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Tan France Claps Back at Critics Angry Over His Surrogacy News
The Queer Eye star has a few words for the haters!
Earlier this week, Queer Eye star Tan France announced he's expecting!
"So happy to finally share that WE'RE HAVING A BABY!!" the fashion expert shared on Instagram earlier this week along with a photoshopped image of an ultrasound over his belly. "No, I'm not pregnant, despite this VERY realistic pic."
Since the announcement, the member of the Fab 5, as well as his husband Rob, have dealt with criticisms as well as their fair share of homophobic haters. France responded to them all yesterday on his Instagram stories.
"Following on from the baby announcement post, I wanna just also say, get a few things off my chest," he began, according to Queerty.
He continued:
"The majority of the comments have been so, so lovely. So lovely. There were a fair amount of really nasty ones and I wanna make it really clear that I am on cloud nine. So is my husband. You really can’t knock us down. I don’t feel the thing that you clearly want me to feel. We feel just so happy and so grateful and we’re full of so much love. I wish you were full of more love instead of being incredibly bitter.
For all of those who are asking or really angrily saying we should have adopted instead of surrogacy. A lot of you have your own kids. If you’re so upset about me having my own children, you can adopt. Please go ahead and adopt. It’s a wonderful thing to be able to do. You don’t know our story. You don’t know why we are going through the surrogacy process instead of adopting.
And for those who are saying that I am exploiting a woman’s body, I wanna make it really clear: I didn’t just grab someone off the street and kidnap her and get her pregnant. This was somebody that we care about very much, who wanted to do this for us, who was generous enough to help us have our absolute dream and to raise a family. So you don’t really have to worry about our surrogate. I promise, she’s fine. We are taking very good care of her. I promise, she wanted to do this. She wanted to do this for us because, even though as many said, the baby’s not going to have a mother–believe me, we are gonna love this child so much more than one could ever possibly imagine. He will be plenty loved even without a mother."
The road to becoming a parent as an LGBTQ+ person can be turbulent, but we're elated the France's are on their journey!
Taylor Henderson is a PRIDE.com contributor. This proud Texas Bama studied Media Production/Studies and Sociology at The University of Texas at Austin, where he developed his passions for pop culture, writing, and videography. He's absolutely obsessed with Beyoncé, mangoes, and cheesy YA novels that allow him to vicariously experience the teen years he spent in the closet. He's also writing one!
Taylor Henderson is a PRIDE.com contributor. This proud Texas Bama studied Media Production/Studies and Sociology at The University of Texas at Austin, where he developed his passions for pop culture, writing, and videography. He's absolutely obsessed with Beyoncé, mangoes, and cheesy YA novels that allow him to vicariously experience the teen years he spent in the closet. He's also writing one!
