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Embracing everything that motherhood entails while furthering a career isn't easy for anyone — even if you're Jessica Biel.
While appearing at a Tiffany gala, the mom of baby Silas — who turned 1 on April 8 — and wife of Justin Timberlake opened up about what Us Weekly described as "mommy guilt" during a Friday interview.
"[I felt it] like a minute ago," Biel, 34, told the magazine. "And about 10 seconds ago. And just now! I feel it all the time. It's hard to find that balance, you know, between working and feeling like an independent person and like a woman again."
Starring in the movie "The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea," Biel expressed similar frustrations in a February interview with the website The Skimm, whose Q&A was republished on her own Instagram account.
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When asked to finish the sentence, "Woke up like this," the actress replied, "Disheveled, running late, doing too many things at once and underperforming all of them; but pretty thrilled about mediocrity! Could be a lot worse, guys. A lot worse."
Despite those pressures, Silas, who's been "crawling like a maniac," has been a source of entertainment, she told Us Weekly.
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"He's a ham!" she added. "He's a total ham!"
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