Candiace Dillard joined the Real Housewives of Potomac cast in season 3, and honestly, the show has never been the same. She has been causing drama right and left, and we love to see it.
But although many of the RHOP women have children of their own, Candiace and her husband, Chris Bassett, have yet to have kids. Chris does have children from a previous relationship, but Candiace has been on the fence about having kids.
Rumors of Candiace being pregnant have been circulating online lately, so she took to Twitter to set the record straight.
Source: Instagram, @candeegal09
I am not phuking pregnant. Stop asking. Stop assuming. Stop postulating. It’s rude, tasteless & triggering for people who are really trying to get preg & can’t (not me, before u put that on me too). IF & when I am w/ child, u all will be the last to know & we can celebrate then.
— CANDIACE (@TherealCANDIACE) February 21, 2022
On Monday, February 21, Candiace Dillard shared that fans could be looking forward to something new from her… which is anything but a child.
“I am not [f*cking] pregnant. Stop asking. Stop assuming. Stop postulating,” she tweeted. “It’s rude, tasteless & triggering for people who are really trying to get preg & can’t (not me, before u put that on me too). IF & when I am w/ child, u all will be the last to know & we can celebrate then.”
Candiace then explained that she feels people don’t always fully understand the gravity of being pregnant and having children.
“It’s also just irksome because I feel like in a lot of ways, society trivializes having children,” she wrote in a follow-up tweet. “Not childbirth, which I feel is highly coveted and handled with great care—but the actual ACT of RAISING children is trivialized.”
“The evidence sits in the half-raised kids running around here devoid of cognition & people skills being raised by the TV & the iPad & the iPhone & their grandmother & everybody but you because that sh*t is hard & you don’t really want to do it,” Candiace added. “So pardon me while I take my time.”
Candiace and her husband have had discussions about having children on The Real Housewives of Potomac, but Candiace has other things in life she plans to pursue before making any decisions about children.
“This was a rant that I wasn’t prepared to give. But there you go,” Candiace added in a fourth tweet. “I know it may look like you own me because you watch my life play out in rotating four-minute motion pictures on your media devices, but fall the phuck back from my uterus.”
Many fans supported Candace’s stance on having kids.
“I have a PHD but decided to become a stay at home mom. I’ve never been more undervalued. But at the end of the day, I’m raising a human. And he’s a good kid. But it’s hard!!! I have more respect when people realize this and say ‘I’ll wait!’” one Twitter user replied.
“SO TRUE. Some of us don’t want children & it’s weird to make people feel like they *must* have children,” added another. “Why would I have children if I don’t feel the desire to? It’s a huge responsibility & shouldn’t be taken lightly. I’ll be the fun Aunty & babysitter, but I don’t want kids.”
What do you think about Candiace’s thoughts?
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