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22 Celebrities Who Have A Ton Of Kids And 22 Celebrities Who Have Decided Never To Have Kids

I'm exhausted just looking at these pictures.

1. No Kids: Dolly Parton

Dolly singing in a silver gown

She told Oprah via Today, "Since I had no kids and my husband was pretty independent, I had freedom. So I think a big part of my whole success is the fact that I was free to work."

She's in a green dress

He has five kids.

2. No Kids: Oprah and Stedman Graham

From the '80s

She told People magazine about their decision not to have kids: "I have not had one regret about that. I also believe that part of the reason why I don’t have regrets is because I got to fulfill it in the way that was best for me: the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa."

They're smiling happily

Many Kids: Nick Cannon

Nick with his mouth wide open

He has seven kids.

A headshot with him smiling

In the past singular year, JUST THIS YEAR, he's had four kids.

He's giving the thumbs-up

3. No Kids: Issa Rae and Louis Diame

On an HBO red carpet

She told Self magazine she doesn't know if she'll ever have kids: "I like my life, I like this selfishness, and I know that I have a window."

At an Essence event

Many Kids: Taylor Hanson

He had his seventh kid in December 2020. Her name is Maybellene Alma Joy.

4. No Kids: Allen Ludden and Betty White

He's kissing her in black and white

Betty told CBS in 2012, "No, I've never regretted it. I'm so compulsive about stuff, I know if I had ever gotten pregnant, of course, that would have been my whole focus. But I didn't choose to have children because I'm focused on my career. And I just don't think, as compulsive as I am, that I could manage both."

At a Hot for Cleveland event

Many Kids: Sean "Diddy" Combs

In a white suit

He has six kids.

His three boys and three girls on a red carpet

5. No kids: Jane Wagner and Lily Tomlin

At the Screen Actors Guild Awards

Lily told Metro Weekly she was glad she never had kids: "God only knows what I would have done with them, poor things. I really do like kids, but there wouldn’t have been room in my life to raise children."

Both happy on the red carpet

Many Kids: Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt

Angie with her six children

They have six kids.

Angie and five of her kids on the Eternals red carpet

6. No Kids: Bob Barker

In 1996 with a big ole smile

Many Kids: Kevin Federline

Kevin in a cap and wearing a backpack on the red carpet

He has six kids.

he's smiling with sunglasses

7. No Kids: Jon Hamm

A headshot of jon

He told Mr Porter, "I don't think it's necessarily an imperative. I'm not going to psychoanalyze myself here, but…well, never say never. I've got nieces and nephews and I've been a teacher. I've probably been around kids a lot more than all my friends. I feel if you shut that off entirely, you calcify. You turn into that guy."

He's rubbing his hands together

Many Kids: Cristiano Ronaldo

He has four small children.

8. No Kids: Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally

They're hugging at an Oscar party

Megan told GQ, "I never had a burning desire to have children. But then I met Nick, and I thought, This is the only person I’d do this with. So we tried, but I was a little long in the tooth for that sort of thing. But we didn’t turn it into a soap opera. We tried for about a year or so and it didn’t happen, and took that to mean it wasn’t meant to be."

Bg beard and Megan

Many Kids: Madonna

She has six kids, and here are five of them on Father's Day.

9. No Kids: Ricky Gervais

Holding an award

He told Ellen DeGeneres (via Hello magazine), "I'd worry sick about a baby. I have a cat and I worry about that. I check the door three times before I go out. I put food and water in every room in case the door closes and he's peckish for 20 minutes."

Giving a thumbs-up

Many Kids: Tori Spelling

She has five kids.

10. No Kids: Ina Garten

She's smiling with a mic

She told Katie Couric on her podcast (via ET) about her choice not to have kids: "I really felt — I feel — that I would have never been able to have the life I've had. And so it's a choice, and that was the choice I made."

With her husband

Many Kids: Eddie Murphy

Smiling on the red carpet

He has 10 kids.

Arm in arm on the red carpet

11. No Kids: Sandra Oh

At a movie premiere in london

She told Marie Claire, "I have an extremely fulfilling life as an aunt, not only to my nieces and nephews but also to a lot of my friends’ children."

