Jennifer Connelly “considered adoption”
Blood Diamond actress Jennifer Connelly recently told the London Independent that she “absolutely had considered adopting” an African child, but was worried how it might affect her biological son.
“He’s had a lot of change so of course I really have to be sensitive to him. One of the kids I became close to was older than him. What would that mean to my family? Would my son feel displaced, all of a sudden having an older sibling who didn’t speak the language and would need so much more time and attention? These are all concerns of mine and reasons why I didn’t come home with a child even though, believe me, I would call Paul at night when he was away. I’d say, ‘There’s this baby and I don’t know what to do and I love him so much and if I leave here he might die,’” she says.
Connelly, 35, and her husband Paul Bettany have a 3-year-old son named Stellan. 9-year-old Kai is Connelly’s son from a previous relationship.
She goes on to say that it is not completely out of the question, “It’s complicated, but we are considering.”
There is still that pesky pregnancy rumor following her around. I wonder if it is “complicated” because she is pregnant right now?
