Chris Martin talks about his marriage to Gwyneth: “It’s like winning the lottery”

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Much has been written about the state of Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin’s marriage. According to widely circulated tabloid reports, Goop and Chris have been various stages of “over it” for years, for various reasons that may or may not involve sex with groupies and Kate Bosworth. I think most people look at Chris and Gwyneth’s marriage and ask, “Damn, how can HE put up with HER?” Yes, Goop is insufferable. But in her defense, I really think Chris is insufferable too. I’ve begun to think they just deserve each other.

Anyway, Chris has a new interview with CBS Sunday Morning. He actually comes across as rather sweet here, and he deigns to speak in warm terms of his wife. I think it’s a little weird that at this point, neither Gwyneth nor Chris have problems talking about each other and their marriage in print or television interviews, but somehow walking together, hand-in-hand, is the most EPIC HORRIBLE thing ever. I still don’t get that. So, in the interview Chris once again discusses how Gwyneth was his first girlfriend (he’s talked about that before):

Chris Martin isn’t about to take Gwyneth Paltrow for granted. The 34-year-old feels really lucky to be married to the GOOP Goddess, and not just because she’s the only serious romance he’s ever had.

In an interview with CBS Sunday Morning, Anthony Mason asked Martin if it was true that he’d only had “one serious relationship.”

“[That’s] right,” the Coldplay frontman said. “I’m in it.”

When Mason pointed out that Martin’s lack of serious girlfriends in the past was “pretty unusual” and told him he’d made “quite a leap,” the musician quipped: “It’s a big leap? What, from being a loser, to going out with an Oscar winner?”

He laughingly continued: “It’s a giant leap. Let’s face it: it’s like winning the lottery.”

Martin and Paltrow, who said “I do” in 2003, are parents to Moses, 5, and Apple, 7.

So how has being a father changed Martin’s professional life? “It’s made it more focused,” he said. “And you have a purpose. I like what it does. Just the idea of having to work hard so your kids are okay.”

[From Us Weekly]

Is Chris just doing the self-deprecating English thing, or does he still see himself as a loser? I tend to think the same thing of Chris that I think of Kristen Stewart – it takes a lot of effort to be that anti-celebrity, anti-famewhore. Where was I going with that? I don’t even remember. Something about how it takes a lot more time and effort to avoid ever being in the same photo frame as his wife, and if he really didn’t want any public association with her, he shouldn’t even talk about her in interviews. So why does he? He’s very conscious of her celebrity and his own celebrity. He cares too much. As Goop said in a recent interview, “He makes music for his fans, and he doesn’t want people to conjure a lame famous couple when they’re getting into his music. I get it.” Or maybe Chris is just still comparing himself to Brad Pitt, which he’s admitted in the past.

This was the only video I could find of Chris’s interview – it’s kind of adorable, with him talking about Kung Fu Panda 2.

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  1. elina says:

    I want her sweater. They bore me. Snooze.

  2. serena says:

    He’s kind of hot.

  3. Monie says:

    LMFAO! Dude, no comparison with Brad Pitt, really…don’t worry about it. Just live your Goopy life with bath tubs in the bedroom and brick pizza ovens on the patio. You are in Coldplay not Motley Crew, your fans have no expectation of edginess or of you raging against the machine. Coldplay is the Kenny G of rock.

  4. Rita says:

    “Like winning the lottery” is nice but he’s obviously talking to us peasants; something we can relate to after milking the goats and putting down new straw for the donkeys.

    In Goop circles it translates into “We have more money than turkeys have ugly but free money is always nice” (no heart swoon there).

    Peasants appreciate our white nights to have a more ethereal quality in to their romantic expressions, for instance:

    “There’s something in the way she moves that moves me” (Sir Paul).

    Or profound, like:

    “What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet the sun! (Billy Shakes).

    Or something we can experience on a daily basis, like:

    “She brings such joy and light to my life that I shall forever more lift the lid, shake well, and clean the splatters myself” (A Woman’s Dream- Chapter 3 of Jacqueline Susann’s: Valley of the Dolls).

    That’s Susann, with 2 n’s….must have been a real snoot.

  5. mln76 says:

    Well I am actually shocked he’s admitted that he knows her. Not a fan of GOOPY’s schtick but I’ve always pitied the way her hubby treats her. At least he’s trying.

