Around this time last year, we were focused on Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Martin’s on-and-off relationship. Chris was only a few months removed from his marriage to Gwyneth Paltrow, and while Chris definitely seemed to have a mountain of baggage, he still managed to bag America’s Farty Sweetheart. For her part, Gwyneth Paltrow bided her time. She didn’t insult J-Law publicly. Gwyneth simply demanded more of Chris’s time… for the kids! For their darling children, and don’t you think it would be a bad signal to send poor Apple and Moses if Lady Farts-A-Lot was suddenly introduced into their tender world? Of course, Chris agreed. Because Gwyneth has always been a great manipulator.
Even though Chris and J-Law did the on-and-off thing for many more months, it definitely felt like Gwyneth was still able to pull a lot of strings in Chris’s life. So… Chris has a new girlfriend. Her name is Annabelle Wallis. She’s 31, blonde and an actress (Chris has a type). Annabelle and Chris are all over each other in public, in a way he never was with Gwyneth. So what will Gwyneth do about it?
According to sources, Gwyneth Paltrow is “desperate” to meet Chris Martin’s new muse, Annabelle Wallis, after Chris went public with the actress in Paris last month.
“Gwyneth’s been bombarding them with invitations to double date,” a pal tells Star. “But it’s way too early. Chris is begging her to back off, but Gwyneth’s not giving up. She’s already messaged Annabelle on her own.”
After all, Gwyneth argues, if Annabelle, 31, is going to spend time with their kids, then she should get to know her too. However, Chris believes his nosy ex-wife has ulterior motives.
“Gwyneth did the same thing with Jennifer Lawrence… she pushed herself into that relationship as well, and look at how that went. It’s no wonder he’s gone to such great lengths to keep Gwyneth from scaring Annabelle away.”
[From Star Magazine, print edition]
Is Gwyneth Paltrow an evil genius? She very well could be. The thing is, most women of a certain age (say, past 30) don’t have a problem dating a divorced guy or a guy with kids. It’s all part of life and everyone has their baggage. But Chris’s baggage seems particularly intense. Not only does he have two young children and an ex-wife, his ex-wife is a manipulative elitist hellbent on “befriending” his girlfriends. Gwyneth reads The Art of War too much.
Oh, and the British tabloids claim that Gwyneth is also hellbent on doing a couples-vacation for Thanksgiving. She wants Chris and Annabelle to spend Thanksgiving in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico with the kids, herself and Brad Falchuk. God, that sounds awkward as hell.
Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.
I normally hate the narrative of a bored ex wife who is desperate for her husband back and will ruin all his relationships. I often believe it’s bullshit. But my husband ex girlfriend was like this. Always wanting us to hang out and trying to keep my husband on the back burner and revel in his attention. Chris and Annalise should keep to themselves. They cant cut Gwyneth out because they have kids, but keep it professional and brief.
She is way intrusive. It’s always best when all parties get along for the babies, but it’s a little strange to me that Qwyneth is always interjecting herself in Chris’s life. It’s almost like; I don’t want you, but I don’t want anyone else wanting you either.
If there was ever anyone who needs counseling for control issues it’s our little Goopy. She’s a walking case study.
But if she didn’t want to meet his girlfriends ( who are women that may eventually be in her children’s lives) she’d be labelled as not being able to get over him or elitist because of course she thinks his girlfriend is beneath her. She can’t win. Besides if people can over look the Damon story from Star as being a lie because it’s from Star, then this should also be dismissed.
Besides I don’t get why some see her desire to make sure that her kids Dad spends as much time as possible with his kids and prioritizes them in his new life as a bad thing. I bet if stories were coming out that he never sees his kids many would be blaming her for that too.
What I really want to know is why is Chris ” gets a hissy fit when anyone asks about his than wife during interviews/ runs from the cameras every time they are spotted/ does everything possible to not be seen with JLaw” Martin all of a sudden doing the tango on Parisian streets for a very obvious set up pap shot? There are also pictures of him in a ( his?) neighborhood looking rather happy to see photogs, as well as another over the top display of affection photos with this Annabelle chick in LA. What’s up with that?
