Jordana Brewster Says Moms 'Reached Out' to Her After She Opened Up About IVF and Surrogacy (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Jordana Brewster attends the TIAH 6th Anniversary Soirée on Aug. 24, 2024.Photo:Stefanie Keenan/Getty

Stefanie Keenan/Getty

Jordana Brewsteris paying it forward.

Chatting with PEOPLE at the This Is About Humanity 6th Anniversary Soirée held atHenry Winklerand his wifeStacey’s Los Angeles home on Saturday, Aug. 24, theFast & Furiousactress, 44, reflected on the impact she has had on other women.

“I had moms reach out to me and say, ‘Hey, can you walk me through this?’ Or, ‘Can you help me with this?’ " she says of the response she got from other women about the often-private topic.

“And I think life is all about paying it forward. And so if I can help someone because of the struggles I went through, I’m more than happy to do that,” Brewster adds.

Jordana Brewster attends the TIAH 6th Anniversary Soirée on Aug. 24, 2024.Stefanie Keenan/Getty

Brewster shares her two sons —Julian, 10, andRowan, 8 — with ex-husbandAndrew Form. They welcomed both boys via a surrogate.

“I didn’t really have a choice about being open, since it was obvious I wasn’t pregnant. And for me it wasn’t a choice, I needed to use a surrogate,” theFast Xstar told Yahoo Parenting in 2015. “But I didn’t feel judged, it’s more like I felt awkward.”

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She explained that people — including a teacher at a parenting class — would often assume that everyone who is a mother gave birth to their babies. “I couldn’t be like, ‘Well, actually…’ " Brewster said.

Jordana Brewster and her two sons.rdana Brewster/Instagram

rdana Brewster/Instagram

TheLethal Weaponalum acknowledged that in many ways, being open about surrogacy is a privilege. “There are so many women who are young and have to go through IVF and feel like they can’t talk about it, and that’s really unfortunate,” she told Yahoo Parenting.

Brewster married her current husband,Mason Morfit, in 2022, and the couple is raising a blended family who also includes Morfit’s four kids.

Jordana Brewster attends the 2024 Golden Globe Awards.Amy Sussman/Getty

Amy Sussman/Getty

She adds that she jokingly refers to herself as “a total stage mom” while watching Rowan play the sport.

source: people.com