Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting, who is currently pulling in $1 million per episode on The Big Bang Theory, recognizes the strides women have made toward equality.
But that doesn’t mean she considers herself a feminist.
“It’s not really something I think about,” she told Redbook magazine for its February issue, on newsstands Jan. 6. “Things are different now, and I know a lot of the work that paved the way for women happened before I was around … I was never that feminist girl demanding equality, but maybe that’s because I’ve never really faced inequality,” she said.
Cuoco-Sweeting, 29, who married husband Ryan Sweeting, 27, on New Year’s Eve last year, said that she cooks for him “five nights a week: It makes me feel like a housewife; I love that. I know it sounds old-fashioned, but I like the idea of women taking care of their men. I’m so in control of my work that I like coming home and serving him,” she told the magazine.
“My mom was like that, so I think it kind of rubbed off.”
On the breast augmentation she chose to undergo while starring on 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter, the actress went on to reaffirm what she once called “the best decision I ever made.”
“I had no boobs!” she tells the magazine. “[The surgery] really was the best thing ever! I always felt ill-proportioned. My implants made me feel more confident in my body. It wasn’t about trying to be a porn star or wanting to look hot and sexy.”
Finally, her advice for women still taking nude photos on their iPhone following the hack of her own naked photos?
“Get a Polaroid!”
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