Home and Away star Sophie Dillman reveals the one rude and very invasive question she’s sick of being asked

Sophie Dillman is tired of being asked when she’s going to have a baby.

The 30-year-old former Home and Away star says she feels constant pressure from fans and the media to start a family with her boyfriend and co-star Patrick O’Connor.

“I’m honestly surprised how often this question comes up, and from whom,” Sophie said Yahoo lifestyle.

“I think (THINK) we’ve moved past the belief that women belong.

“But it’s clear that society still considers having a child the pinnacle of a woman’s life.”

Sophie, who met Patrick when they co-starred in the long-running soap, added that double standards are applied when it comes to the ‘baby question’.

“I’m sure Paddy will never get that interview question when I’m not around because it’s still ingrained in our world that men have more to life than procreation, but women don’t,” she said.

And while Sophie appreciates interest in her life and well-being, she finds the question very invasive.

‘What if I was struggling with infertility? What if I didn’t want kids? How are you supposed to tell such things to complete strangers or journalists without being influenced?” she asked.

She added that she is not ready for motherhood and that it is “no one’s business” if she decides to have a child.

Sophie recently revealed how her on-screen romance with Patrick turned into true love.

Sophie played Ziggy Astoni on the soap, and one of her character’s main storylines was her romance with Dean Thompson, played by Patrick.

The lovebirds left the soap earlier this year, but their real-life relationship continued to blossom as they moved to Britain together.

She explained how their on-screen love affair led to them actually developing feelings for each other.

She explained that kissing a fellow actor at work “feels no different than sending an email.”

That was until she kissed Patrick, and she slowly realized that there was more to her feelings than just good acting.

In a column for Yahoo, Sophie wrote: ‘Slowly the sparks started to fly and the laughter got louder, and also more intimate… Ziggy and Dean fell, and so did Sophie and Patrick.

“I remember the exact moment when it stopped feeling like I was kissing a co-worker, and even when people were watching and sweat was dripping down my back, I still had a few butterflies in my stomach.”