Annette Beningis proudly talking about her oldest son,Stephen Ira.
Bening, 61, said in a recent interview that Stephen managed his transition with “style” and “intelligence” after identifying as transgender at age 14.
“He’s managed something that’s very challenging with great style and great intelligence,” Bening told AARP in aninterview published Monday. “He’s an articulate, thoughtful person, and I’m very, very proud of him”
Bening’s sentiment is one that her husband of nearly 30 years,Warren Beatty, shares.
Beatty called Stephen, now 27, his “hero.”
“He’s a revolutionary, a genius, and my hero, as are all my children,” theBonnie and Clydeactor, 82, toldVanity Fairback in 2016.
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“Give this young woman the peace in death that she deserves and work for what she wanted, work for the things she needed while she lived,” Stephentweeted,later adding, “IF YOU CAN’T HANDLE HAVING A TRANS KID, DON’T HAVE KIDS.”
Stephen Ira.Stephen Beatty/Instagram
Annette Bening, Warren Beatty.Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images
Bening and Beatty are also parents to 25-year-old son Benjamin and daughters Isabel, 22, and Ella, 19, who recently headed to college at Juilliard, officially making the two A-list parents empty nesters.
“When I was younger, part of me thought I could save my children from having to suffer, which was, of course, ridiculous,” Bening added to AARP.
“They have to go through their struggles,” she told the outlet, adding that all four of her kids are “very much their own people now.”
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source: people.com
