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Claire Danes reveals how she reacted to pregnancy at 44
Claire Danes is opening up about the emotional moment she found out she was pregnant with her third child at age 44, revealing that the news initially left her in tears and disbelief.
Speaking on the latest episode of Amy Poehler’s Good Hang with Amy Poehler podcast, the actress shared that her reaction was far from calm.
After taking the test, she immediately called her OBGYN while overwhelmed with emotion.
“It was a pure, like, meltdown,” Danes said, describing what she called “convulsive tears.” She admitted the pregnancy wasn’t planned, adding, “None of this was by design. I didn’t know it was physically possible. I was 44.”
The Homeland alum, now 46, welcomed a baby girl in 2023.
She and her husband, actor Hugh Dancy, share three children: sons Cyrus, 13, and Rowan, 7, along with their daughter, now 2.
Danes noted that each child arrived about five years apart, explaining that expanding their family was not always easy.
She shared that Rowan was “very hard-earned,” revealing she went through two rounds of IVF to conceive him.
Danes previously spoke about the surprise pregnancy during a November 2025 appearance on the SmartLess podcast, where she admitted the experience initially scared her.
While she said everything ultimately worked out, she also opened up about feeling an unexpected sense of shame at the time.
“Like I was naughty. I’d been caught fornicating past the point I was meant to,” she said.
She described the feeling as strange and unfamiliar, adding, “It was weird, and it was like I found an edge that I hadn’t been quite conscious of.”
Reflecting further, Danes explained that becoming pregnant at that stage of life made her feel as though she had crossed an unspoken boundary. “I was going outside of the parameters a little bit,” she said. “That was wild.”
Danes and Dancy, 50, have been married since September 2009. Before her marriage, she dated actor Billy Crudup. More than two decades after their widely discussed 2003 scandal involving Crudup and a then-pregnant Mary-Louise Parker, Danes and Crudup remain on friendly terms.
Now, Danes’ candid reflections offer a rare and honest look at the emotional complexity of unexpected motherhood later in life, highlighting fear, vulnerability, and ultimately acceptance.
The 68th annual Grammy Awards return Sunday night to honor the best in the music business with some big-name performances, new awards, and Kendrick Lamar leading the pack with nine nominations.
These Grammys will see the addition of two new categories: Best Traditional Country Album and Best Album Cover, bringing the total number of awards doled out to 95. The category formerly known as Best Country Album is now named Best Contemporary Country Album.
Where to watch the Grammys with cable
The 68th annual Grammy Awards will be broadcast live on Sun. Feb. 1, on CBS television stations starting at 8 p.m. Eastern Time (5 p.m. Pacific Time). Find your local CBS station here.
How to stream the Grammys live
The Grammy Awards will stream live and on-demand on Paramount+ in the U.S. The show is available live and on-demand for Paramount+ Premium subscribers. Paramount+ Essential subscribers can stream the show on-demand beginning Monday.
How to watch the Grammy Awards red carpet
CBS Los Angeles’ red carpet special will begin at 7 p.m. Eastern Time, hosted by anchor Kalyna Astrinos and entertainment journalist Grae Drake. It will stream live on CBS News Los Angeles, and those in the L.A. market can also watch the broadcast on the KCAL channel.
Who are the Grammy nominees?
Among Lamar’s nine nominations is a nod for Album of the Year for “GNX.” It’s his fifth consecutive studio album to be nominated for the award, something no other artist has ever done.
Lady Gaga, Jack Antonoff and Canadian producer and songwriter Cirkut received seven nominations each. Bad Bunny, Sabrina Carpenter, Leon Thomas and Canadian audio engineer Serban Ghenea all received six nods.
Bad Bunny is the first Spanish-language artist to be nominated for song, record and album of the year in the same year, according to Variety.
Here is the full list of Grammy nominees.
Who is performing at the Grammy Awards?
