Charlize Theron, 50, says she’s unsure if she’ll ever share a home with a partner again.
On Tuesday’s episode of “The Drew Barrymore Show,” Theron spoke about her love life and how she’s grown used to having her own space as a single mom.
“My kids are at an age now where they actually enjoy that I’m dating because they want to be involved,” Theron told host Drew Barrymore. “It’s really funny how I was scared they’d be threatened by it, and now they’re like, ‘Mom, is he texting you? Like, go on the date, mom.'”
The actor said she often talks to her two daughters, whom she adopted in 2012 and 2015, about her romantic experiences.
But when it comes to taking the next step in a relationship, Theron said she’s unsure she’d ever want to live with a partner again.
“I really mean this — people think I joke — I don’t think I could ever live with somebody again,” she said.
“I would love for you to be close, like buy the house down the street. But I don’t know if I can, maybe it’s because I still have my daughters in the house, and maybe that will change when I’m an empty nester, but I’m looking for something very specific,” she continued.
At the end of the day, her priorities remain centered on her family. “Your kids come first, they always come first,” Theron said.
Theron has previously been open about embracing single motherhood and building a life on her own terms.
In July, she said that being a single mom was “one of the healthiest decisions” she ever made, despite the stigma around it.
“With women, it’s always like, something must be wrong with her. She can’t keep a man. And it’s never part of the discussion of like, ‘Wow, she’s really living her truth. She’s living in her happiness. This is actually a choice that she made,'” Theron said.
She isn’t the only Hollywood celebrity who has spoken about about valuing independence over traditional relationship setups.
In an interview with The New York Times in 2016, Whoopi Goldberg — who has been married three times in the past — said she’s “not that interested” in dating or having a relationship at this stage of her life.
“I’m much happier on my own. I can spend as much time with somebody as I want to spend, but I’m not looking to be with somebody forever or live with someone. I don’t want somebody in my house,” Goldberg said.
During an appearance on the “Today” show in February, Keke Palmer said she isn’t interested in living with a partner. “I like my alone time,” she said.
