Sophie Turner Clarifies 'Single Mother' Comments: 'I Have Been Widely Misquoted'

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Sophie Turner is speaking out. The 28-year-old Joan star issued a statement regarding her recent comments about being a “single mother” featured as a pull quote in an interview with the Sunday Times Culture section. Sophie shares daughters Willa, 4, and Delphine, 2, with ex-husband Joe Jonas. Keep reading to find out more… “I have been widely misquoted today in publications where I have ‘stated’ that ‘it’s such a struggle being a single mother,’” she said on her Instagram Story on Monday (September 30). “I’d like to clarify that I was talking about the character of Joan that I play and was not referring to myself.” She added that the context of the original quote “is obvious from the original interview in the Sunday Times Culture section,” published a day prior. “I am very fortunate personally to have a lot of help around me, which is not the case for a lot of people,” she shared. “I applaud all single mothers doing it alone.” In the original interview with The Sunday Times, she discussed the connection she felt to Joan as a mother. “If I hadn’t been a mother, I don’t know if I would have been able to bring the same energy that I did into it,” she explained. “It’s such a struggle being a single mother.

Joan doesn’t go about it in the best way … but it is amazing to see her really fighting for her daughter.” “Joan changed me quite a lot,” she went on. “From utter desperation comes so much will and ambition.

The series came around at a time in my life where I had to be ambitious and I had to have such strong will and fight against the forces.

She gave me a lot of strength.” Find out more about the upcoming Joan series, and what else she said recently about her divorce.