Gwyneth Paltrow made a rare remark about being ‘stepmom’ to her husband Brad Falchuk’s kids this week.

On Saturday, the Goop founder, 52, posted a heartfelt birthday tribute to Falchuk’s adult daughter, Isabella Falchuk.

‘Happy Birthday my snizzle,’ the Oscar-winner wrote in her Instagram stories sharing a recent photo of the 21-year-old. 

‘You have taught me so much about love,’ the Emma star wrote, adding, ‘I am lucky to be your stepmom.’

Paltrow welcomed Izzy and her younger brother Brody into her heart when she married Falchuk, 54, in 2018. 

Falchuk shares his two children with his ex-wife, Suzanne Bulnik, whom he divorced in 2013 after some 20 years of marriage.

Gwyneth Paltrow made a rare remark about being ‘stepmom’ to her husband Brad Falchuk’s kids this week; seen in 2024 

In a social media post labeled Summer, Paltrow shared several photos capturing her family’s beach time, featuring Izzy and Brody, both 19, as well as her own children Apple, 21, and Moses, 19.

The actress shares her two with ex-husband Chris Martin.  

On her Goop podcast episode in April, featuring her husband Falchuk, the influencer discussed some mistakes made while forming a blended family. “We traversed through some really rough things,” the Avengers franchise star admitted to him.

She further explained, “One of the most profound lessons I’ve learned from my relationship with your daughter — which is now so fantastic — is there was a testing going on.”

‘She was testing me at the time to see at what point I would reject her.’

To avoid getting an reputation as an ‘evil stepmother,’ the actress and entrepreneur decided to take a maternal approach, she told the Glee co-creator. 

‘I was going to be that presence for her, always loving and forgiving in the face of, you know, if she acted up, and show her that ultimately I was so there for her that she would not question my intentions or think that I was there to take you away from her,’ she explained. 

On Saturday, the Goop founder , 52, posted a heartfelt birthday tribute to Falchuk’s adult daughter, Isabella Falchuk

‘Happy Birthday my snizzle,’ the Oscar-winner wrote in her Instagram stories sharing a recent photo of the 21-year-old

In a photo drop on social media labeled Summer, Paltrow shared several photos of her family’s time at the beach and they included shots of Izzy and Brody, 19, along with Paltrow’s children Apple, 21, and Moses, 19 

Paltrow welcomed Izzy and her younger brother Brody into her heart when she married Falchuk, 54, in 2018 

As with most step-parents, Paltrow said she struggled with discipline. 

‘I thought that in my case, if I assert my boundaries or my expectations around manners, or anything like that, it will exacerbate the situation,’ she said. 

Paltrow admitted if she could, she would do things differently. 

‘If I look back at my mistakes as a stepmother, I should have just treated them both like my kids way faster, like, I was too worried about everyone’s feelings, in a way.’