{"id":2492681,"date":"2026-07-07T23:20:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T23:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2492681"},"modified":"2026-07-07T23:20:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T23:20:56","slug":"kristin-davis-opens-up-about-her-past-reservations-toward-motherhood-and-being-very-scared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/kristin-davis-opens-up-about-her-past-reservations-toward-motherhood-and-being-very-scared\/","title":{"rendered":"Kristin Davis Opens Up About Her Past Reservations Toward Motherhood and Being \u2018Very Scared\u2019"},"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\">Kristin Davis admitted that she didn\u2019t always know she wanted to be a mom during a recent episode of Jesse Tyler Ferguson\u2019s <em>Dinner\u2019s On Me<\/em> podcast<\/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\">\u201cI always said no. I was like, \u2018I don\u2019t wanna get married. I don\u2019t wanna have kids.\u2019 That was my thing,\u201d the <em>Sex and the City<\/em> star said<\/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\">Davis adopted Gemma Rose in 2011 and Wilson in 2018<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/kristin-davis\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Kristin Davis;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;Kristin Davis&quot;}\">Kristin Davis<\/a> is sharing her past reservations about motherhood.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The actress, 61, admitted she didn\u2019t always know she wanted to be a mom on the Tuesday, July 7, episode of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/parents\/jesse-tyler-ferguson-baby-beckett-gender-neutral-nursery\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Jesse Tyler Ferguson;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;Jesse Tyler Ferguson&quot;}\">Jesse Tyler Ferguson<\/a>\u2018s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/dinners-on-me-with-jesse-tyler-ferguson\/id1683905652\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Dinner\u2019s on Me;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;Dinner\u2019s on Me&quot;}\"><em>Dinner\u2019s on Me<\/em><\/a> podcast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/where-was-sex-and-the-city-filmed-real-life-locations-8622422\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Sex and the City;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;Sex and the City&quot;}\"><em>Sex and the City<\/em><\/a> star said she previously didn\u2019t want to have kids because she was prioritizing other things in her life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI always said no,\u201d Davis told Ferguson, 50. \u201cI was like, \u2018I don\u2019t wanna get married. I don\u2019t wanna have kids.\u2019 That was my thing.\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-primary 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-primary\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"flex-none size-4 -scale-x-100 text-primary lg:size-6 [&amp;_path]:fill-current\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M3.1 3.1V11h1.8V6.314l5.392 5.393 1.415-1.414L6.313 4.9H11V3.1zm17.8 17.8V13h-1.8v4.686l-5.393-5.393-1.415 1.414 5.393 5.393H13v1.8z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-primary hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><i>Kristin Davis with her kids.<br \/>Credit: Kristin Davis\/Instagram<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">At the time, she was focused on traveling and acting. However, seeing her costars <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/cynthia-nixon\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Cynthia Nixon;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;Cynthia Nixon&quot;}\">Cynthia Nixon<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/sarah-jessica-parker\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Sarah Jessica Parker;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;Sarah Jessica Parker&quot;}\">Sarah Jessica Parker<\/a> with their families changed her mind.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThey wanted to have kids, and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/all-about-cynthia-nixon-children-8583935\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Cyn already had Sam;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;Cyn already had Sam&quot;}\">Cyn already had Sam<\/a>, and then she had more. And Sarah really, really so, so really wanted to so badly for so long. And then it was really interesting to watch them do it, you know? It was like, \u2018Oh, wow, that\u2019s interesting,\u2019 \u201d she said, adding that her other friends were also having kids.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>\u201c<\/strong>I was like, \u2018Well, yes, I enjoy being an auntie. I do. I enjoy it. It\u2019s good. It\u2019s interesting.\u2019 And I think that the success of the show kind of allowed me to breathe easy in a way,\u201d Davis continued.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cYou know when you\u2019re young and you don\u2019t know if it\u2019s gonna work out? I couldn\u2019t really focus on multiple things,\u201d the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/51-things-we-need-to-talk-about-right-now-after-the-and-just-like-that-series-finale-11791585\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:And Just Like That\u2026;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;And Just Like That\u2026&quot;}\"><em>And Just Like That\u2026<\/em><\/a> actress said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Davis shared that she \u201csettled\u201d\u00a0down after the success of\u00a0<em>Sex and the City<\/em>, in which she starred\u00a0as <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/pets\/fans-react-charlotte-new-dog-and-just-like-that\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Charlotte York Goldenblatt;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;Charlotte York Goldenblatt&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Charlotte York Goldenblatt<\/a> for all six seasons from 1998 to 2004.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThen after a while, I think I really was thinking, \u2018What am I gonna do for the rest of my life? Like what other challenges are there? What can I commit myself to in a deep way?\u2019 And what is deeper than parenting?