11 Celebrities Who Opted For Surrogacy

Having a baby completes your family. But what if you cannot conceive? Will that leave your family incomplete? While some look up to adoption in such cases, surrogacy is also becoming a growing trend with many opting for the procedure to welcome their little bundle of joy.

Hollywood has been a warm host to this trend as celebrities are welcoming this new method with open arms. Here are some famous personalities who have used surrogacy to expand their families:

Sarah Jessica Parker

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After giving birth to their son James Wilke, Hollywood actress Sarah Jessica Parker and her husband Mathew wanted to expand their family. But since they developed issues in getting pregnant, they looked up to surrogacy as a mean to grow. Although the couple was blessed with twins Marion and Tabitha in 2009, many don’t know that the surrogate mother’s details were leaked while she was carrying their twins. This resulted in the lady’s invasion of privacy, with many stalking the woman.

Nicole Kidman

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After adopting two children with ex-husband Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman gave birth to a daughter in 2008 with her second husband, Keith Urban. However, in 2010 the couple welcomed their daughter Faith via surrogacy. Recently, the actress arranged a meeting to introduce her daughter Faith to her ‘other mother’ whose nickname is ‘Aunty Sheila.'

Elton John

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One of Britain’s richest stars, Elton John and his partner David Furnish wanted to begin their family and chose the same surrogate mother to deliver both the babies. In exchange of that, the celebrity couple paid a whopping amount of £17,340 and £20,000 to the unnamed surrogate mother who gave birth to their sons Zachary and Elijah respectively.

Neil Patrick Harris

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‘How I Met Your Mother’ star Neil Patrick Harris and partner David Burtka welcomed their twins Gideon and Harper via surrogacy. Since both of them wanted to become biological fathers, the couple decided to become sperm donors and infused their sperm into the two eggs of the surrogate mother to try their luck. To their surprise, both fertilized and the surrogate mother gave birth to fraternal twins.

Katey Sagal

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Being an older mom, ‘Married…With Children’ actress, Katey Sagal had difficulty in getting pregnant. Thus, the couple attempted surrogacy as a mean to expand their family. Since the couple’s embryos weren’t strong, the chances of fertilization were bleak. But luck was on their side, and they were blessed with a beautiful miracle, a baby girl who was later named Esme.

Tyra Banks

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After failing IVF treatments in the past, the former "America's Next Top Model" Tyra Banks and her boyfriend Erik Asla decided to go with surrogacy to welcome their bundle of joy. In 2016, the actress took to micro-blogging site Twitter to share the news about the arrival of her son York, via surrogacy and thanked the angelic woman who nurtured the star’s son in her womb.

Michael Jackson

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Pop star Michael Jackson, known for his moonwalk, was blessed with three children, all via surrogacy. While surrogate mother Debbie Rowe conceived Prince and Paris, Blanket was conceived by another surrogate mother, Helena. It is believed that Debbie Rowe had developed complications while expecting Paris; hence she could not conceive the third child. It was then, the thriller singer selected the Mexican nurse as the surrogate and paid $20000 for the same.

Jimmy Fallon

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‘The Late Night Show with Jimmy Fallon’ host Jimmy Fallon fought a grim struggle of five years against fertility to attain fatherhood. He and his wife Nancy welcomed their baby girl Winnie via surrogacy. A few years later, the couple sought another surrogate to have their daughter, Frances.

Matt Bomer

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Matt Bomer, a television star who is famous for his role in ‘White Collar,' married his gay partner Simon Halls and is a parent to his three children Kit, Henry, and Walker. After being blessed with a son, the gay couple welcomed twins to complete their family of five.

Robert De Niro

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‘GoodFellas’ star Robert de Niro and his wife Grace Hightower became parents to a beautiful daughter in 2012. The sun was approaching 70 years of age, and his wife, nearly 55 years old when the couple decided to have a baby. They sought surrogacy to welcome their daughter Helen Grace.

Ricky Martin

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Singer Ricky Martin decided to begin his family and used surrogacy as a mean to have babies. He engaged in ‘gestational surrogacy’ to father his fraternal twins, Matteo and Valentino. Although not much is revealed about the surrogate mother, but the information in the industry stated that the lady was a professional and this was her third set of delivery.  

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