{"id":2345796,"date":"2026-03-26T01:53:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T01:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2345796"},"modified":"2026-03-26T01:53:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T01:53:30","slug":"anne-hathaway-admits-she-feels-very-defeated-by-the-idea-of-balance-as-a-mom-of-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/anne-hathaway-admits-she-feels-very-defeated-by-the-idea-of-balance-as-a-mom-of-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Anne Hathaway Admits She Feels &#8216;Very Defeated&#8217; by the Idea of Balance as a Mom of 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During an interview with <em>Harper&#8217;s Bazzar<\/em>, Anne Hathaway said she and her friends aim to harmonize their lives instead of striving for balance<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Previously, the actress shared how motherhood shifted her focus and made her feel more grounded and authentic<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Hathaway tends to keep her family life with her two sons Jack and Jonathan private<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/people.com\/tag\/anne-hathaway\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Anne Hathaway;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Anne Hathaway&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Anne Hathaway<\/a> isn&#8217;t seeking balance in her life as a working mom of two.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During her conversation with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harpersbazaar.com\/culture\/film-tv\/a70726276\/anne-hathaway-the-devil-wears-prada-2-interview-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Harper's Bazaar;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Harper'&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><em>Harper&#8217;s Bazaar<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em>the <em>Devil Wears Prada 2<\/em> star, 43, opened up about how she feels &#8220;very defeated&#8221; by the concept of balance. Hathaway, who&#8217;s a mom to sons <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/parents\/anne-hathaway-confirms-son-name-jack-pregnant-filming-the-witches\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jack;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Jack&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Jack<\/a>, 6, and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/parents\/anne-hathaway-welcomes-son-jonathan-rosebanks\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jonathan;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Jonathan&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Jonathan<\/a>, 10, told the outlet that before she became a mom, there was a &#8220;really uncompromising and uninterrupted&#8221; focus, but with kids, there are more ebbs and flows that make balancing things out a little harder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Before, there was this focus that was really uncompromising and uninterrupted,\u201d Hathaway explained. \u201cAnd I just can\u2019t tell you anymore what life is like without kids, but kids interrupt you all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;My friends and I talk about it a lot, and we actually feel very defeated by the concept of balance,\u201d she said. \u201cIf the weight shifts in one direction, you then have to bounce it up on the other side, and we find that it winds us up as opposed to making us steady.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal dialogue\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><i>Anne Hathaway for &#8216;Harper&#8217;s Bazaar&#8217;<br \/>Credit: Inez and Vinoodh<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Instead of seeking balance, the actress shared that she and her friends aim for a concept that is more forgiving.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWe\u2019re like, \u2018We seek to harmonize our life,\u2019 \u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The\u00a0<em>Princess Diaries\u00a0<\/em>actress and husband Adam Shulman welcomed their older son, Jonathan, in 2016. Their son Jack joined the family three years later in 2019. Hathaway often shares how her life has changed since welcoming her boys, including the impact motherhood has had on her character.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I didn\u2019t feel fully landed and fully here <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/parents\/anne-hathaway-getting-pregnant-not-always-positive-experience-part-of-life\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:until I was a mom;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;until I was a mom&quot;}\" class=\"link \">until I was a mom<\/a>,\u201d she told <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/anne-hathaway-wework-interview-wecrashed-11647463480\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:WSJ Magazine;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;WSJ Magazine&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><em>WSJ <\/em>Magazine<\/a> in March 2022. \u201cIt&#8217;s not like I was lacking integrity, but it made me want to be completely, on every level, true to my word.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She added, &#8220;And that meant stopping any nonsense that I had going on inside myself. And it&#8217;s little breaks that you give yourself sometimes when you know that you&#8217;re not being your best self.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Hollywood actress tends to keep <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/anne-hathaway-explains-why-she-keeps-her-family-life-private-i-m-on-a-team-8401121\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:her professional life separate from her personal one;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;her professional life separate from her personal one&quot;}\" class=\"link \">her professional life separate from her personal one<\/a>. In a November 2023 interview with <em>NET-A-PORTER<\/em>\u2019s digital title\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.net-a-porter.com\/porter\/article-624926e64c1dc5dc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:PORTER;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;PORTER&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><em>PORTER<\/em><\/a>, she opened up about her choice and explained why she hasn&#8217;t shared much information about her kids.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;It\u2019s something I feel is not just essential for my health \u2013 I\u2019m on a team, it\u2019s my family, and it\u2019s not just about me,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Hathaway added, &#8220;My family has needs, and one of the needs of children is that they need to be able to define their own lives. It doesn\u2019t even occur to me to link the two up, except through gratitude that they serve each other so beautifully. But they serve each other through me, and not through a space that\u2019s outside of myself.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Anne Hathaway covers 'Harper's Bazaar'Credit: Inez and Vinoodh\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"960\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/cdVo3UUc8EyBb4d3Onfdqg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTEyMDA7Y2Y9d2VicA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/people_218\/4e06c755d76125713e20c8bef726cf84\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal dialogue\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><i>Anne Hathaway covers &#8216;Harper&#8217;s Bazaar&#8217;<br \/>Credit: Inez and Vinoodh<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:PEOPLE's free daily newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;PEOPLE'&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><strong>PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/strong><\/a><strong> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The <em>Ella Enchanted<\/em> star previously told <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/lifestyle\/relationships\/anne-hathaway-wework-interview-wecrashed-11647463480\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:WSJ Magazine;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;WSJ Magazine&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><em>WSJ <\/em>Magazine<\/a> that she hopes her kids stay out of acting while they&#8217;re still young, which is an approach she learned from her own mother, Kate McCauley Hathaway, who is also an actress.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I would probably take the same tack that my parents did with me, which is: You have all the time in the world to be a professional actor; you can only be a child once,&#8221; Hathaway said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;So I would encourage them to study, to go to classes, to read, but I would strongly discourage them from starting too young,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;I think that they&#8217;ll be in a position where they&#8217;ll be able to go to college and figure out where they want to go from there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/anne-hathaway-admits-feeling-defeated-by-the-concept-of-balance-as-a-mom-11934545\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;People&quot;}\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source malaysia.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW During an interview with Harper&#8217;s Bazzar, Anne Hathaway said she and her friends aim to harmonize their lives instead of striving for balance Previously, the actress shared how motherhood shifted her focus and made her feel more grounded and authentic Hathaway tends to keep her family life with her two sons Jack [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2345044,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[312153,455070,395124],"class_list":["post-2345796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-anne-hathaway","tag-balance","tag-wsj-magazine"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Anne-Hathaway-Was-Aware-of-Viral-Wardrobe-Malfunction-on-Set.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2345796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2345796"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2345796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2345797,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2345796\/revisions\/2345797"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2345044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2345796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2345796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2345796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}