Lily Collins is dealing with a lot more than adjusting to sleepless nights as a new mum: she’s facing an uproar over her decision to use a surrogate for her new baby. The Emily in Paris actor, 35, and her film director husband Charlie McDowell, 41, announced the birth of their daughter, Tove, last Friday in a post on Collins’s official Instagram. They shared their “endless gratitude for our incredible surrogate”, along with a photo of their baby wrapped up in a soft blanket embroidered with her name.
As any new parent knows, the joy of welcoming a new baby into the world is unparalleled. But since the couple’s baby announcement, hell has broken loose. Some social media users have attacked Collins, who is the daughter of musician Phil Collins, for using a surrogate, accusing her of being part of an “unethical trend” that feminists and anti-surrogacy critics argue involves “rich people renting women’s bodies” and is “akin to human trafficking”.
