{"id":69540,"date":"2023-10-03T15:51:32","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T15:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geels.net\/?p=69540"},"modified":"2023-10-03T15:51:32","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T15:51:32","slug":"gwyneth-paltrow-is-listening-to-rfk-jr-he-said-some-things-that-i-think-are-tricky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geels.net\/beauty\/gwyneth-paltrow-is-listening-to-rfk-jr-he-said-some-things-that-i-think-are-tricky\/","title":{"rendered":"Gwyneth Paltrow is listening to RFK Jr: He said some things that I think are tricky"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gwyneth Paltrow gave an interview to the New York Times this weekend, all to celebrate the 15th anniversary of Goop, her wellness company\/lifestyle site, whatever we\u2019re calling it. I can\u2019t believe it\u2019s been 15 years since she started a little newsletter out of boredom when she lived in London. That newsletter has morphed into a company with 170 employees, a podcast, a beauty line, a clothing line, a wellness line, a Netflix contract, a series of summits and brick-and-mortar stores. And on and on. While there\u2019s a focus on questions about whether Gwyneth will ever take Goop public, most of this NYT piece makes her sound like what she really is: a bored, smug elitist. It\u2019s really well-written, actually, it captured her vibe perfectly. Some highlights:<\/p>\n
\nShe actually operates her company: <\/strong>\u201cI don\u2019t think that anybody thinks I actually operate my company. I think people think I\u2019m the figurehead. I definitely operate the company, but I\u2019ve never been a person to try to correct public opinion or a misconception. I think it\u2019s a bit of a fruitless exercise.\u201d<\/p>\n
Why she started Goop:<\/strong> \u201cI had a very small, nice life in North London with my mother, mummy friends and married to a rock star, which came with a set of complications. If you\u2019re married to someone who\u2019s a touring musician, you\u2019re home by yourself a lot. And so I was in this little bubble with my kids, and I obviously had not wanted to travel and work and be on a set.\u201d<\/p>\n
She keeps a scale in her guest bathroom:<\/strong> Her Amagansett home has a great deal of security, including a guard dog, a house manager and a room of security cameras. The interior smells aggressively of cedar and is decorated in neutral tones of cream, with a guest bathroom that has Aesop hand soap and a digital scale. <\/p>\n
The mockery of her diet: <\/strong>\u201cAbout the bone broth? Oh my God. Was I aware? Apple was like, \u2018Mom, you\u2019re on TikTok.\u2019\u201d Ms. Paltrow said she eats three meals a day and has a broad range of what she considers healthy foods. \u201cI think a European croissant is a superfood, by the way. Today I had a peanut butter smoothie. And for lunch we had a chopped Italian chicken salad.\u201d <\/p>\n
The focus on her fashion at her Utah ski trial:<\/strong> \u201cI was just getting dressed and going to a pretty intense experience every day. And the sartorial outcome was so weird to me. That whole thing was pretty weird. I don\u2019t know that I\u2019ve even processed it. It was something I felt like I survived. Sometimes in my life it takes me a long time to look back and process something and understand something.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her support of Rick Caruso for LA mayor:<\/strong> Caruso is a wealthy real estate developer and former Republican who changed his party affiliation before entering the race. \u201cI think I\u2019m open-minded about everybody. I love to hear what people have to say.\u201d<\/p>\n
She\u2019s open to supporting Robert F. Kennedy Jr.:<\/strong> \u201cIt was very interesting to hear his point of view. Since then he\u2019s said some things that I think are tricky, let\u2019s put it that way.\u201d (Later, a representative for Ms. Paltrow called me to express concerns that her political views would be a focus of this article and said that she is more of an \u201cindependent thinker.\u201d)<\/p>\n
On the complaints about her executive style: <\/strong>\u201cIn terms of learning the lessons of how to be a leader, it took me a long time because I was learning on the job. Especially on the people front. If you don\u2019t come up through a corporate culture, it\u2019s really hard to understand how to manage people and how to set good boundaries.\u201d<\/p>\n
Whether she\u2019ll take Goop public:<\/strong> \u201cThe burden of taking money, I took that responsibility probably too seriously. And it was hard to be the person who was both trying to grow, but also being very conservative with company funding. I was kicking the horse and pulling on the reins at the same time. But I\u2019m so grateful now when I look back that it\u2019s taken its time to evolve into what it is and that we didn\u2019t have this crazy meteoric rise.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
[From The NY Times]<\/p>\n
Why would you put a digital scale in your guest bathroom??!?! Please don\u2019t tell me that Gwyneth weighs her guests. Jesus. The only thing I agree with here is that her court fashion shouldn\u2019t have been the headline and it was really strange that people were obsessed with her looks during the trial. The rest of it is typical Gwyneth though, including cozying up to Republicans and GOP operatives like RFK Jr. She also acts like we aren\u2019t aware of her completely bonkers dieting habits. Her go-to these days is just lying her ass off about what she eats.<\/p>\n
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