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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Meredith Clark

Gwyneth Paltrow was asked to film an ad for a probiotic - and the results were chaotic

TikTok / Seed

Even lifestyle guru Gwyneth Paltrow isn’t too proud to post the occasional sponsored content to her social media. But what do you get when you take an ad filmed by a technology-challenged Gen Xer and her teenager steaming milk in the background? The best celebrity-sponsored post in the history of the internet.

If you’ve been scrolling on TikTok this week, perhaps you’ve seen the ad for Seed - a probiotic company - filmed by none other than the Goop founder herself. The clip begins just like any other sponsored post: Paltrow films herself in her kitchen facing towards the camera, the script from her phone reflecting off her black frame eyeglasses.

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