Trigger warning: This article discusses sensitive topics including abortion and emotional distress. Reader discretion is advised.

You star Penn Badgley getting honest about his wife’s miscarriage experience and how devastating such losses can be. Speaking on the Totally Booked podcast, the 39-year-old revealed that the two incidents in a row have led him and his wife Domino Kirke to consider separating. However, they moved on from this and now have a happy family with three children of their own and a son from his wife’s previous relationship.

Penn Badgley opens up about abortions and how they affect couples

Gossip Girl alum Penn Badgley points out how common the loss is and how it needs to be talked about more. "They happen all the time, and they can be very painful indeed. Well, I would say they are universally painful. Maybe not everyone is completely allowed to feel that way."

An excerpt from her book Crushmore reveals that she feared her abortion cycle would not end. "My wife and I came close to separating, as many people do after such a loss. Largely because we felt very isolated in a culture that doesn’t talk much about these things or know how to support people going through it. He recalled the trauma he experienced and how it would resurface whenever he looked at the sonogram.

The actor and his wife have since welcomed a son who is now four years old and multiple twins, as well as a stepson. She now has a lot of young children in her life – four to be exact. "It’s funny because I wrote this before the twins were born, and now I feel like – and I mean this lovingly – but I feel like I’m drowning in kids," He said, and added that it is difficult for him to understand the feeling of loss at this time considering how many children he has around him at this time.

Penn Badgley revealed that, having no biological children of his own, while his wife was already the mother of Cassius, this also affected their relationship and the way they viewed abortion.

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