Kate Walsh talks about not having kids: “I feel like a loser”

For some reason, I’ve always kind of liked Kate Walsh. I’ve never really paid attention to her work on television or anything, but in interviews, she comes across as kind of brassy redheaded bitch, which I appreciate. I get tired of the wilting flowers and the girls who are too weak to speak or engage. Anyway, Kate covers the April issue of More Magazine, and she’s still talking about her 2008 divorce (after a whirlwind romance and engagement), and how she always pictured herself a traditional wife and mother:

On her tabloid divorce:
“Oh my God. The worst thing ever. It was so public, and yet it was so legal-embroiled. You couldn’t talk about anything…”

On lessons learned from marriage and a short courtship:
“I’ve always had the courage thing down, but then I had to develop the rest. I’ve learned to seek other people’s counsel more. That’s a good part of growing up.”

On not having children:
“I feel like a loser. I would definitely love to be a parent. But I definitely don’t think I want to do it on my own. Things are just going to go the way they go… I thought I’d be married and have three or four kids. I always knew I wanted to be an actress, but I think I always wanted a quote-unquote normal life because I had a very untraditional upbringing.”

On aging:
“It certainly requires you to take care of yourself. But I like to eat food, and I don’t diet,” she says. “I do Pilates, and hike with my dog. As you get older, everything changes. Everything starts getting … looser. But I think it’s important to accept that. I’m lucky. I’ve got pretty good genes. But I think it’s a weird thing to fight it.”

[From Huffington Post & People Mag]

Is it wrong to admit that I too sometimes feel like a “loser” because I am childless/child-free? I’ve always been kind of ambivalent about the whole motherhood thing personally, but I also worry that I’d make a pretty crappy mom. I’m a good mom to my dog – and that’s good enough for me right now. I still have several years left to make up my mind for good. Not so much for Kate – she’s more than a decade older than me! So… that actually makes me feel a bit better about myself – Kate doesn’t have it figured out either.

Photos courtesy of More Magazine.