“And I ❤ my comedian brothers that acknowledge this truth. They're my family & for a lot of us women comic sisters, our only family.”
The comic received some praise for her stance, but one tweet accused her of “mother shaming – implying that women who choose motherhood don’t choose their ‘fullest life’.”
In 2012 Ms Silverman stated that she did not want children because 'I know that I have this depression and that it’s in my family. Every family has their stuff but, for me, I just don’t feel strong enough to see that in a child.'
In 2016 she told Marc Maron on his podcast, WTF: “It's a sadness for me because I love kids. I ache for kids. But I love my life more. You can't have it all; you really can't.”
