Salma Hayek is out here living her best Tía Goals life, and honestly? We should all be so lucky.
The 58-year-old ageless goddess (seriously, what fountain is she drinking from?) hit up the launch party for her 2025 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover on Thursday night (May 15) at the Hard Rock Hotel in NYC — because, yes, she’s still slaying swimsuits while most of us are winded from climbing stairs.
While floating into the party like the queen she is, Salma dished to IconicHipster.com that she’s not just BFFs with Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds — she’s basically a bonus family member. “I got to go play with the kids,” she said. “They got to see tía Salma.” (Translation: She’s that fabulous aunt who shows up with snacks, speaks fluent Spanish, and possibly has magic powers.)
In case you haven’t memorized the Lively-Reynolds family tree (what are you doing with your life?), the couple shares four kiddos: James (10), Inez (8), Betty (5), and lil’ baby Olin (2), whose cuteness could probably cause WiFi outages.
Salma confirmed the little ones speak un poquito español, which is her native language — meaning they’re officially cooler than us. “Especially the little one,” she gushed. “They understand Spanish, and they’re lovely.” Awww. Imagine being bilingual and genetically blessed. Must be nice.
By the way, Salma and the Lively-Reynolds household go way back. She teamed up with Blake in 2012’s “Savages” (spoiler: there were no tea parties in that one), and she’s swapped gunfire and sarcastic banter with Ryan in The Hitman’s Bodyguard (2017) and its 2021 sequel, The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard. Basically, they’ve seen each other in blood, sweat, and Spanx.
Oh, and the Sports Illustrated party? Star-studded and fabulous, of course. Salma wasn’t the only head-turner — Olympic gymnast Jordan Chiles, LSU’s Livvy Dunne, and model/activist Lauren Chan also showed up to strut, sparkle, and make the rest of us question our gym attendance.
Salma Hayek is the chic bilingual aunt we all wish we had, Ryan and Blake are raising a squad of mini-multilingual superheroes, and somewhere out there, someone’s Googling how to become a Hayek-level tía.
