Melissa Rivers, 53, is ’80 percent there’ in adopting a child… and wishes she listened to mother Joan’s advice on retrieving eggs in her 30s
Melissa Rivers is leaning toward having another child in her 50s via adoption but her late and legendary mother Joan’s advice about retrieving eggs in her 30s that still keeps her up at night.
The 53-year-old Fashion Police star – born Melissa Warburg Rosenberg – gave an update on where she is in the adoption process during an interview on the Chanel In The City With Chanel Omari podcast on Tuesday.
The actress – whose mother was iconic comedian Joan Rivers, whilst her father was film and TV producer Edgar Rosenberg – has been thinking about giving a disadvantaged child a home ‘for a very long time’ and she now feels ready to be a mother again.
Interesting: Melissa Rivers gave an update on where she is in the adoption process during an interview on the Chanel In The City With Chanel Omari podcast on Tuesday
Legacy: The 53-year-old Fashion Police star’s – born Melissa Warburg Rosenberg -mother was iconic comedian Joan Rivers, as they are seen together at The Oscars in March 2006
She revealed: ‘I am very close. I’ve been thinking about it for a very long time. I think about it for about six years now.
‘At certain times it feels like the absolute right decision, at certain times it doesn’t feel like the right decision. It’s obviously not something I’m taking lightly. I would say I’m about 80 per cent there.’
Melissa said there are a lot of factors that play into the decision including whether it is fair for a child to have an older parent.
‘I would say I’m about 80 per cent there’: The actress -has been thinking about giving a disadvantaged child a home ‘for a very long time’ and she now feels ready to be a mother again
‘I should have done it’: Melissa also revealed that her mother Joan – who died in September 2014 at the age of 81 – had advised her to freeze her eggs many years ago so she could get pregnant as an older woman before it was too late, as they are seen together in June 1984
She explained: ‘What really stops me is, you know, would it be fair for the for the child to have, unfortunately, a little bit of an older parent?
‘Not that there’s anything wrong with that, because I’m certainly very active and, you know, a goer! It is a lot to think about, there are a lot of very important things to think about. There’s few things I’m still grappling with.’
Melissa also revealed that her mother Joan – who died in September 2014 at the age of 81 – had advised her to freeze her eggs many years ago so she could get pregnant as an older woman before it was too late.
Reiterating her plan to adopt, she Melissa added: ‘I am very close to doing it, yes. There’s just a few things that still keep me up at night’
Bond: Melissa already has a 20-year-old son named Edgar Cooper Endicott who she shares with ex-husband John Endicott, as the mother and son are seen in June 2015
Back in the day: The television host and the horse farm owner were married from 1998 to 2003, as they are seen at their December 1998 nuptials
She said: ‘I wish I had listened to my mother, who wanted me to freeze my eggs when I was in my 30s, and I was like, “Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no!” Now, I’m like, “I should have done it.” But so be it.’
Reiterating her plan to adopt, she Melissa added: ‘I am very close to doing it, yes. There’s just a few things that still keep me up at night.’
Melissa already has a 20-year-old son named Edgar Cooper Endicott who she shares with ex-husband John Endicott.
The television host and the horse farm owner were married from 1998 to 2003.
Three’s a crowd: Edgar, Melissa, and Joan seen at a New York Rangers hockey game back in November 2013
Melissa had first revealed that she wanted to have another child on podcast Divorced Not Dead back in June.
She told host Caroline Stanbury at the time: ‘I would love to have another child. And I don’t feel like I need to be married to do that.
‘My girlfriends are like, “You lost your mind.” We’re all in the place in our lives where our children are all just getting out. They’re laughing. They’re like, “Really? You want to go through the stress of even getting into college again?” They’re like, “Do you really want to do this?”‘
Melissa reiterated that it is actually she wants to do and ‘would definitely adopt.’
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