There is an old Irish saying that goes something like, “Children are the rainbow of life.
Grandchildren are the pot of gold.”
Here are celebrities who absolutely love being grandparents, even if some of them won’t call themselves that.
The elder Hanks and Wilson have three grandchildren, as Colin has two daughters and Chet has one.
What’s more, they are not afraid to get down and dirty with the kids.
“You just got to hang out.”
Tom added, “You have to make their macaroni and cheese just perfectly.”
That is, without a doubt, crucial.
“Being a grandmother is amazing, I love it.
It brings incredible joy.
Family is so important,” Hawn toldAustralian Women’s Weekly’s Now to Love.
Hawn lives only blocks away from her daughter, so we imagine Gogo’s over quite often.
Cordell has three kids, the youngest of whom was born in 2023.
Corde has three living children and tragically lost a fourth one years ago.
“I am a grandfather of six, with one on the way.
“My oldest grandson Zion told me he’s the biggest star in the family.”
Field’s two eldest sons, Peter Craig and Eli Craig, are fathers.
Peter has three children, while Eli has two.
Field’s oldest grandchild is now in her mid-20s.
“My oldest grandson and I are obsessed with playing Zelda,” she toldParade.
“He’ll spend the weekend and we do nothing but play Zelda.”
Video games and travel?
“No, no, I’m not a grandma.
Let’s ensure we get the word right.
It’s Glam-ma!”
she toldPeopleshortly after welcoming granddaughter Mecca Joie into the family.
“I’m a Glam-ma.
And she’ll call me GG, which stands for Gorgeous Glam-ma.
I’m starting a new trend for grandmas: hot grandmas!”
“It’s really something when you see your own child become a parent.
I am so nuts about him,” she said (viaUSA Today).
“I’m over the moon.”
Now in her mid-80s, Fonda still regularly attends protests on environmental issues.
“I don’t know how you could not [protest],” she toldPage Sixin 2023.
“I have grandchildren.
I love animals, I love nature.
We’re going to destroy it all if we don’t.
“Forget about surviving 40 years in the music business.
The revered musician has said he loves watching his daughter be a parent.
Rounding out the pack is Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna’s daughter, Dream Kardashian.
she wrote onInstagramto celebrate Mother’s Day in 2022. but she is clearly a devoted mother and grandmother.
She attends dance recitals, has pool days, rides carousels, and bakes with the kids.
And viewers of her Hulu show know how she spoils those children, especially during holidays.
However, one of his biggest roles to date is that of grandfather to four grandchildren.
The “Mamma Mia!”
Paris arrived in 2001 and Dylan in 1997.
Pierce and Harris welcomed Sean Brosnan in 1983.
Tragically, Charlotte died in 2013 from the same disease as her mother.
She was 41 and is survived by two children, Lucas Smith and Isabella Smith.
Sean’s first child was born in 2015 and the second in 2022.
Still, there is something very different about grandkids versus kids.
“There is something very special about it.”
“Who wears short shorts?
Twinning with my granddaughter,” she wrote onInstagram.
“I have always told the kids, ‘I’m a different kind of grandmother!'”
But hey, if you have got it, flaunt it, right?
She has also had a long career filled with ups and downs, but certainly never boring.
“You get to fall in love all over again,” Somers toldPeopleof being a grandparent.
“Marlowe is just so funny she’s a fierce little clown and so articulate.
And Major’s really showing his personality,” Sarandon toldCloser Weeklyin 2018.
“They’re divine.
I love them.”
“What happened to me is, first of all, it was like, ‘Grandfather?
“And my publicist called immediately … ‘Are you serious!’
It was like, ‘you could’t, you could’t ever tell anyone!”
Jim and his first wife, Melissa Womer, had their only child six months into their 1987 marriage.
But a big career has never stopped Jim from being a devoted grandfather.
“We are buddies,” he said on the British talk show “Lorraine” in 2020.
“He’s going to be my bodyguard.
He’s an awesome dude.”
“I’ve got my grandchildren right around the corner I see them every day,” she added.
“They have enough rules at home.
According to thePalm Beach Post, Danner’s grandkids call her “Lalo.”
Affectionately called Frankie, he is the child of Kathie’s son Cody Gifford.
“I FaceTime with him every day and he’s just a wonderment,” she toldPeoplein October 2022.
“He’s extraordinary.”
On June 24, Kathie’s daughter Cassidy Gifford and husband Ben Wierda welcomed a boy.
“What a joy to spend sweet time with baby FINN.
I am the most blessed of women.
Like we said, she knows a thing or two about acting.
“He’s just the best arrival of joy in one’s life.
I’m just looking forward to the future with Artie,” she toldThe New York Times.
I had to go, ‘Stop it, stop it, stop it.'”
