Tracee Ellis Ross Would Like You to Get Out of Her Uterus
Tracee Ellis Ross has just one thing to say to those curious about when she wants to start a family: “Get out of my uterus.”
In a new interview with Vanity Fair, the Black-ish actress got very real about the nonstop nagging she’s received about her reproductive plans. “Last year, I was pregnant all season,” she said. “That brought on a lot of comments and questions and pontifications from people with no invitation.”
Obviously, it’s invasive and inappropriate to ask anyone about their reproductive plans, and Ross came up with a poignant response to get people to back off. “I literally have said to people, for real, no joke, ‘Why don’t you just get out of my womb? Like, get out of my uterus. What are you doing in there? And why are you asking those questions? And what makes you think you can ask that?'” she told Vanity Fair.
This isn’t the first time Ross has opened up about the pressures she’s faced related to being a woman in her 40s without children. “It’s really interesting to be a woman, and to get to 45, and to not be married, and to not have kids. Especially when you’ve pushed out five kids on TV,” she said at the Glamour Women of the Year Awards in 2017. But despite what society or anyone else has to say about it, she’s perfectly fine with doing her own thing. “My life is mine. Those words stopped me in my tracks,” Ross continued in her speech. “Those words brought tears to my eyes because, yes, I’ve been living my life—but not to my own expectations. Not for me.”
Ross, who stars in and has directed episodes of Black-ish, was recently the first person of color to host the CFDA Awards. Anyone who casually has a group text chat with Kerry Washington, Eva Longoria, America Ferrera, and Rashida Jones (i.e: Ross) clearly has many, many more important things to talk about than when or if she’ll ever have kids.
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