Gwyneth Paltrow pushes back on unauthorized Goop biography

Gwyneth Paltrow on Wednesday pushed back against an unauthorized biography published in July, saying she did not participate in the book, has not read it and rejects many of its portrayals of her and her company. The Oscar winner spoke in a recent magazine interview after hearing accounts from others and said the book’s depiction of her leadership and workplace culture at Goop was inaccurate.

The biography, written by author Amy Odell and based on more than 200 interviews, makes a range of claims about Paltrow’s personal life and professional conduct, including accounts that some former employees described Goop as chaotic or toxic and anecdotal episodes that drew attention this summer. Paltrow said she had not read the book herself and reacted after her husband described it to her, saying, “It’s as if somebody put in a prompt in ChatGPT and said mine every Daily Mail article and write a biography about Gwyneth Paltrow.” She called much of what she had seen in excerpts “rubbish” and said the book “totally missed everything, the truth of who I am, what my impact is.”

Paltrow also characterized the biography as sexist, questioning why prominent male figures receive long-form...