United Kingdom, Dec. 5 -- Gwyneth Paltrow left Los Angeles because she "couldn't face" staying in the family home after her kids moved out.

The 53-year-old Iron Man star is mother to Apple, 21, and Moses, 19, with her ex Chris Martin as well as stepmother to her husband Brad Falchuk's two children from a previous relationship - and the actress has admitted she needed to move house when the kids left home.

She told The Hollywood Reporter: "The city [Los Angeles] took a big hit during COVID, and the threads never quite came back together.

"And then I couldn't face staying in that house without kids. That house without sleepovers and pancakes, I just couldn't do it."

Gwyneth and Brad now split their time between homes in Montecito, Calif...