Carrie Ann Inaba got very personal on The Talk Friday.
The 49-year-old personality held nothing back as she opened up on her plans for the future, including adopting a child and having a hysterectomy to prevent health complications down the road.
Inaba shared her own desires to adopt as the panel chat about Mandy Moore’s recent remarks that she’s considering adoption with fiance Taylor Goldsmith.
Scroll below for video
Emotional: Carrie Ann Inaba, 49, opened up on The Talk Friday about her desire to adopt kids, as well as having a hysterectomy to prevent health complications down the road
‘I’ve always wanted to adopt since I’m very young,’ the Dancing with the Stars judge, who sat in on the CBS program this week, told panelists Sharon Osbourne, Sheryl Underwood, Melissa Gilbert and Mario Lopez. ‘I think about it, but I’m so frightened of it, because if you’re single, you know, can you do it? That’s my own fear for myself.’
The Honolulu, Hawaii native got misty-eyed as she waxed on about her prospective parenthood.
‘It’s such an interesting concept, I want so badly to have a child … oh, not gonna cry,’ she said, taking deep breaths.
Lopez, 44, a father of two children, reassured Inaba that ‘it’s a scary thing even for biological kids’ as ‘there’s no blueprint’ or ‘guideline on how to raise them.
No holding back: Inaba said, ‘I’ve always wanted to adopt since I’m very young’
Backup: Inaba received strong support from fellow panelists such as Melissa Gilbert (R)
‘You just gotta come from a place of love, I think, and you really can’t go wrong.’
Inaba said, ‘I would like to adopt a child a little bit older that two cause I’m afraid of the head-wobbly phase.’
Underwood said she had pondered adopting children after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, but was apprehensive about adopting just one and leaving other children behind. She said that she also second-guessed what kind of parent she would be.
Looking closely: Inaba said she would prefer to adopt a toddler instead of a newborn
Ensemble: The spirited discussion included panelists (L-R) Sheryl Underwood, Mario Lopez, Sharon Osbourne, Inaba and Gilbert
‘Then I thought what if I screw up their lives because I’m crazy,’ she said. ‘I’d be taking the baby and the baby like, “B—-, I don’t want to go with you! I don’t want to go with you! Where is Carrie Ann? I don’t want to go with you!”‘
Gilbert was encouraging of Inaba’s possible plans to adopt, as she told her, ‘Carrie Ann, I want to say if it’s that important to you and that emotional, you’d be an amazing mother and you should do it!’
Earlier on the program, Inaba said that she was ‘going to have a hysterectomy’ to remove ‘some fibroids’ and prevent a possible future case of cancer. She said she had been speaking with her doctor about various medical options, such as the removal of the ovaries and Fallopian tubes. Inaba said: ‘There are different ways of looking at it; it’s really good to just make sure you have a great relationship with your doctor.’
Eye on health: Inaba encouraged women to speak in detail with their physicians if contemplating preventative care
Strong showing: The TV veteran took to social media after wrapping up a week on the show