@JINNI ITA with everything you said, and especially your last paragraph. WTF is with this uncharacteristic behavior from Chris? Literally dancing in the damn street?
I lived not far from his & Gwyneth’s house when they lived in NYC and I would sometimes see him coming and going. He would RUN into a waiting car with his head down to avoid photographers. If he acknowledged them at all, it was with a glare. The way he’s acting now is bizarre.
Meeting the girlfriends and wanting to get to know who they are is one thing (and should happen) but wanting them to go on a vacation with each other – no. And why do they need to double date. I just find it strange and the fact that he is asking her to back off and she isn’t. If there is an agreement out there on custody of the children and he follows it then she should offer to have them go on the vacation and if he says “No” then to accept that answer. Seems that if all these stories from now and before are true, Gwyneth has a hard time taking NO for an answer.
But isn’t she with Falchuck? Didn’t she cheat on Chris with Falchuck? Why would she care so much after all of that? She could easily get a better looking young dude of her own. I don’t even like her, but God, she’s better than that sleazy Chris Martin.
Its obvious that Gwyneth has completely moved on. SHe seems happy with Brad Fulchuk? and even went public with it. I believe she wants to get to know his girlfriend but i doubt it’s malicious intent. She and Chris clearly get on very well and she is going to want to know who is spending time with her kids… i would!
I’m sure Gwyneth side-eyed Chris for dating jlaw but more because of her age and maybe the tabloid nonsense it brings.. but i doubt she has anything personal against Jennifer.
Honestly, people make her out to be the devil but so many people say she is one of the nicest people and a great friend. When there was a competition on an aussie radio station for people to win a dinner with her, it was recorded and honestly she seemed really nice and easy to talk to and shocker… down to earth! That was where she said the MET ball was too crowded and hot and she was never going again!
And i like women who have a lot of strong female friends. They are not always easy to maintain, especially in her industry but she has a large group of women who say she is supportive and always there when you need her.
Oh hey Fishsticks!
Do people actually believe this? I do not. Goopy has been getting that D on the regular from that Brad guy for god knows how long. And I actually think she’s the one who pulled the plug, not Chris hence her constant smugness. I wouldn’t be surprised if Chris mentions Goop to stop these rebounds getting too close. She get’s his attention when she wants family time, and he gets an easy out without having to be the bad guy. Win-win. I can’t stand her, but I really can’t believe she’s still mooning after him. Goop thinks she a great catch, why would she waste time thinking about her ex?
If he is bringing their kids around the gfs I don’t see anything wrong with getting know them. I would want to too if I had kids and they are hanging out with my ex’s new girl. Also I don’t believe she still wants him . Didn’t she dumb him and idk why I always feel like she has him wrapped around her finger like if she would “allow” him back he ‘d come running.
It wouldn’t a problem if he didn’t change girlfriends every year.This guy was dating Jennifer straight after the divorce a few weeks after it was announced he’d broken up with Jennifer he was already dating the peaky blinders actress. It’s going to be a problem if your dad introduces you to a revolving door of girlfriends. its better not to introduce them if you aren’t serious about them.
Yeah wouldn’t like that. If its not serious the kids shouldn’t meet. Btw that’s the peaky blinder’s actress? Didn’t know that. I like that show
This is Star so it’s BS. BTW Wallis seems desperate to became famous with this relationship
I agree with you there. A few weeks ago Daily Mail had tons of photos of them. They totally looked like she had called the paps without him knowing and was posing. So cringe-worthy.
I actually think that it is him that is calling the paps. I say this because there were very clear pictures of him sitting on the side walk in a neighborhood looking all happy and checking out some chick running. In one picture he is looking dead at the pap and smiling; Wallis was no where to be found. They were at the DailyMail site a couple of days ago and it’s so obvious that he knows that the paps are there. So that leads me to believe that he is the one calling the paps. Now the question is, why is he all of a sudden cool with his picture being taken? With Leo D ( another one that normally shun pap attention) his sudden change and being okay with the paps taking pictures of him and his current girlfriend is all because if his Oscar campaign, but what is Martin trying to sell with this new image?
