Olivia Wilde on the Lie Women Are Told About Having Kids

– There were periods, I guess, earlier in your life when you felt a lot of discomfort in your body, is that — – Sure. I feel like it’s been a pretty smooth kind of exponential evolution towards being comfortable. I think having kids made me feel more comfortable in my body. Again, there’s a lie we’re told that like, “And then you have kids and you’re done and just put you out to pasture and like shoot you in the head because your body means nothing.” It is the opposite. Once you’re aware of what you’re capable of in having kids, I think suddenly you’re like, “Wait a minute, am I a superhero? Like, this is insane. What else can I do?” And then watching your body repair itself from this insane endeavor of making a human. And then you’re like, “Wow, respect.” I mean, I had my first kid at 30 and then 32. And then, so it’s been 10 years and I feel like I’ve just become more and more comfortable.