• Gwyneth Paltrow posted a photo of her daughter, Apple Martin, to celebrate her 15th birthday on Tuesday.
  • She also shared a screenshot of texts they exchanged, in which Martin provided her mom with “Apple-approved birthday posts.”
  • “Oh why thank you,” Paltrow responded. “Don’t need to break the old Internet again, now do we?”
  • The mother-daughter pair made headlines in March when Paltrow posted a photo of them together – and Martin publicly scolded her mom for doing so without her consent.
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On Tuesday, Gwyneth Paltrow posted a birthday tribute to her 15-year-old daughter, Apple Martin – and it included a cheeky nod to the controversy they stirred up back in March, when Paltrow shared a photo of the two without Martin’s permission.

Read more: Gwyneth Paltrow’s daughter Apple Martin called her out for posting a photo of her without her consent

In a slideshow on Instagram, Paltrow paired a photo of Marti, her daughter with ex-husband Chris Martin of Coldplay, with a screenshot of texts they exchanged, in which Apple provided her mom with “Apple-approved birthday posts.”

“Oh why thank you,” Paltrow responded. “Don’t need to break the old Internet again, now do we?”

"Yeah let's not," Apple replied.

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Apple had previously scolded her mom for sharing an unapproved photo of the two of them skiing: "Mom we have discussed this. You may not post anything without my consent," she wrote in a comment.

"You can't even see your face!" Paltrow replied, according to the screenshot.

The exchange was quickly screenshotted and inspired a lively debate about how much privacy famous parents owe to their kids.

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One can only hope that Paltrow obtained her daughter's permission to post a screenshot of their texts. But in her defense, the 46-year-old mom of two wrote a very sweet and sincere caption, wishing her eldest child a happy birthday and showering her "angel" with compliments.

"I will never be able to put into words how much I love you," Paltrow wrote. "You are so strong and so good and so damn funny and sooooo gorgeous inside and out. I am the proudest mama ever."

"I love u so much," Apple wrote in a comment.

Paltrow's husband, Brad Falchuk, also shared his well wishes.

"Happy, happy birthday. World's best bonus daughter," he wrote in a comment.