Desi girl Priyanka Chopra is the latest addition to the list of Bollywood actresses who embraced pregnancy via surrogacy. Back in 2022, the star along with her husband Nick Jonas announced the arrival of their baby girl Malti Mary through surrogacy. The internet erupted with reactions of all types, while some congratulated the couple, others attacked the actress for ‘outsourcing’ her child’s birth. From mean to degrading, there were opinions of varying degrees, once again showing the stigma surrounding surrogacy in society.
What we, as a society, still fail to understand is that being a parent doesn’t necessarily mean the mother has to carry her child for the whole nine months. For many, it's difficult or near impossible to carry a pregnancy due to various reasons including personal and health-related. No matter the extent people go on judging, some celebs like Shilpa Shetty, Preity Zinta and Ekta Kapoor don't seem to care! Here we’ll have a look at the list of celebs who broke stereotypes by embracing motherhood through surrogacy.
Preity Zinta
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In November 2021, Preity Zinta shared on Instagram that she and her husband Gene Goodenough have welcomed their children through surrogacy. She named them Jai and Gia.
Ekta Kapoor
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Ekta Kapoor, the film and television producer, welcomed her son through surrogacy in January 2019. She became a single mother at 27.
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Sunny Leone
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Sunny Leone, the actress, joyfully announced on Instagram in 2018 that she is now a proud mother of two kids via surrogacy – Asher Singh Weber and Noah Singh Weber.
Shilpa Shetty
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Shilpa Shetty, the actress, shared in 2020 the arrival of her second child, a baby girl named Samisha, who was born through surrogacy.
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