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Celebrities without children

Published 4:42 PM EDT, Thu August 1, 2013
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Zoe Zorka and her husband struggled to tell friends and family that they don't plan to have kids. You can click through the gallery to meet 10 celebrities who've also spoken publicly about not having children:
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Zoe Zorka and her husband struggled to tell friends and family that they don't plan to have kids. You can click through the gallery to meet 10 celebrities who've also spoken publicly about not having children:
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<a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oprah.com%2Fomagazine%2FOprah-Gets-Interviewed-by-O-Readers%2F4" target="_blank" target="_blank">In a 2010 interview with O, the Oprah magazine,</a> Oprah Winfrey said she has "no regrets whatsoever" about not having children.
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In a 2010 interview with O, the Oprah magazine, Oprah Winfrey said she has "no regrets whatsoever" about not having children.
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"Arrested Development" star Portia de Rossi and her wife, Ellen DeGeneres, have decided not to have children. "You have to really want to have kids, and neither of us did," de Rossi <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.out.com%2Fentertainment%2Ftelevision%2F2013%2F04%2F11%2Fportia-de-rossi%3Fpage%3D0%2C2" target="_blank" target="_blank">told Out in 2013. </a>
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"Arrested Development" star Portia de Rossi and her wife, Ellen DeGeneres, have decided not to have children. "You have to really want to have kids, and neither of us did," de Rossi told Out in 2013.
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"Sex and the City" star Kim Cattrall has said she's happy with her childless life. "Being a biological mother just isn't part of my experience this time around," she told <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oprah.com%2Fspirit%2FKim-Cattralls-Aha-Moment%23ixzz2akGgVPc1" target="_blank" target="_blank">O magazine in 2003. </a>
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"Sex and the City" star Kim Cattrall has said she's happy with her childless life. "Being a biological mother just isn't part of my experience this time around," she told O magazine in 2003.
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Dame Helen Mirren <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fwomen%2Fwomens-life%2F9847642%2FHelen-Mirren-confronts-the-final-female-taboo.html" target="_blank" target="_blank">told British Vogue</a> that having children was "not my destiny." "I kept thinking it would be, waiting for it to happen, but I never did," she said. "And I didn't care what people thought."
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Dame Helen Mirren told British Vogue that having children was "not my destiny." "I kept thinking it would be, waiting for it to happen, but I never did," she said. "And I didn't care what people thought."
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In 2007, Eva Mendez said she didn't want to have kids. "I love the little suckers; they're so cute, but I love sleep so much and I worry about everything," she said.
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In 2007, Eva Mendez said she didn't want to have kids. "I love the little suckers; they're so cute, but I love sleep so much and I worry about everything," she said.
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<a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.margaretcho.com%2F2012%2F09%2F06%2Fkids%2F" target="_blank" target="_blank">In a personal blog post</a> in 2012, comedienne Margaret Cho spoke out on her childlessness, declaring: "I am not sure if I have wanted them or never wanted them."
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In a personal blog post in 2012, comedienne Margaret Cho spoke out on her childlessness, declaring: "I am not sure if I have wanted them or never wanted them."
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Actress Katharine Hepburn was open about her decision to not have kids. "I had such a wonderful upbringing, that I had a very high standard of how a mother and father should behave," <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.people.com%2Fpeople%2Farchive%2Farticle%2F0%2C%2C20113519%2C00.html" target="_blank" target="_blank">she told People</a>. "I couldn't be that way and carry on a movie career."
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Actress Katharine Hepburn was open about her decision to not have kids. "I had such a wonderful upbringing, that I had a very high standard of how a mother and father should behave," she told People. "I couldn't be that way and carry on a movie career."
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Kitchen maven Rachael Ray told <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcelebritybabies.people.com%2F2007%2F05%2F15%2Frachael_ray_def%2F" target="_blank" target="_blank">People magazine in 2007</a> that she and her husband had no plans to start a family. "I feel like a bad mom to my dog some days because I'm just not here enough," she said.
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Kitchen maven Rachael Ray told People magazine in 2007 that she and her husband had no plans to start a family. "I feel like a bad mom to my dog some days because I'm just not here enough," she said.
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E! host Chelsea Handler <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.usmagazine.com%2Fcelebrity-news%2Fnews%2Fchelsea-handler-i-dont-have-the-time-to-raise-a-child-2013294" target="_blank" target="_blank">said in early 2013</a> that she wouldn't want children because "I don't think I'd be a great mother."
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E! host Chelsea Handler said in early 2013 that she wouldn't want children because "I don't think I'd be a great mother."
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Oscar-winner Renee Zellweger <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailymail.co.uk%2Ftvshowbiz%2Farticle-556828%2FMotherhood-ambition-says-super-sleek-Renee-Zellweger.html" target="_blank" target="_blank">told late-night host David Letterman</a> that "motherhood was never an ambition for me."
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Oscar-winner Renee Zellweger told late-night host David Letterman that "motherhood was never an ambition for me."
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