Charlize Theron has opened up about being a single mom. Theron split from actor Stuart Townsend after nine years in 2010 and revealed that she had adopted a son shortly after. Speaking with Australia's Madison Magazine, she explains that she always planned to adopt, but never thought she'd be a single mother.
"My mother found [a letter I wrote. It said, 'Would you please take me to orphanage, so that I can go and adopt a baby?'" she told the mag. "I always knew I would adopt. Always."
She also admits that single motherhood came as surprise saying: "You, know, I don't think any mother aims to be a single mom. I didn't wish for that, but it happened." She adds, however, that she's never been hung up on the formality of marriage:
"I don't know why exactly. Some might say it's because my parents didn't have a good marriage, but I don't think so. I treat my relationships like marriages. The ceremony isn't that important to me."
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