You don’t need a ring on your finger to have a bun in your oven.
The following celebrities have proven this mantra, as they all may love their kids and they all may be outstanding mothers.
But they all got pregnant by someone who was not their husband.
No judgment here, folks. Just a rundown of famous out-of-wedlock mothers…
Kourtney Kardashian
Kourtney Kardashian as THREE kids out of wedlock, all with Scott Disick. But we can understand not wanting to marry that idiot.
Jamie Lynn Spears
Jamie Lynn Spears is the mother to Maddie Aldrige. She gave birth to her when she was an unwed teenager.
Solange Knowles
Solange Knowles is now a happily married woman. But this was not the case when she got pregnant at the age of 17.
Fantasia Barrino
Before being known as an American Idol winner, Fantasia Barrino was known as “mom” to her daughter at the age of 17.
Anna Nicole Smith
Anna Nicole Smith wasn’t the only one who died too young. She gave birth to a son at the age of 17, who passed away just a few months before his mom died.
Shar Jackson
Shar Jackson was pregnant at the time Kevin Federline left her for Britney Spears. She has two children, in fact, with K-Fed.
Bridget Moynahan
Bridget Moynahan is the mother to Tom Brady’s first baby. She made her pregnancy announcement the same month Brady started to date Gisele.
Mary Louise Parker
Mary Louise Parker has a son with a famous father, Billy Crudup. But the actor allegedly left the actress – WHILE SHE WAS 7 MONTHS PREGNANT! – in order to bang Claire Danes.
Royce Reed
Royce Reed is one of several cast members on Basketball Wives. But she’s the best known due to her many clashes with Dwight Howard.
Kimberly Stewart
Kimberly Stewart welcomed a daughter in 2011. You have likely heard of her famous father, who never married Rod’s child: Benicio Del Toro!
Susan Sarandon
Susan Sarandon has two kids and was with Tim Robbins for 20 years before they split in 2009. But she never married him!
Vanessa Paradis
Similarly, Vanessa Paradis dated Johnny Depp for over a decade. She shares two kids with the actor… but she never shared a marriage certificate with him.
Linda Evangelista
Linda Evangelista had a child in 2006. No one knew the father was French billionaire until 2011, once François-Henri Pinault was already married to Salma Hayek.
Adele
Adele has ggivenve birth to her first child with boyfriend Simon Konecki. The superstar has expressed no plans for marriage, however.
Goldie Hawn
Goldie Hawn has never exchanged vows with Kurt Russell in their 30 years of being together. But they do have a son.
Farrah Abraham
Farrah Abraham has a dirty, dirty sex tape. Oh, she also has a child out of wedlock.
Maci Bookout
Maci Bookout has TWO children. But the Teen Mom star lacks a single wedding ring.
Catelynn Lowell
Catelynn Lowell also has two kids. She at least has plans to marry dad Tyler Baltierra, however.
Amber Portwood
We’re glad Amber Portwood never married Gary Shirley. But that doesn’t mean she avoids a spot on this list!
Keisha Castle-Hughes
Actress Keisha Castle-Hughes gave birth at the age of 17. She was with the baby daddy at the time, but never married him. They broke up in 2010, three years later.