Jessie Cave's Desire For Her Daughter To Get Pregnant At 16 Has Sparked Mixed Reactions
“She's mad as a box of frogs, and absolutely delightful, all wrapped in a cute little face. Great guest.”
Jessie Cave, the actress who played the Thing with Feathers, just dropped a parenting take so chaotic it basically set the internet on fire. During a guest spot on the Have A Word podcast, she said she would “love” it if her daughter got pregnant as a teen, then followed it up with a whole grandma-in-training fantasy that sounded, in her own words, “mental.”
Here’s where it gets messy: Cave claims she’d be “able to look after” grandkids while her child chases a career, then suggested a second baby at 18. She also blamed people for believing “women can just keep having babies forever,” and argued that “40 is the new 30” is “b******t,” while admitting she’s “just guessing.”
And if that wasn’t enough, fans are still side-eyeing her, because she also told the story of not telling a guy she was pregnant until she was four months along.
Jessie Cave, the Harry Potter star, would ‘love’ it if her daughter got pregnant as a teen
Warner BrosThat “I’d love it if she got pregnant at 16” line hit like a plot twist, especially coming from the same person who admitted she sounded “mental” on Have A Word.
The Thing with Feathers actress acknowledged that she "sounded mental" and stated that she would be "able to look after" her child's children while the child pursued a career. “Then she can have her second when she’s 18… it’ll be great.”
Cave ended her contentious remarks by claiming that parents might "encourage" their children to have children in their teens and that she didn't know if future generations would have the luxury of having a child in their 40s.
Jessica expressed her desire for her child to be pregnant as a teen
“The world is dying,” she said. “I don’t know anything to be honest, I’m just guessing. I think people like to believe that women can just keep having babies forever. Now ‘40 is the new 30’ - that’s b******t.”
Have A Word podcastThen she doubled down by talking about being the built-in babysitter and pushing the “second one at 18” idea, which is exactly why people started reacting in mixed ways.
Also, this echoes the headlines around Moby and Natalie Portman, after she called him “creepy”.
Her comments about the world “dying” and the myth of women having babies forever made the whole thing feel less like a joke and more like a very specific rant.
Cave's guest appearance on the Have A Word podcast has been widely praised by fans; one YouTube user even typed saying: “She's mad as a box of frogs, and absolutely delightful, all wrapped in a cute little face. Great guest.”
“Jessie was an amazing guest - use never let us down - Cheers lads,” said a second commenter.“So weird hearing Ron Weasley’s girlfriend talking so adult,” said another person.Jessica Cave wants to be a grandma early enough
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And when she added that she didn’t tell the guy she was pregnant until she was four months in, the internet really went, wait, so you want teen pregnancy, but you hid it too?
She claimed that after a date, the two ended up in bed together, but they parted ways before she found out she was expecting his child.
"I didn't tell him I was pregnant until I was four months pregnant,” the Sunset writer said.
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The only thing more shocking than Jessie Cave’s teen-grandma plan is how quickly her own timeline got dragged into the argument.
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