Anne Hathaway Asked People to Stop Praising Her for Working While Pregnant — Here’s What Happened

Anne Hathaway revealed this year that she is pregnant for the third time. At 43, she and her husband, Adam Shulman, already have two sons. The pregnancy reveal came in June and drew attention because her bump was not obvious during an earlier global press tour for The Devil Wears Prada 2.

What Hathaway was doing on the press tour

Rather than laying low, Hathaway spent 2026 promoting a heavy film slate. The story lists five projects she promoted this year, including Mother Mary, The Odyssey, The End of Oak Street, The Devil Wears Prada 2, and Verity. Each project required interviews, video shoots, red-carpet appearances, and junkets — work that can be physically demanding even without pregnancy-related fatigue.

During a press stop for Verity, Hathaway was asked about working while pregnant. In an interview with AP Entertainment she pushed back against excessive praise for her choice to keep working, saying, "Let's not overpraise the pampered actress. There's a lot of pregnant women out there at home and in the workplace who, you know, didn't get a manicure this morning." She framed her own situation plainly: she's happy to do her job and has substantial support.

A quick aside in the same interview: co-star Josh Hartnett referenced a satirical Onion article joking the U.S. economy had become overly dependent on Hathaway's release schedule. Hathaway laughed and replied she planned to rest soon, reiterating she would take a break after Verity opens on October 2 and then rejoin Tom Cruise for Days of Thunder 2 in March.

The exchange matters because it reframes a common media narrative: celebrities who keep working while pregnant are often framed as extraordinary. Hathaway rejected that framing and used a concise, ordinary explanation — she has support and is doing her job — which many people without celebrity resources nonetheless found validating. The moment prompted a discussion about visibility, fairness, and the assumptions interviews bring to topics like pregnancy and work.

• She intentionally downplayed praise for her decision to keep working, emphasizing her support system.
• The response sparked conversation online among pregnant people who felt seen and among users who called the answer refreshingly candid.

This was a short, clear moment in a larger press cycle that prompted many viewers and readers — particularly those currently pregnant — to say they appreciated a celebrity speaking plainly about work and pregnancy without dramatizing it.