Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin reunited for their 18-year-old son Moses’ high school graduation in Los Angeles this Friday.The former couple got married in 2003 and separated in 2014, in what Gwyneth famously described as a ‘conscious uncoupling.’
They have since both found love elsewhere – Gwyneth in her marriage to Glee co-creator Brad Falchuk,and Chris with Fifty Shades Of Grey star Dakota JohnSon.
However, throughout their years apart, Chris and Gwyneth have remained friendly co-parents to Moses and their daughter Apple, 20.
Both exes appeared to be in bright spirits as they celebrated their son’s graduation, where Gwyneth was seen giving Moses a warm hug.
Gwyneth was accompanied by her actress mother Blythe Danner, who has featured in such movies as Meet The Parents and The Prince Of Tides.
She was also joined by Brad, who is best known for his writing collaborations with Ryan Murphy, including Glee and American Horror Story.
Dakota was unable to attend the ceremony, as she was in New York City filming her upcoming romantic comedy Materialists.
For her son’s big day, Gwyneth cut a summery figure in a simple pink dress that highlighted her trim frame and plunged to offer a hint of cleavage.
Wearing her signature blonde locks down in sumptuous waves, the Oscar-winning actress lent the look a splash of dazzle with a gold heart medallion.
She ensured she was safe from a drop in temperatures by wrapping herself in a brown knit cardigan, bringing the outfit together with sandals.
Chris meanwhile exuded formal English chic at the graduation, arriving in a full suit and tie and accessorizing the look with a pin.
He radiated good cheer and bonhomie, grinning broadly as he chatted with his daughter before heading into the festive event.Apple modeled a stylish polka dot dress that emphasized her lithe frame, and let down the wavy flaxen hair that has drawn floods of comparisons to Gwyneth.
The graduation comes weeks after Gwyneth admitted to her mounting anxiety over the prospect of becoming an empty nester.
Moses, her youngest child, is headed off to Brown University in Rhode Island – across the country from what Gwyneth has called her ‘forever house’ in Montecito.
‘It’s kind of giving me a nervous breakdown, if I’m honest,’ she confessed at an event for her wellness brand Goop, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
‘I started being like: “Oh my God, and I need to quit my job and I need to sell my house and I need to move.” It’s sort of putting things into turmoil,’ she said.
‘My identity has been being a mother. Apple’s going to be 20 in May. So I’ve oriented my whole life around them and their schedules and when school starts.’
She explained: ‘You start to let go in increments when they’re driving themselves around or doing certain things. It is a slower process.’
Gwyneth added: ‘I feel really lucky because I have a close group of mom friends and we all raised our kids alongside one another. So we’re kind of in it together.’
When she and Chris first split in 2014, she inspired widespread mockery by referring to their separation as a ‘conscious uncoupling.’
Gwyneth recently shared how important it was to her and Chris to have an amicable co-parenting relationship for Apple and Moses’ sake.
She explained that she and Chris ‘both really did not want to have them experience the divorce as a trauma,’ in a cover interview with Bustle.
‘We knew that it would be hard, of course, but we didn’t want them to ever feel in the middle, or that one of us was slagging off the other one.’
The wellness mogul disclosed: ‘At that time, I did a very me thing, which was when I knew I wanted to get a divorce, I did this data collection of talking to adults who had been products of a broken home.’
She revealed: ‘Every single one of them said: “I didn’t care that my parents got divorced. That wasn’t it. But the fact that they wouldn’t speak to each other, that they couldn’t both sit at a dinner table for my birthday…”They said that was the most awful thing. You could see they held it with so much hurt and anger. I was like: “That’s what I’m never going to do.” And we really didn’t.’
