{"id":2385786,"date":"2026-04-23T13:17:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T13:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2385786"},"modified":"2026-04-23T13:17:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T13:17:10","slug":"naomi-watts-gets-real-about-menopause-with-her-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/naomi-watts-gets-real-about-menopause-with-her-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Naomi Watts Gets Real About Menopause With Her Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The conversation started in her bedroom. One of Naomi Watts<\/a>\u2019 kids spotted a tube of lube and did not know what it was.<\/p>\n

Watts, 57, did not deflect. \u201cYes, yes, you know, by the way, lube is sold at Urban Outfitters now,\u201d she told her child. The response: \u201cNo way, no way!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I said, \u2018Yeah, it\u2019s a real thing,\u2019\u2009\u2009\u201d she recalled. \u201cSo, yeah, the stigma is definitely reducing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Watts shared the exchange on April 16 at the CNBC Changemakers Summit<\/a>\u00a0in New York City. The room got the joke. But the point behind it was not funny at all. She has spent years trying to normalize a conversation about menopause<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Watts had no idea what was happening<\/h3>\n

Watts knows firsthand the silence of withheld information on menopause. She first experienced perimenopausal symptoms in her mid-30s, shortly after the birth of her second child, as she told People<\/i><\/a> in 2022. \u00a0<\/p>\n

When she called her mother for answers, the conversation revealed how deep the silence ran. \u201cShe said, \u2018Well, these were the conversations I never had with you because my mother never had them with me,\u2019\u2009\u2009\u201d Watts told People<\/i><\/a>. \u00a0<\/p>\n

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Guide to menopause<\/b><\/h4>\n

Learn about the expected \u2014 and unusual \u2014\u00a0menopause symptoms<\/a>, along with cutting-edge treatments and research-backed tips from top experts in women\u2019s health.\u200b<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

That experience became the foundation for her book, Dare I Say It: Everything I Wish I\u2019d Known About Menopause,<\/i> published in February. Part memoir, part practical guide, it blends her own story with input from doctors, hormone experts and nutritionists.<\/p>\n

Every year, roughly 1.3 million American women enter menopause, according to AARP<\/a>. Around 90 percent of women 35 and older experience menopausal symptoms, some of which can be debilitating, according to AARP research<\/a>.\u00a0Nearly half have turned to supplements to manage those symptoms, products that doctors note are not approved by the Food and Drug Administration and may not work. Yet the conversation still carries stigma.<\/p>\n

At the CNBC event, Watts put the question plainly: \u201cWhy is it so taboo when we are half the population? It is just biology.\u201d<\/p>\n

She has tried to change that at home with her son, Sasha, 18, and daughter, Kai, 17. At the summit, she described\u00a0asking them early on whether they knew what menopause was. One thought it meant wetting the bed, having found the sheets damp from her night sweats. Another guessed it was \u201cwhen old ladies die.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy doesn\u2019t the education start as early as sex ed in sixth grade?\u201d Watts asked. \u201cIt\u2019s just part of the story.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Naomi Watts talks about menopause at a CNBC event in New York on April 16, 2026.<\/p>\n

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Watts\u2019 advocacy has paid off<\/h3>\n

At the CNBC event, she said the public reception to her advocacy has shifted. People whom she doesn\u2019t even know thank her.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re coming up to me with tears in their eyes sometimes, or just wanting to say thank you for giving me the permission, or the dialogue, so I could speak with my husband or partner or family members and not have shame about it,\u201d she said. \u201cThat gives me great joy.\u201d<\/p>\n

She added, \u201cAfter 50, I have felt so much better about knowing who I am, so much more comfortable in my skin. Stay connected to women. Women are everything. I am nothing without the community of women I have around me.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.aarp.org \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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