Gwyneth Paltrow at Paris premiere of ‘Two Lovers’ – is there a feud with Phoenix?


Ever since Joaquin Phoenix announced his intention to retire from acting and focus on his music career, I’ve been wondering if there’s connection to the fact that he made his last movie with arguably insufferable Gwyneth Paltrow. Phoenix attended the LA AFI film festival premiere of Two Lovers last Saturday along with his co-star Vinessa Shaw and director, James Grey. Smoking, unshaven and with long hair, Phoenix happily showed photographers his clenched fists with the words “Good” and “Bye!” written across his lower fingers.

Paltrow didn’t attend the LA premiere, but she was at the Paris premiere without Phoenix in a ridiculous dress. She wore a white cocktail gown with skinny black straps and a see through lace corset overlaid on the top like one of those sexy aprons designed to look like a negligee. Paltrow had on some black and white boot shoes that she could have pulled off with another outfit that didn’t scream “look at me!”

Last week Paltrow finally sent out a newsletter to subscribers on her website, Goop, which she has yet to update over a month after launching it. Her newsletter quoted doctors she said have “helped her immensely,” who gave advice about restricting the types of food you eat and fasting for at least 12 hours a day. Our friends at Deceiver reminded us that Gwyneth told Oprah Winfrey in September that “I just cannot diet.” Does she not consider it dieting to give up all dairy, flour and sugar?

She probably gave Phoenix an earful on set and may be part of the reason he soured on acting. Do you think his quitting is a big “F you” to Paltrow? We’ll have to see if these two ever show up on the red carpet together, but I would bet there is no love lost there.

Gwyneth Paltrow is shown with director James Grey in Paris on 11/4/08. Credit: WENN

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  1. Persistent Cat says:

    To be fair, I can’t imagine Joaquin Phoenix all that big a joy to work with. I wonder who takes themselves more seriously.

  2. Susan says:

    I think it has less to do with her and more to do with booze/pills.

  3. susan says:

    one of the fugliest dresses I have seen in a long time

  4. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa says:

    she looks terrible!! fire that stylist!! and someone should tell her when she’s wearing a see-through dress that the granny panties are a big no-no!

  5. rules says:

    I doubt she could have that much of an influence over him that he would change careers over her. He probably is just like the rest of the people that have had to work with her, he just ignored her.

  6. geronimo says:

    Yeah, think this is giving old Goopy far more credit that she deserves by suggesting that Phoenix (or anyone else for that matter) would take any notice of anything she says.

    And that dress is just wrong on so many levels.

  7. abbizmal says:

    What the hell is she wearing. Another fashion blunder from Gwyneth. You can see her panties. Classy.

  8. Wif says:

    Hideous, hideous dress

  9. Maritza says:

    Someone should tell Gweneth that Halloween is over!

  10. Mairead says:

    I don’t mind the dress – but Gwynnie just isn’t edgy enough to pull it off and it comes across more of an homage to Madge. And the sock/shoe combo looks bleargh. That dress needs black opaque tights and more dramatic jewellery or a dramatic person in it.

  11. aleach says:

    oh good god, you can SEE her WHITE underwear under the dress!! hahaha siiiick.
    that must have been some feud to make joaquin quit acting because of her…i doubt thats the case.
    shes not that important.

  12. Mia says:

    Did Katie Holmes designed this “outfit” for her?!

  13. Codzilla says:

    Is she wearing socks, or are those white patches part of the shoes? Either way, she looks ridiculous.

  14. Kaiser says:

    Horrible dress. Horrible woman.

  15. BB says:

    I always thought she was an idiot, but had some fashion sense. Well, right on one count is not so bad.

  16. Larissa says:

    well she is madge´s friend ya know
    what would ya expect?

    blergh

  17. cara says:

    She seems like a pompus pain in the arse.

    And that dress makes her look fat.

  18. california angel says:

    Ah, poor Joaquin, he is such a beautiful man. sigh. Hopefully he gets the help he needs.

    Gywneth’s dress could have been so much better had she worn a slip or at least black undergarments underneath and perhaps a sweater or coat, and different shoes. sigh again.

  19. xxx says:

    I have to admit I like the dress but ditch the white socks.

    Phoenix was most likely too stoned out of his mind to show.

  20. Anne says:

    She has spanx, a bra and granny panties showing!!!! AHHHHH! I’m guessing you can’t see it in the mirror or in person but with a flash on film, it’s all you see! All her support wear showing and that smug pissy face, priceless!!!!

  21. KateNonymous says:

    Maybe they had a fight because he told her that her site not only lacks content, but also has some of the worst architecture imaginable.

    And what on earth is she wearing? Is that the result of such a Goop–I mean good life? Give me my own life over hers any day!

  22. Buttercup says:

    Don’t hate her, don’t love her, but I do hate that dress. Yuck.

  23. Sickitten says:

    I don’t know if I’m allowed to do this but someone named Mopa from DListed posted this about the dress and I can’t stop laughing. I think the crew here will like it-

    I’m showing my age here, but with that black crotch flap it looks like she is wearing an old fashioned sanitary napkin with the waist belt. It was back before they thought of the adhesive strips. You wore a belt around your waste with a big long pad you connected to the front and back of the belt. She looks like her back hook came undone.

  24. Granger says:

    Dear god, no wonder her husband never walks the red carpet with her.

  25. Haystacks says:

    They both seem like the least fun people in the world to have a beer with.

  26. jennifer says:

    Now, I obviously don’t know for sure (um, obviously 😆 ) but I remember hearing more than once that Gwyneth and Joaquin have actually known each other for years and, well, might not be the best of friends, but ARE friends. Or at least WERE. Who knows, now – that man is so messed up people’ll be dressing up as him next Halloween… 😉

    Remember after he filmed that movie with Eva Mendes? Apparently they were getting along just fine – afterwards she made some sort of innocent joke about him and he released a super nasty comeback to the press (cna’t remember the details but I’m sure some of you know what I’m talking about.)

    Yeah, man’s got problems. For once I doubt it was Gwyneth who was the insufferable one 😉

  27. kate says:

    the problem with this outfit is that you need a sense of style and a sense of fun to pull it off and goopy has neither. posh beckham could pull it off, i think.

  28. Jeanne says:

    What’s with the regal air? She’s so full of herself.

  29. whatevs says:

    Jennifer, I remember that. Something like, Sorry Eva, but I had a few more scenes than you and had to concentrate on that. Didn’t she say he was like a puppy or something? Don’t know what the context of that statement was.