Watch: Kourtney Kardashian Shares Update on Co-Parenting With Scott DisickRachel Bilson and Hayden Christensen don't need to use the Force when it comes to their dynamic. The O.C. star offered rare insight into co-parenting their 11-year-old daughter Briar Rose together, detailing how she and the Star Wars alum maintained their family unit in the years since their breakup. "Great," Rachel told Kristin Cavallari on the Jan. 20 episode of the Let's Be Honest podcast. "Ours is like a unique version of it, we get along very well. We do a lot of stuff together. A lot." In fact, as she emphasized, "We have been able to keep it very copasetic and nice for her." For Rachel, not being married to Hayden-whom she dated from 2007 to 2017-worked out in their favor when it came down to arranging a custody agreement that works for them. "We weren't ever married so we figured out our own way, our own path," the 44-year-old explained, noting that her advice would be, "communicating and sometimes you have to compromise a lot." readChristina Hall, Rachel Bilson and More Stars Who've Shared Their Co-Parenting JourneysThat bond goes beyond just her current relationship with her Jumper costar. "I'm really close to his family," she added. "And it's been almost 19 years or something, which is a long time." And though keeping her family unit strong has been important as she raises Briar, Rachel emphasized that the mother-daughter duo's bond is nothing short of strong.

Getty Images"It's so fun, so funny and you can just hang out and talk and do all the things," she said. "She's my little partner." As for having more kids, Briar and her mom are very much on the same page. when it comes to shutting that idea down. "I think I'm too old," she quipped to Kristin. "I probably would have but I don't think my daughter would be down. She just turned 11. She doesn't want a sibling, like she tells me. We have such a thing, I don't want to mess with it."When it comes to growing up with two parents in the spotlight, Rachel says that Briar isn't fazed by their fame at all. "For my daughter, both of her parents are in the business," the Hart of Dixie actress noted. "Especially her dad will get recognized, and it doesn't even register with her. It's kind of like it is what it is. She has a really good attitude about it, and I'd like to say not affected." She added, "We're just mom and dad, it's definitely good."For more stars who have shared their co-parenting journeys, keep reading...

Matt Baron/ShutterstockRicky Martin & Jwan YosefThough the Grammy winner and Swedish-Syrian artist called it quits in 2023, the pair continue to partner when it comes to their kids Lucia and Renn. "We've actually had the most wonderful relationship," Jwan told Attitude in September 2025. "It's a very solid and calm co-parenting situation. We live 10 minutes away from each other. We speak every other day. We love our kids so much." He added, "It's been an extremely lovely kind of experience. It's not an experience-it's a way of living."Photo by Rodin Eckenroth/Getty ImagesMegan Fox & Brian Austin GreenMegan Fox and Brian Austin Green have a body of co-parenting experience. So the Jennifer's Body star and the Beverly Hills, 90210 alum-who share kids Noah, Bodhi and Journey-try to follow a key rule. "The number one," Brian told E! News in April 2024, "is always make sure that everything is centered around the experience of the kids." Because as he put it, a breakup is "gonna affect the kids. The only choice you have is how it affects the kids." Part of that, Brian continued, is recognizing that it's important to "pick your battles.""The person that you were with that you're now separated from, you guys are separated for a reason," he added, "because you didn't get along. So, you can't expect to then get along after the fact in raising your kids. So, you have to decide, 'OK, it's not about us getting along anymore. It's about us co-parenting, which is a totally different situation.'"Megan-whose divorce from Brian was finalized in 2022 two years after the filing-agrees. "I think it's really important when people separate to never ever disparage the other parent or even in a passive aggressive way make remarks," the Transformers actress said on a 2023 episode of The Drew Barrymore Show. "I don't let anything in my energy like that when I'm around my kids. Because if I don't accept and love their father, I'm rejecting a part of them because he's a part of who they are always. He's in their blood, and he's in their psyche, and they exist because of him."JB Lacroix/WireImageJosh Duhamel & FergieWhere is the love? Josh Duhamel and Fergie certainly have it for each other as co-parents."Fergie is an amazing woman. She really is," the Safe Haven actor said on a 2023 episode of The Jess Cagle Show, going on to share how the singer welcomed his wife Audra Mari into the family. "She's taken Audra in. And it could be much worse. That's the thing-you never know how these things are goin