HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Salma Hayek says she's embracing motherhood for the first time and confesses that her 6-month-old daughter, Valentina, changed her original perception.
"Well, I have to confess something — I wanted a boy," the 41-year-old actress and producer tells Glamour magazine.
"At the beginning I did. Probably because I was afraid," Hayek explains. "I think women suffer a bit more than boys, and there is always conflict between mothers and daughters. But now that she's here, I'm so happy she's a girl. And I can't imagine there ever being conflict between us, because I'm in a state of innocence where I love everything she does. If she does a poop and I have to change the diaper, I love that moment!"
Hayek is engaged to Valentina's father, French businessman François Henri Pinault. He lives in Paris while she calls Los Angeles home, which can be challenging at times, but Hayek says she isn't in a rush to walk down the aisle.
"Do I think we are going to get married? Probably. Will it make a difference? I hope not. I don't have a need for marriage," she says.
"You want to grow old with someone, you want to have a partner and to have children — we have all those things.
"Some people need the commitment. Maybe we'll just make the party!"
For the moment, Hayek is simply enjoying the gift that she has received, and she admits she's thankful she was a "late bloomer."
"I know a lot of women think that this is the time when you start getting depressed. To that I say, 'No, no, no, no, no!' I'm having the best time of my life," she says.
"The best thing that's ever happened to me is this thing that has happened to so many women, which is having a baby. Every second is magical, every smile. I cannot get enough of it, because I am not sitting here thinking, What am I going to do with my life? I've already established my career.
"I think it's very good to have a child at this age. I'm in a great place."
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