Paula Patton And Robin Thicke Have No Plans For More Babies

Paula Patton has a full plate with her bustling acting career and her husband, musician and NBC’s Duets judge Robin Thicke is equally busy. Somewhere in between their son Julian falls in. “We’re not planning to have more kids any time soon,” said Robin to People. “It’s hard enough to balance things the way they are. I don’t want to throw another child into the mix right now.”

Robin explains that he brings his son along as often as possible to increase their time together,

“The show is really taking time away from my kid. I try to have him come to the set if I can, and I spend a couple of hours with him. He’s been in my dressing room, playing with Play-Doh. I really love when I’m with him.”

“We just haven’t had a lot of time to spend together,” he adds. “That’s one of the sacrifices you have to make in this business, unfortunately, you know?”

In addition to a busy work life and parenting, the couple still need to find time to work on their marriage.

“You can keep sweeping stuff under the rug, but until you really tell each other how you feel about stuff, you really can’t get past anything,” Thicke says. “Even though the truth hurts sometimes, we try to be painfully honest with each other. We try to help each other.”

We’re sure when the couple is ready they will expand their family!

 

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