- Morgan Stewart is a mom of two under 2 — her youngest was born in February.
- After her maternity leave, Stewart announced she would not return as a host of "Daily Pop."
- She said that she's figuring out life with two kids and that she doesn't want to have more children.
After giving birth to her second baby, a son named Grey, in February, Morgan Stewart announced she would not be coming back to host E!'s show "Daily Pop."
TV has been a natural fit for Stewart, who says she loves pop culture and has a personality for it. She started her television career as the breakout star of E!'s reality show "Rich Kids of Beverly Hills," which premiered in 2014.
"I knew I was going to be on television," Stewart told Insider. "That was the only thing that I was good at. That was the only thing that I was going to have a career at."
Stewart said that before landing the gig she was "just sort of floating around" and that the years after high school were challenging.
Today, with her husband, Jordan McGraw; her daughter, Row, and her son, Grey; a clothing line; and five years of E! hosting duties under her belt, she's in a much better place.
"I love working in general," she said. "I love being busy. I love having things to do. I love having a sense of purpose."
Becoming a mom was an adjustment
Both of Stewart's pregnancies were during the pandemic. "With Row I was very sick," she said. "I was filming the show from home because we were in COVID. It was like the universe was on my side, where I didn't have to go into the studio, because I wouldn't have been able to."
She said that motherhood was an adjustment for her and that she was looking forward to her daughter being a little older, adding, "I'm not the biggest fan of the baby stage."
While Stewart is stepping away from "Daily Pop," she plans to continue working on "Nightly Pop" and her online show, "Necessary Realness." Stewart said she's reducing her hosting responsibilities to spend more time with her kids.
"I don't think there is such a thing as balance. I think you just do the best you can," she said. "There was no way I was going to leave these two babies at 5:45 in the morning and not be back until the afternoon."
While Stewart called being a parent "the best thing in the entire world," she acknowledged a need for something outside the home.
She added that within a few months of giving birth to her son, she also felt the need for more structure. "We've got to get some structure back to the day — we've got to have some responsibility," she said.
Parenting 2 kids under 2
Stewart said she's still trying to find the balance in parenting two kids under 2.
"I think the balance is really just trying to do your best," she said, adding: "You've really just got to get up every day and be like, it might be fucking messy today, and that's OK, and we're going to get through it. Row might get into the bath 30 minutes late, and she might have a blowout, but that's just what it's going to be."
It's not just her kids' schedules Stewart has to balance now but her own. Stewart's work schedule requires filming four mornings a week for "Nightly Pop" plus "Necessary Realness" each Tuesday.
She's done having kids
Stewart told Insider that there are no more kids in the plan. "Two is enough for me," she said. "Everyone's like, 'It's so good you had a girl and a boy' — if I had a turtle I wouldn't have had another child."
She said that while some days are harder than others, she's discovered a valuable parenting lesson. "You have to be happy," she said, "or nobody is happy."