Gwyneth Paltrow did ‘WWHL’, talked past drug use, Blue Ivy & Angelina Jolie

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I am developing a begrudging respect for the way Gwyneth Paltrow has been hustling for Mortdecai. Hell, it might even work. Whenever I say that a film looks terrible and will likely bomb at the box office, it does really well or critics love it (see also: Paddington). So maybe by insulting Mortdecai as Scarfy Depp trying to act like the second coming of Peter Sellers, I’m really guaranteeing its success. In any case, Gwyneth Paltrow has been undertaking the bulk of the film promotion, with Olivia Munn and Johnny Depp making a few appearances here and there. Ewan McGregor is hilariously MIA. So, Goop has been hustling HARD. People are still talking about all of dirt and gossip she revealed with Howard Stern. And now this: on Thursday night, she appeared on Watch What Happens Live and she ended up talking about drugs, Angelina Jolie, Blue Ivy Carter and more.

#NoFilter! Gwyneth Paltrow stopped by Watch What Happens Live on Thursday, Jan. 15, where she revealed even more details about her Hollywood life, one day after her headline-making Howard Stern chat. The Mortdecai actress, 42, impressively did not Plead the Fifth (at all!) during Andy Cohen’s popular segment. Instead, she took all of his questions in stride, telling the Bravo personality that her infamous April 2009 GOOP newsletter about a “frenemy” was not-at-all related to a celebrity.

Cohen then asked Paltrow which of her exes’ current wives she would rather be stuck in an elevator with: Brad Pitt’s spouse Angelina Jolie or Ben Affleck’s wife Jennifer Garner. “That’s a really good question!” Paltrow said, stalling. “Um, I mean…I think either. I really like Jennifer Garner. I don’t know Angelina Jolie very well.”

She was then asked about the “hardest drug” she’s ever consumed during her many years in Hollywood. Without skipping a beat, Paltrow responded: “Ecstasy.” (Paltrow has previously joked about her past drug use, telling Ross Mathews in 2013: “I did so many drugs in the ’90s. I don’t remember. I have no idea.”)

Another topic of interest on WWHL was Paltrow’s friendship with Beyonce and Jay Z, which she also discussed with Stern. “The greatest perk of being their friend,” mused Paltrow, “is that I have a relationship with people who have similar [backgrounds]. Obviously, I’m not as famous or successful as they are, but I do have a life in the public eye, and I have people to walk through life with in that capacity.” She noted of the world-famous couple: “They’re very kind and loving people.”

The best aspect about being Bey and Jay’s bestie is none other than hanging out with Blue Ivy Carter. “It also means I get to be around their daughter, who I love so freaking much!” Paltrow, a mother of two herself, gushed.

Cohen then asked about the 3-year-old hip-hop scion’s personality. “She is a powerhouse,” the GOOP founder noted. “She is the boss of everything. She can do all the choreography to ‘Chandelier,’ even though she’s just 3 years old. She’s just super smart, and I love her so much.”

[From Us Weekly]

Honestly, I thought Gwyneth was throwing a little shade at Angelina when I just read the quotes, but when I watched the video (below), I came out of it thinking that there was no shade thrown. Gwyneth didn’t say “I don’t know Angelina Jolie very well” with any kind of wink, she just says it like she really doesn’t know Angelina. As for Gwyneth’s hardest drug… ecstasy? I mean, sure, that’s a hard drug. I’ve never done it. I’ve never done coke either, but I think cocaine is probably much more serious than ecstasy. And I’m guessing Goop has done coke?

Here’s the video of Goop playing Plead the Fifth:

Here’s the clip of the after-show – Gwyneth talking about Beyonce, Jay-Z and Blue Ivy.

Photos courtesy of Pacific Coast News and Fame/Flynet.

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  1. runCMC says:

    Uhhh…Blue Ivy can do the Chandelier choreography? I find that very hard to believe.

    • Loopy says:

      excuse my ignorance is that a Beyonce song i have never heard of?

    • Artemis says:

      Yeah, I can’t imagine her doing backflips and complete splits.

      It reminds me of the 3 year old on Ellen that can dance ‘just like her mother’ when in reality, yes the kid could dance but not nearly as precise as the mother. People like to overestimate when it comes to children because it sounds cute and special.

