Trending badgeTrendingPosted 2 hours agoSubscribe to BuzzFeed Daily NewsletterCaret Down"I Didn't Think It Was Possible": Claire Danes Recalled Feeling "Shame" When She Accidentally Fell Pregnant At Age 44"I felt like a funny shame, like I was naughty... I had been caught fornicating past the point I was meant to."by Leyla MohammedBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestLink Claire Danes has opened up about feeling "shame" when she fell pregnant at age 44. Jc Olivera / Getty Images Claire and her husband, Hugh Dancy, welcomed their first son, Cyrus, in 2012, and their second, Rowan, in 2018. Kristina Bumphrey / Getty Images In 2023, Claire and Hugh became parents to their third child - this time, a daughter whose name they have not publicly revealed. Astrida Valigorsky / Getty Images Appearing on the SmartLess podcast this week with Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, and Will Arnett, Claire reflected on what it was like having an "oopsie daisy third baby" in her mid-40s. Dia Dipasupil / Getty Images "I was so old when that happened. I was 44," said the Homeland star. "I didn't think it was possible. I really didn't... I was terrified." Leon Bennett / Getty Images "I did not foresee this at all. And it was weird. Suddenly, I felt like a funny shame," she said. "Like I was naughty... I had been caught fornicating past the point I was meant to." Arturo Holmes / Getty Images "It was weird, and it was like I found an edge that I hadn't been quite conscious of... Like I was going outside of the parameters a little bit," she said before describing the entire experience as "wild."Claire went on to say that it's a "trip" having a "teenager and a toddler at once." Reacting to Claire's comments, some internet users have since called out the "stigma and misinformation" surrounding "later" pregnancies. Cindy Ord / Getty Images "It's a society issue/pressure, since the dawn of time, they told women they are on a biological clock, and that after a certain point they can't have kids," one person said. "Pregnancies are high-risk as you get older, but that doesn't mean that the pregnancies aren't going to happen.""44 is the 'difficult but not super rare' category of pregnancies. Weird for her to say she didn't even think it was possible," another comment read. Meanwhile, several Reddit users shared examples of people they know IRL who had children in their 40s and beyond. Reddit / Via reddit.com Reddit / Via reddit.com Reddit / Via reddit.com Let us know what you think in the comments, and check out the full SmartLess podcast episode here.