An Ayo Edebiri interview has led people to believe she has a daughter. Does she?

This week, the internet was buzzing after Ayo Edebiri, the Emmy-winning actress known for her playful interactions with fans—especially on Letterboxd—seemed to drop a huge personal bombshell during a recent interview. Edebiri, who stars in the film Bottoms, was featured on the cover of Citizen Magazine. In the online version of her interview, she mentioned having a two-year-old daughter, which shocked many of her fans. At just 29 years old, this revelation caught everyone off guard.

During her chat with interviewer Yaa Gyasi, one part of their conversation about family and growing up really stood out to fans. Edebiri shared her experience of working as a waitress in a retirement home, thanks to her mother, who was a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA). She reminisced about spending time with the elderly residents, saying, “I got so close to some of them.” Then she dropped the surprising line about her daughter: “I haven’t mentioned that yet, I have a daughter who’s turning two.”

However, as of October 2024, Ayo Edebiri does not actually have any children. The mix-up came from how the article was formatted. It turns out the spacing and font made it hard for readers to tell who was speaking at times. This confusion led some to mistakenly interpret her words about having a daughter as a fact when, in reality, she was discussing the idea of family in a hypothetical sense. Later in the interview, she clarified, “I’m an only child, and so I’m always like, well, I guess if I have a kid they’ll have to have found family.” The key phrase here is “if I have a kid,” so fans can breathe easy knowing that she doesn’t have a daughter after all.

Edebiri isn’t the only celebrity to fall victim to these kinds of interview blunders. Last year, an online stir arose when Halle Bailey appeared to announce she was married with two kids during a Glamour interview. While Bailey and her partner did welcome a son later, the quotes attributed to her weren’t actually hers. The confusion came from a mix-up where questions from another celebrity, Leigh-Anne Pinnock, got accidentally merged into Bailey’s interview, making it seem like they were one continuous conversation.

If only the corrections could spread as fast as the rumors! Thankfully, Ayo Edebiri isn’t a mother in the traditional sense, though she is a mother figure in her own way—just not to any kids.