Emma Roberts is currently happy and well despite calling it quits with her longtime boyfriend.
The “American Horror Story” star, 30, talked about the changes in her life in a cover story for Tatler following her breakup with Garrett Hedlund, 37.
Living The Single Life
Without formally addressing the split, Roberts said, “I’m at a place where I can say, ‘I may not have got everything right but I like who I am more than I ever have.'”
She continued, “My life has changed more in the past two years than it did in the 28 years beforehand,” adding, “I love where I’m standing now at the age of 30.”
She’s A Doting Mom
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Apart from her successful career, Roberts is focusing on being a great mother to her baby boy, whom she shares with the actor.
The actress said she hopes to help her son Rhodes Robert Hedlund, 1, become the “utmost gentleman” while growing up.
“I definitely think about how I can help him be the utmost gentleman,” she shared.
Roberts explained, “I want him to be respectful and intelligent at school but also in life. What it means to be a man is being rewritten right now and I hope my contribution to the world can be raising an amazing boy who turns into an amazing man.”
She also hopes to make her son “feel that there’s nothing he couldn’t ask or tell me.”
She Wanted To Be A Mom At 24
During the chat, Roberts also shared that she wanted a baby before her 25th birthday. She was only nine years old when her half-sister, Grace, came into the world.
“I remember Grace being a baby so vividly. I felt very protective of her,” she said. “My mum makes being a mum so easy and joyful and I thought, “I want that.'”
Roberts had undiagnosed endometriosis for years before falling pregnant. She revealed in an interview that the condition affected her fertility.
“It really started to come to the forefront of my mind when, a few years ago, I learned that I’ve had undiagnosed endometriosis since I was a teenager,” she told Cosmopolitan in November 2020. “I always had debilitating cramps and periods, so bad that I would miss school and, later, have to cancel meetings.”
She Froze Her Eggs
The “Scream Queens” alum discussed the disorder with her doctor but she felt that the healthcare provider wasn’t doing enough.
“In my late 20s, I just had a feeling I needed to switch to a female doctor,” she recalled. “It was the best decision. She ran tests, sent me to a specialist. Finally, there was validation that I wasn’t being dramatic. But by then it had affected my fertility.”
At the time, the specialist mentioned freezing her eggs as one of the solutions. Upon hearing this, Roberts was stunned.
“It felt so permanent, and oddly, I felt like I had done something wrong,” she said.
Due to her busy schedule, she didn’t get to freeze her eggs right away and she “was also terrified. Just the thought of going through that and finding out, perhaps, that I wouldn’t be able to have kids….”
Roberts eventually did it and described the whole thing as a “difficult process.”
Some Great News
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But a miracle happened when she became pregnant naturally.
Roberts said she conceived “the moment that I stopped thinking about it.”
In late August 2020, Roberts announced her pregnancy with a photo showing her baby bump in a white dress. She added two more pics featuring Hedlund and captioned the share with: “Me…and my two favorite guys 💙💙”
Co-Parenting Duties
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The former couple welcomed their firstborn on December 27, 2020. A year later, they celebrated his first birthday.
“Happy Birthday Rodeo! Frosting in my hair and @thebeatbuds stuck in my head,” Roberts wrote in the caption. “Loved every second of it ❤️ I love you Rhodes ❤️”
Hedlund was spotted standing behind her with his back to the camera.
According to reports, Hedlund and Roberts parted ways a few weeks before the news of their split broke online. Apparently, their relationship was already rocky for months.
In a previous report by The Blast, the actress went on a trip to Costa Rica to “reset.” Meanwhile, Hedlund joined Instagram and teased fans about his new single.
