Mariah Carey doesn't want kids

teforde23 · February 28th, 2006, 11:03 AM

Liz Smith

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February 28, 2006 -- 'I STILL don't know if I want to have children. If that's in the cards for me . . . it's not if I 'want' to have chil dren. I feel like being a celebrity and having kids is a huge responsibility. I would want to make sure I was fully prepared to handle what would happen to those kids when they have to deal with the baggage of having a famous parent."

That's Mariah Carey with Barbara Walters. You'll see this interview tomorrow on Barbara's pre-Oscar special (very "pre" - this is the first time the show has not aired on Oscar night itself, which is Sunday).

As for Mariah's remarks on having kids - brava! Famous or not, so many people decide to have children for all the wrong reasons; they raise unhappy children. Mariah seems reasonably content with her fame, fans, work. Mariah knows the damage of an insecure home environment. That she sees clearly she might not be mature or unselfish enough to raise her own kids, is a testament to real maturity.

I love Mariah. And she does a lot for children anyway, through her various charities.

I'm so happy to hear this. THis might be the most intelligent thing that she's ever said. Why can't more celebrities do this eg. Meg Ryan, Sharon Stone.

UndercoverGator · February 28th, 2006, 11:04 AM

Of course she doesn't want children. Children take time and attention away from you and they require something of you, that you give of yourself. I doubt very seriously from what I know of Mariah that she's capable of this. At least she's self aware enough to know she'd just screw them up.

Barbara · February 28th, 2006, 11:08 AM

Children cost money. Just imagine if Mariah would have to pay for an attendant to hold her drinks, AND a nanny for the baby!!!

milky*mcgee · February 28th, 2006, 12:49 PM

Plus, if she had a daughter, God forbid she'd have to share her Hello Kitty and butterfly stuff and all.

moocow · February 28th, 2006, 12:56 PM

Good thing, the last thing I think she needs to do is reproduce.

Although I have to say, her voice is amazing, even if she is trash. It wouldn't be a bad thing to have a child with her singing voice that was not raised by her.

Didn't she break up Tommy Mattola's marriage? If she was going to have kids, I would have thought it would have been after that.

HWBL · February 28th, 2006, 01:04 PM

Of course she's afraid she'll lose her girlish figure

LynnieD · February 28th, 2006, 01:04 PM

I can totally see her doing the adoption thing, like Meg Ryan, when she is like 45 or something. Once her fame and 'beauty' have faded.......it's a good way of scaring up publicity too.

sweet2071 · February 28th, 2006, 01:11 PM

Probably the only intelligent decision she has ever made in her life! She seems entirely to self centered and selfish to be a mom.

HWBL · February 28th, 2006, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Mushy

Good for her! I don't want children either. It's a hard thing to publicly admit, because people assume you're selfish and immature if you do. Hell, look at the replies this thread has gotten!

I'd rather have more women deciding against motherhood, than the current amounts of women popping out kids they then fail to take care of the way a good parent should.

So I absolutely applaud anyone who does not put children on the planet, just for the sake of the opinion of some who claim "you're not a real woman unless you've given birth". That's such a load of crock it makes my ears ring.

My comment was only in reference to the individual named Mariah Carey. She's too used to playing "little princess" herself, to be taking care of one. But then, she'd probably hire staff to fulfill that task for her

CherryDarling · February 28th, 2006, 01:58 PM

I honestly cannot picture Mariah "I'm eternally 12" Carey as a mother anyway...just can't picture it.

PrettyGirl · February 28th, 2006, 02:33 PM

It must be hard to have a child being so famous. Sure you can hire nannies (if you're a heartless person and don't care about being there for your kids), but if Mariah isn't in a relationship and doesn't really plan on re-marrying then I can see why she wouldn't want to have children. Without a father there for them what would be the point? Another kid the paparazzi would be chasing around like Jolie-Pitt kids or Madonna's kids? Good for her for thinking of the children and not just her biological clock.

Voodoo Child · February 28th, 2006, 06:16 PM

That could be a good thing Mariah not reproducing!

chatterweb · February 28th, 2006, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by HWBL
I'd rather have more women deciding against motherhood, than the current amounts of women popping out kids they then fail to take care of the way a good parent should.

So I absolutely applaud anyone who does not put children on the planet, just for the sake of the opinion of some who claim "you're not a real woman unless you've given birth". That's such a load of crock it makes my ears ring.

I agree , plus, the world is already overpopulated!

NawdleZouss · February 28th, 2006, 11:21 PM

Me three.

alcohol the honey · March 1st, 2006, 02:34 AM

Good.