Joy Taylor has never shied away from making a provocative statement, but her most recent one may take the cake. Taylor took her Two Personal Shows podcast on the air to reveal her secret plans for her own future – and let her audience know once and for all that motherhood isn’t on her bucket list.
What ensued was a hilarious, sharp, and surprisingly philosophical monologue about legacy, delusions of self-importance, and why she has no interest in leaving mini Joy Taylors out in the world.
“I Love Children. I Just Don’t Want Any”
Seated across from media personality Kendra G, Taylor launched straight into the always-charged topic of leaving a legacy via children. She did not sugarcoat one syllable.
“I love children,” she said, then dropped the hammer. “I don’t want to have them.”
No hesitation. No apologies. Just facts.
Taylor started off by saying she thinks it is great to want to have a legacy, but she immediately corrected herself mid-sentence.
“That’s not true. I think legacy is silly.”
Cue Kendra’s shock-faced expression. Cue the Internet holding its pearls.
Joy vs. The Concept of Legacy: A Monologue for the Ages
Taylor took it even further, presenting her entire theory for why she believes “the pressure to create ‘legacy’” is not only overrated but delusional altogether.
“If you aren’t actually building a family and you’re just making children so that in your brain your genes live on because you think you’re special, it’s fucking nuts,” she stated flatly. “That is not a legacy. And it’s total b*llshit.”
Tell us how you really feel, Joy.
As Taylor says, the human desire to be remembered isn’t noble. It’s narcissistic cosplay masquerading as purpose.
“I think we as humans have this incredibly elevated godlike mentality of ourselves that we are just going to be remembered for generations, and our power is going to get passed, and five generations from now they’re going to be talking about Grandma Joy. They’re not going to be talking about you. They don’t care,” she explained.
Then comes the punch line:
“Maybe one person will say your name in 200 years. And that doesn’t matter. That’s okay.”
“Legacy? Not For Her.” “Recipes? Maybe.”
To be clear, Taylor isn’t anti-family. She’s just pro-self-awareness.
“I think it’s great to want a family and to pass things on and recipes and all that,” she said. “It’s not for me.”
That is, she has respect for others who want to have children, but what she checks out hard is the societal fascination with “carrying on your bloodline.”
Meanwhile, Joy’s Other Hot Takes Are Thriving
The Joy Taylor renaissance has been in full force lately. From viral dating commentary to eyebrow-raising relationship hypotheticals, she has finally reached her full form. The no filter truth teller of sports media.
Earlier this year, she had a sit-down with Paul Pierce and Azar Farideh on The Truth After Dark podcast, where she dropped another gem that immediately cemented her Hall of Fame for Joy Taylor Quotes.
“If you see me pull up with a 70-year-old, don’t ask any f*cking questions, okay. He’s got a plane. I’m doing this for all of us.”
