Lucy Hale is sharing a chapter of her life that usually stays off the red carpet. On the“On Purpose With Jay Shetty”podcast, the 37-year-old actress revealed she froze her eggs about a year ago, while single, and went through the process entirely on her own.“I did it all by myself, like a big girl,”she said, calling the decision“the most empowering in the world.”
The former Pretty Little Liars star also got honest about her complicated feelings toward motherhood. She said she didn’t want kids for much of her life, but her perspective shifted after her sister had children and she recognized her own nurturing side. Even now, Hale isn’t sure if she wants kids, and she’s in no rush to decide. She described the egg freezing as“insurance because who knows?”
Her openness lands at a moment when more women in their thirties are exploring elective egg freezing, and celebrity stories like this one continue to chip away at the stigma around fertility planning. For anyone navigating the same questions, Hale’s message is simple: choosing for yourself, on your own timeline, is its own kind of power.
Have you ever made a big life decision just to keep your options open? Tell us in the comments.
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