When You Have A Baby, Love Is

When I Look In The Mirror, I See My Late Mother: I Have Her Nose, Her Dark Eyes - I Call Them Chocolate Eyes - I Have Her Colouring, And My Hair Is Greying The Same Way, Although I Use Colour And She Didn't.

My Mother Has Always Been My Role Model, And I Believe My Survival In The Entertainment Business Is In Large Part Due To My Desire To Be A Strong Woman Like My Mother. She Is My Hero.

So, Babies Are Taken From Their Mothers Because They Get Temporarily Insane And It's Not The Mother's Fault. This Is The Thing: They Shouldn't Feel Ashamed. They Didn't Cause This. It Is Not Something They Did To Themselves.

I Was So Honored When Diane Sawyer Named Me "person Of The Week," And Like I Told Her, "diane, I Love My Daughter." I Cried When I Found Out When She Told Me She Was Gay When She Was 17 Because Of The Judgment.

When I Did 'dancing With The Stars,' I Got Literally Thousands Of Emails From People Saying, 'we Relate To You. I've Been Divorced. I'm Raising Kids On My Own.' Or, 'you've Had Money. You've Lost Money.'