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Only a few weeks into the new year,Carrie Ann Inabaalready has a new job — asco-host ofThe Talk— and now, the choreographer andDancing with the Starsjudge is thinking about expanding her family.
“I would love to be a mom,” Inaba, 51, tells PEOPLE exclusively. “I do still consideradopting. I have considered fostering to adopt.”
But the potential mom-to-be admits she’s “nervous” about the prospect ofbecoming a single parent.
“As a single woman in her 50s, I want to make sure that I will have the energy and that it’s fair to the child,” she explains.
“I saw the movieInstant Familyand I’m probably going to take one of those [foster parenting] classes. It’s on my list!”
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With a busy career and potential child in the future, Inaba says her dating life is taking a backseat.
“This is the longest I’ve ever been single,” says the star, whosplit from fiancé Robb Derringerin 2017 after a nine-month engagement. “I’ve always gone from relationship to relationship.”
“Maybe I was afraid of being single,” Inaba considers. “But I realized that I have to go right towards what scares me the most.”
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Inaba admits that ending another public engagement (shebroke up with fiancé Jesse Sloanin 2012 after they were engaged for a year) made her think, ” ‘I’m going to be embarrassed again, or people are going to judge me.’ ”
“Sometimes people look at me sadly, like, ‘You poor thing,’ but it’s not that way at all,” she tells PEOPLE. “I was engaged to wonderful men. They just weren’t right for me.”
Now, “I’mthe happiest I’ve ever been,” Inaba says. “I’m really just focused on myself. And it’s like a peace I’ve never known before.”
The Talkairs weekdays at 2 p.m. EST/11 a.m. PST on CBS.
source: people.com
