{"id":67340,"date":"2025-08-14T21:34:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T21:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/67340\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T21:34:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T21:34:13","slug":"michaela-coel-37-reveals-she-has-frozen-her-eggs-because-she-would-love-a-family-as-she-opens-up-about-romance-with-boyfriend-spencer-hewett-while-posing-for-british-vogue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/67340\/","title":{"rendered":"Michaela Coel, 37, reveals she has frozen her eggs because she ‘would love a family’ as she opens up about romance with boyfriend Spencer Hewett while posing for British Vogue"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By BETHAN EDWARDS, SHOWBUSINESS REPORTER<\/a> <\/p>\n

Published: 14:48 EDT, 14 August 2025 | Updated: 14:48 EDT, 14 August 2025 <\/p>\n

Michaela Coel has revealed she has undergone the process of freezing her eggs because she ‘would love to have a family’.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Marvel star,\u00a037, said freezing her eggs is the ‘only way’ she will have a family but she isn’t going to go ‘crazy’ if she doesn’t have children.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Michaela has been in a relationship with boyfriend Spencer Hewett since 2023 and also opened up about how the pair met on celebrity dating app Raya<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Black Earth Rising star revealed she ‘wasn’t thinking about kids at 33’ when she met Spencer as she was busy ‘enjoying life’ and focusing on her career.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Speaking to British Vogue<\/a> about undergoing\u00a0the process of freezing her eggs, she said:\u00a0‘That’s the only way I’m going to do it. I would love to have a family.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘I’m also not going to go crazy if I don’t, because I believe the world is such a mystery, bro. If I don’t have a family, it’s not the end of the world. I’m still going to be here breathing.’<\/p>\n

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Michaela Coel has revealed she has undergone the process of freezing her eggs as she ‘would love to have a family’<\/p>\n

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The Marvel star, 37, said freezing her eggs is the ‘only way’ she will have a family but she isn’t going to go ‘crazy’ if she doesn’t have children<\/p>\n

Michaela went on to discuss racial biases and how ‘dating apps hate Black women’ but gushed over her partner Spencer being ‘loyal and funny’.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She continued:\u00a0‘He’s very sweet. He’s very smart. He’s very loyal. He’s very funny, makes me feel comfortable.<\/p>\n

‘Social dating apps hate Black women. I think that, historically, media hates Black women. And that’s not just here, you know? I think there’s a recognition bias and if you’re used to seeing white faces more, you favour them, and we know this. And across the globe, we are more accustomed to seeing white faces.’<\/p>\n

It comes after\u00a0Michaela admitted<\/a>\u00a0she has PTSD following her experience of racism at school.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Speaking to The Telegraph’s <\/a>Arts supplement in 2023, she spoke about having a ‘s***ty time’ as a black student at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 2009.\u00a0<\/p>\n

An independent review into discrimination experienced by students in 2020, found evidence of a racist culture in which multiple black students were called the N-word and ‘suppressed’ by white tutors.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Being told she has a page dedicated to her on the college’s website, she said: ‘I’m not going to lie to you, I’ve got so much PTSD from my time in drama school I’ve never looked back.’<\/p>\n

When asked if she would like the college to remove her image from the website, she said the answer is not an easy one.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Michaela has been in a relationship with boyfriend Spencer Hewett since 2023 and also opened up about how the pair met on celebrity dating app Raya; pictured April 2024<\/p>\n

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The Black Earth Rising star revealed she ‘wasn’t thinking about kids at 33’ when she met Spencer as she was busy ‘enjoying life’ and focusing on her career<\/p>\n

‘Its very difficult’, she said. ‘When you put somebody’s picture on the school’s thing, it makes people want to go there… and I don’t really want to make people do anything or stop people [from] doing anything.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘Sh**ty as my time there was, I love the person I am today and I am a collection of every experience I’ve had, both fortunate and unfortunate. So do I regret going there? That’s a complex question.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for the school said: ‘Guildhall School apologises unreservedly for the racism experienced by Michaela Coel and other alumni whilst they were studying at the School.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘The experiences they have shared are appalling and unacceptable. We have since undertaken a sustained programme of action to address and dismantle long-standing systemic racism within the Acting Programme, including commissioning an external report into historic racism and a comprehensive and ongoing process of staff training and reflection.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘We have also undertaken a significant redevelopment of our Acting curriculum, including a departmental staff restructure, so that our teaching and learning culture prioritises inclusivity, representation and wellbeing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘We understand that this work is long-term and will require sustained commitment to build a culture that is inclusive and equitable for everyone.’<\/p>\n

See the full feature in the September issue of British\u00a0Vogue, available via digital download and on newsstands from Tuesday 19th August.<\/p>\n

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