Actress Michelle Williams is officially a mom of four.
While a guest on Jimmy Kimmel LIVE!, Williams, 44, told guest host, comedian Tiffany Haddish, that she is doing her best to enjoy live with three kids under five at home.
After Haddish applauded Williams, complimenting her on her body, saying “your body looks amazing. Because I would have never thought you had any (kids).”
The Dying for Sex star accepted Haddish’s compliment before revealing that her youngest child “did not come through my body.”
“I gotta give a big shout out to Christine,” Williams said, praising her surrogate. “The miracle of our little girl is thanks to Christine. Maybe you’re watching out there.”
“But yeah, I have, thanks to Christine, three under five at home,” Williams revealed, not sharing her youngest daughter’s name.
In addition to her youngest child, Williams also shares 4-year-old son Hart Kail and a 2-year-old child with her husband Thomas Kail.
Williams is also a mom to 19-year-old Matilda Rose Ledger, who she welcomed into the world with her late partner, actor Heath Ledger.
When asked how she manages being a working mom with three kids under five at home, Williams shared her working mom hack with the audience.
“Everything’s good and under control,” she joked. “I’m the adult. And yeah, it’s good. It’s just really busy,” she said of trying to figure out a work-life balance.
“I hear, like, a lot of people are talking about self care, and I’m just wondering when,” Williams admitted, “because, like, I’m a working mom and so, like, I already have the guilt, and I don’t want to take more time away from them, but I understand, like, I need to fill up the tank.”
Williams said that’s when she discovered the benefits of “government bureaucracy.”
“You say, ‘I’m sorry, honey, but one day, you’re going to grow up and you’re going to get a job and you’re going to pay taxes, and you’re going to need a social security number for that,’” Williams explained.
“And then here’s how it goes. I recommend a midday appointment, because it’s like a little bit more crowded, and then you can claim your rightful place at the back of the line, where they will let you wait in complete silence for at least one hour,” the actress continued.
“There is free seating for all. It is like, bring like a nail file and a to do list, and check, check, check, you know what I mean? And then you go to a window, they call your number, and it’s like a randomized system, so you feel ‘lottery winner.’ And then you are led to a window where you get to have an adult conversation. I mean, can I just shout her out also? Ms. Anderson, window 20 forever, like we’re actually friends now.”
But that’s not where the hack ends, adding in a pro tip as well. “Don’t double check your paperwork, because you might have to go back,” Williams quipped.
