Here are some photos of Gwyneth Paltrow yesterday in NYC, in and around the Good Morning America studio, where she filmed a segment. What’s great about the interview – and props to GMA – is that it’s not just “OMG, Gwyneth looks amazing and she can cook, how charming”. The interviewer asks Goop some direct questions about whether or not Gwyneth is starving her kids, whether Gwyneth has eliminated everything from her diet permanently and whether it really costs $300 a day to eat like Goop. She also had some harsh words for book critics who have almost universally thrown shade at Lady Goop. Here’s the interview:
Actress Gwyneth Paltrow has taken aim at critics slamming her new cookbook for her alleged costly recipes, insisting sensational bloggers are spreading rumors just to get attention.
The Oscar winner’s latest culinary guide, “It’s All Good,” which was released earlier this month, has been panned by reviewers for offering menu ideas that include pricey ingredients such as duck eggs and Manuka honey.
One critic at Yahoo.com estimated it would cost around $300 a day to feed a family based on a selection of Paltrow’s recipes, but on Wednesday Paltrow defended her book during an appearance on “Good Morning America,” where she demonstrated how to cook up some of her favorite dishes.
She said, “That is insane. I mean this meal here is like $2 a person so I don’t know where they’re getting (that from). I say I like honey, like raw honey, and a jar is $25, but it lasts for two years. So they were just being sensationalist. There is a lot of inches of column that people need to fill and a lot of times they just try to get attention and say things that aren’t true, unfortunately.”
And the mom-of-two insists people can always find alternatives to keep the cost down: “For example, I like to use organic chicken, but it’s more expensive – you don’t have to.”
If you actually watch the video (and I would suggest watching the first 2 minutes at least), you can see Gwyneth physically WINCE when she mentions how the peasants can eat non-organic food and when she’s defending her cookbook against the tide of negative press. It’s pretty funny. This is what you get, Gwyneth, when you climb off your pedestal to interact with the peasantry. Nothing but shade, girl. She was expecting thanks from a grateful nation, and all she got was shade.
What I find weird is that most of the shade thrown at Gwyneth is because people are simply reacting to the crazy sh-t she says. Like, she talks about not feeding her kids carbs at all and just deciding one day (on the advice of the one nutritionist who told her what she wanted to hear) that she and her kids needed to be on this crazy “elimination diet”. And then when people reacted with horror, her new story is that we overreacted and we’re just making things up, and of course her children eat Oreos and such. Gwyneth went on Dr. Oz yesterday too and she flat-out changed her story completely! And so it’s our fault when we report on what she originally said?
Oh, and here are some images from Gwyneth’s new Max Factor campaign. CENTER PART. Ugh.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
Here’s the one and only thing that I will ever say about Gwenyth…. she always always always has killer shoes on. I covet her shoe collection with a jealous raging envy
Great shoes and great legs. She should put a big brown paper bag over the rest.
Agree great legs, but I’ll take my 6sized ass, over her anemia and all other crazy dieting-induced diseases.
But tacky, right, wearing a shorts outfit to showcase those amazing pins at the beginning of April in NYC. Tacky, tacky.
Actually, LadyJane, it’s been insanely pleasant in NYC lately. Mon/Tues was in the high 70s/low 80s! It’s been so lovely around here lately, definitely shorts weather.
…and now it’s rainy and gross again, but at least we had those days.
I was just thinking that! I think she buys a pair for each outfit specially, I haven’t seen any repeats. Man though she needs a better makeup artist.
She has a stylist and all of these clothes are free. Why would you think she’s out buying all of these shoes and outfits? They’re on loan.
Agreed!!!!!
I meant to reply about the shoes. ITA +1
Except the shoes in the top pic don’t seem to match what she’s wearing.
Though they do match the dog in the background.
I just wish Gwyneth the best, perhaps some insight?
**STILL NOT CLICKING K-ARTICLES, trying to make them go away***
Psst. Gwyennie. Oreos are NOT gluten-free.
Mmmkay?
I was thinking the same thing.
She does all those crazy cleanses, crazy diets, and she is passing her food problems (because THAT is the point of all this crazyness) to her children. This is scaring.
Maybe but doesn’t every parent do this? I have a life time aversion to tomato soup because my Dad forced me to eat a bowl of it once and I barfed it up. I think people are hyper-critical of her because she’s such a know it all advice wise but I think her kids will be ok and are not being overly traumatized food wise.
