Everyone Has Their View on Surrogacy. Few Actually Understand It.
When Lily Collins announced her child had been born via surrogate, the judgments and criticisms were swift and brutal. Many were just plain wrong.
How did something so joyful quickly become something so sour?
Late last month, Lily Collins, the star of the Netflix series, “Emily in Paris,” endured a brutal backlash after she announced the birth of her daughter, Tove, on social media and—naively, perhaps (though really was it anyone’s business?)—added that “words will never express our endless gratitude for our incredible surrogate.”
The reaction was swift and brutal. “Money normalizes cruelty,” wrote one commenter. “Could have adopted,” added another. “So you just bought yourself a baby?” asked another.
Collins’ husband, the director Charlie McDowell, hit back in the comments. “It’s OK to not be an expert on surrogacy,” he wrote. “It’s OK to not know why someone might need a surrogate to have a child. It’s OK to not know the motivations of a surrogate regardless of what you assume. And it’s ok to spend less time spewing hateful words into the world, especially in regards to a beautiful baby girl who has brought a lot of love into people’s lives."
