Mad Men star January Jones has dished the dirt on life as a single parent, in a recent interview with Red magazine.
And the 39-year-old, who is mum to Xander, 5, insists that her young son doesn’t miss a father figure in his life.
The American actress, who has never disclosed the identity of Xander’s father, says he gets his male role models in the form of neighbour dads and his grandad, but that she likes to surround him by strong women too.
“It’s good to have strong women around a man to teach him to respect women.
“He doesn’t have a male person saying ‘don’t cry’ or ‘you throw like a girl.’ All those s**tty things that dads accidentally do,” the actress explains.
January counts fellow actresses Rose Byrne and Amy Adams as close friends of hers, and is also good pals with Diane Kruger, Naomi Watts and Marion Cotillard.
Jones and Xander live alone, with a nanny who comes in during the day. And the actress insists she wouldn’t want it any other way.
“No one lives in the house with us… I just don’t feel I need a partner,” she told the February issue of the magazine.
“Do I want one [a boyfriend]? Maybe,” she said. “But I don’t feel unhappy or lonely. It would have to be someone so amazing that I would want to make room. Someone who would contribute to my happiness and not take away from it.”
“My life is so full. It’s not like, ‘Aww, I wish I had a man,’” she added. “After I had Xander, I went on a couple of dates and I was like, ‘I’d rather be at home sleeping, or watching TV or hanging out with my kid.’”
January has been vocal about motherhood in interview before, especially on the importance of being something other than a mother.
“Mad Men has such long hours, and then you go home and you don’t sleep. So it was hard. But I think that as hard as it is, that if you have something that you love outside of being a mother, you should definitely maintain it, because it makes you a better mother.
“I think in America … we are often judged partially [for going back to work], but I think we should always remember that it’s OK. It doesn’t mean that you are a bad mum.”
You can read January’s interview with Red here.
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