If she had included a few pictures of food in her latest book, instead of HERSELF, I’d still be hangin’ with her. But, cmon dude. Your new emperor suit is see through.
All I got is the power of makeup..
Funny how a neurotically obsessed health foodie looks so drawn and decidedly unhealthy when she isn’t beaming through professional lighting and make up for the camera. That one photo tells me all I need to know about her “lifestyle”. No thanks.
She certainly seems neurotic and obsessive but she has NEVER seemed health conscious to me. Doing yoga does not make you health conscious or a health authority. Nor does advocating cleanses or organics or elimination diets. She chain smoked for years, obviously starved herself and who knows what else. Why anyone ever turned to her for health advice I have no idea. She leeched the calcium from her bones she knows so little about health!
I never ate organic food in Australia (there isn’t a huge market for it like there is here in France) and I am not malnourished or anaemic so I am definitely beating you Gwenyth!
so iluminated and experienced and didn’t learn not to wear a moiré pattern on TV…
I laugh at you and your stripper ass right now.
well according to Goop not only am I blah since I’m a brunette but I’m also insane because I’m not a fan..
I will say that she’s got great legs, I envy them.
She’s working hard to win us over, isn’t she, Marie?
ha, she’s been reading “How to Win Friends..”
oh and please just ignore the XXL starbucks cup i am holding…really it’s for someone else.
LOL
Starbucks has msg, very very bad for you. How does our ‘Emperess’ not know that?
It does? I don’t drink it very often but I guess that explains why I generally feel like crap the rest of the day when I do. I always thought it was because it has more caffeine than I’m used to.
Maybe it’s soy milk!! Hahaha. But really, I love Starbucks and it’s caffeine filled, sugar loaded cups of fun that take us straight to nutritional hell. Can’t be good all the time, I say!
Yes, it does. Msg is in ALOT of foods under different names. Makes us crave bad foods, restaurant use ALOT. Rats that are given msg are very obese, explains alot huh? Causes migraines and messes with your brain, the FDA is not our friend. Didn’t mean to lecture, just trying to help.
No, Starbucks does not have msg in it. Because msg can trigger migraines, it is required to be disclosed on food and drink labels.
And re.the FDA? They are the ones who mandated msg content to be disclosed. *sigh*
MSG is in many things but probably not a cup of coffee. It is a common food additive but it’s no secret. They have improved labeling because some people are sensitive to it. If you want to talk about what’s hiding in your food let’s talk corn, as in corn syrup, that shit is in everything and gosh aren’t we all getting lovely and fat.
Yes, corn syrup! And all that lovely genetically engineered wheat that is sneaked into everything as well. The food triangle is a sham.
It irritates me that she is promoting Max Factor.
If they were going to get a slightly more mature actress to promote their brand….why her?
Naomi Watts. Amy Adams. Kerry Washington. Jessica Chastain. All women i would rather see with make-up campaigns than this woman.
The second Max Factor photo: THAT IS GOOP.
If I recall correctly, Max Factor makeup is no longer sold in US. And I loved their cover stick for dark circles. I have one left (I stocked up when I heard they were discontinuing). Does anyone know if they are going to be back on shelves in US?
I get the whole “you can’t please everyone” riff. However, when the MAJORITY shares the same complaint (irrational, elitist, out of touch, extreme, unrealistic, shallow, et al.) about your workout, your contributions to society, your “writing” and so forth, shouldn’t you listen at some point? Or do you write them off as sensationalists who are twisting your words.
And to the lovely poster saying she was avoiding posting on the Kartrashian threads, I am right there with you!
When I read the carb story on her I had a different interpretation…
I read it as she eliminated GLUTEN-based carbs from the meals she serves at home. That still leaves A LOT of carbs like all vegetables, quinoa, oatmeal, etc…
I don’t believe she ever claimed to have her family on a carb free diet.
This. People act like the only source of carbs is white bread and pasta. She talked about what her kids eat in the same article she talked about cutting certain carb sources, and it included things like brown rice and lot’s of veggies. There was nothing to suggest her kids weren’t eating any carbs.
Same as when people where shocked to discover this diet wasn’t something she did 24/7. She was always clear about that, it was in the very first press releases about the book, all her interviews etc. and the fact that it’s an elimination diet would make that obvious anyway. But it was sensationalized and people just assumed the headlines were correct.
