November 20, 2024 04:38 PM IST
Michelle Yeoh shared how her inability to have children affected her personal life, and how it was the ‘main factor’ that broke up her first marriage.
Michelle Yeoh shares her perspective on how infertility has affected her personal life. The actor, who is gearing up for the release of his latest release, Wicked, told during an appearance BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour She felt like a ‘failure’ for not being able to have children. (Also read: Michelle Yeoh clarifies she has become a grandmother after photo with newborn creates confusion)
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“I think the worst moment is when every month you feel like a failure,” Michelle said during the chat. And then you go, why? And I think at some point you’ll stop blaming yourself. I say, there are some things in your body that don’t work a certain way. that’s how it is. You just have to let go and move on. And I think you’ve come to the point where you need to stop blaming yourself.
‘You have to be fair sometimes’
The actor detailed how her infertility affected her first marriage to Sir Dixon Poon, whom she married in 1988 and divorced in 1992. “When I first got married, it was very clear in our path, that this was a marriage about having children, the next generation and all of that…
You also have to understand, these are conversations you really have to have with yourself and be able to look ahead and think, yes, we love each other very much now, but in 10 years or 20 years, I still can’t let him have the family he yearns for. And you have to be fair sometimes, that’s why these communications between a couple are so important. if anyone wants [something] And secondly no, this is something that you have to face early on, because along the way, there will be a lot of hurt… So I think it was very brave of us to accept that on our path, to say, ‘Okay ‘Let’s not drag this out.’
Michel is married to Jean Todt. The actor and the ex-Ferrari CEO got engaged in July 2004 and their engagement lasted 19 years before they tied the knot in Geneva on July 27 last year. She became grandparents earlier this year, when her stepson Nicholas and his partner welcomed a daughter.
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