    • OriginalTessa says:

      Of course not. Maddie the young dancer is one of the most gifted young dancers in the world. It’s taken her years to get to the level of dancing she displays in the video. Blue Ivy can probably jump around and pretend, at best.

    • Nicole says:

      You obviously havent seen the clip of Blue dancing on Jay Z’s lap. Given her parents, why wouldn’t she be gifted?

      • Bridget says:

        That makes no sense. So because her dad is a rapper and her mom is a passably talented singer/dancer (but who works her tail off) it makes it more likely that she’ll be a dance prodigy?

      • Nicole says:

        Because her parents are extremely musically gifted, she has a higher likelihood of being gifted too. That’s how giftedness works. Plus she’s probably spent more time around live dance and music in her three years than you and I have in our lifetimes.

      • LAK says:

        Gifted parents or not, a 3yr old dancing around isn’t the same as an older TRAINED dancer. There are moves in that video that require technical proficiency, not simply jumping around. Ditto the precision.

        I’m with whoever made the observation about the child on Ellen who could dance, but not as well or as precisely as her mother.

      • Artemis says:

        LMAO, so because Blue is moving around a bit and shakes her hand, she’s dancing and ‘gifted’? Then Youtube has shitloads of geniuses and if many children can do what Blue can at a younger age without ‘gifted’ parents, is she really that genius? Maybe she’s just being a normal child who is exposed all the time to music and performances?

        Besides, being gifted is only part of being a genius. It’s turning that talent into a SKILL which takes years and years. Maddie, the dancer from Sia’s videos, has been dancing since age 2 so it’s impossible that Blue at age 3 is at the same level of such a highly trained dancer. Gifted or not.

        Even Maddie wouldn’t have been able to perform with such emotion and technical skill at age 3. No child at that age is learning that, there is a basis that needs to be formed and if you think that children come in and start with backflips, you obviously have no clue about dance levels and the time it takes to develop the muscles and learn intricate choreography.

        I think the danger with today’s society is that people take innocent things like a child loving movement and translating it into something more profound is why a lot of people don’t WORK for their dreams and passions anymore. That gifted automatically means there will be no work involved, that they’re above paying their dues and doing their best consistently. After all, ‘work for your dreams’ doesn’t nearly sounds as appealing as ‘follow/chase your dreams’, as if you already have the tools to succeed, it’s the opportunity that is out of reach which is beyond your control. Horseshit…

        Btw, most people aren’t geniuses, most people are average and those who succeed (people with average intelligence actually achieve more than people with higher intelligence according to research so gifted does not equal success!) WORK damn hard. After all, Beyoncé is CREATED by her father who put her in bootcamps from a very young age. All she could do was sing well. That’s all.

      • qwerty says:

        Jay Z doesn’t dance do tha part of your argument is invalid/ Beyonce can but she was trained like a little circus animal from a very young age so it’s hardly genetic.

      • FLORC says:

        Lol Artemis!
        I was thinking about that baby that was dancing to Single Ladies like they were at a club. Adorable! And yea. Loads of babies an toddlers that appear like natural dancers. Youtube has it.

        LAK
        Here’s 1 example I always think of where talent is in the genes. Eddie Van Halen and Valerie’s son Wolfgang. He has raw talent. Years ago Eddie’s speed, accuracy and ability to replicate tones and sounds without knowing the proper chords or string combos were put to the test. Both were tested. There was such a degree of precision in all catagories that only those with years of training could manage. And Wolfgang had none of that. He was a young teen at the time.

    • Evyn says:

      Jeez! She can probably mimic the routine.
      Think of all the kids who would mimic the “Thriller” video. It didn’t mean they could dance as well as MJ.

    • kcarp says:

      My 3 year old looks just like Elaine on Seinfeld dancing. Even the thumbs its hilarious.

  2. Maya says:

    One thing I will give Gwyneth is that she has never thrown a shade on Angelina. This despite sharing the same agent and being newly BFF with jennifer Aniston.

    • lisa2 says:

      Yes I will give her that point too.. and notice there are not Gwyneth vs. Angie stories.

      • SpookySpooks says:

        because she’s not the one Brad dumped for Angelina.

      • Liv says:

        And she knows that she should better not go there… 😉

      • perplexed says:

        She’s the one who cheated. She can’t shade Brad.

        I assume both she and Chris cheated which is why there’s no shading gone on there either.

