You don’t need to write an essay explaining why you don’t want kids.

It’s within your rights as a person to procreate or not.

Many celebrities are choosing to not have kids because of one reason or the other.

Rachael Ray smiling in glasses

In an interview withPeople, the chef said that she is simply too busy to have kids.

“I work too much to be an appropriate parent,” she admitted.

“I feel like a bad mom to my dog some days because I’m just not here enough.

Rachael Ray talking onstage

And busy she is!

She is also committed to developing new talent in the industry.

To say that she doesn’t have time for kids is a gross understatement.

Rachael Ray and husband posing

As a businesswoman, she’s not about that needy life.

I just dumped them.”

Ray made it clear to them that that kind of burden was simply a no-no.

“I don’t need that pressure in my life.”