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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe star said she used them because she didn\u2019t want to \u201clook like a duck.\u201d Her grown-up daughter, Chloe Mills, then 28, was living with the legendary actress while working as a model, and in February 2023, Donna shared the latest photo of herself.<\/span> In an Instagram post, the actress shared an image of her alongside her daughter and another of her alone. The star revealed in the caption that she and her daughter, whom she called \u201cbunny,\u201d were in the Daily Mail, adding:\u201cShe\u2019s the best decision I\u2019ve ever made\u2026 now that she\u2019s all grown up, I couldn\u2019t be happier to be back in-front of the camera.\u201dFans were thrilled to see the actress\u2019 latest image and her daughter. One person was surprised to see Donna\u2019s photo and wanted to know if the pictures were taken 20 years before because the star hadn\u2019t \u201cchanged a bit!!\u201dSomeone else thought the mother-daughter pair were both \u201cjust stunning.\u201d A third person believed Donna and Chloe were \u201cblessed to have each other\u201d because there was \u201cno greater love than that,\u201d while another fan thought the duo was \u201cbeautiful ladies\u201d before noting how the actress had raised a \u201cwonderful and talented lady.\u201dDid Donna Raise Chloe with a Man?According to her IMDb account, Donna once had a long-term relationship with Richard Holland. An October 1986 magazine article revealed that the actress was \u201chappily unmarried\u201d by age 41 and was dating Holland.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n The star and the writer-producer had been in a relationship for several years. In 1983, Donna, then 37, confessed that she always had a relationship, but during the past five years, she had been dating one person \u2013 Holland, then 31.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hollan was an advertising executive and a screenwriter, and he was once a rock guitarist. Although the pair had been together for a long time, they lived in their two-bedroom houses, with the actress\u2019s one in Beverly Hills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Her home even had a terraced outdoor swimming pool, while Holland\u2019s home was near Studio City and featured a hot tub. The \u201cKnots Landing\u201d star once revealed that there was a point where she and her boyfriend were \u201cpractically living together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, it didn\u2019t seem far on Holland when she was shooting shows and would get 5 a.m. wake-up calls. The couple then decided they\u2019d stay together only on weekends, but the screenwriter said they didn\u2019t live together because they weren\u2019t married.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Donna wasn\u2019t rushing into marriage, and she and her boyfriend had their own homes to escape to whenever needed. The actress explained that she didn\u2019t see getting married as giving \u201cmore security\u201d than one who wasn\u2019t in a union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Despite them not being married, the star admitted that Holland was the change she wanted. The relationship fizzled out, with the pair never having children together, and Donna had her daughter alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Why Did Donna Decide to Adopt Alone at 54 and Disappear from the Public? Donna was 54 when she got Chloe and recalled people saying she was too old to have a baby, but she never felt the same. The star said she never felt older than other mothers in their 20s and took an 18-year break from her career to be home with her daughter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Throughout those years, Chloe\u2019s mother didn\u2019t work except for the first few years. Donna did some television movies and other things that allowed her to take her daughter with her wherever but when Chloe started school, her mother couldn\u2019t leave town for two months at a time, with her admitting:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI didn\u2019t become a mother to give her to a nanny.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chloe\u2019s mother was described as an ambitious person who \u201cconcentrated\u201d on her career as an actress or a film production company owner. Donna was already well-known on television when she gave up her career to become a single parent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The star wanted children even though it hadn\u2019t been the most important thing in her life. In 1989, she left \u201cKnots Landing\u201d but had minor roles and her company to fall back on but wanted something more and noticed she felt jealous when she saw children running to their mothers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The actress felt discontent and realized she wanted to be a mother and had something to give a child. It took a Los Angeles adoption agency nine months to find a baby for Donna, who \u201cfell in love\u201d with Chloe the moment she set her eyes on her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The actress\u2019s only child [Chloe Mills] wanted it to be the two of them, and Donna [Mills] was fine with that. If Donna had lived in the UK, adoption might\u2019ve been hard for her as a single woman in her mid-50s. However, in the US, private agencies arranged most of the adoptions, and it was a different process, but the actress said it hadn\u2019t crossed her mind, although it should\u2019ve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n California didn\u2019t have any marriage requirements or upper age limit for adoption, but the adopter had to see a psychiatrist before the adoption. However, no one in the adoption process mentioned Donna\u2019s age to her, but some outsiders weren\u2019t pleased, with her recalling:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cPeople would sometimes say: \u2018You\u2019re going to have a toddler running around when you\u2019re 60 \u2014that\u2019s going to be terrible!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chloe\u2019s mother never felt older than the 30 years younger mothers in the playgroup with her, and she was even friends with some of them today. People she knew never commented on the fact that she adopted an interracial child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, Donna still joined an organization that specialized in interracial adoptions because she felt there might be issues she\u2019d need to address. The organization had classes and summer camp where the actress learned things she wasn\u2019t aware of, like buying certain hair care products for her daughter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At age three, the star asked her daughter if she\u2019d like a sister or brother, and the child agreed. Donna then told the child that she\u2019d have to hold the baby sometimes, and Chloe hilariously changed her mind about having a sibling, and the discussion was put to rest!<\/p>\n\n\n\n The actress\u2019s only child wanted it to be the two of them, and Donna was okay with that. Taking on parenthood as a single mother was a rare route, but the star could devote herself to motherhood entirely because she\u2019d made money throughout her career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Donna Mills returned to Hollywood at 82 after an 18-year disappearance. 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Before Donna adopted Chloe, she was focused on her career. In 2022, the actress confessed that she realized something \u2013 a child- was missing at a certain point and decided to go after it, adopting her daughter when she was four.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"Chloe](\"https:\/\/cdn.shortpixel.ai\/stsp\/to_webp,q_lossy,ret_img\/https:\/\/cdn.amomama.com\/1d6c629b924f1e6b466253e6aefa9b3c.jpg\")
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The star felt her new baby was hers and believed the right child who was meant for her came. She did some films in the first year or two because she could take her daughter along, but she stopped when the child started school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"Donna](\"https:\/\/cdn.shortpixel.ai\/stsp\/to_webp,q_lossy,ret_img\/https:\/\/cdn.amomama.com\/e36115a970d8175ef87b47ae6273293d.jpg\")
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