Lily Collins and husband Charlie McDowell had been over the moon after turning into mother and father in January 2025.
The couple, who tied the knot in September 2021, welcomed their first child by way of surrogate three years into their marriage. “Welcome to the middle of our world Tove Jane McDowell,” Collins and McDowell captioned a joint child announcement by way of Instagram in January 2025.
That very same day, McDowell responded to criticism about their “path to having a child,” writing by way of Instagram, “It’s OK to not be an knowledgeable on surrogacy.”
He added, “It’s OK to not know why somebody may want a surrogate to have a baby. It’s OK to not know the motivations of a surrogate no matter what you assume. And it’s OK to spend much less time spewing hateful phrases into the world, particularly in regard to an exquisite child woman who has introduced loads of love into folks’s lives.”
McDowell ended on a humorous observe, writing, “That’s all for now as a result of she simply pooped, and I want to vary her diaper.”
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