I’ve long been chronicling and wondering about the “falling out” of Madonna and Gwyneth Paltrow. They used to be super-tight, they used to work out together, they used to party together and use their fake British accents together and everything was super-duper and fancy. Then, about two years ago, it seemed like Goop and Madge began pulling away from each other. Many thought that the dust up was likely about money – notably, about Goop going into business with Tracy Anderson, the fraudulent trainer who had likely bilked Madge out of some investment money too. Goop and Anderson are still in business together, though, and Madge and Goop are still on the outs.

Then, earlier this year, something else weird happened – all of the “cool girls” began mean-girling Madge. It became evident at this year’s Met Gala, where Stella McCartney dressed both Gwyneth and Madge, but all of the cool girls wanted to hang out with Goop and everybody ignored Madge. Madge retaliated by telling reporters that she “felt fat” in her Stella dress, and BAM, Madge is no longer wearing Stella McCartney, nor is she friendly with any of the McCartneys any longer.

Now Star Magazine has an interesting take on what was really behind the Mean Girl War – it over boys, not money.

Madonna is singing the blues these days – because her A-list pals have turned their backs on her!

“Madonna doesn’t really have friends anymore,” a source tells Star. “She used to have a huge group who adored her. But now Gwyneth Paltrow, Stella McCartney, Beyonce, Jay-Z, Kate Hudson, Fergie and everyone else have dumped her.”

And now it seems like all of Tinseltown is shunning the 53-year-old. Madonna was banned from Stella’s 40th birthday party and dad Paul’s wedding. And her outcast status was again obvious when none of her former friends turned out for the Oct. 23 London premiere of her film W.E.

According to the source, the cold shoulder began when Madonna clashed with BFF Gwyneth over her relationship with the actress’s husband, Coldplay front man Chris Martin.

“Madonna got a little too flirty with Chris, and the tnesion spilled over to her relationship with Gwyneth… when Gwyneth’s relationship with Madonna soured, so did everyone else’s. She got her friends in their circle to dump her too. And now Madonna’s really lonely because of it.”

[From Star Magazine, print edition]

Er… Madge flirted with Chris Martin? And Goop got mad? Now, I don’t have any problems believing that Madonna is the kind of woman who will blatantly and directly flirt with your husband in front of you. I don’t have a problem believing that Goop systematically shuts out and mean-girls any woman who pays too much attention to Chris (hello, Kate Bosworth). My problem is putting those things together – Madge flirting with Chris and Goop getting mad about THAT? Yeah, I just don’t see it. Maybe I don’t want to see it, though. Gristle on goober. Rough.

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