Howard Stern interviewed Gwyneth Paltrow for his SiriusXM show on Wednesday, and there are so many quotes from this interview, it’s hard to keep up. Different people had different takeaways from the interview – I thought the most interesting part was when Gwyneth talked about her engagement to Brad Falchuk, and how they’re definitely not going to have any kids together (which means the theory about her already being preg is BS). Other people might find the quotes about Ben Affleck and Brad Pitt more interesting. Or maybe you’re more interested in Gwyneth droning on and on yet again about her conscious uncoupling. Some assorted quotes from the Stern interview:
On Brad Falchuk: Gwyneth says they don’t even live together yet, but that their wedding will “hopefully” be this year, and she’s ready to give marriage a “proper shot.” She also says, “I think that there’s something really beautiful about marriage. And I think that Brad is somebody who’s extremely…he’s really intelligent and he’s very emotionally intelligent. I think he’s a really good person to try this with, ya know, he’s very self-aware. He’s got a lot of emotional maturity.”
Whether she wants more kids: “Neither of us want more kids. We’re on the same team.” That said, Paltrow gushed that the TV writer, 47, is “fantastic” with her daughter, Apple, 14, and son Moses, 12, both of whom she shares with her ex-husband, Chris Martin. Meanwhile, Falchuk shares son Brody and daughter Isabella with his ex-wife, Suzanne Bukinik. “It’s always tricky with kids and trying to gently blend families… It’s hard.”
Whether she even remembers feeling romantic love for Chris Martin at this point: “No. not at all…I can’t imagine that at all.”
Stern asks if she thinks she was ever really in love with Ben Affleck: “It’s interesting I think there’s certain boyfriends where you are trying to work stuff out, right? Like you’re trying to heal certain stuff from your childhood and he was very much a lesson in that way. He…I’m not sure exactly what I was trying to heal in that instance but it was, he was, ya know, it was specific.”
How Brad Pitt protected her from Weinstein: “We had one instance in a hotel room where [Harvey] tried to…where he made a pass at me. I really kind of stood up to him, I told my boyfriend at the time, Brad Pitt. Brad Pitt, we were at the opening of Hamlet on Broadway, that Ralph Fiennes was in Hamlet, and Harvey was there, and Brad Pitt, it was like the equivalent of throwing him against the wall, you know, energetically. It was so fantastic because what he did was, he leveraged his fame and power to protect me, at a time when I didn’t have fame or power yet. It was, it was fantastic. He’s a good person. And Harvey was never inappropriate with me again.”
I think my problem is that I can always hear Gwyneth’s half-nasal voice saying everything with the bored sigh of privilege, so everything seems shadier than it really is. I will never get tired of Gwyneth talking on and on about how she feels nothing for Chris Martin at this point. I will never get tired of her awkwardness of having to address Ben Affleck and how gross he is. But, as I said, I’m most interested in the Falchuk stuff. It feels like she’s saying that Falchuk is the first emotionally mature, self-aware dude she’s ever been with? Maybe that’s in direct comparison to Chris Martin.
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Her language about giving marriage a shot, and “trying,” bugs me for some reason. I suppose it’s normal to not think in certainties once you’ve been divorced, but it sounds so..halfhearted(?)
Lol it is a bit bizarre. Most people are certain when they get married or at least want to be certain. Maybe she just doesn’t want to be naive about it because she knows how much things can change over time. She ends up sounding a little ambivalent towards the whole thing though.
Right? It comes across as very “I don’t think this will last, but hey, let’s give it a shot. There’s nothing good on TV this week.”
Her language is very new agey/psychological/spiritual. She is trying to describe the kind of relationship that people in those fields describe: very self aware, with very open communicaton, and geared to the support and promotion of each partner’s inner growth, more of a spiritual union. Blah blah blah. Thus being older may make these goals more attainable, especially if both people have clarified what they want from the union up front. Common wisdom is that “marriage is hard” so adding these goals on top may seem like a lot to ask. That may be why she sounds hesitant. My experience is new agey couples flounder for all the same reasons as regular folks. But I agree that people who are older and wiser have a better shot because they know themselves better going in.
I would totally read her memoir, Lord help me. She’s known a lot of people she’d have some interesting tea to spill. I bet she would write one, too, towards the end of her career.
When I did a Marvel rewatch a couple months ago I was stunned to realize Gwyneth was, by far, the worst actor in all 18 movies. One of the biggest names and the worst actor! It was wild.
She’s such an odd one all around.
To be fair, the writing is horrible for any female character (and sometimes in general) in that franchise, maybe with the exception of Valkyrie.
Despite having the title of Oscar winner, she’s not a strong or versatile actress. She can be good in a part that suits her, but an underwritten role in a Marvel movie doesn’t provide that.
I’m cringing for her….giving it a proper shot? She’s an adult right? married, divorced, children….
Wasn’t the fiancé married when they met?
They were both married and a lot of people think their relationship started with an affair. I think Lainey had a blind item about their flirtatious relationship way before they went public. I remember looking him up and thinking “why tf is she cheating with THAT guy?”
Cosign on everything KBB just said. They both cheated on their spouses (Brad and Gwyn) at the beginning. I too looked up the producer from Glee and thought, what?
Uh huh. That’s what I thought of when she described him as being “emotionally mature.”
‘Cause it’s so emotionally mature to have an affair. Barf.
I usually find her insufferable but Howard has a way of making his guests interesting and likeable.
She has her moments. I still laugh when I think of the description she gave of Affleck’s ideal woman years ago: a stripper with a can of beer in each hand.
I feel a bit sad for her children, who hear again and again about how she never was really in love with their father. It would be nicer to say she grew out of love or they grew apart, not that she couldn’t imagine being in love with Chris. They were besotted in the beginning. Would it damage her with Brad now to admit as much?
He cheated on her a couple of times, didn’t he? Not to say that she didn’t do the same, but maybe it’s easier for her to revise history.
For a woman who claims her divorce was so civilized, she certainly takes every opportunity to denigrate Chris Martin.
Absolutely, I couldn’t agree more. I think she seems very angry with Martin, for whatever reason. It’s not healthy for the kids to hear her slagging off their Dad either. And I am no fan of CM. Or Gwyneth!
On a slightly different tack, I find it a bit weird that they aren’t living together yet. Given what she said above, I wondered if it was something to do with the children, his or hers, not being too happy about it.
Right. Funny how Gwynnie never passes up an opportunity to inform everyone, including her children, that she never loved Chris. This bish.
Seriously – this “i never enjoyed the wedding the first time round” (i get it, they eloped) but I think she really means to say, “I never enjoyed the marriage the first time round”. Jesus, 2 kids and 10 years and she was never in love? And she keeps referring to CM as her brother. Ugh, yeah. Gross.
I’ve been having the impression for years that she’s like a narcissist serial cheater, she’s given some clues here and there so when she says she’s finally gonna give marriage a real shot what I heard was “oh, I think I’ll finally stop cheating just cos I can”.
It has been years since Gwen dated Ben and she dated Brad before she dated Ben! Howard Stern is very good about having celebrities spill their tea!
Unfortunately, when she said something like Ben was not in a place to be in a relationship, she was right! Unfortunately , every woman he has a relationship with thinks that they are the one that will change that!
I hate her and her snake oil business 99% of the time, but I laughed and found her super relatable when she talked about Ben Affleck. I think most women have an ex like that.
Didnt you know Gwyneth? … A real lady never kisses & tells, lol!
And a real gentleman never kisses & tells, either!