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20th Sep 2015

Chrissy Teigen is sick of being asked this question

Trine Jensen-Burke

Have you ever experienced being interrogated about your plans to have children – or – if you have a child – if more children are on the agenda?

Many will experience that once you reach a certain age or the minute that wedding ring is on your finger, the age-old questions will start being thrown at you: When are you going to have a baby?

But while some are happy enough to admit that they are not quite ready yet, or that they want to take some time to enjoy life as a two-some before they reproduce, others feel the question is deeply personal and intruding – and not something they want to be asked by anyone and everyone.

One of these women is supermodel and wife of singer John Legend, Chrissy Teigen.

In an appearance on Tyra Banks’ new talkshow, FABLife, the 29-year old revealed that she is sick of being asked about her baby plans:

““I will say, honestly, John and I are having trouble.”

It is the first time the star, who is known for her witty and candid social media feeds, has admitted how she feels about being asked about this issue.

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“We would have kids five, six years ago if it had happened,” she revealed. “But my gosh, it’s been a process! So, anytime somebody asks me if I’m going to have kids, I’m like, ‘One day, you’re going to ask that to the wrong girl who is really struggling, and it’s going to be really hurtful to them.’ And I hate that. So, I hate it. Stop asking me.”

Tyra straight away sympathised with Chrissy, and admitted she too has been asked the same thing too many times.

“I am so tired of seeing on my social media, ‘Why don’t you have kids? Why don’t you have kids?’ You don’t know. You don’t know what I’m going through, you have no idea.”

The America’s Next Top Model host (41) has been in a relationship with her photographer boyfriend Erik Asla for over two years, and recently revealed that they are undergoing IVF treatment in hope of starting a family.

What do YOU think? Are people too quick to ask this very personal question? And in an age where we know more and more couples are having to undergo fertility treatments, do we think enough about how we might make someone feel with our questions?