Sarah Jessica Parker Explains Why She Chose A Surrogate

Sarah Jessica Parker covers the December issue of Elle, and inside she talks about her SATC costars and twin daughters, Marion Loretta Elwell and Tabitha Hodge, born in June to a surrogate who is now at the center of a scandal. Two Ohio police chiefs now face trial for snooping on the surrogate in her home for tabloid fodder.

Here are some highlights from the interview:

On her love for Sex and the City co-star Kim Cattrall:
"I don't think anybody wants to believe that I love Kim. I adore her. I wouldn't have done the movie without her. Didn't and wouldn't."

On her decision to use a surrogate to carry her twins:
"I knew there would be lots of opinions about, 'Well, why didn't you adopt? Why didn't you do this? Why didn't you do that?' and the truth of the matter is, it wasn't one or the other for us. We had explored, and continue to explore all options, and this one just happened first. This isn't the period at the end of the sentence."

On being a hands-on mom:
"I love the smell of diapers; I even like when they're wet and you smell them all warm liked a baked good. I love the smell of Balmex. Love it."

You can see more photos from SJP's Elle shoot here.

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Comments

[Teas]

12:18 PM on 11/10/2009

There are alot of ting's to love about babies but the smell of diaper's?

[John Russell]

12:16 PM on 11/10/2009

And, she's off!

[who38]

09:00 AM on 11/10/2009

My guess is that SJP had to choose between carrying around the weight of twins or the weight of the wig in this picture. Obviously, the wig won.

[KangKodosOfQueens]

06:50 AM on 11/10/2009

I'm not a SATC or SJP fan, but I'll give her some credit for starting a low-budget clothing line and doing something to ween SATC wannabes off the overpriced fashion and thoughtless consumption that seemed to be the main reason for the show to exist. I know, she might've done it just to cash in (OK, certainly did it to cash in), but anything to encourage people to buy less expensive stuff and review their spending habits gets credit from a suspicious consumer (ie cheapskate) like me.

[blueriver]

01:56 AM on 11/10/2009

...SJP is channeling the new Edie Beale look.
Google if need be.

[newyorkjoe]

11:47 PM on 11/09/2009

And I'm supposed to care because...

[rsaillant1]

07:16 AM on 11/10/2009

....'cause you're here, Joe.

[RobinL]

03:39 PM on 11/09/2009

Sarah's always come across as a lovely, hard-working person who puts others ahead of herself. Best of luck to her and Matthew in parenting and everything else. Who gives a crap about her looks! She's not Hollywood perfect, looks like a regular person---and you hate her WHY?

[jjnyc]

02:40 PM on 11/09/2009

Outsourcing reproduction is something even villian aristocrats from the Dark Ages would probably think is a bit much...

[mcmutter]

01:14 PM on 11/09/2009

...soooo she went to an Ohio puppy mill....

[MaryscottOConnor]

12:23 AM on 11/09/2009

Wow. The rancid behaviour of human beings never fails to depress the living snot out of me.

[ElMagnifico]

03:36 PM on 11/08/2009

Is that a horse?

[femmyror]

01:34 PM on 11/08/2009

SJP seems like a perfectly nice woman, is not an airhead, hasn't done or said anything horrible or despicable as far as I know. Why all the vitriol? I don't get it.

So you don't like the way she looks - and?? Because of that she shouldn't have a career, is that it? You're angry that she's not a "10" and yet is a very successful actress? Or is it that she dresses glamorously (as if she thinks she's a great beauty!) while not being a "10", and therefore has to be cut down a notch? Or is it the fact that she gets leading lady roles (and she, in your opinion, shouldn't)?

Maybe those who spew the vitriol should ask themselves why they have all this anger... Because THAT, people, is not attractive.

[dutchgirl55]

12:03 AM on 11/09/2009

Some people are just jealous or mean or both.

[MightyMeno]

03:21 PM on 11/09/2009

Matthew Broderick - who probably could have had his pick - chose Sarah Jessica. And before that, she had a long relationship with Robert Downey, Jr., not exactly JoJo The Dog-Faced Boy, either. So that must say something about her appeal.

[gbkc]

09:19 AM on 11/10/2009

jfk jr too

[pc51]

11:29 AM on 11/08/2009

Whoever talked her into those pictures? They are horrendous and make her look way to desperate to hold on to some kind of farcical "youthful yet sophisticated and artistically avant garde" vision of herself. Yuk. Clueless overprivilaged, celebrity narcissim at its very finest.

[UsofA]

02:30 AM on 11/08/2009

Oh please, do go away.

[OhComeOnNow]

10:50 AM on 11/08/2009

The 5th race at Pimlico is about to start...

[PatA]

12:45 AM on 11/08/2009

Most of you have just proved to me, yet again, how easy it is to NOT have class.