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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Catherine Shoard

‘This might be too hot to touch’: Gwyneth Paltrow says conscious uncoupling cost her a movie role

Gwyneth Paltrow at the Governors awards in Los Angeles in November.
‘There was a lot of harsh stuff in the press’ … Gwyneth Paltrow at the Governors awards in Los Angeles in November 2025. Photograph: Caroline Brehman/EPA

The actor Gwyneth Paltrow has said she was fired from a film due to media interest in her divorce from Chris Martin in 2014.

Speaking on Amy Poehler’s podcast, Good Hang, Paltrow blamed negative headlines surrounding the separation – which the couple called “conscious uncoupling” in their announcement – for her losing a role she had been scheduled to play soon afterwards.

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