians like Margaret Cho and Chelsea Handler, to beloved couples like Ellen DeGeneres &amp; Portia de Rossi, and Seth Rogen &amp; Lauren Miller, we explore their candid reasons for staying childfree and how they’re living their best lives without children.

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00:00If I had kids, my kids would hate me because something would have had to suffer and it would

00:04have probably been them. Welcome to Ms. Mojo and today we're looking at famous people who are

00:10child free and plan on staying that way. This list is not a ranking. You do not need to push

00:16out a baby to help push humanity forward. Margaret Cho. I am bone dry.

00:24When I see children, I feel nothing. Known for works like All American Girl,

00:3430 Rock and Face Off, this sharp-tongued comedian never minces her words when it comes to the topic

00:40of motherhood. Although her own mother is the subject of many of her stand-up routines and

00:45she considers herself a mother to her queer friends. Cho has no interest in birthing a child.

00:51Now you're tackling menopause, which a lot of women don't think is funny, but you find the

00:55humor. The best thing that's ever happened to me. The best thing. The best thing. Because I can wear

01:00white shorts all the time. In her 2003 comedy album Revolution, she jokes about being completely

01:08apathetic towards children. However, she later opened up about experiencing a pregnancy loss.

01:14I'm not a breeder. I have no maternal instincts whatsoever.

01:26Now, the actress and musician is an outspoken advocate for women's reproductive rights.

01:31Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally. Need tips on how to be a power couple? Look no further than Nick

01:38Offerman and Megan Mullally. The two have been married since 2003 and are going stronger than

01:44ever. Marry a goddess is one important tip. But then stick with it, you know. If the years go by

01:53and you see that something's being taken for granted, say, hey, let me surprise you or let me do

02:00something for you and just pay attention. As for the secret to their everlasting happiness,

02:05it's maintaining proximity and not having children. In an interview with GQ, the Will & Grace

02:11actress revealed that she never really aspired to be a mother. And then we just start talking about

02:16this, you know, families or religion or whatever the chapter was about and whatever the topic was.

02:23And then that's what the book is. It's kind of like interview magazine style. It's just us having

02:28real conversation. Although she tried to have a child with Nick, they did not conceive. However,

02:33not being able to experience parenthood was not an earth shattering matter for them. The couple

02:38moved on and seemed to have no regrets. Nick has to make the love five to six times a day.

02:45So. Whoa. Withholding would mean three to four.

02:55Yeah, we gotta get going. Anna Kendrick. I will always feel children aren't for me.

03:00Yeah. Yeah. Stand by that? Well, you know, if I have kids, it's just another kid that your kid's

03:09gonna have to fight when the water wars come. Few celebrities have been as open and resolute

03:14about not bringing children into a world plagued by climate change and near certain doom as the

03:20pitch perfect star. In her 2016 book, Scrappy Little Nobody, she wrote bluntly about her decision

03:26not to have kids. However, as people continued to wonder whether she had changed her mind,

03:31she reasserted in an interview with The Guardian that she wasn't even confident about raising a cat,

03:37let alone a child. With my genes, I don't think they'd really last. I'm worried about upper body

03:44strength, coordination. These are not things that I would pass on. So, you know, they're just gonna be

03:49food. Speaking to women's health platform, Flowspace, she also called out men who have an idealized

03:55fantasy of fatherhood, but leave the actual task of child rearing to women. Anna is a self-proclaimed

04:01childless cat lady, minus the cat, and she has no qualms about it.

04:06That piece of you that wants to have all these emotions, you know, fly out of you, like,

04:13that maybe shows up as performance.

04:16Ellen DeGeneres and Portia DeRossi.

04:19Portia and I have been together for almost five years now. We've been married for a little over a year,

04:23and every other week there's a rumor that we're having a baby. Everyone wants us to have a baby.