        She has shaded Ben in the past (something about his taste in women being kind of stripper-ish), so I think we can assume he was at fault there.

      • FLORC says:

        Well Spookyspooks Brad didn’t leave Handler either, but… yea.
        I think Gwyn has her own stuff to deal with. I bet she trash talk in the goddess circle though.

    • WhereTheWindBlows says:

      I don’t think Gwyneth has ever thrown shade at any of her exes, either. Which is nice. I don’t really follow Gwyneth so I could be wrong, but she seems a lot more nicer than Jen. Yes, Gwynnie comes across as a pretentious snob but she doesn’t seem to make passive-aggressive comments about exes and other women.

      • miss T says:

        Well she did once refer to Jen as “that tv girl” which was a bit of a dig. But that was years ago and they are friendly now.
        Despite her pretentiousness, I’ve always found her to be pretty harmless.

      • perplexed says:

        I think she’s thrown shade at Ben in the past.

      • perplexed says:

        I also think she may have shaded Brad and Jen for how they handled their divorce (sure, we were all secretly thinking it, but she went out in public and talked about it).

      • perplexed says:

        And the frenemy thing seems to have been about Winona.

      • GeorginaClowney says:

        Stop revising history. Paltrow’s a known and reputed mean girl. Ask Winona.

        http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=q_VAeasE-uU

        Check out she and Handler above, dissing Angelina at minute 41:50 in an obviously staged pre planned attack.

        She’s shaded Brad and Jen for ‘talking about themselves as a couple,’ which she thought made their divorce so much worse. She’s also shaded Aniston with the ‘tv girl,’ comment and by giving a passive aggressive I messed up what I had with Brad Pitt on the eve of his wedding to Aniston. For years she was Aniston’s nemesis, and very much a part of her deep neurosis about her career and relationship – Aniston knew Pitt was ‘still healing,’ from Paltrow’s actions (cheating supposedly, then proceeded to badmouth him behind his back – so she wouldn’t look the bad guy, miramax/Weinstein helped as she was their new grace Kelly at the time).

        Paltrow and Aniston have shared the same PR flack for years…Steven Huvane. He incorporates a lot of the same strategies with his people, for instance he’s found that name dropping Brad and/or Angelina (whether anecdotally discussing as Paltrow often does, whining/complaining and inferring as Aniston has done for a decade, or attacking Angelina like Chelsea Handler, another client of his, does on the regular — insures deeper, wider press coverage.).

        Huvane also ensures his clients stay friendly, PR 101. It’s a low budget 2 and even 3 or 4 for the cost of one strategy….why grease palms for a pictorial in a mag, or hire fashion and stylists, when he can orchestrate a ‘vacation,’ or ‘dinner,’ that gets coverage in all the rags and mags. He encourages dinners, and get togethers – as a social relationship with other celebs in the same PR stable, helps them all out in terms of press coverage…its a cheap way to do publicity: hence Paltrow interviewing Handler with prepared Angelina bashing questions to promote her recent Uganda book, Paltrow posing with Aniston, handler at dinner with Paltrow, Aniston and handler on vacation together and the many appearances on her show, some of which include Angelina digs…etc

      • perplexed says:

        When asked about adoption, I think Gwyneth said the following: “We might get one from Brooklyn.” People thought she was throwing shade at Brad and Angelina.

      • Luce says:

        Spot on about Huvane’s strategies. He also throws “bad” rumors about his clients out there just to keep the publicity train rolling. 1. Leak negative story about client 2. Client gets more interest 3. Client gets more press in turn 4. Client can then turn/mold their own narrative

    • Mispronounced Name Dropper says:

      Since when has not throwing shade been a sign of virtue? Some people deserve to have shade thrown at them.

      • GeorginaClowney says:

        Except we’re not talking about who’s deserving or not deserving of people throwing shade at them – we’re talking about hypocrite Goopyth, whining in that nasally whine about why women are such bishes, meangirls, and cat clawing vindictive idiots to each other..when she herself is the epitome of that toxic behavior. We’re talking about her hypocrisy and lies. Try to keep up.

      • Mispronounced Name Dropper says:

        “Try to keep up”

        Blow it out your arse.

  3. TX says:

    I guess it depends on how one defines “hard”? Ecstasy totally changes your consciousness by changing how you experience light and sound and seriously heightens your tactile experience. Coke doesn’t alter your consciousness to that extent by a long shot.

