Gwyneth Paltrow Defends GOOP

I don’t get why everyone is getting so nasty about her site… if you don’t like what she writes about then don’t read it.

I think people get it. It’s not a very complex idea. It’s just a boring website that’s gotten much more attention that its deserved.

I honestly can’t believe this is the same girl from Shakespeare in Love. Age really is the great equalizer.

I don’t understand why anyone cares about her Goop. If she weren’t famous, I doubt she’d be getting all these plugs. Gwyn doesn’t even write the articles. The Times had a writeup about it that confirmed she has editors who write that stuff for her, so blame the editors if you don’t like it.

Gwynnie should never put her hair back, as it really shows how square her face is which is a downside. Sorry, but she’s got some harsh features.

Are those the same boots she wore to the Two Lovers premiere?

I read that article and she also went on to brag about her “amazing, super, fortunate, life.” Gwyn is marketing this all wrong and rubbing people the wrong way. She needs a new pr team.

The bag is by Tod’s.

It feels like she has been 36 for years.

All Gwyneth Paltrow is doing is trying to sell a chain of gyms and a cookbook. Her newsletter, why do they call it a blog btw?, is an obvious tie-in to those ventures. Buyer beware. Her business partner, Tracy Anderson, still has lawsuits pending against her in several states and has ripped off many former business partners and clients. Funny how that fact gets little-to-no press attention.

In those photos, Gwyneth looks like a man in heels. I’ve never understood why the media tries to force her upon us like she’s some ideal standard of beauty. Most women are not 5′11 and 115 lbs.

I like goop! made the turkey meatballs. yummy.

average face. great body and hair.
if you like goop, you can get the same recipes at epicurious. she’s not doing anything special.

She dresses nice but always looks a bit masculine.

How can such an attractive woman always look so unkept?

Talk about tone death, if she was just a little bit less annoying I would actually feel sorry for her.

Goop is just self-indulgent nonsense…I have never read one of her newsletters nor visited the site (and never plan to either)…but the excerpts that have been posted everywhere seemed utterly pointless…

She is so hung up on the idea that the media is fixated on her and her husband…if they walked a red carpet together, who would care? They are both self-absorbed and fail to realize that no one really cares about either one of them!!

If I need advice, I think I’ll go elsewhere rather than rely on Gwyneth’s little blog (who would seriously take her advice such as buying a cake cutter for $150.00 or starving yourself like she does to lose weight and really think “um, great idea there Gwyn”)…

I don’t have any problem with the website. It’s her thing now, so let her be.

But her argument to defend GOOP is poor and childish. So, people don’t like it because they don’t understand it? How pretentious and patronizing is that?

Love Gwyneth’s Goop!! love the fact that she’s sharing her great lifestyle with us. She has great taste in everything, lives a healthy life and has a positive attitude..she’s sharing with us info and tips from all the great connections she has…Thanks Gwyn.

Agree with you# 33, I think Gwyneth doesn’t understand how she’s perceived so she automatically puts down anyone who criticizes her. Classic defense mechanism.

Is she really sharing interesting tips? Most of her recommendations sound like something out of Zagat or Frommer’s travel guide. I think there could be a genuine market for a website/newsletter from a star with great taste and inside connections. I don’t think Gwyneth’s accomplished that…yet.

I LOVE GOOP!

she’s such a loser

I read Gwyneth’s comments about “thinking outside the box” and how if the public “understood” the column they would like it. Yes it does sound patronizing - rather like an aristocratic English woman speaking about one of her “poor” servants from the countryside. Yes, we peasants don’t know “anything.” My life has not been “fabulous” but I learned a long time ago to “think outside the box” and really don’t need Paltrow to tell me and others how to live. You don’t need money to be able to think.

I love her. She is so hot in her last released movie, Two Lovers: http://www.actressscene.com/2009/02/gwyneth-paltrow-in-two-lovers.html

Okay jared, so bral can post the same stupid comment three times but my comment is still awaiting moderation? I didn’t even say anything bad!

I think Gwyneth is an incredibly beautiful woman, as well as a good actress. She isn’t, however, the smartest person on the planet. She had to be tutored to get through Spence, and she didn’t manage even one semester of college before dropping out. Is she the most appropriate person to offer lifestyle advice, including reading lists? I guess that depends on who you are and whether the site appeals to you. I think, however, that there’s a misperception that Gwyneth is a brainiac, when she’s actually not the most highly educated person.

I LOVE THE GOOP!
I agree, if you don’t like it, don’t read it!
I love icons they use, how it’s simple…it’s refreshing!

i think people should just leave her alone, the goop newsletter is pretty interesting actually, i like it alot!

I had no idea that Gwyneth was so obnoxious. She needs to grow up. Not everyone will like her GOOP site and if she is a secure person, she would understand that. I think Gwyneth realize her acting career is over and this GOOP site is her last hope to fame. Get over it, Gwyneth! Most people could care less about you or your site! Your crass comments are like a mirror…it shows you are a bitter and unhappy person!

I enjoy GOOP weekly. I think it’s sweet Gwyneth shares her lifestyle with us. I will never understand the critics other than they’re jealous and hating. It’s so cliche to pick on Gwyneth, so all the media hackers have to do it so they can get people to read their entries. Pathetic.

Gwyneth is a really nice, cool down-to-earth woman. Just because you’re tall, thin, blonde, and raised with luck doesn’t make you stuck-up. That’s a generalization and stereotype people need to get over.

I see her to be a talented actress mainly because I enjoy the movies she makes. I enjoy literature and most of her movies are based on novels I have read. I relate to her for that reason and another.

I share a similar lifestyle to her as well–I grew up on the Upper East Side not too far from where GP lived. At the time I didn’t know who she was or even her mom (I was young) but comparing her to my female classmates, she’s a role model. The girls I graduated with have grown up to be upperclass snobs (even worse than back then). I grew up fortunate also, but my parents didn’t represent the family to be upperclass like. I think the Paltrows lived similiar to how my family lived.

These are two of the many reasons I love GP so much. Sometimes you need to look at the whole picture–not just the title.

Gwyneth Paltrow isn’t sharing her lifestyle with anyone. She’s hired a big pr firm to “brand” her (same one that reps Martha Stewart) and to create a media image so she can make big bucks from her own product lines. They handle the production of her e-newsletter. She signs off on the final copy, but she has little to do with the weekly production of the newsletter despite trying to convey the impression that this is just a little something she’s kind enough to share with her girlfriends and fans. Very, very common in the pr world. She’s not home writing or editing Goop. Her “editors” handle that. She’s out and about jetting to and from New York/London and attending events to get more positive publicity for her new “lifestyle guru” image. Thankfully the media is starting to do real research, otherwise you’d believe this is just something Gwyneth has cooked up in her spare time. She certainly isn’t being up front about her blog and her motivations for having one. In the long run, this duplicity probably won’t serve her well.

I think Goop is interesting, especially if you’re her fan. And that’s the whoe point of it. It’s for her fan.

She doesn’t try to write a big new discovery in GOOP, just to reach her fans in her own way with her article sent directly to the email of subscriber.

People just really don’t get it. If you don’t like what she writes, or think you already know it, just stop reading!