Overview
- Hayek posted a video to Instagram on Aug. 17 showing her cradling the newborn and announcing she is a grandmother after her stepson François Pinault Jr. and his partner introduced their son.
- She confirmed the baby’s given name is François and wrote that she will call him “Panchito,” while the clip shows her speaking Spanish to the infant as he coos and giggles.
- The child’s parents, François Pinault Jr. and Lara Cosima Henckel von Donnersmarck, shared curated photos earlier in August after keeping the pregnancy and birth mostly private, with reports placing the birth in July.
- Hayek’s post notes the boy is the fourth living generation in the Pinault line to carry the name François, underscoring the family’s naming tradition and its prominence in France’s Pinault dynasty.
- The announcement emphasizes Hayek’s role in a blended family she has long celebrated and signals that the family will continue limited, controlled social‑media updates rather than broad public disclosure.