The eight artists nominated for Best New Artist — Addison Rae, Alex Warren, KATSEYE, Leon Thomas, Lola Young, Olivia Dean, Sombr and The Marías — are set to perform at the Grammy Awards on Sunday.
The show will also feature performances from Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber and Clipse and Pharrell Williams.
Lauryn Hill will perform a tribute to D’Angelo, who died of cancer in October at the age of 51, and Roberta Flack, who died in February at age 88.
Post Malone, Duff McKagan, Slash, Chad Smith and Andrew Watt are set to pay tribute to the late Ozzy Osbourne.
Who is presenting at the Grammy Awards?
Three-time Grammy Award winner Harry Styles is among the stars set to present awards at the show. Doechii, who already has a Grammy Award under her belt and is nominated for five awards on Sunday, will also be a presenter at this year’s ceremony.
Who is hosting the Grammy Awards?
Comedian and former “The Daily Show” host Trevor Noah is returning to host the Grammy Awards for a sixth consecutive year.
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Last year, he steered the show through a broadcast that was refocused in the wake of the devastating Los Angeles fires.
He told “CBS Mornings” co-host Gayle King the year before that he relishes the hosting role because the Grammys show is always so unpredictable.
“I don’t know what’s going to happen. So that’s what I love about the Grammys is it’s live; it’s happening; it’s on the fly,”
Where are the Grammy Awards held?
The ceremony for the 68th annual Grammy Awards will take place at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
As OpenAI is gearing up to rollout ads for both free and $8 ChatGPT Go, the company has assured users that ads will not affect ChatGPT’s responses and will be labelled and separated from the content.
Early signs of this rollout have been spotted on Android devices, suggesting the inclusion of ads in ChatGPT is close.
As noted on X (formerly Twitter), OpenAI has designed a full-screen onboarding experience to familiarise users with ads in ChatGPT.
Although the AI giant has assured not to share personal information with advertisers, the current chat may still influence the type of sponsored ads displayed below the answers.
At the current stage, the commendable thing is that users have the option to hide ads, understand why specific ads were shown, and clear their ad data.
Ads will appear as a “Sponsored” block, and tapping the overflow menu draws the dropdown to hide the ad, report it, or even “Ask ChatGPT” about it.
OpenAI stated: “Our mission is to ensure AGI benefits all of humanity; our pursuit of advertising is always in support of that mission and making AI more accessible.”
Furthermore, the company has emphasised that conversations will remain private from advertisers and that user data will never be sold. A new “Ads controls” page has also been added to let users manage their ad history and interests without affecting their chat data.
These ads won’t be displayed to users of ChatGPT Plus, Pro, Business, and Enterprise plans.
As the Beckham family drama deepens, David Beckham had refrained from making a direct comment about any of the tensions.
However, the doting father, who often roasts his children playfully, sent a pointed message to his estranged son, Brooklyn, as he collaborated with his close friend Gordon Ramsay.
The famous British chef, who himself is going through some drama with regards to his son-in-law Adam Peaty, shared an update.
David, who is a legendary former footballer, flaunted one of his many skills, cooking. In a video clip, Gordon and David are seen on a video call in which David makes a scallop risotto.
“Usually when David Beckham calls it’s about football but I was surprised when he was cooking up one of my homechef recipes, Gordon had written on Instagram.
Before marrying Nicola Peltz, Brooklyn had tried to launch himself as a cook as he shared videos of himself cooking simple recipes. However, most of the time he was roasted and trolled for his skills, which were often dubbed as mediocre.
While he pursued cooking for a while, he seemed to have abandoned that idea and modify it by selling his own hot sauce.
The update comes over a week after Brooklyn made a series of shocking Instagram Stories posts about his family. He had broken his silence on the ongoing rumours about a rift in the family and clearly stated that he “[does] not want to reconcile with [his] family.”
He noted, “I’m not being controlled, I’m standing up for myself for the first time in my life.”
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