Gwyneth Paltrow is getting real about one of her biggest life regrets: not having more kids.
The actress and Goop founder, 52, opened up on her Gooppodcast with husband Brad Falchuk and shared that for a long time, she felt her family wasn’t complete. She already had two children, Apple and Moses, with ex-husband Chris Martin, but still felt something was missing.
“My dad used to say his only regret was not having more kids,” she said. “And I felt like that for a long time… until I got stepchildren.”
After marrying Brad, Gwyneth became stepmom to his two kids, and that changed everything for her. She said the feeling of family finally clicked. But it didn’t happen overnight.
She admitted they didn’t even live together right after getting married. “We waited a year. We thought we were doing the right thing, easing the kids into it. But now I think maybe we just dragged it out,” she said.
And being a stepmom? Not exactly a fairytale.
“Step-parenting is tricky,” she said. “You come in with good intentions, hoping for harmony. But the truth is, kids act out. The stepmom becomes the target. The dad gets stuck in the middle.”
She got personal about how being a stepmother triggered her insecurities. “Am I lovable? Am I accepted too? It brings up all your core stuff,” she said. “It’s not about being perfect, it’s about working through it.”
Despite the rocky start, Gwyneth Paltrow says they eventually found their rhythm as a blended family. “The payoff is even bigger with stepkids because it’s not a natural bond, you build it from scratch,” she said.
Now, years later, she says the entire family, her two biological kids and her two stepkids, have grown together, and she wouldn’t have it any other way.
“You get to co-create something beautiful out of something that starts out uncomfortable. And that, to me, is magic.”
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