She said her kids got a specific type of hunger from lack of carbohydrates, not from lack of gluten-laden carbohydrates. The woman’s a nutter.
I see now how you, and everyone else, seem to have gotten confused.
It’s natural for someone to not be specific in every single sentence of a conversation. She had already referred to the gluten-free thing earlier in the conversation. That’s- as we all know- the problem with taking quotes out of context.
Trust me, you KNOW if you can’t go back to gluten. She, nor her family members, are not making it up. It’s a pain in the butt to live with. I can see how Paltrow would be TMI for a lot of people, but, for some of us it is nice to see that her life isn’t perfect.
I have Celiac’s and get sick for 3 months if I touch a crumb of gluten. Smelling pizza can make me cry with longing (awkward…) the gluten-free stuff is not the same. I have a friend that is gluten-sensitive and it is just not smart or worth it for her even if she is only sick (varying, unpredictable reactions) for a few days. She still has massive cravings for the stuff.
Yeah, THAT part was sensationalized. She never said zero carb.
that actually makes a lot of sense. I do think she goes over the top sometimes, and she DOES seem to think everyone can afford these astronomically priced items she often recommends, but now that you mention it, this makes sense. it’s probably what she meant in context, but because she didn’t re-state it again in the same sentence, or because it was omitted, it’s been blown out of proportion. I can believe that. all things aside, I’m literally DYING over that buttery beige leather trench coat she’s wearing for the campaign. It’s beautiful.
Yup. There are plenty of other grains available for the gluten intolerant. I’m so thankful that there are plenty of wheat free foods of all kinds now available, because wheat is poison to me now.
Many people are confused by the gluten-fee diet vs. the low carb diet. Some people don’t realize that gluten-free is only critical for you if you have Celiac or gluten intolerance. People like GP don’t help when they mix it up with “lifestyle” nonsense. There is this absurd level of focus on gluten which really only adversely effects a very small percentage of the population. People get the stupidest notions in their heads when it comes to food. “That specific hunger that comes from no carbs.” It’s just hunger dear and it always feels the same. She’s so entitled she doesn’t understand how awful that sounds to those of us who have starved because we can’t afford food.
I think GP may have had cosmetic surgery on her knees.
If you look at older photos, this woman used to have really wrinkly knees, and now they’re all smooth…how can that happen naturally? Skin sags and it doesn’t bounce back – this is why people who have had bariatric surgery often have to have more procedures later on to take care of all the hanging skin.
Seriously, did she have a knee tuck?
It is possible. She had her boobs done and lifted so why not.
Do you have links to knee photos?
Actually, if you get skinnier enough and toned, the skin can “snap back”. (Speaking from experience) And inflammation can cause the bloated skin appearance as well. She’s just dehydrated IMO.
“Skinny” enough
Apparently there are non-surgical (but very expensive) treatments for wrinkly knees – this is from a webiste named “truth in aging”:
“Infusion Lipolysis, a procedure designed to shrink fat cells, can be performed above the knee in place of a knee lift. Unlike liposuction, which removes adipose cells (loose connective tissue), Infusion Lipolysis helps to deplete excess fat stored in these cells, thereby shrinking them back to their normal size and actually tightening skin.
The Refirme Skin Tightening Procedure, which uses elos technology, is another safe, virtually painless non-invasive solution for sagging skin around the knee. These medical treatments help improve skin laxity, wrinkles, and textural irregularities, but they often require a big financial investment and maintenance programs.”
GP’s knees are looking very good, I must say.
It makes me sick to see people like Gwynsufferable and Dr Oz toss their talent/education out of the window and go for sensationalist quackery for the sake of money.
Why can’t there be more people like Angelina?
ast week Dr. Oz was on the telly and I was watching for lack of any better alternative. He was talking about the risks of popping blackheads and how you could die from it… I have never eyerolled so intensely in my entire life.
I caught five minutes of his show and they were talking about how brushing your teeth releases large amounts of toxic mercury from your fillings and can kill you.
Such hogwash and so sensationalistic!
lol, wow that’s creative
I’ve outlived my blackhead popping life expectancy by 15 years if that’s true. then he talked about that blackhead extractor. My mom had one and I could never get it to work! It hurt more than squeezing them.
