On the Might 20 episode of the Dish podcast, the Portman acquired candid about attending award exhibits and main Hollywood occasions whereas anticipating her first youngster in 2011.

“I could not drink in any respect throughout all of these occasions, which was onerous,” Portman, 43, recalled. “It is numerous stress. It is numerous consideration. … And I used to be sober whereas everybody else was not.”

That 12 months, the Portman was nominated and finally gained the Academy Award for Finest Actress for her function in Black Swan. However whereas she was dressed to the nines, behind the scenes, issues weren’t so glamorous.

“Everybody was like, ‘Oh, you are going to pop.’ I used to be like, ‘I am 4 months pregnant,’” she recalled. “Everybody was like, ‘You have to be giving beginning tomorrow. Hope it would not occur on the pink carpet.’ I used to be like, ‘I’ve acquired 5 extra months to go.’”

Whereas many celebrities go on diets an train vigorously within the lead as much as award season, Portman joked that she was “in all probability the one actress consuming my approach to the Oscars” that 12 months.

On the 2011 Oscars, a pregnant Portman famously thanked then-fiancé Benjamin Millepied, who choreographed Black Swan and whom she met on set, throughout her acceptance speech, calling him, “my stunning love… who has now given me my most necessary function of my life.”

That function, in fact, was turning into a mother. The couple would go on to welcome their son Aleph in June of that 12 months.

Portman and Millepied tied the knot in August 2012 and had a second youngster, daughter Amalia, in 2017. However after 11 years of marriage, they referred to as it quits.

The couple separated in 2023 and finally finalized their divorce in February 2024 amid stories of Millepied’s alleged infidelity. Because the break up, Portman has opened up extra about motherhood and her life post-divorce.

“My youngsters are all the time a supply of pleasure, since you simply see them grow to be the people they’re,” she shared in a profile with Interview Journal final month. “I have been spending numerous time with my mates, with their youngsters and my youngsters; that is fairly enjoyable.”

When requested whether or not having a household helped her steadiness her profession and private life, Portman stated, “Having youngsters, that wasn’t actually my motivation.”

“I used to be simply excited to have youngsters, and with an individual that I used to be in love with. But it surely’s actually necessary to have folks in your life who maintain you on the bottom,” she defined.