Jason Bateman addresses backlash over telling Charli XCX she might change her thoughts about not wanting children

Jason Bateman is addressing the backlash that he acquired for telling Charli XCX that she might sooner or later change her thoughts about not desirous to have kids.

The Arrested Improvement actor, 57, got here below hearth earlier this month after he instructed the “Chains of Love” singer, 33, that her perspective on beginning a household may change sooner or later. His remark drew swift ire on the web, with many criticizing Bateman for suggesting that Charli may need children regardless of her stating the other.

When requested in regards to the incident in a current Hollywood Reporter interview, Bateman stated, “We have been having an ideal dialog about her life rising up as an solely baby. It appeared like a really pure follow-up to that. That’s all it was.”

He continued, “I don’t actually have a lot [else] to say about it, besides that it’s all the time fascinating and helpful and academic to listen to individuals’s ideas, reactions and emotions to something I say or do.”

Bateman and Charli discovered themselves discussing kids on a current episode of the SmartLess podcast, which he cohosts alongside longtime friends Sean Hayes and Will Arnett.

"I truly don't actually wish to have children,” Charli stated on the time. When requested why, she replied, “You recognize, who is aware of? That might change.”

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The three-time Grammy winner defined that she liked “the fantasy of getting a baby,” which she stated was “precisely an indication to me as to why I mustn’t have one.” She added, “The truth that that looks like the best half about it? Perhaps I'm not prepared."

It was then that Bateman chimed in to share that “all that would change” for Charli, noting that his spouse, Amanda Anka, didn’t need kids previous to them getting collectively.

"I imply, I assume I'm backing into giving myself a half-assed praise right here, however my spouse didn’t wish to have children, so the story goes,” he defined. “She stated as soon as we began going out, she thought, 'OK, I feel I can have a child with this man.' So that you may discover someone.’”

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Charli, in response, knowledgeable Bateman that she is married to the 1975 drummer and file producer George Daniel. The chart-topping couple tied the knot in July 2025 after three years of courting.

A laughing Bateman owned as much as the error, including, “I’ve bought to learn a newspaper one in every of nowadays.”

However Charli wasn’t offended. "That's okay," she replied. "I knew instantly the place you have been going to go and the way I used to be going to reply, so I used to be trying ahead to it."

To which Bateman quipped again, “Perhaps your subsequent husband, you're gonna wish to have children with him."

Nonetheless, his feedback rubbed some social media customers the mistaken manner, with one writing on X: “btw, if a girl says she doesn’t wanna have children, THEN THATS THE END OF THE STORY. saying ‘perhaps you’ll change your thoughts once you get married…’ is GROSS.”

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