XOMV WEEKLY
January 2, 2015
GWENYTH
TALKS CHRIS
MARTIN
"There was nothing dramatic or
anything," the Mortdecai actress, 42,
said of her breakup. "I had built my
life on trying to be all things to all
people, and I just couldn’t do it
anymore, and I really had the sense
that I wasn’t allowed to have needs,
and I had to prove my specialness or
self-worth by doing all this stuff and
taking care of everybody else, and I
just sort of hit a wall."Despite their headline-making split last March, Paltrow said she and the Coldplay
rocker, 37, remain close pals. "We’ve worked really f---ing hard to get to [this] point," the Goop founder
noted. "But we’re very, very close, and it’s so nice. I feel like it’s, in a way, the relationship we were meant
to have." Indeed, the exes have remained amicable, celebrating holidays together with their kids Apple,
10, and Moses, 8. The multi-hyphenate said she's trying to be the best mother possible to her children. "I
think we are all genuinely doing our best," she shared. "It's hard to have children and a career, and all
some women seem to do is judge other women's choices. I find that demoralizing and unhelpful. Where is
the wisdom coming out of this situation? I don't see where this is getting us anywhere in terms of a
cultural discussion." (Paltrow received some criticism from her peers in Hollywood last May after she
claimed that celebrity mothers have tougher schedules than normal working moms.)
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