    • GoodNamesAllTaken says:

      I agree. As a recreational, occasional drug, I don’t think coke is harder than ecstasy.

      • mimif says:

        Hm. This is just my personal observations, but because cocaine is so addictive, I would consider it the “harder” drug out of the two. I don’t know anyone who’s gotten addicted to X (although I’m sure some do), while I know many, many people who have been addicted to coke. Cocaine is so much easier to do, whether it’s an open situation, or a closet habit, whereas Ecstasy isn’t quite as easy to hide. But I suppose it depends on the individual and the quality of said drug.

      • GoodNamesAllTaken says:

        Yes, I hesitated to say that because it is a terrible addiction. But I did coke in the 80s, as did a lot of people I knew, and no one I knew got addicted – it was a Friday night party thing. No drug is harmless, and I don’t recommend doing drugs at all, but I think a drug that alters your consciousness is scarier to me than one that doesn’t. That’s probably what I should have said.

      • mimif says:

        I totally get what you were saying, GutenNamen. I think we are both speaking from anecdotal experience, while scientific data may prove otherwise. My boyfriend loves taking mushrooms and finds them…therapeutic. I, however, cannot touch even smell them without having a mild panic attack, this after numerous not-so-much-fun experiences taking them. Conversely, he has never tried cocaine and thinks it’s a horrible drug. Empirically, he’s “right”, but I think a lot of it boils down to a)quality and quantity of the drug taken, and b) one’s own biochemistry.
        Now, that said, where’s the Kahlua, my dear?! 😀

    • phlyfiremama says:

      Thank you. This drug war propoganda still being tossed off as truth is ridiculous. True ecstacy (MDA) is not a hard drug at all, it has pretty gentle psychoactive effects of euphoria, increasing pleasant emotions, and allowing for folks who have been traumatised or who have psychiatric blips safe space to examine these things. It has tremendous potential therapeutic value, yet the hysteria and deliberate misinformation campaign surrounding its actual value have obscured this. Please, stop irresponsibly continuing to spread misinformation about substances you know nothing about. Instead, educate yourselves at a reliable, science based and experience related website such as the Vaults of Erowid or the Lycaeum.

    • ScrewStewrat99 says:

      I would say it’s harder just because it’s usually made with harder drugs. Back in my party years (I had a crazy period of life for a while and hung out with some crazy people.) I did it a few times and the dude we would get it from had some kind of kit and would test it. We hung out with him a lot and I saw pills with speed and coke. Others with heroin. Some had meth. It was always different and most times the pills had more than one of those harder drugs in them plus. I know coke can be really addicting, but the high is so much lighter and fluffier compared to ecstasy.

      • TX says:

        Yes I think that is a good point. As phlyfiremama said above, MDA/MDMA isnt necessarily bad, and can really do a lot of good. Its the sh*t they mix it with to make the X pills you find in clubs etc that can really wreck you.

        So idk. Like I said it depends on your definition. Is coke “harder” because it makes you more aggressive and is more addictive (that we’re aware of), or is X “harder” because it alters your consciousness to a higher degree (which can be a good or bad thing, depending on the situation)?

        The way I see it, as long as you keep it together and are smart about it, you can do either and be just fine.

  4. perplexed says:

    If I hadn’t read today’s posting, I wouldn’t have realized that she’s promoting a movie. All this time I thought she was promoting herself. I kept wondering why she was talking about these other celebrities…

  5. caitlin says:

    I don’t see her and Jennifer Garner having much to talk about – in an elevator or any situation – so I doubt the veracity of that statement. Unless of course Jennifer’s image is a farce and IRL she is totally different from what we see (?)

    • perplexed says:

      Maybe they talk about Martha Stewart.

    • GeorginaClowney says:

      What’s strange is I’ve read about her WWHL appearance and what she said on a few other sites, and they all say she says she’d rather be stuck with Angelina to get to know her better. (Eyeroll) seems like she could have used the time they made a film together (sky captain) to do that…maybe at the premiere or something. Why what she said in full is left out in this piece, I don’t know.

  6. kgg says:

    Blue Ivy is a 3 year old who eats her boogers like every other 3 year old.

    • Nicole says:

      Or she’s the child of two incredibly gifted musicians and business people who has a much, much higher chance of being gifted than the average kid.

      • kgg says:

        Why can’t she do both?

