Gwyneth Paltrow is preparing to become an empty nester.
In a recent interview with The Sunday Times, the actress talked about how she’s preparing to say goodbye to her son Moses and her husband Brad Falchuk’s son Brody when he moves away for university in the fall. She’s interested in “how your morning routine changes when you don’t have kids in the house,” she explained.
“on the one hand [I feel] Incredible sadness. “I feel the immediate sadness deeply,” she said. “On the one hand, this is exactly what should happen. Your children should be young adults who are capable of achieving, coping, making connections, and being resilient. That’s exactly what you want. . And that means they leave home.”
Like Moses, the ‘Shakespeare in Love’ star also shares 19-year-old daughter Apple with her ex-husband, Coldplay frontman Chris Martin.
Paltrow is preparing to become an empty nester. (Gwyneth Paltrow Instagram/Getty Images)
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Paltrow said that for many years, she “doesn’t even know how to express” how she feels because “being a mother has given me so much definition and fulfillment.” He explained.
“It’s like a guiding force. That’s what I go back to,” she said. “I see a lot of friends who have kids who went to college. Your kids… change. And, you know, they often come home and it’s just not the same as life.” We’re under the same roof all year round, so we’re just trying to be open about what that means. ”
The actress recognizes that each stage of life creates a “whole new emotional vocabulary” and that you can’t know what an emotion will feel like until you’re faced with it.
That said, she tries to look for “signs of hope” in this new phase of her life wherever she can find them.
Paltrow is looking forward to being more independent when her and Falchuk’s children go to college. (Greg DeGuire/FilmMagic)
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“Spontaneity! I don’t really go anywhere, I don’t do anything, because I want to be with my kids while I’m home,” she said. “You know, I was like, ‘Oh, we’re having girls’ weekends all over the place,’ and I was like, ‘Oh no, Moses has 88 days left to live.’ [with me]’, You know? I basically he has been tied to the school calendar for 20 years. So how would you feel without that? I don’t know. If you let it, it’s very exciting in a way. perhaps? “
Paltrow’s daughter Apple will go to college in September 2022, and has already been living away from home for about two years.
At the time, the actress told Us Weekly that “it felt like the love of my life had left me for weeks” when her daughter left home, calling the whole experience “terrible.”
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Paltrow recalled feeling “heartbroken” when her daughter went off to college. (Dominic Lipinski/Getty Images)
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“It was a big change. I didn’t know what was going to happen, but I knew it was going to be difficult because Apple and I are very close and we’ve always been together,” Paltrow told the magazine in October 2022. Because of this,” he said. I don’t know.It was like the worst heartbreak ever [felt]. ”
