Meet The Parents! Hollywood's Best & Worst Moms And Dads
Aug. 27 2019, Updated 7:23 p.m. ET
Some stars are amazing parents and others, well, not so much. Check out our list of Hollywood's best and worst moms and dads and find out why they're on the list.
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner
BEST: It’s hard to find a photo of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner’s trio of kids without at least one of their parents! Despite their busy work schedules, the couple manages to spend lots of quality time with Violet, Seraphina and Samuel.
Kris and Bruce Jenner
WORST: Kris Jenner, who is currently married to Olympian Bruce, is the clear matriarch of reality television’s most talked about family. The 57-year-old, who plays momager to her klan, has been accused of everything from brokering Kim Kardashian’s infamous sex tape with Ray J (which she denies!) to pressuring her family to sign on the dotted line for multiple endorsement deals.
Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott
BEST: Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott are two of Hollywood’s most devoting and doting parents! The former 90210 beauty and her husband are constantly sharing adorable snaps of their growing family on social media.
Jessica Alba and Cash Warren
BEST: Jessica Alba and Cash Warren are adorable and attentive parents to Haven Garner and Honor Marie! Since becoming a mom, Jessica has started not only a family and eco-friendly brand, The Honest Company, which provides natural diapers, body care and non-toxic cleaning products, but she has also founded the Baby2Baby charity.
Farrah Abraham
WORST: Former Teen Mom Farrah Abraham not only filmed a sex tape and brokered the deal, but brought her young daughter, Sophia, along to all the negotiations!
Nicole Richie and Joel Madden
BEST: Nicole Richie and Joel Madden manage to juggle their busy careers in Hollywood with parenthood, managing to make it look easy.
Denise Richards
BEST: Denise Richards is a single, Hollywood supermom! The Wild Things star not only cares for her adopted daughter Eloise and two biological children from Charlie Sheen, Sam and Lola, but is currently caring for Sheen’s twin boys with Brooke Mueller, Max and Bob.
David Hasselhoff
WORST: David Hasselhoff hit his career low as a parent, when he drunkenly ate a cheeseburger in front of his daughter, Taylor Ann. The teenager captured the incident on camera, who could be heard in the background begging him to stop drinking, and the video went viral. After the incident, the Baywatch star’s visitations with his girls were briefly suspended.
Jenelle Evans
WORST: Teen Mom Jenelle Evans has never really embraced motherhood, with her son, Jace, in custody of her mother ever since he was a baby. Instead of getting her life together, Evans has been in and out of jail on various drug and assault charges over the last few years.
Courtney Love
WORST: Instead of stepping up her game as a mom when Kurt Cobain overdosed and died, Courtney Love, who admitted to taking heroin during her pregnancy, continued her hot mess ways for many years after. Eventually, she lost custody of her only daughter, Frances Bean, when she was only 11 and the years to come were full of several hearings, restraining orders and phone calls to child welfare services until Frances’ 18th birthday.
Nadya “Octo-Mom” Suleman
WORST: Nadya Suleman, aka Octomom, controversially conceived eight children after already having six, and has struggled to take care of them ever since. From her solo porn tape and stripping in clubs to raising her kids in horrific conditions, her parenting skills aren’t exactly stellar!
Eddie Murphy
WORST: It took several years for Eddie Murphy to show up for any parental duties to his daughter with Mel B, Angel, after initially insisting she wasn’t his.
Hulk and Linda Hogan
WORST: As if it’s not bad enough when your dad cheats on your mom with one of your friends, try having your mom run off with one of your pals too! Linda and Hulk Hogan didn’t exactly execute their divorce gracefully, dragging their daughter, Brooke, into the middle. After Hulk cheated by reportedly hooking up with one of Brooke’s young pals, which broke up his marriage with Linda, she in turn ran off with one of Brooke’s male friends.
Woody Allen and Soon-Yi Previn
WORST: Woody Allen shocked the world when he ran off and married his longtime partner’s adopted daughter, Soon-Yi Previn! Still together 20 years later, they have two adopted children of their own.
Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger
WORST: Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger had one of Hollywood’s dirtiest divorces ever, dragging their only child, Ireland into it. After Baldwin left his infamous “thoughtless little pig” voicemail on his daughter’s machine, Basinger allegedly leaked it to the media, airing all of their dirty laundry and putting Ireland into the spotlight.
Michelle Williams
BEST: Michelle Williams has been a devoted mom ever since the birth of her daughter Matilda, but it was after the death of her former lover, Heath Ledger, that she really proved to be the best mom ever.
Heidi Klum
BEST: Heidi Klum has a thriving career, but the German supermodel’s kids always come first. Klum also makes sure that her men are hands-on with her spawn, with her ex-husband, Seal, even adopting her daughter Leni.
Katie Holmes
BEST: Katie Holmes spends almost every second of her free time with her daughter Suri! The Dawson’s Creek star and her sassy 7-year-old are virtually attached at the hip.
Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick
BEST: Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick clearly love their daily duties as parents. The couple, who have been married since 1997, have three children, James Wilkie, as well as twins Marion and Tabitha, and are constantly snapped looking happy in the city.
Sandra Bullock
BEST: Sandra Bullock is a devoted single mom to her adopted son Louis Bardo. The Academy Award-winner has put her daily duties as a parent in front of everything, including her career and love life, and still manages to flourish professionally.