  6. brin says:

    Maybe someone should tell them they aren’t as great as they think they are.

  7. Jackie says:

    looks like he is wearing a hair piece in these pics.

    i find them both to be self important and trying way to hard.

  8. bettyrose says:

    @ Monie: Yep, what you said. LMAO!

  9. katyalia says:

    @ Rita: ‘Something’ was written by Harrison, though.

  10. lisa says:

    Maybe someone told him about the perception of their marriage. That he makes her look pathetic.

    anyway good that he said something. Maybe he is trying to save things.

  11. spinner says:

    He looks like a goof-ball!!

  12. birdie says:

    @ Jackie, I agree. They really think they are God´s gift to the world, they don´t notice that they are only average looking people with luck, who became rich and now think they need to enrich us with their … whatever

  13. i.want.shoes says:

    Perhaps he was being sarcastic?

  14. podzol says:

    Sure, a marriage to Goop is like winning the lottery … if we’re talking about the Lottery, by Shirley Jackson. In which case, congratulations Chris?

  15. Turtle Dove says:

    Does he mean like the STORY “The Lottery”, by Shirley Jackson, where the person who wins gets stoned to death???

    Well… if that’s the case… then I agree. Being with Goop IS like winning the lottery.

  16. miss_bhaven says:

    He is super nerdy looking. They suit each other.

  17. Strawberrygirl says:

    I love Chris Martin. He’s a very funny guy. I think they’ve been through some rough patches that put them on the verge of divorce, but I think they’re in a good place now and I think it shows it.

  18. Sassy says:

    Is he wearing a hair piece?

  19. jamie says:

    He married a beautiful, wealthy woman who likes to cook. I think a lot of men would say they’d won the lottery in his position.

  20. Violet says:

    They very rarely spend time together and I’m absolutely convinced their marriage fell apart years ago, but for whatever reason they deny it publicly. Maybe for the sake of the kids, but their relationship is so dysfunction that they’d be better off getting a divorce.

    I remember when his uncle died and Chris went to his service alone while Gwyneth partied — http://www.celebitchy.com/6754/is_gwyneth_paltrow_and_chris_martins_marriage_over/

    Chris seems like a bit of a douche, but Gwyneth is a stone-cold b*tch.

  21. podzol says:

    Haha @TurtleDove we had the same thought!

  22. txvxf says:

    Winning the lottery = thinking you’re the luckiest person in the world until the greedy relatives and friends swoop in, and the constant partying and irresponsible spending leave you miserable and with less than you had before you won.

  23. KLO says:

    I think they both are painfully shy and that might make them look less caring. I have seen people like this before, they usually turn out to be the gentlest sweethearts once you get to know them.

    BTW, in my book Chris is way hotter than Brad.

  24. Princess Lizabeth says:

    There’s something about Chris Martin’s appearance that makes me think of Hugh Laurie. Does anyone else see that?

  25. Strawberrygirl says:

    @Princess Lizabeth
    I’ve heard that comparison before and I agree they do look alike.

  26. skeptic says:

    He must have really done it this time.

  27. Crys737 says:

    I’m calling him on his BS…

  28. Quest says:

    Winning a million dollar lotto for us ‘normal joes’ is like “wooo hooo…yeahhhh!” but for Chris to win a lotto after having all that money and luxurious lifestlye it would be like getting back that $20 bill someone owed you way back when.

    My take = Chris gave a really bad comparison to his marriage with Goopy or he feels like he just got back his 20 bucks. Either way, sorry Goop

  29. Kat says:

    They’re both insufferable douches. Chris even more than Goopy, and that’s going some.

  30. islandgirl says:

    I like him and his music

  31. Jayna says:

    Love ColdPlay and he gives his all to fans onstage. I don’t get occasionally supporting her on the red carpet. But I suppose if it really bothered her he would on the rare occasion. I guess it isn’t a big deal to her after two of her high profile relationships were so public and imploded.

  32. June says:

    Note to people with blue eyes – Wear blue more often.

  33. Victoria says:

    Don’t knock Kenny G. Kenny’s a mean sax player. LOL. Meanwhile I like Coldplay enough to download via borrowing someone else’s CD and ripping for free. If I didn’t have to think about how my my money would be going to supporting Goopy’s lifestyle, I would buy because their music fantastic.

