She needed a little more “me time.”

Meghann Foye — the author of “Meternity” — bailed on her Friday “Good Morning America” interview at the last minute, facing intense backlash from moms and childless women who say she’s deeply mistaken about maternity leave.

“Meghann was supposed to join us right here live,” “GMA” host Amy Robach announced. “She has just pulled out of the interview. There has been so much backlash about her comments, viewers across the country weighing in on this all night long.”

Foye had earlier told The Post she saw new moms return from maternity leave with new perspectives on life and their jobs — and now believes everyone deserves an extended break from work.

“GMA” co-hosts Rob­ach and Lara Spencer were dumbfounded by the idea — and trashed it in Foye’s absence.

“The ‘perks of maternity leave?’ It’s the opposite of ‘meternity leave.’ You’re giving yourself to another person,” said Robach.

“It’s not about perks,” Spencer explained. “You’re recuperating from giving birth!”

Instead of interviewing Foye, they spoke to Dr. Janet Taylor, a psychiatrist, and Rebecca Jarvis, chief business and economics correspondent for “GMA.”

“There’s no question you need ‘me time,’ ” Taylor said. “But maternity leave is not a time of purpose, of play, passion or reflection. It’s a time of you bonding. It’s a time of you being sleep deprived. But it’s all about your child and attachment.”

She lamented that Foye’s comments pit moms against non-moms.

“And it minimizes the notion of stress and guilt for working moms,” Taylor said. “And it also really undermines the fact that being a mother is a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week, full-time commitment.”

Scores of women have taken to social media to blast Foye’s beliefs.

“Maternity leave is not vacation. In fact, it is one of the hardest experiences I’ve been through,” Esther Levy Raphael wrote on Facebook.

Foye told The Post on Friday she didn’t mean to “disparage maternity.”

“Please understand, I’m not saying maternity leave is a sabbatical, or conflating the two,” she said. “What I am putting forth is the idea of a ‘meternity’ — quite simply to birth a life that works for you.

“I have great respect for moms and know from many of my friends about the sleepless nights and adjustments that are made with a newborn,” she added.

Additional reporting by Lindsay Putnam