Inside Gwyneth Paltrow’s most controversial moments

Oscar-winning actor and ‘wellness’ guru Gwyneth Paltrow turned 49 this week. Here, we delve into the Goop founders most controversial remarks.

Over the years, Gwyneth Paltrow has made quite a few eyebrow-raising comments that have sparked mixed reactions from the Goop founder’s fans.

Here’s a look back at some of the most controversial quotes by the 49-year-old star:

1. On taking credit for the yoga trend

The Avengers: Infinity War actor came under fire and was even called “out of touch” by one Twitter user following a 2018 interview with The Wall Street Journal in which Paltrow seemed to take credit for yoga‘s popularity.

“Forgive me if this comes out wrong,” she told the outlet, “but I went to do a yoga class in LA recently, and the 22-year-old girl behind the counter was like, ‘Have you ever done yoga before?’ And literally I turned to my friend, and I was like, ‘You have this job because I’ve done yoga before.’”

The Goop founder was slammed for her bold claim. Picture: Rachel Murray/Getty Images.

2. On comparing mean online comments to war

In May 2014, Paltrow was at the Code Conference in California to promote her lifestyle brand Goop when she compared internet trolls to war.

“You come across [online comments] about yourself and about your friends, and it’s a very dehumanising thing,” she stated.

“It’s almost like, how in war, you go through this bloody dehumanising thing, and then something is defined out of it.”

3. On claiming she has it harder than mums with ‘regular jobs’

Paltrow was hit with backlash again in 2014 following a March interview with E! News, during which the Hollywood movie star — who has two children with ex-husband Chris Martin — claimed she has a harder parenting job than mums who work a “regular job.”

Gwyneth Paltrow with children Apple and Moses. Picture: Instagram.

“I think it’s different when you have an office job, because it’s routine, and, you know, you can do all the stuff in the morning, and then you come home in the evening,” she told the news outlet.

“When you’re shooting a movie, they’re like, ‘We need you to go to Wisconsin for two weeks,’ and then you work 14 hours a day, and that part of it is very difficult,” Paltrow continued.

“I think to have a regular job and be a mum is not as — of course, there are challenges — but it’s not like being on set.”

4. On her haters

In a 2009 interview with Elle UK, the Academy Award-winning actor shrugged off her naysayers, telling the magazine (via the New York Post): “I am who I am.”

“I can’t pretend to be somebody who makes $25,000 a year,” she added.

Gwyneth has been regularly slammed for appearing ‘out of touch’ in interviews. Picture: Getty Images.

5. On what she and her family eat

Paltrow, who has released several cookbooks over the years, has opened up a few times about what foods are off-limits for both herself and her two kids.

During an iTunes Music festival in 2011, Paltrow reportedly said she’d “rather smoke crack than eat cheese from a tin,” according to Us Weekly. Per the outlet, six years earlier during an appearance on the Conan O’Brien chat show, Paltrow also said she would “rather die than let my kid eat Cup-a-Soup.”

You won’t catch Gwyneth and her mini-me children snacking on two-minute noodles. Picture: Instagram.

6. On ageing when she was 29

A then-29-year-old Paltrow reportedly exclaimed to the NY Rock (via E! News) in 2001 that “beauty fades.”

“I just turned 29, so I probably don’t have that many good years left in me,” she stated.

7. On the sun

Paltrow once reportedly questioned if the sun’s rays were truly harmful.

“We’re human beings and the sun is the sun — how can it be bad for you?” she asked British Cosmopolitan (via People magazine).

“I don’t think anything that’s natural can be bad for you,” she added.

8. On using psychedelics

During an episode of her Netflix series The Goop Lab, the Shakespeare in Love star admitted to having used psychedelics with Brad Falchuck before they were married.

Brad and Gwyn wed in 2018. Picture: FilmMagic.

“It was a very, very emotional experience,” she recalled of using MDMA, according to People.

“Being the person that people perceive me to be is inherently traumatic.”

9. On Marvel films

Paltrow irked fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe in 2019 when she revealed she was unaware of which flicks she had even appeared in.

She admitted to never having seen Spider-Man: Homecoming and later doubled down in an interview with Elle magazine, admitting that she hasn’t seen many of the franchise’s films.

“I never read stuff,” she said in 2019. ”But it is confusing because there are so many Marvel movies, and to be honest, I haven’t seen very many of them.”

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