Salma Hayek Tries, Without Success, to Delay Potty Training Valentina
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For many parents, a potty-trained toddler is a milestone that can’t come soon enough — but not so for Salma Hayek. In an interview with Access Hollywood, the 43-year-old actress and producer says that daughter Valentina Paloma, 2, potty trained herself…but mom wasn’t ready for the momentous occasion.
“She’s like, ‘Take these off, Mommy. I can go to the bathroom,'” Salma recalls. “But I’m like, ‘I don’t want you to because I still want you to wear the diaper when we go out because I don’t know how to handle the public bathrooms with you. Give me some time.’ But it’s like, ‘No, I don’t want to wear the diaper. I can do this, Mommy.'”
Graduating from diapers is just one of many important markers Valentina has reached of late, Salma shares.
“I had a talk with her not too long ago. I just said, ‘Listen, you have to slow down because I’m a first-time mommy and I’m not ready for some of the things you’re doing.’ She talks and she’s been walking since nine months. She counts. She knows the ABCs.”
Having recently returned to a film set — her first since giving birth — Salma admits she was nervous to take on her role in Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant because of the long hiatus from acting. That the part is small “was really important,” however, according to Salma.
“I was supposed to do a movie right after Valentina [was born] and it was the first time in my career that I backed out of something because I just couldn’t. I couldn’t.”
The transition was made easier by Valentina’s presence on location in New Orleans, along with husband François-Henri Pinault and his two children from a previous relationship. “She did great,” Salma says of Valentina. “She’s a pro.”
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant is in theaters today.
Source: Access Hollywood
— Missy