Michelle Yeoh recently went candid about her fertility struggles and how miserable it made her feel. The Oscar winner sat for an interview with Nuala McGovern in an episode of BBC Radio 4’s “Woman’s Hour.” During their conversation, Yeoh revealed that she always desired to have kids. She also opted for fertility treatment to make it happen. However, the struggle she went through every month during the process made her feel “like such a failure.”
Michelle Yeoh reveals she felt ‘like a failure’ for being unable to have kids
Michelle Yeoh opened up about her struggle to have children during a conversation with Nuala McGovern on BBC Radio 4’s “Woman’s Hour.” The actor expressed, “I always wanted to have children. It didn’t happen, so I went and did fertility [treatment] to aid in the process.” However, she noted that “the worst moment to go through, is every month, you feel like such a failure.”
Yeoh further disclosed that due to the struggle, she started self-doubting and even blamed herself. However, she believed the self-blaming needed to stop for her to move on in life. Yeoh asserted, “I think at some point, you stop blaming yourself.” The actor further explained, “There are certain things in your body that doesn’t function in a certain way. That’s how it is.” She then added how one must just “let go and move on.”
When the host asked her whether she had “reconciled” and accepted the entire situation and how long it took her to get there, Yeoh responded, “Sometimes, honestly, I still think about it.” During the conversation, she also revealed that her fertility struggle was a primary reason that ended her relationship with her first husband, Sir Dickson Poon. She said, “It took a long time because that also, maybe, would be the main factor that broke up my first marriage.” Yeoh then continued to talk about how it was a brave and good decision for them not to extend their relationship.
Michelle Yeoh is currently married to Jean Todt.
