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Seth Rogen is perfectly happy with the life he and his wife, Lauren Miller, have chosen. And that includes their decision not to have children.<\/p>\n

In a recent interview, the\u00a0actor and comedian\u00a0opened up about not having children with his wife of 13 years, Lauren Miller, and explained the reason behind their decision.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople really had strong takes on it, being like, ‘F— this f—ing guy. Who the f— does he think he is not to have kids?’ Well, if you hate me that much, why do you want more of me? You should only have kids if you really want kids, and we just don’t really want kids. Time kept going by and the moment where we were like ‘Let’s do it!’ just kept not happening,\u201d Rogan said.<\/p>\n

The “Neighbors” star added that while many of his loved ones have children, it\u2019s not something he sees for himself.\u00a0 \u201cI look at my friends with kids, and honestly I feel like some of them are incredibly happy and fulfilled, and some of them seem like maybe they wish they had put a little more thought into it. I just didn’t want to be one of those people.\u201d<\/p>\n

He has faced a fair share of criticism for this choice. \u201cThe most disturbing comment that I saw a lot of was ‘Who’s going to take care of you when you’re old?’ Which to me is very telling. Is that why you’re having kids? Because I have two things to say: One, that’s very selfish to create a human so someone can take care of you. And two, just because you have a kid, I hate to break it to you, that doesn’t mean they’re going to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n

This isn’t the first time Rogen has spoken openly about his perspective on parenthood. In a 2023 episode of \u201cThe Diary of a CEO\u201d podcast, he said, \u201cI do not [have kids]. That has helped me succeed as well, definitely. There’s a whole huge thing I’m not doing, which is raising children. I’ve been around, obviously, a lot of children, I’m not ignorant to what it’s like\u2026 everyone I know has kids\u2026 some of my friends have had kids for decades,\u201d he joked.<\/p>\n

He continued, \u201cSome people want kids, some people don’t want kids. Honestly, you just are told, ‘You go through life, you get married, you have kids.’ That’s what happens\u2026 me and my wife, neither of us were like that. Honestly, thank God we don’t have children, we get to do whatever we want.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are smarter than we’ve ever been, we understand ourselves more than we ever have, we have the capacity to achieve a level of work and a level of communication and care for one another, and a lifestyle we can live with one another, that we’ve never been able to live before.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Seth Rogen is perfectly happy with the life he and his wife, Lauren Miller, have chosen. And that includes their decision not to have children. 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