Scarlett Johansson makes rare confession about parenting with husband Colin Jost

Scarlett Johansson is getting candid about juggling motherhood with a thriving career.

The Jurassic World Rebirth actress is a mom to daughter Rose, 11, who she shares with ex-husband Romain Dauriac, to whom she was married from 2014 to 2017, and son Cosmo, four, who she shares with husband Colin Jost.

In the last two years, the Marvel star has worked on seven movies, and can admit that work-life balance isn’t always feasible.

Appearing on CBS Sunday Mornings in April, asked how she balances it all, Scarlett, who is currently promoting Paper Tiger, said: “I think actually admitting that there is no work-life balance is the first step to kind of getting there in a way, because it’s not possible.”

Scarlett noted that there will “always” be a “deficit in some area,” though added: “I think you have to be — I learned to be more kind to myself. You can’t do all of these things all the time and so, you know, there’s just like, ‘Is it good enough?'”

Scarlett also noted that welcoming her daughter Rose was “a big turning point” in her life that “shifted” her priorities in work and motherhood.

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“I realized anyway that you can’t really control everything and everything changes all the time and I found that to be liberating and it affected how I approached the work that I did,” she continued.

Though Scarlett has not shied away from speaking candidly about motherhood and her children, she is adamant about keeping them away from the spotlight. 

Speaking with InStyle last year about her fame, what she decides to share and not to share, she said: “The anonymity of my children is very precious to me,” she said, and further shared how her daughter had recently suggested she participate in some videos for her mom’s skincare brand The Outset.

“I was talking to my daughter the other day, because she said, ‘Oh, I would love to make videos for The Outset,'” she said, adding: “She was like, ‘Why can’t I?’ And I said, ‘Well, other than the fact that you’re ten…”

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Scarlett further reflected: “The thing about being a public figure is that the idea of being recognizable and celebrated feels fun, but then you can never stuff it back in the bottle.”

“The reality of it is, there’s a massive loss to that, you know? So I think preserving that for as long as possible until it’s someone’s choice, that’s the choice I make as far as my kids go.”