Elsie Hewitt explains why she is not breastfeeding baby with Pete Davidson

Elsie Hewitt has spoken publicly about her decision not to breastfeed her newborn daughter, Scottie Rose Hewitt Davidson, whom she welcomed with partner Pete Davidson in December last year.

The 29-year-old British model and actress shared her experience in a new interview with Elle, reflecting on motherhood, an unplanned pregnancy and living with stage 4 endometriosis.

Hewitt described a long-standing sense of detachment from her body. “For years, my body has felt like it doesn’t belong to me. It belonged to an industry. To the gaze. To weeks spent barely able to get out of bed. To an illness. And then to pregnancy. My body has been looked at, assessed, consumed, and monetized. It has been poked and prodded and quite literally cut open.”

Speaking about her pregnancy, she said, “My pregnancy was unplanned. I got pregnant after many years of feeling disconnected from my body, for a number of reasons.” She revealed she underwent laparoscopic excision surgery for stage 4 endometriosis shortly before becoming pregnant.

Hewitt admitted she struggled during pregnancy. “For the most part, I hated being pregnant. I was deeply uncomfortable. I was constantly sick, exhausted, and in pain.” She chose care under an OB-GYN, describing it as “the most clinical approach to pregnancy and birth—not one I loved—but one I felt I needed for my health and safety.”

Addressing her decision not to breastfeed, she said, “There is inherent guilt in choosing not to breastfeed.” She added, “I personally knew if I breastfed I would not be capable of being as present a mother as I have become.”

Hewitt also developed mastitis following childbirth, calling the experience “a mini war within my body and my mind.”

On sharing responsibilities with Davidson, she said, “I chose to redistribute a small part of that weight by making feeding something we both carry.”