20 Celeb Step-Parents That Might Surprise You

Aquaman star Jason Momoa began dating former Cosby Show actress Lisa Bonet in 2005, with the couple officially tying the knot in 2017. When they met, Bonet was already the mother of future Big Little Lies star Zoë Kravitz, whom she shares with her ex-husband, rocker Lenny Kravitz. “Zoë is a beautiful human being,” Momoa told People of his stepdaughter, who affectionately calls him “Papa Bear."

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While Matt Damon and wife Luciana are parents to three children of their own, he’s also the stepfather to his wife’s daughter from her first marriage, Alexia. Alexia’s father, Arbello “Arby” Barroso, gave an interview to Star Magazine to praise Damon’s abilities as a stepfather. “I couldn’t possibly have asked for a better stepfather for my daughter than Matt,” he gushed. “He treats Alexia like she is his own flesh and blood. Matt has been an absolute blessing for my daughter.”

Will Smith was a divorced single dad when he married actress Jada Pinkett. While the couple are parents to son Jaden and daughter Willow, Pinkett-Smith is also stepmother to Smith’s son from his first marriage, Trey. In an open letter that Pinkett-Smith shared with HuffPost, she explained that making peace with her husband’s ex had been a big part of it. “When I married Will, I knew Trey was part of the package… Period!” She wrote. “If I didn’t want that… I needed to marry someone else. Then I learned if I am going to love Trey… I had to learn to love the most important person in the world to him… his mother. And the two of us may not have always LIKED each other... but we have learned to LOVE each other.”

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Actress Gabrille Union likewise inherited an instant family when she married NBA star Dwyane Wade in 2014. Not only did she become stepmother to Wade’s three sons, she also took on raising Wade’s teenage nephew (Wade was awarded custody after a court battle with his sister). Speaking with Us Weekly, Union shared her advice to other prospective step-parents. “My advice is just to be fair, reasonable and consistent,” she said. “If you’re going to be a pushover, be a pushover. If you’re going to be a disciplinarian, be a disciplinarian. But be consistent so that [the kids] can get used to whoever it is that you are.”

Singer Ciara was in the midst of a messy split from her ex, rapper Future, when she fell in love and ultimately married Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson. Speaking with YouTube talk show AM to DM, Wilson opened up about his role helping to raise stepson Future Zahir Wilburn. “A stepdad, you find out what love is like,” he said. “It’s easy to love somebody who is your own blood. When you can love somebody like it’s your own child… that’s what real love is like.”

When singer Kelly Clarkson married husband Brandon Blaystock, she became the stepmother to her new husband’s children from his previous relationship. At the time, they were 12 and six. Ahead of her wedding, Clarkson spoke with Ryan Seacrest (as reported by Taste of Country) about what it was like to become an instant mom. “We all live together and everything,” she explained. “it’s so different, but it’s perfect.” According to Clarkson, she fell into the role surprisingly easily, and insisted she was no pushover. "They’re awesome and I actually really dig the mom thing,” she added. “I am quick to go, ‘I told you not to touch that!’ I am totally my mom. My mom was a hard mom.”

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Kurt Russell has been happily unmarried to partner Goldie Hawn for decades, known simply as “Pa” to actors Kate and Oliver Hudson, Hawn’s children with first husband Bill Hudson. In a Instagram post Kate Hudson celebrated Father’s Day by sharing a photo of herself and Russell, writing in the caption: “Pa, just simply..... Thank you. Happy Father’s Day, I love you to the moon and back.”

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Supermodel Gisele Bündchen had only been dating New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady for two months when his ex-girlfriend, actress Bridget Moynahan, informed him she was pregnant with his child. Married to Brady since 2009, Bundchen opened up about the awkward way she became stepmother to son Jack. “It wasn’t the ideal situation for anyone — there’s no manual to prepare you for that,” Bündchen told People. “But I’m so grateful for [Bridget],” she added. “I know this was hard, but I couldn’t imagine my life without [Jack]. I call him my bonus child.”

LeeAnn Rimes’ relationship with Eddie Cibrian began in scandal, with the two beginning an affair while he was still married to future Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Brandi Glanvile. Rimes and Cibrian married in 2011, making her stepmother to the ex-couple’s two sons. However, Rimes admitted she’s not exactly enamoured of the term “stepmother” because of what she sees as a “negative connotation,” preferring to refer to herself as a ”bonus mom.”

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Before her transition, Caitlyn Jenner was still known as Bruce when she married divorcee Kris Jenner, who had three daughters with her ex-husband, O.J. Simpson attorney Robert Kardashian. TV viewers watched the future transgender advocate as step-parent to Kim, Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian on the reality TV hit Keeping Up With the Kardashians. When Jenner revealed plans to transition to female in 2015, stepdaughter Kim Kardashian pledged her support. "I support him 100 per cent," she said of her then-stepfather; Jenner and Kris Kardashian divorced soon after.

