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Margot Robbie Shuts Down Pregnancy Speculation In The Best Possible Way

“How dare some old guy dictate what I can and can’t do when it comes to motherhood or my own body?" - by Arielle Tsoukatos
  • 16 Jan 2019
Margot Robbie Shuts Down Pregnancy Speculation In The Best Possible Way

Margot Robbie wants people to stop asking her - or any woman - about when they're getting pregnant. The Oscar-nominated actress, who is on a press tour promoting her new film Mary Queen Of Scotts, says she finds herself fielding baby questions from reporters every day. 

“It made me really angry,” she told the Radio Times. “How dare some old guy dictate what I can and can’t do when it comes to motherhood or my own body?

“I got married and the first question in almost every interview is, ‘Babies? When are you having one?’ Robbie wed British film producer Tom Ackerly in December 2016. 

Sadly, this isn't the first time Margot has felt pressure to have a baby. “I’m so angry that there’s this social contract. You’re married, now have a baby. Don’t presume. I’ll do what I’m going to do.”

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Moreover, at the heart of it, asking women about their reproductive plans is sexist. You can't imagine a man getting quizzed publically on whether he plans on impregnating someone soon? The experience of parenthood is not unique to women, yet the question almost always falls on us.

For the record, Margot has her plate plenty full right now - she and Ackley have their own production company LuckyLap. “I wasn’t seeing many scripts where I wanted to play the female role — I always wanted to play the male role,” she revealed. 

“So I was like, ‘Well, we’ll start making our own films because we can’t just sit around forever and wait for them to come along.’”

This article originally appeared on marie claire. 

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Arielle is our Senior Digital Beauty & Lifestyle Editor. A few career highlights include; lunch with Kim Cattrall, interviewing Naomi Watts and swapping make-up tips with Margot Robbie on the red carpet. You can find her words on InStyle, marie claire and Women's Health.

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