  34. Alexis says:

    @Princess Lizabeth

    Yes, he is Hugh-Laurie-ish. They look even more similar when you compare them when they were 20s/early 30s. I’ve always thought Hugh Laurie was cute (since Blackadder and a Bit of Fry and Laurie), and I think Martin’s attractive as well. However, Laurie definitely has aged a lot better than it looks like Martin is going to…

  35. Madison says:

    “I was a nerd until I went out with an oscar winner” He makes Gwyneth sound like a trophy wife.

  36. J O'C says:

    Every time he mentions her, he brings up her Oscar…as if there is nothing more to her than that. He doesn’t say she’s a great mom, or a big supporter of his music, or an inspiration – just that she is an Oscar winner. It makes him sound very vapid.

  37. Playlist says:

    He did win the lottery. He does what he wants, when he wants. His wife provides easy PR by association and her endless need to be in the spotlight. Chris can avoid any groupies he chooses to by having the married handle. It’s all so convenient for him. Goop is so busy trying to save the world that she doesn’t have the time or need for a husband hanging around. Actions speak louder than words. Spouses who like to spend time with each other do so.

    I get the impression he was forced by Goop (or a marriage therapist) to mention his wife or pack his bags. It doesn’t mean the same when you have to be told to do so. Didn’t they buy an additional home next door and connect them? Separate lives, separate homes, shared kids.

  38. Claire78 says:

    I can’t help liking Chris Martin. I like some of Coldplay’s much older stuff, not so sure about this song on the new album with Rhianna though. He always seems really sweet and funny in interviews I have seen. They make a good looking couple.

  39. Jover says:

    Goopy can take her insufferable ego and disappear down into a wormhole; and Chris can take his rock-lite and also disappear – for rock i’ll take zeppelin, sabbath, humble pie, not his bland after dinner warbling. Next.

  40. Denise says:

    Can’t stand either one of them. Again, ugh…..followed by, whatever……

  41. Patata says:

    anyone know what sweater she’s wearing?

  42. Lauren says:

    Chris and Goopy compliment eachother. Most women would love their husbands to speak of them in such glowing terms. I like Coldplay…they are unique and their ballads are heartwrenching & unforgettable. Most men are just plain unforgettable. Leave Chris alone..he is a hard-working brilliant man. He doesnt mope around all day playing video games living in his MOMMY’s basement.

  43. Lauren says:

    BTW, my husband looks like Hugh Laurie, he is quiet to the world, an animal in the bedroom. Englishmen are intoxicating.

  44. Kate says:

    I knew some guys who had this band at the boarding school Chris Martin went to. He wanted to join, but after hearing him play and sing they decided he was too much of a dork, and his music preferences were lame. They still can’t believe he turned into what he did. They all had girlfriends and were into sport and so on, and he was just the opposite. Now he’s a millionaire rock star and one of these guys is… a dentist. (Though in all fairness, at least he isn’t married to Gwynnie.)

  45. You don't say says:

    For someone who never spoke about his wife before, he seems to have taken a 180 degree turn. What the hell did he do that he has to go on national TV to make up for it? Not saying he did, but it goes against his style.

    Funny that he used the exact analogy that the aforementioned Mr. Pitt used a few weeks ago to describe his life (but added that was the reason he should be giving back to society), but he somehow seemed greatful not bragging he “bagged an Oscar winner”. Maybe he is still hung up on Pitt.

  46. Jamie says:

    He didn’t have a serious girlfriend before her? The theory that he is also totally insufferable would definitely explain that.

  47. Talie says:

    I would love to see Gwyneth & Chris in some kind of candid situation with Brad & Angelina. One, I think Gwyneth never got over Brad and two, Chris seems very stuck on Brad for whatever reason.

  48. Jule says:

    Damage control. He has a album to sale.

  49. Auds says:

    What lottery?
    The Aryan poster child lottery? The goopster who despises seat fillers, who thinks they drench her in peasant sweat? Her brain is a sieve.
    He isn’t anything much either. He can’t sing for shit and dances like a frog in a blender.

