“Being a Mom is the Best Thing that has Ever Happened to Me” – Scarlett Johansson Talks Motherhood, Monogamy & Marriage

Hollywood actress and mom of one Scarlett Johansson, has a lot to share on motherhood. The actress who was previously married to actor Ryan Reynolds before tying the knot a second time, also opened up about marriage and her views on monogamy.

In a interview with Playboy, Johansson, had this to share:

Do you think motherhood has changed you?

“Oh, it has changed me, yes. Just the process of being pregnant and giving birth was incredibly profound. Also surrendering to the fact that with babies, and particularly infants and toddlers, you have to let go of your expectations and of whatever instincts you have to take control of the situation. Of course, being a mother, you have to make decisions all the time that affect this person who is completely dependent on you, but you also have to surrender to the experience, and that in itself is really liberating. For me, it’s the best thing that has ever happened, ever. Somebody once described it to me as your heart growing this other chamber, and I think that’s really profoundly true. Your capacity to love something, at least in my experience, deepens to a whole other space. I think I was afraid that life would change, and it does; it dramatically changes. But I feel in a lot of ways more myself now than I did before. “

This question is asked incessantly of women and very rarely asked of working fathers, but do you feel parenthood has changed the way you approach your work?

“Where I want to be working is definitely something. That’s just a practical part of it, though I’m fortunately at a place in my career, after 20-whatever years, where I can dictate that a little bit. It will probably get more challenging as she gets older, once she’s in school and her life is more established in one place. It’s a struggle for a lot of people, because we exist in this weird nomadic industry where almost everybody on a crew has a family, and it’s hard. It’s hard on relationships; it’s hard on your partner, your kids, family in general, friends.”

You’ve said that you aren’t sure humans are designed to be monogamous.

“Well, with every gain there’s a loss, right? So that’s a loss. You have to choose a path. I think the idea of marriage is very romantic, it’s a beautiful idea and the practice of it can be a very beautiful thing. I don’t think it’s natural to be a monogamous person. I might be skewered for that, but I think it’s work. It’s a lot of work. And the fact that it is such work for so many people for everyone the fact of that proves that it is not a natural thing. It’s something I have a lot of respect for and have participated in, but I think it definitely goes against some instinct to look beyond.”

And of course many marriages don’t work out.

“I think marriage initially involves a lot of people who have nothing to do with your relationship, because it’s a legally binding contract, and that has a weight to it. Being married is different than not being married, and anybody who tells you that it’s the same is lying. It changes things. I have friends who were together for 10 years and then decided to get married, and I’ll ask them on their wedding day or right after if it’s different, and it always is. It is. It’s a beautiful responsibility, but it’s a responsibility.”

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You were married for the second time in 2014. Did you wake up the next morning and feel different?

“Yeah, definitely. It felt different. I had a really young baby at the time, so that also our family dynamic was just different. I don’t know. Whatever that is, the thing you can’t fully put words to, it changed.”

It is rumoured that Johasson and hubby Romain Dauriac, have called it quits however, the pair is yet to release a statement in this regard. They both have a daughter, Rose Dorothy Dauriac.

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