EXCLUSIVE: Kate Winslet enjoys a rare public outing with son Joe, 19, in NYC… and he’s the spitting image of director dad Sam Mendes

• Kate and Joe were seen walking in Downtown Manhattan with friends Tuesday 
• The Academy Award-winner, 48, shares the teen with ex-husband Sam Mendes
• She and the director, 58, split in 2010 after seven years of marriage

Kate Winslet was spotted on a rare public outing with her 19-year-old son Joe Mendes in New York City this week.

The Academy Award-winner, 48, shares the teenager with her director ex-husband Sam Mendes, 58.

The former couple separated in 2010 after seven years of marriage and one child together. Their divorce was finalized in 2011.

On Tuesday, Winslet looked overjoyed to be spending some quality time with their only child along with friends.

She was bundled up with a blue paid jacket worn over a comfy sweater and a blue scarf tied around her neck.

Kate Winslet was spotted on a rare public outing with her 19-year-old son Joe in New York City on Tuesday

Joe looked like the spitting image of his father, director Sam Mendes, 58

Winslet completed her low-key look with dark denim skinny jeans, black suede booties and a beige crossbody bag.

The Titanic star’s bright blonde hair was tied back and she went makeup-free.

Instead of contacts, Winslet threw on her stylish black-framed eyeglasses. 

Meanwhile, Joe looked like the spitting image of his father Sam.

He rocked a warm zip-up jacket and royal blue trousers decked out with funky patches.

The movie star and her son strolled side-by-side as they chatted with the two women who joined them on the outing.

Despite the chilly weather, the group looked to be enjoying their stroll around bustling Downtown Manhattan.

Along with Joe, Winslet is also mom to her daughter Mia Threapleton, 23, and son Bear Blaze, nine.

She shares her eldest child with ex-husband Jim Threapleton, 50.

Winslet and the filmmaker — who directed her in the 1998 drama film Hideous Kinky — were married from 1998 to 2001.

Bear is her only child with her current husband Edward Abel Smith, 45, who she married in 2012. 

Winslet looked overjoyed to be spending some quality time with their only child along with friends 

She was bundled up with a blue paid jacket

Her jacket was worn over a comfy sweater and a blue scarf tied around her neck

They were joined by two of Winslet’s close friends

The Titanic star’s bright blonde hair was tied back and she went makeup-free

Meanwhile, Joe rocked a warm zip-up jacket and royal blue trousers decked out with funky patches

Despite being a Hollywood A-lister, Winslet has done her best to keep all three of her children out of the spotlight.

She’s also spoken openly about being a hands-on mom and how she manages co-parenting three children with three different fathers.

She previously revealed to Vogue that she has full custody of her kids and that they ‘don’t go back and forth’ between homes.

‘[My kids have] always been with me,’ she told the outlet in 2013. ‘They don’t go from pillar to post; they’re not flown here and there with nannies. That’s never happened.’

She continued: ‘My kids don’t go back and forth; none of this 50/50 time with the mums and dads – my children live with me; that is it. That is it!’

Winslet’s remarks sparked mild backlash as a fathers’ rights group accused her of being ‘against shared parenting.’

But Mendes was quick to shutdown the chatter by insisting that his rights as a father have never been infringed upon.

In the same interview, Winslet said she refuses to hire housekeepers, personal chefs and other help because it’s not something she wants her children ‘exposed to.’

‘I remember my mother cooking and that’s being a parent, and that’s what I want to do,’ she said.

The A-list star and her son strolled side-by-side 

They were all chatting with one another as they carefully crossed the street

At one point, Winslet and her friends stopped to discuss their next move while Joe made a quick phone call

Instead of contacts, Winslet threw on her stylish black-framed eyeglasses

Winslet completed her low-key look with dark denim skinny jeans and black suede booties

Winslet tucked her belongings inside a beige crossbody bag

Shortly after finalizing their divorce, Winslet opened up to Harper’s Bazaar in 2011 about co-parenting with Mendes and how their child’s happiness comes first; seen in 2006

Shortly after finalizing their divorce, Winslet opened up to Harper’s Bazaar in 2011 about co-parenting with Mendes and how their child’s happiness comes first.

‘We’re grown-ups at the end of the day, and however hard it’s been for me, it’s been equally hard for him,’ the Mildred Pierce star explained.

‘And we have a child together who we both love – and raising him together, jointly and without any conflict, is absolutely key.’

The couple welcomed Joe on December 22, 2003 — eight months after tying the knot — in New York City. 

Winslet has only given small glimpses into Joe’s personal life and interests over the years.

Back in 2020, she revealed that Joe is very musically inclined and that it helped occupy him during COVID-19 lockdown.

‘[Joe is] very musical so he’s able to Zoom with his mates and make a lot of music,’ she told Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon.

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