  50. Tiffany says:

    I try and read all of Coldplay’s interviews when they are promoting albums and Martin has said on several occasions that he was a dork and did not have girlfriends while in school. There has never been a girl that has come forward with a cute story about them dating or going to a school dance, so I beleive he on that he did not have a serious girlfriend before Paltrow. But I do find myself thinking, if there was not a pregancy so early in the relationship, which led to the shotgun wedding, would they still be together?

  51. Melissa says:

    I think GP is unbearable, but he is unbearable and absolutely awful looking to boot. And what’s with his shitty ear studs? Plus I always hated that he stated that he wanted Coldplay to be bigger than U2. As if.

  52. Princess Lizabeth says:

    @Lauren

    You lucky thing!

    BTW, glad I wasn’t the only one who noticed the Hugh Laurie similarity. I also agree with Alexis that Hugh has aged well. 😉

  53. Ramona Q says:

    He said that having his (finally) first girlfriend be an Oscar winner is like winning the lottery.

    He didn’t say being married to Gwyneth is like winning the lottery.

    There’s a difference!

    Don’t read too much into it.

  54. Lila says:

    I think Chris Martin and Gwyneth are an example of the subjective nature of Gossip. Lainey swears that as obnoxious as Gwyneth seems, her sources say that people tend to love her. I think she must have some sort of charisma considering all of the people she associates with. Chris seems socially stunted and strange, but I never bought the whole he effed around with Kate Bosworth story. First of all, there would have been pictures of that. People usually respect celebs for the most part and don’t take pics, but if they saw a married celeb blatantly making out with a woman who was not his wife in public they would probably snap a cell phone picture. I think they are together but us, as the collective public, just don’t understand why because they are so private. Dolly Parton has been married for decades and her husband is almost never, ever photographed with her. Different strokes for different folks.

  55. Lila says:

    Forgot to add, most people know someone in real life who is weirdly neurotic and just doesn’t function normally in social situations. They may have an anxiety disorder, etc. I honestly get that vibe from Chris Martin, Johnny Depp (he can be charming but he can also be completely bizarre), Kristen Stewart, Keira Knightley, and a few others. Doesn’t mean they are horrible people, just that they are strange to people who are more adjusted.

  56. Catherine says:

    What a sweet statement. I melt when my hubby says things like that.

  57. Adrien says:

    I’m getting the Vince Cassell vibes on Chris than Hugh Laurie.

  58. DeeVine says:

    Never thought much of him but what he said was sweet. Way to score points with the Missus.

    I actually think the Coldplay bunch are not famewhorey at all, even Chris. They seem to do charity work under the radar (just read another article-obviously new album coming out) Bono to me is an example of self entitled douche rock star.

  59. Ally says:

    @Monie, I think of them more as the anemic Nickelback.

    In matching Sgt. Pepper wannabe outfits.

  60. Ally says:

    @Violet, thanks for the link. This bit is super-douche:

    And to make matters worse, Martin flipped out at a Coldplay press conference in Mexico City this March when asked about Paltrow. A female reporter asked him if he planned to do a duet with Gwyneth and he shot back at her, asking what her favorite sexual position was, as if the two questions were equivalent.

  61. Lenore says:

    God, Coldplay. I don’t get the appeal. SO boring. Go listen to the lesser U2 mid-80s records they’ve been ripping off for their whole career instead.

    And sorry, but his comments about Gwyneth don’t sound appreciative or warm or sweet to me. They sound like the comments of an emotionally stunted man, stuck in his teens, who regards his wife as a commodity, a prize. Something he can show off to the guys who had their pick of the girls while he was stuck yanking his guitar in the common room.

    She’s not a wonderful wife, a great friend, a true love, a beautiful soul – no, she’s “an Oscar-winner”. That’s the first thing that pops into his head? Sad.

    The whole no-girlfriends thing does explain the acting-out with various other willing blondes, though. If he’s only ever had one serious girlfriend, he’s probably regretting settling down with the first woman who showed any interest.

    Poor Gwyneth – she went after the New Bono and she got a wet-arsed indie kid husband who wasn’t even housetrained. No wonder she’s gone weird, she’s had to raise and educate her husband along with the kids.

