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Molly Ringwald candidly admitted that her daughter Matilda Gianopulos “got pregnant backstage at Studio 54” while playing Sally Bowles in the Broadway play Cabaret in 2003.
“It’s very Matilda to be born in such an iconic place,” says the 20-year-old “Pretty in Pink” star with now-husband Panio Gianopoulos. told the Times In an interview published Wednesday.
Ringwald, 56, reflected on becoming a mother and recalled the pressure she felt to align her children with her “biological clock.”
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“I always knew I wanted to have children, but it took a while. I was 36 when she was born,” she continued.
“At that age, my biological clock was real and it was deafening. All I could think about was I had to have a baby.”
When Matilda was born on October 22, 2003, the “Breakfast Club” star and Panio’s lives changed forever. She recalled that they were immediately “spellbound.”
“She was born five weeks early, so she was small, but she had really big, beautiful eyes,” the actress added.
“Even before she could speak, she had a great sense of humor and the best belly laugh. I have a recording of her laughing that I listen to when I need a little pick-me-up.”
Ringwald, who also shares fraternal twins Roman and Adele, 14, with the Familiar Beast author, added: [my] Own. ”
“As an actress I travel a lot and have learned to live with insecurity, which is not good for the children,” she continued.
“It’s something I always want to improve on, and luckily I have a husband who is a planner and very stable.”
Panio and Ringwald married in 2007 after meeting in the early 2000s. She was married to her ex-husband Valerie Lameniere from 1999 to 2002.
The “16 Candles” star is often seen out and about with her daughter Matilda as she begins to make a name for herself in the modeling and film worlds.
The two recently appeared together at the premiere of Ringwald’s show “FEUD: Capote vs. The Swans” in New York City earlier this year.
