And just like that star Sarah Jessica Parker penned a touching social media tribute to her late stepfather, Paul Giffin Forste, who died after sudden an unexpected illness.
“Godspeed. RIP. Strong like a bull. Til the end,” Parker, 57, posted on Instagram along with a black and white photo of her stepdad. “At home and among all those who loved you dearly, you will be missed always.
“We will take good care of Mommy, who you worshipped for 54 years.”
A rep for Parker said in a statement, “Paul will be remembered with the spirit of loving kindness which was his faith, his special delight in his 13 grandchildren, and his sustained belief in making the world a more charitable, tolerant and beautiful place for all.”
Parker, who shares three children with husband Matthew Broderick, has always been candid about her upbringing throughout the years.
Speaking to The New York Times back in 2000, the Sex and the City star said, “I remember being poor. There was no great way to hide it. We didn’t have electricity sometimes. We didn’t have Christmases sometimes, or we didn’t have birthdays sometimes, or the bill collectors came, or the phone company would call and say, ‘We’re shutting your phones off.’”
Despite all this, she and her siblings were brought up in a home where love was present at all times.