  62. smh says:

    Some of the comments here cracked me up, particularly those by turtledove and monie. But let’s not kid ourselves people–that man is -not- hot. He looks like a very average dude and he has no charm no beauty whatsoever. He’s kind of ugly too so that makes him below average. Unless you have a thing for blondes I don’t understand the attraction. Gwyneth on the other hand pretends to be a natural blonde 24/7 soI understand her fascination with him. lol he does look like he’s closeted though I doubt they’re really -married- anymore. But wouldn’t you want to change orientation if you woke up next to poopie every morning? what a frightening thought.

  63. smh says:

    @37 Gwyneth is busy trying to show off to the world what a “glamourous” life she supposedly has, the fact that nobody envies her cold fake no food lifestyle must drive her crazy. lol whereas Chris is the one trying to pretend-saving the world, pretend he’s Thom Yorke, pretend he’s an important figure in the world but he’s nowhere as beloved as Yorke and nowhere as famous as Bono.

  64. cz says:

    I want that white sweater Gwyneth is wearing….

  65. Nonny says:

    Goop, goop
    With your face like poop
    Should have married Brad
    Cos your hubby’s hair is BAD!

  66. BerMan says:

    Like the music and Chris seems normal. Love Gwyneth sweater. Me want.

  67. Esmom says:

    “They sound like the comments of an emotionally stunted man, stuck in his teens, who regards his wife as a commodity, a prize. Something he can show off to the guys who had their pick of the girls while he was stuck yanking his guitar in the common room.”

    @Lenore, yes I think that about sums them up. They have always seemed like a very odd match.

    I remember reading somewhere that he pursued her relentlessly. My theory is that she finally gave in because she didn’t have any other prospects.

    In fact I could see her being embarrassed by him and his faux-edgy schtick, he just doesn’t seem to have the sophistication that I think she’d want. Not sure who would be more appropriate for her, definitely someone older. Maybe Clooney? Definitely not Affleck, who always seemed too immature for her too.

  68. Kara Ann says:

    #5 Min76

    I agree with you. Martin’s treatment of Paltrow (RE: no pics, no acknowledgement) is the one and only thing that make me pity Goopster. Kinda makes me resent Martin as I really feel Goop would make THE BEST guilt-free celebitchy target if her husband didn’t treat her like crap. All women deserve better treatment from their hubbies/partners.

  69. Me says:

    I am amazed he can recognize her by her name.

    It’s not that a 30-40 something years old man is some sort of a junky, that bothers me.

    It’s that he has kids and I would be amazed if he is involved with their lives.

    The only reason I feel sorry for her, is the husband she’s got who is never around, and how she is basically a single mother.

    I have no idea why she stays with him.
    She has the money to leave in second.
    She has the looks to find a new man/ love interest.

    Why stay?

    It’s one thing that she followed him around like a groupy, and that was their “romance”.
    She stopped working and all she did was try to pretend to share his life-style, his smoking pot habbits and wearing odd clothing to match his.

    They got married because she pulled a Jennifer Garner on him and got preggo and even then he married her only when she was at the end of her pregnancy (kind of like Garner, when you think about it).
    This was one thing.
    Now she is older and has children with him.

    Why is she staying?
    I wish I knew. That would be an intersting read.
    I know women who stay because they don’t have the money to leave.

    I never met a woman who can easily walk out and doesn’t.

    By the way, he music is so mellow and gentle, I would never guess he would “disappoint” any of his fans (who are they?) had he was seen with GP.

    He is not hardcore.

    and what kind of a guy is embarrassed to be seen with his wife and mother of his children?

  70. G says:

    His fear of contracting celeb cooties from being photographed with or supporting his wife smacks of delusional self importance. It’s just a band, man.

  71. Elle says:

    # 69

    That I wonder too. I mean she was photographed with Pitt, Afflek and rarely with Martin. And there is no picture shown of them, showing affection to each other.

    If she has enough money, why the hell is she not leaving? Maybe she is waiting until the kids are grown? Or she has not that much of money to life that kind of lifestyle.

    My personal tipp: She will leave him as soon as she found someone who offers her the same life style and is into her. Martin is not into her. Not all all.

  72. Juliadomna says:

    She sort of looks a little like Whoopi Goldberg in some of these photos.

  73. Johnette Pawlicki says:

    Send double xp to me…….SmallsSoClutch is my gamertag