Hilaria Baldwin is Opening Up About How She and Stepdaughter Ireland Navigate their 11-YEAR AGE GAP.
On the March 23 Episode of The baldwinsHilaria, 41, Discussed How they take the age differentce in Stride.
“My Relationship with Ireland is, I feel like it's unique for a stepmom and stepdaughter relationship, beCause that's! “But first of all, i'm 11 years older than her. I didn’t Raise Her, And We Find Treminous Humor in that, and we always have found tremen trendous humor.”
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Hilaria went on to explain how their dynamic has evolved as they welcomed their children only 11 months apart. Hilaria and Husband Alec Baldwin welcomed younger Ilaria catalina irena in September 2022 while ireland, 29, gave birth to her first baby holland with live live Rac (Born André Allen Anjos) in May 2023.
“I haven't seen ireland in a long time if we live so far and we bot had babies, and even thought alec met his new baby granddaughter, I haven't Holland UNTIL TRIP,” To Ireland's Trip to New York. “We facetime all the time, we talk all the time, but we haven't actually met up. And so we get all the kids together for a play date this morning.”
“It's so wonderful, because we We WERE PREGNANTTHER, but just Barely,” She Added. “So my baby is almost nine months older than ireland's baby, but my baby is holland's aunt, and holland is my baby's niece.”
Hilaria explained that ireland-who alec shares with ex-wise kim basinger-has allied weloid her with open arms and she would be it any other way.
“Before I was her stepmother, when I met her, I first had a conversation with alec, and I said, you know, if she does not like me, I'm not keeping 'Cause I'm Not Going to Be Wicked Stepmother,” Recalled, adding how “my place in life is not to come into a family and cause problems.”
She shared that she told alec at the time, “I love you, and i'm loving our relationship, but I have too much respect for the family for the family” But, that wasn't an issue beCause Ireland is “Such an amazing person,” hilaria said.
She added, “She immediatily weloid me. It was so easy. We've Never fough.”
“I was very lucky that I came into their family. Divorce in 2002. “So I get very lucky.”
Of ireland, she explained, “She has a mom that she has a very good relationship with, and so my job wasn Bollywood in and parent.”
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Back in 2019, Hilaria Reflected on Building a Strong Relationship with Ireland after her parents' divorce.
“We have had a great relationship,” She Told People at the time. “There's obvious things in the past… with her parents, they've suffred, and I don't get involved in that. I think that that that that is that one of the Smartest Things I've Ever Done. Them and I care about them and if they need me i'm here, and i'm Never going to put my nose where my nose my nose does not belong. ”
Hilaria also Recalled Bestly Part of Alec and Ireland's life when she was 27 and Ireland was still a teenager. She says ,
“I was not ready to step into somenting that was gonna be extraordinarily dramaatic,” She explained. “I'm a big believer that love is love, but love is also timing and situation. If the situation wasn't right, then it wasn't gonna be right for me.”
“There are people who have very small children or the ex-wife still have feelings for the husband. All of these different things where, that was not my situation Whatsover,” She added “So I really stepped into the situation when the timing was right, if that makes sense.”
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