I thought I was one of the few people out there who thought Dr. Oz is nothing but a quack now! Lol. My future mother-in-law adores him – pretty much everything he says is gospel to her. And sadly, it’s like that for a lot of people I think. They just don’t question what he says. He tries to come across as being an expert on everything, and it really pisses me off. I have a friend who is a pharmacist and he says his biggest issue with Dr. Oz is that he’s always promoting some kind of “miracle” food or drug. And people buy into it! Like that raspberry ketone crap. Such rubbish.
Thank God other people see through this sheister!!
The mere mention of Dr. Oz’s name makes me wince. I have a friend who believes everything he says and it scares the heck out of me.
He’s got an interest in scaring people. He has a lot of branded things for sale.
I like Dr Oz but I take everything he advises with a grain of salt. I trust him much more than GP though. I’m at least a thousand times more likely to follow his advice than hers.
she’s BFF with BEYONCE!!!!!
I just realized something. Other than Iron Man, she hasn’t really done any Academy Award nominated activity right? Is she doing this because she feels she needs to help (pfft!) or is she broke? Is she not interesting to more acclaimed directors and producers? Can she compete with the Winslets, Lawrences, Coutillards, Streeps? Probably not.
I mean, I follow Martha Stewart and Ina Garten (love love LOVE her!) and occasionally Giada. Those are the women I want to hear cooking, decorating, and lifestyle guidance from. Is Gwyneth in need of the money? It’s just odd to me.
Probably trying to compete with her husband
It would not surprise me at all if Chris Martin shut down the bank. Her husband is a member of one of the world’s biggest bands, he is not hurting for cash, but I can bet she is.
Tiffany, that’s what I’m thinking. For anyone who believes people who dress affluently are rich, please watch any Housewives show or look at Mary J Blige (poor thing!). I bet Chris or the band locked up the money and she needs to have a wifey allowance or something.
Martha is a TEACHER. That is the one of the many differences between her and Gwyneth. Gwyneth preaches, Martha teaches.If you pu the both of them in a poorer area with people of a lower income strata, I’ll bet Martha would be able to show them how to start herb gardens using resources from their discarded milk cartons or plastic containers. Gwyneth would probably tell them they could get a job working at one of the local organic markets and hope for a discount on buying the herbs. THAT is why Martha will last, and Gwyneth is just on a bandwagon.
“Gwyneth preaches, Martha teaches”
A++++
Perfectly said!
I ADORE Ina Garten :). Now that is a woman who knows how to cook!
She probably has to audition for an Oscar-worthy film. I can see her thinking that’s beneath her. Besides, who would go see her star in a movie “Country Strong” flopped at the box office.
Martha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
She needs to change her hair the center part just looks yuck. I will say she does have great legs and love her shoes. I love to watch the Pioneer Woman she has a bunch of kids and she makes real food , food that normal people eat.
I wish all the food I buy could be organic but I cant afford it. Things that are organic get old faster too cus they have no presservatives either. For us peasents every penny counts.
Change. Your effing. HAIR.
She looks old in these pics (from the tv show)
Look at me! Look at me! Look at me!
I suspect she smokes way more than the occasional ciggie by looking at her skin and hair. I’m sure it helps her with the hunger pains.
I dont see how a jar of honey can last 2 years. Maybe if you buy like 200 jars and use a spoon of honey from one jar at a time. Then is it that the elimination diet was supposed to last for only 3 weeks? Because it came out as in forever. Then she wrote the book for or because of her son? Not because of her own condition? If she wanted to convince people to buy the book, I am so not convinced. And oh, red meat in small quantities is not bad. There are worst things, which also include not eating.
I do get that she is a pretty naive and stUpid, it’s her life, but what really bothers is that there are MEDICAL DOCTORS who support this insanity.
PS I didnt watch the whole clip I got bored.
That’s what I was thinking too! I mean even though it’s raw, it’s still honey right? Won’t it crystalize after a while?
If it crystallises, just stand the honey jar in a dish filled with hot water for about half hour or less. That should liquefy it.
Those Mrs Beeton tips are surprisingly handy even if they were written in the victorian era before convenience goods/food was invented!!
If your honey crystalizes, just re-soften it!
#pippatips
😀
My jar of raw honey only lasts about 2-3 weeks if used regularly.
sorry, i meant it bothers “me”.
And yes, she should also say how much she drinks and smokes.
