Meet Hailey Bieber’s mum Kennya Baldwin, who helped her daughter through marriage troubles with Justin Bieber, partly inspired skincare brand Rhode, and has been married to Stephen Baldwin for decades
![Hailey Bieber (left) is the second of Kennya Baldwin’s two daughters with American actor Stephen Baldwin. Photo: @haileybieber/Instagram](https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/768x768/public/d8/images/canvas/2024/07/31/bcdfbd54-72f0-47da-b3bd-75f33c1dcd01_c9599106.jpg?itok=a4n53Xwh&v=1722399736)
- Mum-to-be Hailey Bieber, 27, recently spoke about her upbringing in the millionaire Baldwin acting family – her uncle is Alec Baldwin and her dad, Stephen Baldwin – but what’s her mum Kennya Baldwin like?
- The former model got married at 21 years old, and her mum married young, too: Kennya and Stephen met at 19 and have been together for decades; Kennya’s dad is Grammy-winning musician, Eumir Deodato
Born into Hollywood’s Baldwin acting family, the former model has had her fair share of “nepo baby” taunts, but insists that she “had a fairly normal childhood”. However, she also recognises that she comes “from the family that I come from, and I always recognised that that was different”.
![At 27 years old, former model Hailey Bieber is also the founder of skincare brand Rhode. Photo: @haileybieber/Instagram At 27 years old, former model Hailey Bieber is also the founder of skincare brand Rhode. Photo: @haileybieber/Instagram](https://img.i-scmp.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=contain,width=1024,format=auto/sites/default/files/d8/images/canvas/2024/07/31/dd290008-d8ca-4c13-8a75-2912c67fea56_7390c88c.jpg)
What is Kennya Baldwin’s background?
![Kennya Baldwin and Stephen Baldwin met as young adults living in New York City in the 1980s. Photo: @ourdailybreadgf/Instagram Kennya Baldwin and Stephen Baldwin met as young adults living in New York City in the 1980s. Photo: @ourdailybreadgf/Instagram](https://img.i-scmp.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=contain,width=1024,format=auto/sites/default/files/d8/images/canvas/2024/07/31/e2caff0f-fa04-4ffd-bd46-87ed3275a797_f62b277a.jpg)
How did Kennya Baldwin and Stephen Baldwin get together?
![In 2021, Kennya Baldwin shared a throwback photo of her husband Stephen Baldwin with their daughters Alaia and Hailey. Photo: @ourdailybreadgf/Instagram In 2021, Kennya Baldwin shared a throwback photo of her husband Stephen Baldwin with their daughters Alaia and Hailey. Photo: @ourdailybreadgf/Instagram](https://img.i-scmp.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=contain,width=1024,format=auto/sites/default/files/d8/images/canvas/2024/07/31/4abc1976-b5cd-4f0d-bfc9-3e5693423652_7390c88c.jpg)
Much like her daughter Hailey, who married at the age of 21, Kennya also wed Stephen when she was in her early 20s.
Kennya met her then future husband in 1987 during a bus ride in New York City, per People. They were both 19 at the time. Three years later, the couple exchanged wedding vows and have stayed together since; they’ve been married for over 30 years.
They welcomed their first daughter Alaia three years later in 1993, and Hailey in 1996. In 2012, Stephen told CBS News that “the truth is, my wife’s awesome. She puts up with me. We’re meant to be together”.