Michaela Coel has revealed she has considered freezing her eggs in case she decides she wants to have children in future.
The creator of I May Destroy revealed she sometimes worries she does not think about having children as much as she should.
Coel, 32, shared her feelings in conversation with Donald Glover for the November issue of GQ, saying she had considered adoption.
She revealed: “And sometimes I worry that I don’t (think about having children) as much as I should, which is why, just in case I ever think about this more, I’m freezing my eggs, just in case.
“I’ve never been too thinky about bearing my own children through my vagina. I have thought about adopting. That I’ve thought of more than vaginal children.
“But in case I changed my mind, because I don’t know, they say it happens… Like, you reach this point where suddenly you really want babies and all you can think about is you want a baby and the clock’s ticking.
“I don’t ever have that. I’ve never felt it. I’ve never even said, ‘I want to have a baby,’ ever in my life. So I’m freezing them in case that hits me later.”
Following on from the success of I May Destroy You, Coel said she had decided to take September off work.
She added: “I’m asked this question and I have an answer that I give, which is, ‘I’m taking a break.’ However, it’s been a while now.
“And even though I’m still technically working, because, hey, we’re doing press, there is, like, there’s a tiny seed far away.
“I’m just on the edges. I don’t know. I have something in my womb.
“I sometimes equate my show with children. So the inception might be beginning.
“There’s something, but for now, I’m trying to just live for a minute. I think I’ve given myself September to just live.”
Read the full feature in the November issue of GQ, available via digital download and on newsstands from Friday October 2.
Additional reporting by Press Association.