I cant believe the hypocrisy. Stressed? I dont think its a work-related stress because she doesnt seem to work that much. Me thinks she’s probably got marriage problems or other kind of problems. Or its just a stupid attempt to sell the book.
” what really bothers is that there are MEDICAL DOCTORS who support this insanity.”
Some people just want an excuse to be different or special, and they’ll keep going until they find some quack to agree with them. I have Celiac disease and don’t eat gluten or dairy for health reason, but recently one of my coworkers decided that she must have Celiac disease, too. After appointments with several doctors and all kinds of tests, it was decided she most definitely did NOT have any kind of disease or intolerance. She eventually went to a chiropractor who agreed to be her “wellness doctor” who is advising her to cut wheat, dairy, soy, egg, and all sugar. Point is, if you want it bad enough, you’ll find someone dumb enough to agree with you.
Yeah.. your kids are both gluten and dairy allergic. RIGHT. Those allergies are the most misdiagnosed food based allergies out there. Less than 1% of the worlds population is TRULY gluten allergic. You feel bloated after eaten bread? It means you’re FULL! If you’ve actually seen someone with a real gluten allergy, you’d KNOW that people are being over diagnosed with the condition – I have and it’s similar to what happens to me when I’m exposed to aromatic flowers – face swells up, throat closes up and it’s time for an emergency rush to the hospital, folks. Get over it folks. And like It is ME! said, Oreos are NOT gluten free!!! What did she do? Rush him to the hospital after he ate one??? And what abut those milkshakes and ice cream cones her husband keeps taking the kids out for??? MMMMMM???? Are those dairy free? DOUBTFUL. She may be lactose intolerant (so she farts a bit after) but THAT’S IT!
Gwyneth… Just shut the hell up already.
THIS!
When did we raise celebrities to the level of respect where we listen to them offering medical advice or political/world view opinions. (And so many of them undereducated and raised in a bubble?)
Talk about your next movie or get out of my face.
I have a friend who currently claims both gluten and lactose intolerance and I swear to you it is 100% mental. Tons of people, mostly women it seems, have food issues and just lap this food is poison shit up. Stop co-opting people’s real stuff GP.
Actually, she claimed her son had a gluten sensitivity, not an allergy. Gluten sensitivity and allergy to gluten are two totally different things.
I have a true gluten sensitivity and while I don’t get sick like people with Celiac, I do have an episode that is none too pleasant when I eat gluten.
She may be insufferable (I truly can’t stand this woman), but she makes a valid point about cutting out the gluten for her child that has a problem with it.
Bottom line to me is she is NOT the worst of the worst. Apparently there is a list out about the 20 most hated celebs in Hollywood and she is number 1 and Chris Brown is 20. To me being a truly self-absorbed wealthy broad does NOT deserve more hate than that of a violent beater like Chris Brown, no way, no how. Hell Kim KrapTrashian makes Gwyneth look like a nun compared to her krap and I don’t know if she even made the list, but in my book she would be #2.
Actually, I disagree. I think Gwyneth deserves to be in at least the top 5 of horrible celebrities. She spreads a very negative energy of inferiority amongst people based upon shallow qualities such as wealth and body size. Kudos for her to live her life, but she’s putting herself out there as a lifestyle ambassador, and she makes people feel bad about themselves. Chris Brown is a heel, and I don’t know how he is still around and Kim K is classless and trashy, but Gwyneth’s mean arrow pierces deeper because she can make a person feel extremely inadequate if she is not at her rather extreme level of eating or living.
And public opinion simply speaks for itself, no denyin that. Celebrities cannot so easily create false images anymore and how you treat people catches up with you. Gwynnie is 20 years too late.
You are giving her way too much power. No one can MAKE anyone feel anything.
I agree, she receives a lot of hate but she’s not as hate worthy as some others in my opinion. I don’t “hate” any of them, I just dislike some of them more than others.
what baffles me is that her hubbie is / used to be so outspoken about issues like 3rd world debt and here is his wife, mother to his children, a complete narcissist whose only concern is looking good, being thin, and urges everyone to spend hundreds of $$ on shit she promotes. Pretty much everything hubbie used to be against. weird…
I thought that about Russell Simmons and Kimora Lee too, back in the day. He was all zen yoga, and she was total bling Gucci.
Yes!
