Rose Byrne makes rare remarks about dark side of motherhood

Rose Byrne openly discussed the actual picture of motherhood and the emotional transformations that come with becoming a mother.

The 46-year-old actress, who has two sons with partner Bobby Cannavale, in an interview with The Times, made a rare remark about maternity.

The Ring Round crooner reshaped her sense of self after becoming a parent and went on to describe the emotional complexity of the process.

“Having a baby is like going to the moon, and nobody ever tells you that. You don't want to feel like you don't love your child, but there is a grief around becoming a mother.”

She explained, “Because you lose part of yourself that you will never, ever, ever, ever, ever get back. It's OK to grieve that - in fact, we should. Because it's a before and an after.” 

Moreover, she marked the exhausting aspect of parenting and the silent guilt that it may entail, "Because it is relentless, because it is unending, [your children] lose their shape a little bit."

However, she added to remind yourself about the little one, "That’s totally an experience I’ve had as a parent and there is shame you feel around that."

Further, she revealed her own experience of breastfeeding challenges, “I had a really hard time breastfeeding and found it very challenging, even more challenging than delivery … And I said to a good girlfriend…"

To which her friend replied, "‘Mate, why didn’t you tell me how hard it was?’ She was like, ‘I couldn’t tell you. I didn’t want to scare you.’”

Her candid words arrive alongside her new psychological comedy-drama, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You.

The movie under consideration follows psychotherapist Linda, who is stressed to the maximum when attending to a daughter with a feeding disorder.