{"id":276904,"date":"2019-07-24T07:42:42","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T13:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1059084"},"modified":"2019-07-24T07:42:42","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T13:42:42","slug":"rachel-bilson-gets-candid-about-dating-as-a-single-mom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/rachel-bilson-gets-candid-about-dating-as-a-single-mom\/","title":{"rendered":"Rachel Bilson Gets Candid About Dating As a Single Mom"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"photo-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"41.897142857143\">\n<div class=\"column post-content__image--left post-content__image\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"32\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image--full\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/2019218\/rs_634x1024-190318142335-634-rachel-bilson.cl.031819.jpg?fit=inside|900:auto&amp;output-quality=90\" title=\"Rachel Bilson \" alt=\"Rachel Bilson \"><\/p>\n<p class=\"image__credits\">Axelle\/Bauer-Griffin\/FilmMagic<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"28.420019627085\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/rachel_bilson\">Rachel Bilson<\/a><\/strong> may be looking for a new love but, first and foremost, her&nbsp;heart will always&nbsp;belong to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/fr\/news\/585602\/rachel-bilson-and-hayden-christensen-welcome-a-baby-girl-find-out-her-disney-princess-name\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">her daughter<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While chatting with <em>Bachelor<\/em> alum <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/nick_viall\">Nick Viall<\/a><\/strong> on&nbsp;his <em><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-viall-files\/id1448210981\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Viall Files<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;podcast, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/957748\/even-rachel-bilson-can-t-believe-the-o-c-is-15-years-old\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The O.C.<\/em> alum<\/a> opened up about dating as <a href=\"http:\/\/eonline.com\/news\/881422\/rachel-bilson-and-hayden-christensen-split-after-10-years-they-are-officially-done\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a single mom<\/a>. (She shares daughter <strong>Briar Rose Christensen<\/strong>, 4, with actor ex <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/hayden_christensen\">Hayden Christensen<\/a><\/strong>.)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was talking to this guys a few months back, anytime I would bring my daughter up, they would never pursue the question or ask more about her,&#8221; she confessed. &#8220;It was a red flag because anyone that you&#8217;re going to get involved with, if you have a kid, they have to be all about the kid.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, the 37-year-old is quick&nbsp;to bring up her daughter to potential suitors, even if she&#8217;s just getting to know them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I always put it out there,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/862825\/the-teen-actress-comeback-inside-rachel-bilson-alexis-bledel-and-leighton-meester-s-television-reinvention\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the actress continued<\/a>. &#8220;She&#8217;s my world and I talk about her all the time. How f&#8211;kid up would it be if I hid that?\u2026If you&#8217;re going to pursue something with someone, they have to be interested in the kid or be willing to be around the kid.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"57.58389261745\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"9.5973154362416\">\n<p>She does, however, shy away from introducing Briar to any new men.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She has not met anyone as of yet and it would have to be someone I know I&#8217;m going to be with,&#8221; she added, noting&nbsp;that her daughter have a very close relationship <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/photos\/22406\/rachel-bilson-and-hayden-christensen-romance-rewind\/795706\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">with her dad<\/a>.&nbsp;&#8220;It would have to be a very serious relationship.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-3\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"58.528784648188\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"11.513859275053\">\n<p>After all,&nbsp;Bilson is protective of her baby. She especially goes out of her way&nbsp;to keep Briar out of the spotlight and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/686864\/rachel-bilson-shares-first-photo-of-daughter-briar-rose-see-the-sweet-picture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">off of social media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everybody has a different idea of what they want to do with their kids and what not,&#8221; she&nbsp;explained.&nbsp;&#8220;They don&#8217;t choose to be in the limelight, you know, themselves. When they&#8217;re old enough and they want to pursue it and that&#8217;s what they do then that&#8217;s fine. But it&#8217;s not like I want to promote my kid or put her out there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"video-int-txt-4\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"34.5\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-video-text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"9\">\n<p>The paparazzi, however, are a whole&nbsp;different story.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I saw a picture the other day of my daughter somewhere and she&#8217;s looking at the camera smiling because she has no idea,&#8221;&nbsp;Bilson&nbsp;admitted.&nbsp;&#8220;She thinks someone is just taking her picture&#8230;It crushed me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-5\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"64\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"18\">\n<p>Still, she finds endless happiness in her daughter&#8217;s smile. Beyond&nbsp;the endless selfies Briar takes on her phone\u2060\u2014&#8221;I have thousands,&#8221; said Bilson. &#8220;She doesn&#8217;t know it&#8217;s called a selfie so I feel like it&#8217;s OK.&#8221;\u2014she relishes in the perks of motherhood, which include bailing on plans and cutting through airport security.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Kids are great for an excuse for anything,&#8221; she said.&nbsp;&#8220;If you don&#8217;t want to do something, you don&#8217;t ever have to lie because like you have kids. You can leave early, you can not go and you can go to bed at 9 and it&#8217;s awesome.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Joked Bilson, &#8220;I&#8217;m 80 at heart.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1059084\/rachel-bilson-gets-candid-about-dating-as-a-single-mom?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! 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