Gwyneth Paltrow is opening up about "Gwyneth: The Biography," Amy Odell’s July release chronicling her life—a project in which she had zero involvement. In a candid Wednesday profile with British Vogue, the Oscar-winning actress was questioned about the biography, which boasts over 200 interviews with individuals who have crossed paths with her. When probed about whether she had read the book, Paltrow exclaimed, “Oh God, no!” However, she revealed that her husband, Brad Falchuk, had taken a peek. “So my husband flicked through it, just because I was like, ‘What on earth is in this?’” she explained. “He said, ‘It’s as if someone fed every Daily Mail article into ChatGPT and told it to write a biography about Gwyneth Paltrow.’”
Paltrow vehemently disputed the contents of "Gwyneth: The Biography," stating, “It was all rubbish, the things that I supposedly said.” “[Odell] completely missed the mark, the essence of who I truly am, what my impact has been,” she continued. “He was like, ‘It’s just terrible. It’s really poorly written.’ And I was like, ‘OK,’” she added. “The stuff that I saw in People magazine, and [other outlets that picked it up], it was all nonsense, the things that I supposedly said.”
The "Marty Supreme" star also expressed her belief that the biography was “incredibly sexist,” drawing a comparison to the fact that several men have been the subjects of biographies penned by Walter Isaacson, a highly regarded American journalist. “I think it’s incredibly sexist. I was like, ‘OK, hold on a second. Why do the men get Walter Isaacson and I get this hack?’ You know?” she remarked.
Paltrow also tackled allegations of a “chaotic” work environment at her company, Goop. “That really gets to me. ‘Oh, Goop has a toxic culture.’ That drives me up the wall because we’ve never had that. Granted, we’ve had a couple of toxic individuals, and maybe, due to my fear of confrontation, I didn’t address it as swiftly as I should have. That can have a ripple effect, and I take full responsibility for that. But we have such a positive culture. We really do,” she asserted. “It’s something that I’m incredibly proud of and have worked tirelessly on.
“Of course, I’m going to say, ‘It’s not a toxic culture,’” she continued, to which the reporter suggested that people might have different experiences. “Of course! We’re all human beings going to work, sometimes carrying unresolved issues that can surface. People can have negative work experiences anywhere.
“But I can guarantee that if I dropped you into the Goop office in Santa Monica, you’d be like, ‘What the heck are these people talking about?’ You’d see incredibly engaged, brilliant, and highly collaborative teams who are genuinely excited,” Paltrow emphasized. “So I don’t appreciate that kind of talk—it affects the team.”