        But still, she’s probably a lot more like every other three year old than not.

      • littlestar says:

        Nicole, you do realize that neither Jay Z or Beyoncé can play a musical instrument and that Beyoncé doesn’t write her own music? I also think Jay Z is very “slow” compared to other talented rappers. They are both hard working individuals who have made smart business moves. That means they hire the real talented people to help them out. Their success doesn’t necessarily mean they are talented musically. As someone who is a classically trained pianist, I find it funny when people say Beyoncé is a gifted musician. She’s a shrewd business woman who hired the right people to make her the success that she is (not trying to be negative about it as I think Beyoncé is a hard worker, she just couldn’t write a decent song all by HERSELF).

        So yeah, Blue is probably just a cute 3 year old doing cute 3 year old things. Nothing more than that.

      • Nicole says:

        If she’s really bright, she’d be a lot more like a four or five year old.

      • nic919 says:

        Jay Z and Beyonce are excellent business people and have marketed their product quite well, but I would not put either of them in the gifted category. Not only are they not musicians, but if you listen to Beyonce speak, she does not sound very bright. Compare them to Stevie Wonder, or someone similar and then they pale in comparison.

      • Nicole says:

        lol Jay Z and Beyonce aren’t talented musicians, even though they both have multiple hits and have made millions from their music. They’re just lucky hacks who hired the right people. hahaha says some guy who can play the piano, you guys.

      • Maria says:

        both arent even talented musicians, they are certainly not Chuck Berry or Lennon/McCartney, they are good at business. also having gifted parents does not mean the children will be gifted, too. just like ugly people can have beautiful children.

      • Nicole says:

        I didn’t say there was a guarantee, just a believable likelihood. Both are extremely talented musicians… sorry they’re not to your taste, but they both get mad respect from other musicians, clamouring to work with them, and they both have enormous fan bases. Their songs play well on the radio. It’s not a coincidence. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXeNANevKoQ

      • Emma says:

        Nicole (or should I say – Beyonce?), having gifted parents does not at all mean you’ll have gifted kids…. prime example: the offspring of pretty much all celebrities in the world. The gifted kids are by far the exceptions – never the rules. The only ‘likelihood’ is that they have better opportunities and that more people will suck up to them for being famous, not that they have any type of genuine talent.

      • Nicole says:

        Giftedness has a large genetic component. Why is that so hard for people to believe?

  7. edith says:

    coke is not harder than ecstasy imo

    • Brittney B says:

      It’s WAY more addictive and destructive, though… and if you’re comparing their purest forms, blow has none of the long-term rewards (e.g. revealing genuine connections, overcoming petty grudges) that MDMA does.

      (This is coming from someone who’s done the former extensively, and only tried the latter a few times.)

      • mimif says:

        I just wrote something similar upthread, and speaking from the same experience as you. I can do X once and be done for years, cocaine, not so much.

      • Esmom says:

        I’d say they’re fairly equal. Their effects are different but both can kill you. MDMA seems to be big among high schoolers around here, I think they thought it was fairly harmless until an 18 year old neighbor last year died of organ failure after using it.

      • Stephanie says:

        That’s why you think it isn’t that bad. I’ve done e prob 150 imes or so, but coke only prob about 25. To me ecstasy is harder bc I have my history with it and see how addictive it is and what a b it is to come down from it.

  8. How Odd says:

    Has Goop forgotten she worked with Angelina in Sky Captain movie hmmmm two EX-s of Brad still talking about Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie whilst promoting their own movies how timely.

    • Luca76 says:

      That movie was all special effects and blue screen I don’t think they actually did scenes together. In fact if I remember correctly they met at the premiere.

      • GeorginaClowney says:

        Even if you ascribe to the outrageous idea, that they never met while making the film (ludicrous), i recall the premiere of Sky Captain, and both of them being asked about each other and Angelina having adopted Mad was asked if she gave any tips to Gwyneth who had just had Apple. Also they share mutual friends re Jude Law (who was Jonny Lee Millers best friend) and Johnny Depp.

        She’s being passive aggressive and fudging more than a bit…the whole idea is to keep Angelina this unknown quantity that other women are distrustful and leery of…ooooooh…no one knows her…she’s unknowable…it’s such b.s. and part of the Huvane narrative all of the horses in his stable (handler, Paltrow, Aniston) spin. It’s a concerted PR strategy

  9. Lucy2 says:

    Is she trying to say she and Jay Z have a “similar background”? Because I don’t think she understands what that means, if she’s saying their friendship is good because they’re all famous.
    I think the movie is going to bomb.

