Ben Platt Calls Gwyneth Paltrow “Mother” After Surprise Duet on “Dimming of the Day”

“Mother.”

That’s the one word caption shared by Ben Platt on Instagram just moments after Gwyneth Paltrow made a surprise appearance Thursday night during his Ahmanson Theatre residency. The Politician co-stars and good friends shared the stage for a warm and well-received rendition of “Dimming of the Day.”

The showing by Paltrow, who has sung on stages and screens (in Glee, Country Strong, etc.) many times before, comes during a busy and high-profile spell for the goop founder who is just about to return to the big-screen in a big way opposite Timothée Chalamet in Josh Safdie’s A24 film Marty Supreme. And she’s just the latest in a line of surprise performers to grace the stage with Platt as part of his holiday concert series, following Josh Groban, Demi Lovato, Khalid, Coco Jones and Amber Riley.