Guess what Cameron Diaz had to say about being a mum!

At 41, Cameron Diaz is pretty happy with her life.

She’s dating rock star Benji Madden, her career is on fire and—this might surprise you—she is AOK with the fact that she doesn’t have kids.

“It’s so much more work to have children,” she tells Esquire. “To have lives besides your own that you are responsible for—I didn’t take that on. That did make things easier for me. A baby—that’s all day, every day for 18 years.”

The decision wasn’t exactly easy, she explains, because she likes protecting people, “but I was never drawn to being a mother,” she said. “I have it much easier than any of them. That’s just what it is. Doesn’t mean life isn’t sometimes hard. I’m just what I am. I work on what I am.”

She also released a New York Times bestseller called The Body Book, which takes a holistic approach to nutrition, exercise, caring for your body and accepting it.

She shows off the results of looking after her own amazing body in her new film, Sex Tape, in which she strips off for the first time on film.

Calling 41 “the best age,” Ms Diaz is finding life pretty terrific at the moment. “Right now, I think, things are good for me. I’ve done a lot. And I don’t care anymore.”

Where once she might have worried more about things, “I like being 41. I love it. So much sh*t just falls away. Fear, mostly. It’s the best age. That’s when a woman knows how to work things, or she doesn’t care about that anymore. You just stop being afraid. You don’t worry about what men think. You just don’t worry that time registers anything awful.”

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28 Comments

- - mom94125 said
  - 06 Oct 2014
    12:09 pm
she is thinking positive
good for her
- mom94125 replied
  
  10 Jan 2015 , 11:31 pm
  i wonder how her view on this topic will change now that she is married
- - estate wanderer said
  - 19 Sep 2014
    10:56 pm
Love Cameron, can’t wait to see Sex Tape, I anticipate it’ll be a crackup.

- - mom57522 said
  - 31 Aug 2014
    2:24 pm
Love Cameron’s attitude towards age!

- - BellaB said
  - 20 Aug 2014
    7:58 pm
She sounds incredibly sensible. She made a choice.She’s happy with it. She’s not dissing anyone else’s choices.

- - kazh said
  - 20 Aug 2014
    3:43 pm
Kids aren’t for everyone. She clearly knows what works for her.

- - ginoula5 said
  - 12 Aug 2014
    7:06 pm
Good on her for saying what she feels. It’s not a matter of her ‘not being cut out to be a mum’ – she just doesn’t feel the need to have kids in her life to complete her, each to their own I say.

- - Kate Sander said
  - 11 Aug 2014
    3:36 am
I think it’s fine for her to not feel the need or desire to have kids.

- - Happymum-2 said
  - 09 Aug 2014
    7:41 pm
some women just aren’t cut out for being mums

- - makerschke said
  - 26 Jul 2014
    11:48 am
Love how honest she is about it!

- - mouse said
  - 19 Jul 2014
    9:42 am
a very honest woman who is also a lovely person

- - mom61924 said
  - 16 Jul 2014
    3:02 pm
I guess some people don’t have that urge to be a mum, I have 4 little ones I love it

- - mouse said
  - 13 Jul 2014
    9:40 am
At least she is honest in what she says

- - skbou said
  - 12 Jul 2014
    11:23 pm
She’s made her decision and she’s happy with who she is. Don’t know about the fear falling away though, does it ever?

- - damish70 said
  - 11 Jul 2014
    11:31 am
She’s saying this now ‘cos her career is blossoming. Give it a few more years & we’ll see an article of tears & regret.

- - wendy_adhofer said
  - 10 Jul 2014
    10:12 pm
I think it’s time for her to start a family before it’s to late. Maybe she is afraid and that’s ok. But it’s a lot go miss out on.

- - kjgarner said
  - 10 Jul 2014
    2:51 pm
If she doesn’t want to be a mum, its her choice, for mine I think I was born to be one! I have 3 beautiful girls and hoping for more!

- - ashblonde said
  - 10 Jul 2014
    9:59 am
It’s all about choices, not every woman has the desire to become a Mum. I hope Cameron & Benji are happy in love.

- - mrsdew17 said
  - 10 Jul 2014
    1:34 am
Maybe there’s a medical reason why Cameron hasn’t had children and she doesn’t want to share? Totally understand if that’s the case. She must get sick of being asked about why she hasn’t had a child.

- - hopefullyheidi said
  - 09 Jul 2014
    11:20 pm
It’s great to see she is and continues to be so comfortable with herself and her image.

- - nicky732 said
  - 09 Jul 2014
    9:53 pm
Each to their own, but I couldn’t imagine my life without kids. But as a previous poster said it’s not for everyone and there are people out there that shouldn’t have kids!