Gwyneth Paltrow is battling a “deep sense of impending grief” as her son Moses prepares to leave home.
Gwyneth's 17-year-old son from her marriage to Coldplay's Chris Martin will start university later this year, but Gwyneth, 51, will be left with an empty house after her daughter Apple, 19, has already moved out. He revealed that he was afraid of becoming And her stepson Brody will also be leaving.
She told the Sunday Times: “In the fall [husband] Brad [Falchuk] And I have a boy who is going to college. It will be interesting to see how the morning routine changes without children in the house. ”
Gwyneth added: “On the one hand, incredible sadness. A deep sense of impending grief. On the other hand, this is exactly what should happen.”
“Your children should be young people who achieve, cope, make connections, and are resilient. That's exactly what you want. And that means they leave home. .”
She went on to claim that motherhood is not the same without children living at home. Gwyneth said, “I've been so defined and fulfilled by motherhood. It was kind of central…it was like central…I don't even know how to describe it. !”
“It's like leadership. That's what comes back to me. I look at a lot of friends whose kids went to college. Your kids…change. And, you know, they… I go home a lot. All those things, but it's just not the same as living under the same roof all year round. So I'm just trying to be open about what that means.”
Apple will leave the company in 2022, and she is believed to be studying English, law, history, and social studies at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.
Gwyneth previously described her daughter's departure as “the worst heartbreak I've ever felt”.
She told Us Weekly: “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 were very close and we were together all the time. But I had no idea. It really was.”It's like the worst heartbreak ever [felt].
“It felt like the love of my life had left me for weeks. It was really bad.”
Gwyneth is mom to Moses with Apple and ex-wife Chris Martin, while also stepmom to Brody, 17, and Isabella, 20, from husband Brad Falchuk and a previous relationship.