The Canadian Press has just put out an interesting article about Joan Rivers that shows us her softer side. The article is about Rivers’ support of an upcoming celebrity book by Brian Linehan, a Canadian celebrity interview who passed away before the book’s release. What’s interesting about this is that the article discusses River’s maternal instincts, the way that she welcomes you in with a warm demeanor. And it attributes that to the fertility issues that she had all throughout her life.
Joan Rivers is a mother, but only to an only child. According to the article, Rivers wanted a much bigger family than this. She was hoping for a whole slew of children, at least six of them. However, she experienced a series of ectopic pregnancies that prevented her from realizing the dream of having this large family. Sometimes, the treatments just get to be too much. Rivers settled happily on having her one and only child.
But apparently Rivers transmuted some of that maternal drive that had been heightened through all of her focus on pregnancies into a maternal air towards the people that she interacts with on a regular basis. She speaks kindly of the late author of the book and mentions other celebrities in a friendly and protective fashion, as a mother might do. What do you think – does the process of undergoing infertility issues cause you to interact differently with the world around you?
