1:04 PM PDT, August 15, 2012
Who needs a husband! These ladies are doing it for themselves! From adopting children on their own to severing ties with exes or becoming widows, these single moms have got a lot of love to give their kids. Take a look at hot single celeb moms who are proving all you need is love!
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Single Ladies! Celebrity Single Moms
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Who needs a husband! These ladies are doing it for themselves! From adopting children on their own to severing ties with exes or becoming widows, these single moms have got a lot of love to give their kids. Take a look at hot single celeb moms who are proving all you need is love!
Charlize Theron
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Charlize Theron announced she had adopted a son named Jackson in March 2012.
Sandra Bullock
Sandra Bullock, whose divorce from Jesse James was finalized in June 2010, adopted son Louis Bardo in January 2010. He has been the main man in Sandra's life since then.
January Jones
The Mad Men star gave birth to son Xander on September 13, 2011. The identity of the father is still unknown.
Sofia Vergara
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At the tender age of 18, the Modern Family star married childhood sweetheart Joe Gonzalez. She gave birth to their son Manolo in 1992, but the couple divorced soon after. In July, Vergara and her longtime businessman boyfriend Nick Loeb got engaged.
Sharon Stone
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Sharon Stone has three sons. Stone and her then-husband Phil Bronstein adopted a baby son, Roan Joseph Bronstein, in 2000. Stone and Bronstein eventually divorced in 2004, with primary custody going to Bronstein. However, Stone adopted a second son, Laird Vonne Stone, in 2005, and a third son, Quinn Kelly Stone, in 2006.
Elizabeth Hurley
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Hurley gave birth to a son, Damian Charles Hurley on April 4, 2002. At first the baby's father, Steve Bing, denied paternity until a DNA proved he was the father. On March 2, 2007, Hurley married Indian textile heir Arun Nayar, but they divorced in 2011. Later in 2011, Hurley confirmed her engagement to Australian cricketer Shane Warne.
Kate Gosselin
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Reality star Kate Gosselin had eight children with husband Jon Gosselin. The couple filed for divorce on June 22, 2009, and the divorce was finalized in December 2009. E! Online reported in July that the mom of eight is looking for love in a new dating series, that has yet to find a network.
Mary-Louise Parker
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Mary-Louise Parker gave birth to son William Atticus Parker on January 7, 2004. Her boyfriend Billy Crudup left her during the pregnancy. Since then she has dated Jeffrey Dean Morgan, but the couple has subsequently parted ways. In September 2007, Parker adopted a girl from Ethiopia whom she named Caroline "Ash" Aberash.
Sheryl Crow
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On May 11, 2007, Crow announced via her website that she had adopted a two-week-old boy named Wyatt Steven Crow. Three years later, Crow adopted another boy named Levi, born on April 30, 2010.
Denise Richards
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Denise Richards has two daughters, Sam and Lola, with ex husband Charlie Sheen. In 2011, a single Richards adopted daughter Eloise Joni.
Minnie Driver
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Minnie Driver gave birth to son Henry Story Driver on September 5, 2008. The identity of her son's father was a mystery for years. It wasn't until February 2012 that she finally revealed that her Henry's father had been a writer on her show The Riches.
Katie Couric
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Katie Couric has two daughters, Ellie and Carrie. Couric's husband, Jay Monahan, died of colon cancer in 1998 at the age of 42. Her daughters were two-years-old and six-years-old at the time.
Michelle Williams
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In April 2005, Michelle Williams and boyfriend Heath Ledger had daughter Matilda. In September 2007, the couple amicably parted ways after three years together. In January 2008, Ledger died of an accidental overdose. Since then, Williams has been linked with director Spike Jonze, but is currently dating Jason Segel. In the past few years, Williams has been spotted all over the streets of New York with her Heath lookalike daughter.
Padma Lakshmi
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The Top Chef host confirmed in 2009 that despite years of struggling with endometriosis, she was pregnant. On February 20, 2010, Lakshmi gave birth to a baby girl named Krishna Thea Lakshmi but did not identify the father. Adam Dell, an ex-boyfriend of Padma's, was later revealed as the father.
Halle Berry
Halle Berry had one daughter, Nahla, in 2008 with then-boyfriend Gabriel Aubrey. The two, who never married, broke up and have been in a bitter custody battle since 2010. Berry is currently engaged to Olivier Martinez.