I don’t know that he called the paps, but I don’t buy that he could control Paltrow and Lawrence but cannot control Wallis. He wants to be photographed with her for some reason or other.
@Leah: Many are thinking that he is more comfortable with her because her fame and name recognition doesn’t overshadow or equal his, unlike GP and JLaw. He won’t be known as Wallis’s boyfriend instead it will be the other way around.
Wallis was desperate to be with Leto for many years. She’s a famewhore
A friend of mine (30 years old) started dating a guy who at the time had been in a 10-year long relationship with a 3-year old daughter. Even though she never openly admitted it, it is common knowledge that they started hooking up when he was still in the relationship (whereas they both claim he had been in crisis for several months). The guy is 10 years her senior, which isn’t a big age gap per se, but the baggage of a failed relationship and a daughter is considerable.
My friend is also quite immature for her age, she still lives with her parent, has kind of the “only child syndrome”, that is to say, she was raised to believe she’s a special snowflake and never really had to struggle for anything in her life.
To cut a long story short, immediately after they got together she started planning their dream-like life together, she was even describing the colour of the tiles she would choose to decorate the kitchen, the neighbourhood she would like to move to etc.. etc..
It’s been almost two years and she still lives with her parents, he still lives in the same house of his ex (they had bought it together, and they had also bought two houses on each sides for both couples of grandparents, so I guess the financial situation here is very tricky) and my friend is growing more and more resentful every day because of her broken dreams. She will never admit, but she jumped into this relationship because it sounded “romantic” and “adult, but the dreams have soon made room to real life struggles, and I am sure she didn’t expect it to be this hard.
I imagine that’s the same thing (with more drama and a lot more money involved) that happened to Martin Lawrence.
Except Jennifer Lawrence is a highly successful multimillionaire with a career of gold, independent, and only 25. She can do SO MUCH BETTER than Chris effin Martin.
Sorry, no comparison to your friend.
@Bishg Um, for a ‘relationship’ there are too many confusing moving parts in that one.
All those outside influences scream of handy excuses – the house, the grandparents, the ‘baggage’ of a failed relationship, the daughter… Also, the “in crisis” part and targeting your friend’s immaturity & desire for a “romantic & adult” relationship are groundwork for manipulation & emotional abuse.
If you can find a kind way, point your friend towards info on narcissistic partners, there’s a ton online.
So charming in the beginning, the relationship starts fast & furious despite challenges, then it lags with a million ‘valid’ reasons why she shouldn’t complain….and with every reason, her self-respect takes a dive, and the manipulation gets worse. But it was SO great & promising in the beginning that she stays.
I think you did pick up on strong similarities between your friend & Martin Lawrence, but for different reasons than you thought. Both women can do much better than a guy who chose them because they’re young & he wants to play mind games.
I do not believe this !! Gwyneth got divorce for a reason she has no interest in boring life of Chris Martin . As a mom she would like to know women who is around her kids I am totally for it . If somebody is calling her manipulative for it she should not even bother . Kids first
On side note Chris martins new girlfriend seems too happy to have famous BF coming across as almost fame whore
I don’t care how much of a catch these women think Chris Martin is, he is bound to Gwyneth until their children turn 18. She will expect him to go with her on every holiday vacation and her go-to excuse will always be “for the kids”. I would never want to date a man with a manipulative ex. I’d rather keep looking for a guy who is childless and/or who has never been married.
I remember Wallis from The Tudors. She was stunning as Jane Seymour.
She made a nose job
She looks so much like her mother here. It’s like she is growing into Blythe Danner’s face. Not a bad thing because Blythe is beautiful. Wonder if this happens to all women. Am I gonna grow into my mamma’s face?
