Gwyneth Paltrow has claimed she was dropped from a film role because of negative media attention surrounding her divorce from Chris Martin in 2014. The couple famously used the term 'conscious uncoupling' to describe their separation, which was met with widespread mockery.
Speaking on Amy Poehler's podcast, Good Hang, Paltrow said the backlash made her a difficult prospect for a distributor. 'I think the distributor was like, 'This might be too hot to touch,'' she recalled, adding that getting fired from the film while going through a divorce was 'so awesome.'
The actor reflected on the public reaction to the phrase, suggesting it provoked anger because it implied a better way of handling divorce. 'I think the implicit learning is like, 'Oh, fuck. Like, they're saying I did something wrong,'' she said.
Paltrow is currently promoting her new film, Marty Supreme, which marks her return to acting after a ten-year break. In 2022, she wrote in Vogue that the intensity of the response to her separation announcement led her to 'bury my head in the sand.' However, she later reclaimed the phrase, expressing pride in advocating for a compassionate approach to separation.
