Amy Poehler’s Good Hang podcast is SO GOOD. It’s full of such gems, and Amy is the biggest gem of them all. She puts people at ease, and it usually only takes a minute or two before her celebrity guests are talking to her like a bestie. Well, this week’s episode is one of the best ones I’ve seen, with guest Claire Danes. I went into it kind of curious about what their combined energy would be and I came out of it absolutely loving Claire. I’ve always loved her as an actress, but she’s so funny and REAL. She comes across as such a real and grounded person, which is crazy because she’s been a “star” since she was a teenager. Here’s the full interview:
One of the funniest parts comes around the 40-minute mark, when Claire talks about her third and final pregnancy, with her daughter Shay. Claire was 44 years old when she gave birth to Shay, and it was a surprise pregnancy. Claire and her husband Hugh Dancy thought all of that was over, and they had their two boys (Cyrus and Rowan) and they were done. Claire starts out by saying that she used to be a regular runner but “the third pregnancy really put a dent” in it. Then she and Amy really get into how crazy it was to become pregnant at 43/44 with no medical intervention. Claire confirmed that she “burst into tears” immediately:
Claire Danes is recalling her emotional reaction to the news that she was pregnant with her third baby. The Beast In Me actress, 46, sat down with comedian and podcast host Amy Poehler for the Tuesday, Jan. 27 episode of Good Hang with Amy Poehler, where she opened up about the moment she found out she was expecting at 44 years old. When the Inside Out 2 actress, 54, asked if she “burst into tears” at the thought of having to be pregnant again, Danes quickly responded “totally.”
“I called my OBGYN in convulsive tears. It was a pure like … meltdown,” she shared, noting that each of her children are nearly five years apart. “None of this was by design. I didn’t know it was physically possible. I was 44. And actually, Rowan was very hard-earned. I had to do two rounds of IVF.”
She also talked a lot about her BFF, who had a dream that Claire was pregnant and the next morning, Claire took a pregnancy test and just started freaking out. She’s right, the chances of conceiving naturally when she was 43/44 was pretty small. But she also talked about how Shay is just the happiest child and Claire feels like the kid really just wanted to exist. It was great, and Shay really threw her for a loop. The whole interview is hysterical, and they talked a lot about My So Called Life, Homeland and Claire’s childhood in NYC.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, screencaps courtesy of Good Hang.