That’s the first thing I thought when I saw this picture
I agree. This is the best she has looked in years. Almost totally different cheek and chin structure. Much softer look. Great hair and make up job, too. Must be using her mother’s resources.
She had been morphing into Tracy the excercise fanatic.
Sorry but this is ridiculous. She doesn’t need to bond with Chris’s new gf. Just like I don’t need to bond with my ex husbands new gf. It’s none of my business who he dates and if my kid tells me something that makes her uncomfortable then that’s another story.
So if this is to be believed, Gwyneth kindly extended a thanksgiving invitation to his new girlfriend? Given that both parents are presumably sharing the holidays for the kids sake and her own partner will be there, it would be unfair not to? Why is she being portrayed as a psycho for something that isn’t?
Erm can we sort of step away from the usual modus operandi for a minute here please? I know its sort of the thing to do to act as if Gwyneth is the only control freak in that conscious uncoupling. But come on. Look at Chris Martins behaviour. He refused to be photographed with his ex wife of 10 plus years. He went to great lengths to not be spotted by the paparazzi with americas no 1 box office actress. Suddenly this same guy is so happy to be photographed with his new girl you should think he was a kardashian.
Whats that all about? I totally think he is just as much of a control freak as gwyneth. There is no way he could avoid getting photographed with Gwyneth AND JLAw for that long if he wasn’t a control freak. That takes a lot of effort and planning.
The phrase “great manipulator” applied to Goop makes me laugh. Because the one who seems to be the manipulator never is.
Often in a couple, when she seems especially difficult, stand-offish, humorless, manipulative, and he seems like ‘good guy, maybe with some issues’….he’s likely a manipulative Jekyll/hyde jerk with a lot of issues making her miserable but she still thinks he’s great.
Hence Goop & Garner practically glowing on their own; and not a big surprise that Goop also put up with Ben, she may have a pattern.
Spot onI I have come to the conclusion that its Martin who is the control freak. Its just so much easier for people to apply that term to a woman.
Your point about the effort involved, making sure to avoid photos when he’s with very famous women is a good one, its’ very controlling.
And that behavior would surely be a bummer for the woman – he’s just not ok with someone being more famous/high profile. Dealing with him hiding behind bushes or sprinting down the street constantly makes things about him.
He is a douche . There were rumors that he has got women crazy after Jlaw taking home Atleast 10 lol . Think he is showing off to beat this rumor doubt this will last .
Dont believe this. Mainly because of the parenting element. Chris changes girlfriends once a year. Responsible parenting would be to wait until you are sure the relationships last. Gwyneth is very much that politically correct new age mother. I doubt she would think it to be appropriate for kids to be around his girlfriend of 2-3 months.This is just another story that plays on the public perception of her. Personally I think he’s just as difficult as her if not more.
I can only say that I’ve seen a happy Chris Martin in online pics ONLY after they split. He looks really happy, not pretending. The difference before the ‘before’ and ‘after’ photos is RIDICULOUS. He looks ALIVE now.
PS. Split – I have no idea if they are divorced?
Horrible body language on that Daily Mail picture! Chris’ hands are in his pocket and he is not even looking at her! She’s clutching his head and he’s not engaged.
Of course it is the I don’t want you, but no one else can have you. She also wants to know the women so she can rationalize to herself that they are less than she is. That way she can accept them into his life.
And here we have Gwyneth’s shrink spilling the beans and sharing with us her history .
I know it’s fun to dump on GOOP, but wanting to meet the woman with whom the father of your children is doing very public make out sessions sounds pretty normal to me. And really, the Wallis situation? Says a lot about Martin that we can’t blame her for, which makes it all the more vicariously embarrassing to me that JLaw let this loser inside her.
Chris Martin is a tool ……… get with the picture folks and Gwynnie is not much better.
I think Goopy has approval issues. That’s why she’s so freaking careful with her image. She needs the approval from everyone or else she shatters. This hate of her is probably debilitating to her personally, but I think we all hate her because of how freaking uncomfortable she seems in her own skin.