Married to Swizz Beatz, singer Alicia Keys is stepmother to the rapper’s daughter from a previous relationship, Nicole. Keys’ relationship with her husband’s ex, however, hasn't always been smooth sailing. In December 2019, the rapper’s ex, Jahna Sebastian took to Instagram (in a post that she since deleted) to express her anger that her daughter had been calling Keys “mom.”

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David Foster is currently married to former American Idol contestant Katharine McPhee, 40 years his junior and his sixth wife. With all those exes, Foster has been a stepfather a few times. When he was married to Linda Thompson (from 1991 to 2005), he was stepfather to her children with ex Bruce (now Caitlyn) Jenner, Brandon and Brody Jenner. During his subsequent wedding to former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Yolanda Hadid, he was stepfather to her model daughters, Bella and Gigi Hadid, and son Anwar Hadid, whom she shares with ex Mohamed Hadid. In a 2019 interview with Kate and Oliver Hudson’s SIbling Rivalry podcast, Foster’s biological children, Sara and Erin Foster, spoke about the “resentment” they felt toward their step-siblings and their opulent lifestyles. “Our dad was raising other children,” said Sara Foster. “He wasn’t raising us. He was raising Brandon and Brody… That was the thing that kept me up at night.”

James Bond actor Daniel Craig and wife Rachel Weisz have each been married previously, and are step-parents to each other’s children. Craig is stepdad to Weisz’s son, Henry, whose father is director Darren Aronofsky. Weisz is stepmother to Daniel’s grown daughter, Ella, whom he shares with ex-wife Fiona Loudon.

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Catherine Zeta-Jones is exactly 25 years younger than husband Michael Douglas, who was already father to son Cameron (from his first marriage to ex-wife Diandra Luker) when he wed Zeta-Jones. “When she came into our family it could easily have gone the other way. You hear stories about the younger stepmother pushing away kids from a previous marriage,” Cameron Douglas said of his stepmother in an interview with Wales Online. “But from the first day I met her, she said, ‘I want us to be friends and I want you to know you are a huge part of our family and are welcome anytime’. She has been as good as her word.”

When she married French billionaire François-Henri Pinault in 2009, Mexican actress Salma Hayek became stepmother to his three children from his previous marriage. “Every woman has a maternal instinct inside and I think that it’s important that all humans try to have that experience and apply that maternal instinct to some living creature,” she told Hola! of her experience as a stepmother of three and mother of one. “You learn a lot about yourself when you do something for someone else.”

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Eva Longoria and husband Jose Baston welcomed their son Santiago in 2019, and she’s also stepmother to his three children from his earlier marriage. Before becoming pregnant, she was asked if she ever wanted children of her own. "I don't know,” she said in 2017. “Right now I am a stepmom to three amazing kids, and I've had my hands full, and they are amazing and wonderful… It’s been a lot of fun, a lot of fun being a stepmom."

Legendary singer Barbra Streisand has been the stepmother of Avengers: Endgame star Josh Brolin since she married his dad, actor James Brolin, in 1998. When Brolin and wife Kathryn Boyd welcomed their first child in 2019, he jokingly told People that Streisand is “a typical Jewish grandmother."

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While Ashton Kutcher and wife Mila Kunis have two children together, when Kutcher was married to Demi Moore, he was stepfather to the actress’ daughters with ex Bruce Willis, Rumer, Talullah and Scout Willis. In a 2019 interview with Access Hollywood, Moore’s eldest daughter, Rumer Willis revealed she “reached out” to her former stepfather after the birth of his second child with Kunis. “I realized the other day, he was a year younger than me when he and my mom started going out,” she recalled. “It would be like me meeting someone who already had three teenage kids, kind of going into that situation was crazy.”

While Nicole Kidman is Keith Urban’s first wife, she was previously married to Tom Cruise, with the ex-couple adopting two children during their 11-year marriage. Urban opened up to Men’s Health about being a stepfather. "I am very proud of my relationship with my stepchildren," Urban said. "It is warm, but very private and protective."

Transformers star Megan Fox is married to former Beverly Hills, 90210 star Brian Austin Green, and is stepmother to his son, Kassius, from his relationship with actress Vanessa Marcil. Prior to their wedding, Fox proclaimed herself to be "a stepmother to the fullest extent. I have looked after Kassius since he was three and he has no memory of life without me. For some reason, no one wants to look at me that way, but I am responsible [for him]. I've never struggled with that, from bedtime stories to the school run.”