“That’s definitely put on hold, and I don’t think it’s going to happen,” said the tennis legend, who recently beat stage 1 throat and breast cancer.
Martina Navratilova and wife Julia Lemigova likely won’t follow through with their plan to adopt after the tennis legend’s recent cancer battle.
“I think [adoption] was a nice thought for a while, but I think this has brought it into sharp focus — you know, I’m not really the youngest anymore and I don’t want to be the grandmother on the playground,” Navratilova, 66, said in“Forget that part, there’s just not enough space I think for this to happen.”
Even though the retired athlete is cancer-free after being diagnosed with stage 1 throat cancer and breast cancer just months ago, she says welcoming a child with Lemigova, 50, would be difficult at this point in time. “We were thinking about adopting but that’s definitely put on hold, and I don’t think it’s going to happen,” a visibly emotional Navratilova told host Piers Morgan.TalkTVHer spouse, Lemigova — who stars on Peacock’s “The Real Housewives of Miami” — previously explained during the Season 5 reunion that“When you’re adopting a child, it has to be about the child,” Lemigova told moderator Andy Cohen.
Navratilova announced her two cancer diagnoses in January, telling fans that both were detected early on.
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