It’s gotta make one wonder whether that politically/socially aware Chris Martin was simply a PR manifestation. That, or he’s just blinded by the p**sy. I tend to think it’s the former …
That’s not power of p*ssy working, bc she’s got prune(albeit organic and freshly pressed).
Sorry Chris Martin. Sorry, man.
+100
Diggers, I totally agree. THAT is what bugs me she is so insidious she got to him, his whole band and won’t shut up til she likes controls the world. She is the most sickening person ever and now PR is kicking in and we have to fall for it? Come on…have can she have so much and do nothing positive? I can’t believe she whipped Chris though either.
If you can’t take the heat, get out of the kitchen.
Seriously Goop, get out of the kitchen, because your food issues need to be deal with at a therapist’s office.
I’d have some respect for her if she’d just acknowledge that her lifestyle isn’t for everyone and IS expensive, instead of trying to convince everyone that it’s not. She has no clue, but keeps trying to sell to the masses.
The middle part is unflattering, and the shade of blonde washes her out and makes her tan look fake. White blonde looks better with pale skin and a bit of lip or cheek colour, like the advert photos, but the middle part always looks bad.
She is a walking contradiction. This interview was clearly set up to do damage control. I do think that she is exposed to a lot of information and cooking ideas due to the company she keeps. I like some of her ideas but not buying the whole package. I think she looks awful…just not healthy at all. Her hair is a clear indication of poor diet….its a hot mess.
THIS. Brilliant observation, she IS a walking contradiction who expects us to buy into her crap. She manages to insult our intelligence daily and then expects no repercussions. She has a personality disorder(s).
Ok, so the jar lasts 2yrs, but who is going to folk out $25 in one go on the one jar of honey and how big is it? Especially when she’s advocating a move away from sugar so this becomes the substitute essential item in their larder.
Calling her critics sensationalists, which they may be, is not smart. Responding in a reasonable, thoughtful way is a better answer and will make more converts.
She’s trying to be populist or rather sell her wares to the populace most of whom are 99% and she hasn’t learnt to temper her message accordingly?!
If her aim is to sell luxury goods to the rich, then tailor message and access accordingly. Don’t apologise for it. Don’t try to sell luxury to 99% and then call them names when they point out, quite rationally, that they can’t afford your goods.
On a different note, as someone pointed out upthread, why are her current roles so bad? She used to choose interesting projects. It can’t just be about her having children etc, she wasn’t the blockbuster actress prior to having said kids.
LOL, I love how the stylist at Revlon was all “I can’t do anything about this HAIR. Let’s tuck these nasty dead ends into the collar of the coat. There! Much better!”
I just imagine her split end straw hair making her neck itch something awful. *shudder*
Also, Dr. Oz is a complete hack. I bet he was the one who gave her the crazy diet go-ahead, as long as she eats breakfast. Friggin’ breakfast czar, that Oz. EVERYONE MUST EAT BREAKFAST.
/outburst. Ugh okay sorry.
Great eye! How odd that her damaged ends are tucked into her collar! Something must be up with that.
I don’t understand why she’s embraced this much blonder, straw-like hair color when achieving it damages her hair. Wasn’t she sandy-haired (or strawberry blonde)? How about a more natural choice that just covers the grey, lets her hair heal, and frees her to maintain her paler, prettier complexion?
Right! I just assumed the stylist for the photo shoot could not do a thing for that poor, poor hair. Ghastly hair. They even show his hands tucking it in!
Yes, she used to be more of a strawberry blonde color. You know what I think? Most bottle-blondes only re-do their roots so the hair just gets bleached once, or else they highlight. I think she bleaches her whole head every time, just has someone dump a bottle on it so it matches. Plus the flat iron nearly every day.
I’m with you. She needs to cut off the ends and dye it back to the natural color and then STOP. Some people’s hair can’t take the chemicals, like Tina Turner. I remember the awful story she told on Oprah about overdoing it to her hair.
I’m super jealous of those legs and I generally like how she dresses, but her skin…. It’s so leathery and sun damaged, man. Yikes.
Photoshop is definitely her friend. Candid photos are not.
Promoting the book must be stressful because she looks like she aged rapidly since the last time I saw photos of her.
Sorry, why is it that all these acting celebrities think that their totally pedestrian and everyday thoughts and activities merit multi-media attention?
Just because you’re looking after your two kids instead of being in film doesn’t elevate you to being a lifestyle style guru. What is it about herself that she feels we all want to emulate? Snotty, rich self-important mothers are a dime a dozen.
