Real Housewife Leilani: Why I don’t want kids
HOUSEWIVES STAR TALKS OF ‘WEIRD’ DISCUSSION ON SHOW
FORMER Page Three girl Leilani Dowding has only been on The Real Housewives of Cheshire scene for one series but she certainly made her mark.
Leilani arrived on the glamorous scene earlier this year alongside her partner who happens to be Manchesterborn rock star Billy Duffy, of The Cult.
The 39-year-old didn’t shy away from a row – particularly with long-standing ITVBe star Dawn Ward. Speaking on Evertalk TV’s Sippin the Tea in Hollywood, Leilani discussed the reaction to her choice to not become a mother and the negative side of being on the reality show.
“I was at a dinner and I explained to a couple of the girls I didn’t want kids,” the former glamour model explained. “But I didn’t go into more detail and I told them I would. I don’t want children. It’s not who I am, I just don’t feel broody.
“I love my animals, I want to do animal things and in LA it’s very acceptive and there’s a lot of women who don’t want kids or don’t have children.”
Leilani added: “So it was a weird scenario for me. I wasn’t used to so many women saying ‘you must have kids, kids are the most important’.”
Leilani was also asked by hosts Ariane Andrew and Matt Dillon about Dawn’s comments in the series that she ‘should get her face fixed’. “I think that’s just her thought process,” when Matt suggested it crossed the line. “She will say that to me, she has a clinic, she’ll post her before and after pictures and she has done so much that she probably didn’t even need to do.
“That’s the thing, it’s really sad when you see a lot of people who didn’t really need to do anything so I am not going to listen to somebody who has changed everything about them, telling me to come and change something that I don’t care enough to change.”