At the Shang Chi premiere

Many Kids: Mel Gibson

With Jodie Foster, and a confused look on his face

He has nine kids, and there aren't any pictures of them together, so here's a Google screenshot:

All nine of his kids' names

12. No Kids: Seth Rogen

In an orange suit and bow tie at the Emmys

He told Howard Stern (via the Independent), "I don’t know anyone who gets as much happiness out of their kids as we get out of our nonkids. Like, we’re fucking psyched all the time! We’re laying in bed on Saturday mornings smoking weed, watching movies naked. If we had kids, we could not be fucking doing this.”

Waving at the Emmy Awards

Many Kids: Rosie O'Donnell

She has five kids.

13. No Kids: Kim Cattrall

A headshot

She thought about starting IVF treatments after marrying her third husband, but her schedule for Sex and the City was too chaotic.

On the red carpet, in a white stole, in 2004

Many Kids: Master P

He's smiling holding an award

He has nine kids.

Some of Master P's children

14. No Kids: Allison Janney

At the Emmys 2021

She told Drew Barrymore (via Today), "I wasn't ever really confident that I wanted to have kids, and I would rather regret not having kids than have kids and regret it."

Sitting in a chair

Many Kids: Jim Gaffigan

He has five kids.

15. No Kids: Sarah Paulson

A closeup headshot

When asked about having kids, Sarah said, "I don’t know. I’m getting a little old, so there’s cobwebs going on in them ovaries."

In a diamond-studded dress at a gala

Many Kids: Rod Stewart

He has eight kids, and here's a bunch of them:

16. No Kids: Marisa Tomei

Holding a football and wearing a fur

She told Glamour UK that she “[doesn’t] know why women need to have children to be seen as complete human beings.”

A portrait at the 2020 Film Indie Spirit Awards

Many Kids: Mick Jagger

He has eight kids, and here are four of them:

17. No Kids: Brendon Urie

In a shiny black suit

In a 2015 Periscope, Brendon and his wife, Sarah, said they didn't want a child.

Brendon and his wife smiling

Many Kids: Dog the Bounty Hunter

There aren't any pictures of all 12, but this is his youngest, Bonnie Jo.

18. No Kids: Anjelica Huston

In 1971 holding a flower

She told the Guardian about her decision not to have kids, "I would probably have been miserable."

Smiling in 2011

Many Kids: Kevin Costner

A headshot of kevin

He has seven kids, and here are three of them in 2015.

Kevin Costner on the red carpet with his family and arms around two young boys

19. No Kids: Tracee Ellis Ross

At the Met Gala

She told Marie Claire, "Our society spoon-feeds it to you. I used to put myself to sleep dreaming of my wedding, and I would still love all of that, but what am I going to do, just sit around waiting? Shut up. I’ve got so many things to do.”

Huge smile at the Met Gala

Many Kids: Shaquille O'Neal

In a red suit

He has five kids.

On a red carpet all together

20. No Kids: Rachael Ray

Smiling with some food

She told People magazine, "I don’t have time. I work too much to be an appropriate parent. I feel like a bad mom to my dog some days because I’m just not here enough. I just feel like I would do a bad job if I actually took the time to literally give birth to a kid right now and try and juggle everything I’m doing."

She's smiling on the red carpet

Many Kids: Gordon Ramsay

He's in the kitchen with a strained expression

He has five kids.

21. No Kids: Helen Mirren

A headshot of Helen

She told British Vogue (via Vanity Fair), "[Motherhood] was not my destiny. I kept thinking it would be, waiting for it to happen, but it never did, and I didn’t care what people thought ... It was only boring old men [who would ask me].”

Walking in a fashion show in Paris with the Eiffel Tower in the background

Many Kids: Elon Musk

Elon looking serious

He has five with his ex-wife and one with Grimes.

•X, the unknown variable ⚔️ •Æ, my elven spelling of Ai (love &/or Artificial intelligence) •A-12 = precursor to SR-17 (our favorite aircraft). No weapons, no defenses, just speed. Great in battle, but non-violent 🤍 + (A=Archangel, my favorite song) (⚔️🐁 metal rat)

Twitter: @Grimezsz

22. No Kids: Jennifer Aniston

She's smiling, beaming

She wrote for HuffPost, "We are complete with or without a mate, with or without a child. We get to decide for ourselves what is beautiful when it comes to our bodies. That decision is ours and ours alone."

She's smiling

Many Kids: Alec and Hilaria Baldwin

Alec and Hilaria with a bunch of kids, all wearing black suit and tie

They have 72 children.