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CELEB STEPPARENTS SHARE WHAT IT'S LIKE WHEN GETTING MARRIED MEANS BLENDING FAMILIES — FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE!

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"Sometimes, when your parents re-marry, you might experience... a living nightmare, Dakota admitted.

ANTONIO BANDERES

Presenting her onetime stepfather with an award recently, Dakota Johnson revealed that despite the 65-year-old's 2015 divorce from her mom, Melanie Griffith, 68, she still considers him part of the family. "I come from a family of many a marriage, and I got lucky," the 35-year-old said (mom Melanie wed three times; dad Don Johnson, 75, wed four times). "I got a bonus dad, who I realized that, over time, is actually one of the most influential people in my whole life."

Gwyneth admitted that she gave Brad's kids Isabella and Brody too much control when she wed their dad.

GWYNETH PALTROW