Salma Hayek becomes grandma and reveals baby’s ‘Panchito’ nickname

Salma Hayek has become a grandmother for the first time – with the Frida star revealing she has already given the newest François in her extended family her own affectionate nickname of “Panchito”.

The 59-year-old actress shared her delight after her stepson François Pinault Jr. and his wife Lara Cosima Henckel von Donnersmarck welcomed their first child, a son named François.

Salma, who has been married to François-Henri Pinault since 2009, announced her new family role on Instagram with footage showing her holding the baby and talking to him in Spanish.

Salma wrote: “We are blessed to welcome the fourth living generation of Francois’.

“Although I will call him Panchito. He seems to love it, and I cannot love him more.”

The name continues a family tradition, with the newborn becoming another François in the Pinault family.

Salma could be seen cradling her grandson in the social media footage as he appeared to laugh while she spoke to him.

Lara has also shared photographs documenting her first weeks as a mother, including pictures of herself lying beside her son on a picnic blanket and cradling the newborn.

Other images showed François feeding his son from a bottle and changing his diaper.

Lara wrote: “my husband (the world’s coolest françois)… and our son ( the world’s cutest François)… our first month as parents.”

Lara had announced her engagement to François in March after the pair had been dating for about a year. The couple have not publicly disclosed when they married.

She and François-Henri share daughter Valentina Paloma Pinault, while François-Henri is also the father of Mathilde Pinault, François and Augustin James Evangelista from previous relationships.

Salma has previously spoken about considering all four of the children part of her family after initially hoping to have several biological children herself.

Speaking to Red in 2017, Salma said: “I’ve had that yearning, that longing, and that pain. I always wanted to have a lot of children, and I was not able to. My body, as a miracle, had one.