By Page Six | Created at 2026-08-18 00:42:16 | Updated at 2026-08-18 01:36:12
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Salma Hayek has officially landed a new role — as grandma!
The actress’s stepson, François Pinault Jr., and his wife, Lara Cosima Henckel von Donnersmarck, welcomed their first child — a boy — earlier this month.
Hayek gushed over the newborn via Instagram on Sunday, sharing a video of herself holding her grandson and talking to him as he let out what sounded like a laugh.
“We are blessed to welcome the fourth living generation of Francois’,” the “Frida” star captioned the adorable clip.
“Although I will call him Panchito. He seems to love it, and I cannot love him more.”
Henckel von Donnersmarck, 23, also took to the platform to share sweet photos with her son and Pinault Jr., 38, a few days prior.
In one snap, the new mom beamed as she lay beside her son on a picnic blanket, while another showed her cradling the newborn.
Other photos showed Pinault Jr. feeding the little one a bottle and on diaper duty.
“my husband (the world’s coolest françois) … and our son ( the world’s cutest françois) … our first month as parents🐣,” Henckel von Donnersmarck captioned the photos.
It’s unclear when the couple got married, but Henckel von Donnersmarck announced their engagement in March after a year of dating.
Hayek, meanwhile, tied the knot with François-Henri Pinault, 64, in 2009, and the duo shares their 18-year-old daughter, Valentina.
Aside from Pinault Jr., Pinault is also dad to Mathilde, 25, and Augustin, 19, from previous relationships.
Hayek previously opened up about wanting several children but being unable to have them during a candid interview with Red magazine in 2017, per Us Weekly.
“I’ve had that yearning, that longing, and that pain,” she said. “I always wanted to have a lot of children, and I was not able to. My body, as a miracle, had one.
“The huge blessing I’ve had is that my husband has three other children. So I have four. And they are all so different.”
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