04:29Hollywood's most famous lesbian couple is content being a family of two. Portia once shared in a

04:35chat with Out magazine that while she debated having children in her 30s, she didn't want to

04:41do so solely because of societal pressure. She wasn't drawn to motherhood wholeheartedly.

04:46There are always rumors that you and Ellen are going to have a baby. Is there anything to that?

04:51Or is that just a rumor?

04:52No, no, it's just one big rumor that doesn't seem to go away. And at this point, I feel like

04:58I'm disappointing the whole of America, not just my mother.

05:01Similarly, in 2015, Ellen opened up on Today about how much she loved kids, but added that

05:08her adoration for the little ones wasn't enough for her to commit to maternity.

05:12She went as far as to joke that this was because of the slim chance that she might not like her

05:18child. However, it was clear that being child-free was a decision that both she and her wife had

05:32taken earnestly. And I named him kid because I just, you know, people, there's been rumors

05:37forever. When are you and Portia going to have a kid? And so now I can say we have a kid.

05:42Chelsea Handler. I'm very outspoken about not wanting to be a parent because I don't think

05:46I have the skills that, you know, that I'm not equipped with what it takes to answer all of those

05:51questions to children. The renowned comedian, actress and human rights activist is a firm believer

05:57in the inherent worth of women, regardless of whether or not they have kids. Speaking to Ross

06:03Matthews on The Drew Barrymore Show, she referred to her choice to stay childless as a, quote,

06:09favor to the world.

06:10What if they tell you on the first date that they have kids, but they didn't include that

06:15in their online profile?

06:16OK, I'm not mad at that.

06:17OK, you're OK.

06:19As long as you get it as, you know, face to face, the first face to face, if they tell

06:22you the truth, then that's what the most important thing is.

06:24On another occasion, she admitted to lacking the skills needed to raise a kid because she

06:29simply doesn't have the patience for their endless curiosity. However, just because she's

06:34not a mother doesn't mean Handler isn't surrounded by tiny tots. She often takes care of her nieces

06:40and nephews, as well as her friend's children. She's so dedicated to being a good aunt that

06:45she even took parenting lessons. Those kids must love Aunty Chelsea.

06:49Children in my life, aside from my eight nieces and nephews who occupy a lot of my time,

06:54I have so much bandwidth because I don't have children.

06:59Diane Morgan, the actress who brought us the iconic Philomena Cunk, has no plans to pursue

07:05motherhood.

07:06Adults lose the ability to see Father Christmas, so if you want to know more about him, you

07:11have to ask small adults, which are known as children.

07:14It's a call she made at a young age and has been consistently forthright about it in interviews.

07:19In a 2017 conversation with The Guardian, she cited the pain of motherhood and the lack

07:24of advantages it came with as her reason for staying away from it.

07:28On Twitter, I still get people going,

07:30This presenter is terrible.

07:35She doesn't know what she's talking about.

07:37She also didn't like the idea of children depending on their parents forever.

07:41In 2021, she spoke to The Mirror about how odd it was when people urged her to have kids

07:47so that they'll take care of her in her old age, as if that was the only purpose of an

07:52offspring to them.

07:53Clearly, Morgan's mind is made up.

07:55You don't have to sit up here.

07:56I can take over.

07:57I'm having a nice time.

07:59I'm just having a nice time.

08:00This is my kind of party.

08:01Tracey Ellis Ross.

08:03When it comes to strong female role models, few can rival the grit of this blackish star.

08:08Tracey Ellis Ross is child-free by choice, and that choice is one she made for no one

08:14but herself.

08:15You know what?

08:16Sometimes it helps if you play the whole thing out from the other person's perspective.

08:21You know, it'll help give you clarity so you can resolve it.

08:24She does not subscribe to the old age idea that life only has meaning when you procreate.

08:29Per an interview she gave Glamour magazine, instead, she finds purpose in her work and

08:34in being her authentic self.

08:36As much as grief does surface for me around not having children and not having a partner,

08:43I still wouldn't want the wrong partner.

