The famous British Olympic diving medalist, Tom Daley, decided to respond to the criticism he has been receiving on social media after becoming a father, alongside his husband Dustin Lance Black, of a child created through surrogacy. In an interview with the tabloid The Telegraph, the athlete declared that “a lot of people asked why we didn't adopt. My answer is: You wouldn't make this suggestion to a straight couple who had a biological child, would you?" At another point, Daley, who is part of the production of a documentary about LGBT parents who use this method to become biological parents, stated that he and his husband maintain a close and friendly relationship with the woman who rented her belly to their mother. child's pregnancy. “She [the woman] is part of our life as she was during the nine months of pregnancy. Some people have no relationship with the person who gives in their belly and even completely sever the bond, but not us. We always talk to her.” Tom and Dustin's sperm were used for fertilization. The two say that it doesn't matter which one fertilized the egg: “We are both parents, it is our child. It doesn't matter whose genetic material it was. He belongs to both of us.”
