Seeing a shirtless photo of one’s stepdad can leave a person shooketh, and that was certainly the case for Gwyneth Paltrow’s children Moses and Apple Martin with their stepfather Brad Falchuk. In an April 18 newsletter for her company Goop, Paltrow elaborated on the cringe encounter. “My lock screen was a picture of Brad [Falchuk] without his shirt on. And my kids were so traumatized that they picked up the phone and took this selfie,” she said, per E! News. According to the outlet, the selfie that now serves as Paltrow’s lock screen is of Apple and Moses.
Although Falchuk and Paltrow seem to be having great fun with their new blended family, Paltrow said in a 2018 Howard Stern Show interview that it won’t get any larger. “Neither of us want more kids,” Paltrow shared, per US Weekly. “We’re on the same team.” That isn’t to say Paltrow doesn’t enjoy being a stepmother herself to Falchuk’s children, Brody and Isabella. Admitting initial self-doubt on a March 2021 episode of her “The goop Podcast,” Paltrow said that at first (via People), “I was like, ‘S***, I have no idea how to do this. There’s nothing to read. What do I do? Where do I step in? Where do I not?'” However, Paltrow is grateful for the experience. “It’s been a really interesting challenge for me and I love them,” she said, adding, “I’ve learned so much about myself through the process.”