  10. Loopy says:

    Her make up looks good, she looks healthier.

    • kibbles says:

      Yes, I just came here to comment that she looks great in the top photo. It looks like she’s gained a few pounds and her face is fuller. This is the best she has looked in years!

    • maeliz says:

      I was thinking looks good. She usually looks completely washed out with her hair and skin being the same color. I could never believe she was named most beautiful

      • GoOnGirl! says:

        but why doesn’t get a trim, comb that straw, or put it in a bun where it would look so much more presentable?

      • GeorginaClowney says:

        I don’t recall her being named Most beautiful, but I’d believe it about her, before Aniston, her other PR stable-mate.

      • perplexed says:

        Yeah, she was named Most Beautiful by People magazine. And she’s often called one of the most beautiful women in the world when Chris Martin is being interviewed. In the 90s the praise for her beauty was off the charts.

        She’s attractive, but I think she kind of looks like Sissy Spacek.

  11. Jayna says:

    She said: Paltrow said, stalling. “Um, I mean…I think either. I really like Jennifer Garner. I don’t know Angelina Jolie very well. But either.”

    The last “but either” was left off of the quote, and the part where she picks Angie because after Andy said that would help her get to know her better.

    There was zero shade. I doubt she has any issues with any of these women. Gwyneth had been with Chris for 12 years. She’s had a life with someone she really loved and had children with. She wasn’t pining for an ex nor in competition with any ex’s wife or girlfriend. That was long ago.

    • WhereTheWindBlows says:

      Why do the media do that, cut off the last bit? Well, yeah, I know why they do it. To create controversy, skew a story a certain way. But surely they realize that even if they truncate the end to create their own spin, sooner or later the original comment will come out anyway. It happened when several media left of the “and kill each other” bit from when Angelina was talking about their kids seeing the movie. Left off, it presents a completely different context, like she was talking about her and Brad on set. With that last bit on, in its original form it changes completely 180 and shows she was talking about the characters. The tabloids have a habit of doing this to Angelina. The original story will come out anyway so why bother.

  12. clara says:

    Gwyneth and Angelina did Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow together. I’ve never seen that film, did they not have many scenes together? She must know her somewhat, if only from doing promotion together. I would have assumed she knew her better than Jennifer Garner, who is married to her ex-boyfriend.

    • Jayna says:

      She has said she and Ben are still friends. Jennifer Garner and Ben are now her neighbors since she moved back to the States. She said on Howard Stern she’s had Jennifer Garner over for what sounded like a casual get-together with some of her girlfriends in the neighborhood over the summer or something and said Jennifer Garner is really funny. So I guess she does know her somewhat better because of being neighbors.

    • Kim1 says:

      She just stated she had Jennifer Garner over for dinner on Howard Stern.As opposed to seeing Angie at a premiere a dozen years ago.

    • party on says:

      Yes, they had scenes together in Sky Captain- there are even videos of Gywneth smiling & laughing with Angelina during the red carpet. All those party drugs must have seeped into GP’s brain. GP did lie & claimed she never met Angelina at press con (2006?) when she was asked about Angelina & seemed VERY, VERY annoyed…I guess now she & her PR think it’s time to name drop Brad & Angelina – sell, sell, sellout.

      • GeorginaClowney says:

        Yup. She and her ex husband, name dropped Brad Pitt quite a lot during their weirdo marriage, and she’s talked about Brad and Angie and what they’re doing numerous times.

  13. Sullivan says:

    Why do interviewers feel so comfortable asking Paltrow and Aniston about Angelina Jolie? Does Jolie get asked about her husband’s ex-girlfriends/wives when she’s being interviewed?

    • Kim1 says:

      Either Angie has stipulated that she won’t answer those questions OR the interviewers don’t ask them.As far as I can tell Angie has only been asked about JA once.I believe in 1996 or 97 Vogue she said she would be open to meeting JA.
      I find that interviewers are also asking celebs and actors about Brad and Angie but not vice versa.How often is Brad asked about other actors? Rarely

      • GeorginaClowney says:

        Lol, I think you mean 2006 or 2007. It was the end of 2006 for the Jan 2007 vogue I believe.