\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:PEOPLE\u2019s free daily newsletter;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\u2019s free daily newsletter&quot;}\" class=\"link \">PEOPLE\u2019s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On the podcast, Davis, who <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/all-about-kristin-davis-kids-7502354\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:adopted Gemma Rose in 2011;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;adopted Gemma Rose in 2011&quot;}\">adopted Gemma Rose in 2011<\/a> and Wilson in 2018, said she was \u201cvery scared\u201d to become a parent by herself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI was very scared. Very, very scared, so it took quite a while for me to do it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Kristin Davis and her son Wilson.Credit: Kristin Davis Instagram\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"762\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/vyrCFmh5uORoqDUhHJ3YdQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTc2MjtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/people_218\/838f5eb3ed58db1feaa2a1128ccf1684\"\/><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-primary 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-primary\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"flex-none size-4 -scale-x-100 text-primary lg:size-6 [&amp;_path]:fill-current\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M3.1 3.1V11h1.8V6.314l5.392 5.393 1.415-1.414L6.313 4.9H11V3.1zm17.8 17.8V13h-1.8v4.686l-5.393-5.393-1.415 1.414 5.393 5.393H13v1.8z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-primary hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><i>Kristin Davis and her son Wilson.<br \/>Credit: Kristin Davis Instagram<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The mom of two also shared advice to those considering motherhood, saying they should \u201creally examine what you\u2019re being motivated from.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>\u201c<\/strong>I also think that just in terms of women, you know, we\u2019re told by society that we have to be mothers, we have to be mothers, we have to be mothers. And for a long time, I was really angered by that,\u201d she told the <em>Modern Family<\/em> star.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThe whole notion that you\u2019re not complete unless you have a child is just so false, right? And I don\u2019t think everyone is suited to be a parent. I just don\u2019t find that helpful,\u201d Davis added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWe shouldn\u2019t ever have to apologize for being ambitious or wanting to work or wanting to travel or be adventurous or whatever the thing is that you want. So I think you have to really do some work as a woman to divest yourself of what society is telling you you should be doing,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In 2023, Davis spoke about <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/kristin-davis-felt-so-guilty-leaving-kids-to-film-7546656\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:balancing motherhood with her acting career;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;balancing motherhood with her acting career&quot;}\">balancing motherhood with her acting career<\/a> in an interview with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/hauteliving.com\/2023\/06\/kristin-davis-looks-back-on-25-years-of-sex-and-the-city\/731199\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Haute Living Los Angeles;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;Haute Living Los Angeles&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><em>Haute Living Los Angeles<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">When she reprised her <em>Sex and the City<\/em> role in the Max spinoff <em>And Just Like That\u2026<\/em>, she would travel weekly to see her kids on the weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIt\u2019s such a luxury to not only be able to work, but to work with my friends of 25 years \u2014 but seven months is a long time to shoot, and a long time to be trying to go back and forth every weekend to see my kids,\u201d Davis said at the time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI didn\u2019t want to take them out of school because my daughter had just started middle school,\u201d she continued. \u201cI was able to get them started with school, so at least I felt like they had a routine, and my plan was not to come back every weekend. My plan was to maybe bring them out or, you know, skip a weekend here and there, but my 5-year-old was not having it. He was mad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cSo, I had to come back every weekend because I just felt so guilty. But this is what happens with trying to find a work-life balance,\u201d the TV star said.<\/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\/kristin-davis-opens-up-about-her-past-reservations-toward-motherhood-12013897\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:People;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 www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW Kristin Davis admitted that she didn\u2019t always know she wanted to be a mom during a recent episode of Jesse Tyler Ferguson\u2019s Dinner\u2019s On Me podcast \u201cI always said no. I was like, \u2018I don\u2019t wanna get married. I don\u2019t wanna have kids.\u2019 That was my thing,\u201d the Sex and the City [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2492682,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[490903,341772,309216,37922],"class_list":["post-2492681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-gemma-rose","tag-jesse-tyler-ferguson","tag-kristin-davis","tag-sex-and-the-city"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Kristin-Davis-Opens-Up-About-Her-Past-Reservations-Toward-Motherhood.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2492681","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=2492681"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2492681\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2492683,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2492681\/revisions\/2492683"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2492682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2492681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2492681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2492681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}