08:45Ross also offered the Sunday Times a logical explanation for her decision to rule out having

08:50kids, quipping about how there were too many children in this world already.

08:54The Golden Globe-winning actress knows what she wants and isn't afraid to say it.

08:58But the childless women have been mothering the world and elevating cultures as gods, godmothers,

09:05teachers, mentors, sisters.

09:08Seth Rogen and Lauren Miller.

09:10And Lauren's down with this too, right?

09:12She's okay.

09:13She doesn't want kids.

09:13You know, I would say she wants kids less than I do.

09:16Like, I would probably be talked into it.

09:18The studio creator is a well-known all-rounder in Hollywood.

09:22Seth Rogen went from comedian and actor to writer, director, producer, ceramist, and author.

09:29If that wasn't enough, he also owns a cannabis business.

09:32During an appearance on The Howard Stern Show, he admitted that he's only able to juggle all

09:37his endeavors because he doesn't have children.

09:40But they were like, how do you do so much?

09:41And like, the answer is, I don't have kids.

09:43Luckily for him, his wife, actress Laura Miller, is even more disinterested in parenting.

09:49Although they both considered it in the past, in 2023, Rogen appeared on The Kelly Clarkson

09:54Show and reaffirmed that they hadn't changed their minds and that life was much more fun

09:59without kids.

10:00Most of my friends who are parents, god bless them, spend a lot of their time talking about

10:04how much they don't like having kids.

10:06And what me and my wife spend a lot of time talking about is how much fun stuff we can

10:12do because we don't have kids.

10:14Patricia Clarkson

10:15Motherhood was not always off the table for the multi-Emmy winning actress.

10:20In her late 30s, Patricia Clarkson was open to the idea of settling down with her then

10:25partner and possibly having children.

10:27And don't worry about not making us grandparents.

10:30Although we were kind of hoping you'd get knocked up so we'd have a second shot at raising

10:35kids, really, do it right this time.

10:38Bye now.

10:39However, as time passed, she grew less confident about her ability to be a good mother, especially

10:44considering how much she loved her career.

10:46Clarkson even told The Guardian that she lacked the gene that made people want kids.

10:51I grew up in a house of, a family of powerhouse women.

10:54I have four older sisters who are all in the workforce, very accomplished.

10:58I'm like the lowly actress.

11:00All my sisters are deeply accomplished.

11:02Yeah.

11:02And I have a powerhouse of a mother.

11:04However, she does take pride in her role as an aunt to her sister's children.

11:08Looking back on her journey on the Table for Two podcast with Bruce Bozzi, the Sharp

11:13Object star was happy to say that she had enjoyed a, quote, sexy ass life.

11:1840 is nothing.

11:1950 is 50, 60.

11:22We're the hot girls in Hollywood.

11:23Yes.

11:24I mean, how can I...

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11:41Alison Brie and Dave Franco

11:43This couple's love story from their magical first encounter at Mardi Gras in New Orleans

11:48to exchanging vows in secret is a pure Hollywood romance.

11:52I turn around to a young Zorro on one knee with a giant pink box and I truly was like,

11:58ah!

11:59Like, and he just goes, will you marry me?

12:01And I was like, what?

12:03However, their married life is not following a traditional formula.

12:06The two are doting parents to their cats, but have opted for child-free lifestyle.

12:11That's the key.

12:12I think being sweet and loving to each other every day and kind of not getting caught up

12:16in all of this stuff is important.

12:19About this decision, Alison explained to the Sunday Times that she is glad she doesn't

12:24have to worry about family planning amid her busy schedule.

12:28She added that even though it would be nice, parenthood would undeniably be stressful, and

12:33the duo already has their hands full with their pets.

12:36I know this.

12:37Do you?

12:38Don't we?

12:38I think you might.

12:39Do you feel inspired by any of these celebrities?

12:42Tell us in the comments.

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