Claire Danes recently reflected on having a child with her husband, Hugh Dancy, at the age of 44. She also discussed what it was like to learn she was pregnant at that age. This podcast appearance follows the premiere of her new Netflix series, The Beast in Me.
Claire Danes talks about giving birth at 44
In conversation with Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, and Will Arnett, on their podcast SmartLess, Claire Danes, 46, discussed her experience of getting pregnant at the age of 44.
As they spoke about her current residence, which she revealed to be a brownstone building in NYC, Danes went on to explain her family’s move to the Big Apple. “We’ve been here not for very long,” she claimed. The actress shared that they’ve been in this place for about a year because they had an “oopsie daisy” third child.
“I was so old when that happened. I was 44,” Danes mentioned. When asked by the hosts how old the baby is now, Danes replied, saying, “She’s two now.”
The Homeland actress then went on to share what it was like discovering her pregnancy at her age. “I didn’t think it was possible. I really didn’t,” she shared, and then admitted, “I was terrified. But it was okay.”
Further, agreeing with the hosts that it was indeed a “blessing,” she answered Arnett’s question about how she felt, having a surprise pregnancy. “Well, you know, it was actually very interesting,” she explained. “Because I did not foresee this at all. And it was weird; suddenly I felt like a funny shame. Like I was naughty. Like I’ve been caught fornicating past the point I was meant to,” Danes added.
She further described how the experience was “wild” as she discovered an “edge” that she hadn’t been really conscious of. Danes also shared how the whole incident felt like she was “going outside of the parameters.”
Notably, Danes shares three children with Dancy, two boys and a daughter, all of them having about a five-year age difference between them.