    • Jayna says:

      WWHL, Andy always does stuff like that, asking questions about exes.

      Howard Stern does.

      Angie has been on neither.

    • mia271 says:

      Angie’s asked about absolutely everything- from exes to the middle east AND she answers…without snark or drama or putting people down. Both Jennifer and Gywneth should follow her example if they want the drama to stop, but I suspect they like it (or need it) so we should expect more of the same from both of them. You can’t keep blaming the media when bigger stars get harder, even more “unfair” & invasive questions and the result is not filled with odd/mean/trashy statements. The media is way harder on Angie AND she doesn’t have million dollar PR like JA & GP do- plus, Jennifer & Gywneth are older and have been in the business longer. Even though Angie is younger, they could learn a lot from the way she conducts herself- with dignity and class. Howard & Andy- are big star f*ckers- I listen to Howard all the time- even years back, anyone could say “no comment” to him- today, he doesn’t even bully people like he used to when they day no comment, esp the celebs. He’s still a good interviewer, just much more mellow at 61 & now lives to hang with “stars”.

  14. Maria says:

    i always forget that she was with Brad AND Ben.

  15. OSTONE says:

    Is it just me or did Goopy came across somewhat likeable this press tour? Is she consciously uncoupling from her organic, gluten free smugness a little?

    • Miss T says:

      I think she’s always been pretty likable in her tv interviews. It’s in her print interviews and goop blogs that the smugness comes out. I have a feeling she’d be fun to hang out with irl, but for whatever reason, her personality doesn’t translate well in print.

  16. smcollins says:

    I get some’s point about how can Gwyneth not really know Angeliba when they were in a movie together, BUT…..that movie came out over 10 years ago (right before Angelina & Brad got together). If she hasn’t seen or spoken to her since then, then yes, it’s safe to say she doesn’t really know her. 🙂

    • perplexed says:

      Other than Brad Pitt, I can’t really imagine them having anything in common to talk about. They’re both rich, but sort of live different lifestyles. People talk about how different Aniston is from Angelina, but I don’t think of Gwyneth as being similar to her either.

    • Veruca Salt says:

      Funny thing though is GOOP actually seems to become friends with practically all her lead co-stars or at the very least, implies that she’s chummy with whoever she has worked with before. (she once answered a call from Christina Applegate during an interview and was so a name droppey about it, the girl loves to network and show off her connections, what can I say? ;-)) so her comments about Angelina, a former costar, are a little strange.

  17. SpookySpooks says:

    I’d rather hang out with Jennifer too.

  18. kri says:

    All I’m getting from this is that GOOP wants to work. And this movie needs all the help it can get. No wonder Ewan is MIA. It looks awful.

  19. Pearson says:

    I’m sorry but if you listen to the Howard Stern interview (please listen to it…priceless) she does shade Angelina. It’s not what she says but what she doesn’t say. I think it’s actually much more manipulative.

  20. Branvoyage says:

    I never thought I’d say this but I’m starting to like her a little.

  21. Jules says:

    Nope…Goopy is and always will be a mean girl. All this “hey, I really am a nice girl” crap is about promoting that lousy looking film. It’s rebranding season folks, but I for one, am not buying it.

  22. Snappyfish says:

    I’m with Jules…she is & always has been a mean girl. Oh & Cate Blanchett deserved the Oscar that year.

  23. scout says:

    Both her and Jen Aniston are talking about Angelina these days! Envy? Think so.

  24. Flower says:

    Odd that the Goopster is singing the praises of Blue Ivy but hardly ever mentions her own children, I can’t remember the last time there was a photo of them either ,not entirely a bad thing but it seems strange that she never mentions her own kids while she is all over someone else’s child like a rash.

  25. Veruca Salt says:

    I find it a little strange that they filmed, “Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow”, yet Gwyneth “doesn’t know Angelina Jolie very well” yet, Jennifer Garner and Gwyneth have never worked but Gwyneth really likes her. Huh.

  26. dorothy says:

    Please don’t let new scripted PR and look fool you. She is still full of GOOP and universally disliked more than any other female celeb, in the business and out of it. Don’t buy her new phony attempts to be likeable, please. Chris is so well rid of her! Best him, to her lovely Mom and kid…..s but Gwyneth….just NO. Total phony and very horrible to others, makes me ill to even think of her.