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02nd Jan 2018

‘That ship has sailed’: Elaine Crowley on why kids aren’t in her future

'It upsets me when I think about it'.

Orlaith Condon

The TV host says she doesn’t believe she’ll ever have children.

Elaine Crowley is often asked about her plans to start a family, however, the TV3 star says she doesn’t think it is going to happen for her.

Speaking to the Sunday World, Elaine said that while she had imagined a life with children, it hasn’t panned out as such.

“I thought it would have happened by now and it hasn’t.

“I think that ship has sailed,” she said.


And while many might still say she has plenty of time, the TV host believes it’s just not on the cards for her and that that’s OK.

“My hormones are flying off the cliff.

“I know I can physically and medically still have kids of my own but it’s very unlikely now. I am resigned to the fact.

“It upsets me when I think about it but then I have to tell myself to cop on and be grateful for what I have.

“Plus, I am very impulsive. I have been known to fly off to Thailand at the drop of the hat from time to time.

“I couldn’t do that with kids obviously. So, I have to adapt to the reality that I’ll never be a mum.”

The TV3 host is currently enjoying the beginning stages of a new relationship and says it is going “great”.

“It’s a new-enough relationship, so I don’t want to jinx it. But I’d be lying if I said this time of year was easy for me,” she said.

“But I am happy and I am with someone.”