Gwyneth Paltrow Lost Film Role After 2014 Divorce Backlash

Gwyneth Paltrow revealed on a recent episode of Amy Poehler's podcast "Good Hang" that she lost a film role shortly after announcing her divorce from Chris Martin in 2014, attributing the decision to intense media backlash over their unconventional description of the split.

The actress and Goop founder, 53, shared the anecdote while discussing her career with Poehler. Paltrow explained that the project fell through amid negative press coverage following the couple's separation announcement. "I was supposed to do a movie at one point, and it was right after the kind of conscious uncoupling thing with Chris," she said. "And there was a lot of harsh stuff in the press, and I think the distributor was like, 'This might be too hot to touch.'" She added sarcastically, "So that was great, because I was getting a divorce and then I got fired off. It was so awesome."

Paltrow and Martin, the Coldplay frontman, 48, met in 2002 and married the following year. They share two children, daughter Apple, 21, and son Moses, 19. In March 2014, they announced their separation on Paltrow's Goop website, introducing the term "conscious uncoupling" to describe a mindful and respectful end to their...