Sorry, why is it that all these acting celebrities think that their totally pedestrian and everyday thoughts and activities merit multi-media attention?
Just because you’re looking after your two kids instead of being in film doesn’t elevate you to being a lifestyle style guru. If it’s so meanigful and rewarding to her, why continue to grast at fame?
What is it about herself that she feels we all want to emulate? Snotty, rich self-important mothers are a dime a dozen.
I like everything in this comment. I’d dip it in $25 Manuka honey if I could afford it.
I have to think that as some actresses get older the roles are just not coming anymore.
Ali Larter is about to embark on something like this, but she’s likeable in my opinion.
Sorry for the multiple posts.
On an earlier Gwyneth thread, someone mentioned that her mother, Blythe Danner, tended toward snobbery.
I never used to think much about Blythe beyond her acting. But she drives me bananas in that Prolia commercial! It’s something about the way she says the name: “Prohhhhlia,” as well as her manner of speech overall. Then, at the end, she very believably conveys disdain for Ed, the stage manager who tells her to “break a leg.” The way she says his name even sounds like she thinks that only a prole would voluntarily shorten “Edward” to “Ed.”
I know, I know! I have thought way too much about Blythe and her commercial! But I’ve seen it repeatedly when watching shows with my elderly parents, and they too find her to be snobby. The comparison between her ad for a bone density product and Sally Field’s Boniva ad (which is very upbeat, youthful, and relatable) is telling. Maybe Prolia is supposed to be the product that rich, malnourished-by-design women turn to when their bones inevitably begin to crumble like chalk.
If anything, I find Gwyneth easier to take than her mother. But she definitely had a snooty role model growing up. Does anyone remember Gwyneth’s statement from years ago about how she, Chris, Madonna (when they were still friends), and “Sting and Trudy” would hobnob, and Sting would often play the lute? The lute! (I assume this was not taking place at a Ren Faire.)
lol. I’m going to pay more attention to these commercials. Sally Field has it over Blythe in every way!
This entire press junket is so staged to couteract the negativity she received from her inane comments she made several weeks ago when doing pre-interviews. What bothers me is the Chris Martin is beginning to play the PR games too.
I don’t see the great legs the rest of u do?
I’m all for healthy eating, and I love to cook all kinds of foods. However, her life sounds miserable. She might be able to wear a small size in clothes, but the constant diet restrictions and constant daily hours of exercise do not sound fun to me. I will gladly not be as slim to have more peace in my life. My life and job do not require that I look perfect, so I will gladly sit here and enjoy my fabulous bacon cheeseburger for lunch (which FYI, Gwyn, did not come from a fast food chain but from a local place that uses all-natural and organic ingredients, so I guess you can’t judge my burger now, ha).
Here is a person who is completely self-absorbed but lacking self awareness.
At times she sounds so absurd that I am almost embarrassed for her.
First let me say that I hate it when celebrities pose pigeon-footed. I think Scarlett Johannsen is the biggest offender. Secondly, while it’s true that a $25 jar of honey will last 2 years, so will a $5 jar. If her point is that even though SHE buys expensive organic chicken but people who can’t afford it can just go buy something cheaper or that $2 honey in a plastic bear-shaped bottle is just as good as her $25 jar of honey or that a $7 white t-shirt from Old Navy will work just as well as her $90 t-shirt, then one can only conclude that the only reason she showcases over-priced, expensive chicken, honey, t-shirts (and everything else) is to pretentiously point out that she can afford these things. The rest of us, of course, can eat day-old cake. She did not help herself with this interview.
^^^^Oh yeah…
Yeah I definitely caught the “let them eat cake” vibe but I don’t think she should lose her head over it (rim-shot!).
I disliked her until I watched the video.
That actually made me warm to her. She seemed far more outgoing and happy than I expected.
her un airbrushed face and hair are so haggard, i feel like we should all do the opposite of what she does
Aw, so mean, tbh she just looks tired to me. And she has always looked a little leathery from too much youthful sun.
I have never read Paltrow’s cookbooks, but you should read Trudie Styler’s cookbook, “The Lakehouse Cookbook”. Dripping with pretentiousness, very expensive and time consuming recipes. The only redeeming value of the book is the photographs of their lakehouse, and pictures of Trudie and Sting together.