Irina Shayk elaborates on how she has gained more confidence after becoming a mother to daughter with her ex-Bradley Cooper.
Speaking to Harper’s Bazaar for May issue, Shayk explained how motherhood changed her outlook on life.
“Motherhood definitely shined a light on me, [like] ‘Oh, you’re a mother, you’re busy, but you still have time for yourself and you don’t have to change who you are’,” said the 38-year-old.
The supermodel continued, “Sometimes I wake up and I feel cute and I think, ‘Oh, should I put these pictures out on social media?’”
“One voice says, ‘Oh, but people will say, ‘You’re a mother’. And I’m like,’But what does it mean?’” stated the supermodel.
Shayk, who is a mom of six-year-old, remembered her grandmother’s advice to “be herself”.
“You’re a mother, but it doesn’t mean you cannot go outside in a tiny little skirt or put a sexy picture up,” remarked the model.
Shayk pointed out, “My daughter is a big part of why I started to love myself even more. She’ll say, ‘I love Daddy so much, I love Mama so much, I love Nana, I love Babulya’ who is my mom. Then she goes, ‘And I really love myself’.”
“And I’m looking at my daughter and I’m like, ‘Wow, I wasn’t like that at six years old’,” she confessed.
In the end, Shayk added, “Most important is teaching our daughter bigger values than being pretty on the outside.”
