Iza Calzado is not letting others dictate when she will become a mom. Image: Instagram/@missizacalzado
Iza Calzado opened up on the pressure put on women to become a mother and how she has been able to cope with it.
The actress, 37, is open to motherhood, but is still “mentally and emotionally” preparing for it, she said on “Tonight with Boy Abunda” aired on Thursday, Dec. 19. She said she hopes to be ready for children by the end of 2020.
When Abunda said he gets “bothered” that women get asked why they are not mothers yet, Calzado emphasized, “This is my body, these are my choices, you have to respect it.”
She discussed, too, freezing her egg cells, saying, “I’m not that young anymore. It’s a security thing for me.”
Calzado previously said on ANC’s “Headstart” that she was open to both getting pregnant and to surrogacy. She married longtime boyfriend Ben Wintle in December 2018.
The actress’ latest film “Culion” is set to premiere at the Metro Manila Film Festival on Dec. 25. Niña V. Guno /ra
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