Angie Kent always knew she'd be a solo mum by choice. She just told us why.

"Deep down in my whole being, I always knew that I was going to have my first baby on my own."

It's a brave and unconventional choice, but for Angie Kent, the choice has always been obvious.

Earlier this month, Kent shared her decision to become a solo mum by choice — a move that's "not a 'Plan B', just my plan". The former Bachelorette star has now sat down with No Filter to share more.

While the world often views solo motherhood as a "Plan B," the former Bachelorette is flipping the script. For Kent, this path isn't a backup — it's a destination she has been walking toward since long before her reality TV days.

"I think a lot of people think after 30, if you're not dating or you're not with somebody as a woman, nobody wants you or you must be really difficult… but some of us don't want to date," she told No Filter.

"You don't have to settle and you also don't have to take on this judgment that you want a baby on your own because a man doesn't want you."

Tired of waiting, the popular reality star decided there was no better time than now, so she's choosing herself.

"I'm picking me. I'm picking my donor. I'm picking when I want to do it, and I'm gonna break some generational cycles while I'm at it," she said.

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The former Gogglebox star admitted her close friends and family weren't surprised by her "beat of her own drum" approach to family. While she spent years in the public eye dating on screen, Kent says she has always been content in her own company.

"I'm so happy single. Like, it's actually sad how much I spend time on my own. Well, other people think it's sad. I love it," she said.

While she's open to the possibility of having a child with someone one day, she didn't want to compromise on her first baby.

"I don't want to potentially have to share that part of my life," she said.

"I want to be able to give this baby everything and not be torn or have somebody that comes in and doesn't agree with me."

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Kent said she chose to wait until her mid-30s to ensure she had done the "work" first.

"I've done a lot of work. I could keep doing work forever, and I still will, but I'm not going to keep waiting to be the best version of me, because I don't know what she looks like, and I'm still going to stuff up, but I'm gonna keep trying my very best for sure," she said.

Kent spoke to Mamamia earlier this month about what inspired her to share her story on her public platform after first starting her IVF journey last year on TV series, Big Miracles.

"After that, I started to share little bits here and there, but I wasn't quite ready to fully dive in. It's such a big, personal decision, and I needed time to sit with it myself before talking about it publicly after sharing so much on the show," she told Mamamia.

"Coming into 2026, it just felt like the right time to really start sharing more. I've done the reflecting, the therapy, the planning and I realised I have this platform, and I can either keep it light and surface-level or use it to talk honestly about something that so many women are quietly navigating."

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By sharing her decision, Kent hopes to destigmatise the idea of being a solo mum by choice.

"I want to help normalise the idea that there's no one way to create a family anymore, and I think that's actually something really amazing," she said.

Kent has found herself 'overwhelmed' by how many women resonated with her story.

"The overwhelming majority of the feedback has been incredibly supportive. I've heard so many stories. Some inspiring, some really hard, and it's shown me how many people are quietly walking similar paths," she said.

"It's shown me how many women are thinking about alternative ways to create a family, even if they haven't felt ready or safe to say it out loud yet."

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On Instagram, the 35-year-old admitted she had received one especially nasty comment, suggesting that Centrelink shouldn't have to support her choice. But Kent is focusing on the positive response over the occasional naysayer.

"Of course, there's been the occasional online troll, but that's life. You can't please everyone, and I'm not out here trying to. This is my choice. I'm not forcing it on anyone, I'm simply sharing what's right for me," she said.

"The negative comments tend to come from a place of fear or discomfort with something that sits outside the norm. When something challenges long-held ideas, some people react by attacking instead of listening. I don't feel it's my job to convince or educate everyone — I'm just sharing my experience."

Elaborating further on No Filter, Kent said she believes concerns about a "lack of a father figure" are rooted in outdated generational fears.

"I feel like there would have always been something, but the fact I'm doing it on my own is another whole layer of almost like... fear based from a generation where they thought they could never have a kid without a man, because number one, who would support them," she said.

"There's still that internalised misogyny, and misogynistic people that show up on my page, and are like, 'You're selfish because your kid won't have a dad.' And I'm like, Well, my kid will have so many amazing masculine and feminine energies...

"It'll be this beautiful balance of a family that I've cultivated for my baby, not just like some deadbeat person that I thought was the right person."

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The road ahead.

Kent documents her IVF journey on her Instagram, telling her followers that she has retrieved 14 embryos, selected her sperm donor, and after a scheduled surgery for her endometriosis next month, she will lock in the embryo transfer.

"I've been open about the fact that I'm having my final laparoscopy in February, just after my 36th birthday! Happy birthday to me! I'll then focus on healing from that, and if all goes to plan, I'll be doing my first embryo transfer after that. So… watch this space," she told Mamamia.

"If sharing my experience helps even one woman feel less alone, or more confident in trusting her own timeline and choices, then it feels worth it to me."

Her vision board for 2026 has one key image: Kent pregnant.

"If I fall straight away, I will have, hopefully, a Christmas baby," she told No Filter.

"Living close to my family, being near my mum and dad and my brothers for the first time properly in years, to get a second chance of having a family all together. I'm so excited for that, and I hope that it happens."

As for dating? Kent, who identifies as pansexual, is not closing her door completely.

"I love hearts, not parts… I love laughing. I love being silly. I love feeling… safe, because when you're safe, you can be your craziest, silliest, wildest self," she said.

"I haven't dated a dude in five years. I've mostly only dated women or queer people… so we'll see what I'm into after if I get to have a baby. My hormones may all change, and all I want is penis again."

For those watching her journey from afar, the reality star has one piece of advice: trust the "knowing" in your body.

"You're not alone, even though you're choosing to be a single mother by choice," she said.

"Opinions are like assholes; everybody's got one. You've got to take on what benefits you.

"You've got to do what feels right for you. And if you feel like you want a baby, and that's just a knowing in your body, why shouldn't you give yourself that chance?"

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