With millions of dollars at their disposal and insane working hours, many people assume that everything celebrities with kids need help. But this is not necessarily the case. There are a number of famous faces who have said they would never use a nanny, preferring instead to be an active parent themselves. Here are the most famous celebrities who don’t use a nanny.
10/10 Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively
This celebrity couple has three daughters (and another baby on the way). Although Ryan and Blake continue to have successful acting careers, they haven’t employed any help with their children. On why they don’t have a nanny, Ryan once said, “It’s just us right now, and I love it. I mean that in the heaviest context. I really like that. I like being a father. I like having a daughter. I would like to have more children.”
9/10 Orlando Bloom and Katy Perry
Orlando and Katy share 2-year-old daughter Daisy, but refuse to hire full-time help. Katy says she has a nanny who helps her sometimes, but she doesn’t want to spend too much time apart from her daughter.
“I have a wonderful nanny but I don’t have a full time nanny because I feel like if I had a full time nanny I would never know how to take care of my daughter like I’m supposed to,” the pop star revealed.
8/10 Scarlett Johansson
Scarlett is a mother of two, but she said even before she had children that she was unlikely to use a nanny. In 2007 she said: ‘I can never imagine anyone else raising my children. I’ll probably be the person who pays the babysitter $15 or $20 an hour.
She continued, “I don’t know if I could ever hire someone full time to take care of my kids. Not how I was raised. I couldn’t imagine raising my children like that. It’s just not my style.
7/10 Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes
Eva has stepped out of the spotlight since welcoming two daughters with longtime partner Ryan. It seems she made a conscious choice to spend as much time as possible with her daughters rather than her career.
“I don’t technically have a nanny, but I do have help,” the actress told Wendy Williams in 2015. “I like to clarify. I’m definitely not anti-nanny, you do that you have to do as a parent, but I’m so grateful to have help with my family and [Ryan’s] family.”
6/10 Offset and Cardi B
Offset and Cardi B share two children together. While Cardi was adamant after the birth of her daughter she would never use a nanny, her opinion hasn’t changed since welcoming her son. “When the baby came, I couldn’t even think of getting a nanny because I was afraid that someone was around her other than my family,” she explained to vogue in July 2022. “I never had a nanny for Kulture.”
5/10 Celine Dion
The singer had three sons with her late husband René Angelil. In fact, Celina has been open about her difficult fertility journey. After having her boys, Celina was adamant that no one would raise them but her.
“I didn’t have these kids to not take care of them, to give myself to them 200-300 percent,” she said.
4/10 Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis
The That 70s show the co-stars now have two children together, a son and a daughter. Not only do Ashton and Mila keep their kids off social media, but they said they won’t hire a nanny because they don’t want to miss out on special moments.
Ashton made the revelation about The Ellen DeGeneres Show. “Yes, there are only 2 of us,” the actor said, prompting applause from the audience. “We just want to get to know our kids. We want to know what to do if the baby cries or sulks. And I think the only way to do that is to be with them.
3/10 Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell
Dax and Kristen go the extra mile to keep the identities of their two daughters a secret, but the couple are always open to talking about their parenting approach. Kristen revealed that one of their big rules is not to rely on nannies. “I don’t feel guilty anymore for not committing to things,” she said in 2016. “The way I position it in my head is that I have more obligation to my daughters than to anyone else.”
2/10 Reese Witherspoon
The Revenge of a Blonde The actress shares two now grown children with ex-husband Ryan Phillippe as well as a younger son with current husband James Toth. Her ex previously revealed they didn’t use nannies after welcoming their children in their early 20s, despite them being at the height of their careers.
“I imagine it would have been more difficult if we weren’t as active as we were or if we had allowed them to be raised by nannies, I think they would be spoiled then,” he said. -he declares. “We have 2 amazing little people we raised. I am proud of us for this fact.
1/10 Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves
Although this celebrity couple does not have a nanny, Camila’s mother is said to live with them and help a lot with their three children.
“We are like an ordinary family. We do everything together. And we try to keep our life as simple as possible,” Camila explained. “I don’t have a bunch of different nannies running around. There’s nothing wrong with a lot of nannies. I just like to be very practical.
