Conscious coupling! Gwyneth Paltrow has had her share of high-profile relationships over the years, dating fellow A-listers like Ben Affleck, Brad Pitt, Chris Martin and more.
The Shakespeare in Love star began dating Pitt in 1994 after meeting him while on the set of the thriller Se7en. The couple got engaged in December 1996 only to call it quits a few months later.
“I think I was a kid and I wasn’t ready. He was too good for me,” Paltrow said while reflecting on the split during a January 2015 appearance on The Howard Stern Show. “I honestly do think I was too young and didn’t know what I was doing.”
The exes reunited in June 2022 when Paltrow interviewed the Moneyball actor about his involvement with one of her Goop products. During the sit-down, Pitt told his ex-fiancée that it was “lovely” to have her “as a friend now” and told her, “I do love you.” Paltrow replied, “I love you so much.”
After ending her engagement with the Inglorious Basterds star in the mid-’90s, Paltrow moved on with Ben Affleck, dating the Argo actor on and off from 1997 to 2000. The businesswoman later reflected on their romance during her 2015 interview with Howard Stern, claiming that “[Ben] was not in a good place in his life to have a girlfriend” during their relationship.
Although things didn’t work out between Affleck and the Contagion actress, Paltrow was glad to see her ex find his happily ever after with Jennifer Lopez. When a fan asked her during a July 2022 Instagram Q&A what she thought of the Gigli stars tying the knot earlier that month, she replied: “LOVE!!! SO ROMANTIC!!! VERY HAPPY FOR THEM.”
The California native walked down the aisle herself in December 2003, exchanging vows with Martin in Santa Barbara, California. Paltrow and the Coldplay frontman welcomed daughter Apple and son Moses in 2004 and 2006, respectively. After more than a decade of marriage, the twosome announced in March 2014 that they were “consciously uncoupling,” a term first coined by bestselling author Katherine Woodward Thomas.
“We, like, broke the f—king internet,” Paltrow said during a Goop Q&A the following November, recalling the backlash to her and Martin’s use of the phrase. “It’s such a hard time personally and then you have this added layer of all this criticism.”
The actress and the musician maintained a close bond after their split. In March 2022, the Emma star wished her ex-husband a happy birthday via Instagram.
“Happy birthday to the sweetest father and friend ❤️,” she captioned a selfie with the “Fix You” songwriter.
Although Paltrow said that she “never wanted to get divorced” during a May 2021 appearance on Anna Faris’ “Anna Faris is Unqualified” podcast, she revealed that the lessons she learned from the breakup paved the way for her relationship with TV writer Brad Falchuk, whom she married in 2018.
“Because I focused on accountability, I was then able to find the most amazing man and build something that I’ve never had before with Brad, my husband,” the It’s All Good author shared.
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