Yeoh added that she felt blessed to also have a number of godchildren, nieces and nephews.
However, it “took a long time” to come to terms with not having children of her own “because that also maybe would be the main factor that broke up my first marriage”, Yeoh said.
“But you also have to understand, these are conversations that you really have to have with yourself and be able to look ahead and think, yes, we love each other very much now, but in 10 years or 20 years, I still can’t give him the family that he craves for. And you have to be fair.
“That’s why this dialogue between a couple is so important. Like, if one wants [a baby] and the other doesn’t, this is something you have to face right at the beginning, because along the way, there will be a lot of hurt and difficult times.
“And so I think it was very brave on our path to admit, to say, ‘OK, let’s not drag this out, because that’s what we are doing. Because, we tried.'”
Yeoh got engaged to French motor racing executive Jean Todt in 2004, and they got married in 2023.
