Ivanka Trump Shares Rare Family Photos From Her Grandmother’s 100th Birthday Celebration, With Special Wishes From These Unexpected Stars

Ivanka Trump just celebrated her “Babi’s” 100th birthday with a sun-soaked backyard bash. And when the First Daughter shared photos of the family-filled Miami fête in an Instagram post, the weekend’s events caught the attention of a few famous faces. 

Fans and celebs flocked to the post, wishing “Babi” the best. Former White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt commented, “So beautiful!” But that’s not all. Supermodel Gisele Bündchen wrote, “What a blessing. Viva Babi!”, and rocker Sammy Hagar added a string of applauding hands emojis. 

Affectionately known as Babi, Marie Zelníčková is the mother of the late Ivana Trump, President Donald Trump’s ex-wife. Born in Czechoslovakia, Zelníčková was a constant presence in Ivanka’s life as a child. During an appearance on ‘The Diary Of A CEO’ podcast last April, she revealed, “My grandmother, and grandfather before he passed, on my mother’s side really raised us. My grandmother cooked every meal we ate for, you know, most of my childhood. She taught me a type of unconditional love and tenderness.”

Ivanka continued, “And I think more than anything, she was just this, unbelievably nurturing. I’d come home from school, and before I’d be out of the shower, she would have laundered my clothes and folded them and put them back on my bed. She was always feeding me, and food for her was like an expression of love.”

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In 2021, Ivanka and her husband, Jared Kushner, moved their family from Washington, D.C., to Miami, Florida. Around that time, “Babi” came to live with the couple and their three children: Arabella, Joseph, and Theodore. 

“I feel so strongly for me and my children to have the experience to be there for her, in just like a small fraction of the way she was there for me, is such an extraordinary privilege. And for them to grow up with her at our table every single meal each night. And her telling her stories and stories of my mother who they sadly didn’t get to know,” said Ivanka. The usually composed 44-year-old teared up, adding, “I have a lot of love for this woman.”

Zelničková just turned 100, and her granddaughter’s recent post says it all: “100 years of life, love, family, and memories.” While Ivanka is front and center, she wasn’t the only Trump at the weekend party. Along with her three children and her husband, big brother Donald Trump Jr., his wife Bettina Trump, his children, younger brother Eric Trump, his wife Lara Trump, and their children also joined in the festivities. 

Even though Ivana passed away in 2022 at the age of 73, she was with her children, grandchildren, and mother in spirit, according to Ivanka: “My mother, her beloved daughter, was deeply missed, but her love and presence were felt throughout the day in the stories we shared and in the family she loved so fiercely.”