Gwyneth Paltrow covers this week’s issue of People Magazine. She’s promoting multiple things, mainly the 15th anniversary of Goop and Goop’s new Target/Amazon beauty line, Good Clean Goop. This is like the third thing I’ve read or watched from Gwyneth as she looks down her nose at the peasants who want affordable beauty and skincare products. Every single time, she mentions the fact that she would have loved to put more ingredients – better ingredients – into the product line but they had to keep the costs down, so you’ll take what you can get and you’re welcome, peasants. That’s what she talks about in the People Mag cover story video, but in the print edition, she’s talking a lot about her 50s and being on the verge of having an empty nest.
Her 50s: “I had the erroneous idea that I would be able to downshift a little bit. But life is very full-on. It’s been very intense.”
The good.clean.goop product line: “We felt passionate about creating clean, efficacious products at a more accessible price for a broader audience. They call it ‘masstige’ in the industry. I love that word, between ‘mass’ and ‘prestige.’ So we set out to create this, and it’s been so much fun.”
Her marriage to Brad Falchuk: She’s cherishing the quieter moments at the “Faltrow” residence, as she calls it. Nights are filled with cooking family dinners while listening to French pop music (her current favorite genre) and watching European murder-mystery shows. But Paltrow admits blending a family, especially one with four teenagers, is no easy task. “It’s hard, and it’s not intuitive, and nobody tells you how to do it. You just stick with it. Now it’s one of the things that brings me the most happiness in my life.”
Moses is in his senior year of high school & Apple is already in college: Gwyneth says she prefers the term “free birds” to empty-nesters. “I’m trying to reframe it so that I can at least try to convince myself there’s some kind of a silver lining. Empty nest sounds so sad and lonely.”
New chapters: “I believe that life, especially for women, comes in chapters. This is really going to be a new chapter for me.”
Back in the ‘90s, if you told me that Gwyneth would practically give up acting in her 30s to focus on wellness, beauty lines and clothing lines, I would not have believed you. We would have called her a sellout too, but it’s interesting to think back on how “selling out” was a mortal sin back then, and now everyone’s like, yay, sell out and make that money. As for “free birds” rather than empty nesters… say what you will about Gwyneth (she’s an elitist a–hole pushing pseudoscience on gullible rich women) but her kids turned out okay. I keep getting the impression that Gwyneth’s stepkids kind of hate her though. LOL.
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BEVERLY HILLS, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, USA – APRIL 23: American actress and businesswoman Gwyneth Paltrow wearing G. Label by goop arrives at The Daily Front Row’s 7th Annual Fashion Los Angeles Awards held at the Crystal Garden at The Beverly Hills Hotel on April 23, 2023 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States.,Image: 771569457, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Pictured: Gwyneth Paltrow, Credit line: Xavier Collin / Image Press Agency / Avalon 
Park City, UT – Actor Gwyneth Paltrow looks on before leaving the courtroom, Tuesday, March 21, 2023, in Park City, Utah, where she is accused in a lawsuit of crashing into a skier during a 2016 family ski vacation, leaving him with brain damage and four broken ribs. Terry Sanderson claims that the actor-turned-lifestyle influencer was cruising down the slopes so recklessly that they violently collided, leaving him on the ground as she and her entourage continued their descent down Deer Valley Resort, a skiers-only mountain known for its groomed runs, après-ski champagne yurts and posh clientele. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, Pool) Pictured: Gwyneth Paltrow BACKGRID USA 21 MARCH 2023 BYLINE MUST READ: AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, Pool / BACKGRID USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication* 
Park City, UT – Actor Gwyneth Paltrow looks on before leaving the courtroom, Tuesday, March 21, 2023, in Park City, Utah, where she is accused in a lawsuit of crashing into a skier during a 2016 family ski vacation, leaving him with brain damage and four broken ribs. Terry Sanderson claims that the actor-turned-lifestyle influencer was cruising down the slopes so recklessly that they violently collided, leaving him on the ground as she and her entourage continued their descent down Deer Valley Resort, a skiers-only mountain known for its groomed runs, après-ski champagne yurts and posh clientele. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, Pool) Pictured: Gwyneth Paltrow BACKGRID USA 21 MARCH 2023 BYLINE MUST READ: AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, Pool / BACKGRID USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
2023 CFDA Fashion Awards – Outside Arrivals at American Museum of Natural History. Featuring: Gwyneth Paltrow When: 07 Nov 2023 Credit: Darla Khazei/INSTARimages 
BEVERLY HILLS, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, USA – OCTOBER 25: American actress Gwyneth Paltrow wearing Carolina Herrera arrives at the Veuve Clicquot 250th Anniversary Solaire Culture Exhibition Opening held at 468 North Rodeo Drive on October 25, 2022 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States.,Image: 733330084, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Pictured: Gwyneth Paltrow, Credit line: Xavier Collin / Image Press Agency / AvalonncG1vNJzZmivp6x7pLHLnpmirJOdxm%2BvzqZmcWxlZoZze8awsKedpJ2ssa3Lramor4%2Blv6ayxKuqmKyYmqy1sdGmlp%2BqlZqso7XRnaqYrJ%2BUwamxvqyYnZecpLumuNiYnKaopK56r7HSrZyrq18%3D