Gwyneth Paltrow has finally spoken out about author Amy O’Dell’s controversial book, “Gwyneth: The Biography,” which was published in July. Although Paltrow did not participate in the biography, O’Dell based her work on more than 200 interviews with people who knew or worked with the Oscar winner. The biography covers Paltrow’s childhood, love life, and acting career, and also touches on infamous allegations, including that Paltrow allegedly stole the script for Shakespeare in Love from Winona Ryder.
“She completely missed the whole thing. She completely missed the truth of who I was and what my influences were,” Paltrow told British Vogue of Odell’s biography, noting that while she personally hasn’t read it, her husband Brad Falchuk has. “He said, ‘That’s terrible. It says really terrible things.’ I was like, ‘Okay.’ What I saw in People magazine, and other news outlets that covered it, was all bullshit and what they thought I said. ”
“It’s so sexist. I was like, ‘Okay, wait a minute. Why do men get Walter Isaacson and I get this hack?'” You know? ” Paltrow also quipped.
Isaacson is an American journalist who has written biographies of various famous people, including Benjamin Franklin, Steve Jobs, and Elon Musk. Paltrow had not read Gwyneth: A Biography, but word got back to her that the book contained anonymous sources criticizing Paltrow’s company, Goop, and claiming that her leadership had caused “chaos” within the company.
“It bothers me. ‘Oh, there’s a toxic culture at Goop.’ It drives me crazy because this has never happened before,” Paltrow said. “Sure, we had some toxic people and maybe we didn’t deal with them quickly enough because we were afraid of confrontation. It ripples through and I take full responsibility for that. But we’re a very good culture. We are. It’s something I’m very proud of and have worked hard on.”
“Of course I’m going to say, ‘It’s not a toxic culture.’ Of course!” she added. “We’re all human beings who go to work, and sometimes we have unresolved things that come to the surface. People can have bad experiences at work anywhere. But if I sent you to the Goop office in Santa Monica, you’d be like, ‘What the hell are these people talking about?'” You’ll see a really engaged, really good, really collaborative, excited team. So I don’t like things like that – it affects the team. ”
Gwyneth: The Biography made headlines this summer with its many stories about Gwyneth. Among them was an allegation that Paltrow had blocked Russell Crowe from being cast as her lover in the film “The Perfect Murder” because of their past affair. A source told O’Dell that Paltrow, who will return to film acting later this year opposite Timothée Chalamet in Marty Supreme, agreed to appear in the A24 film solely to boost her profile and sales on Goop.
Visit British Vogue to read Paltrow’s full interview.
