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Gwyneth Paltrow claims “conscious uncoupling” from Chris Martin got her fired from a movie

Wed 7 January 2026 12:34, UK

Gwyneth Paltrow has claimed her divorce from Coldplay frontman Chris Martin led to her being axed from a movie role.

Paltrow was married to the English musician between 2003 and 2014, sharing two children. It was worldwide news when they announced their decision to part ways in a joint statement on her Goop website, which was scrutinised due to their use of the term “conscious uncoupling”.

The term is intended to be a positive spin on divorce, but wasn’t widely known before it was used by Paltrow and Martin, which led to the phrase becoming worldwide news.

Now, during an appearance on Amy Poehler’s podcast Good Hang, Paltrow has stated that the media backlash led to her being deemed too toxic for a film and her role being recast.

“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 told the Saturday Night Live icon, but did not name the specific film.

“So that was great,” Paltrow joked, before adding, “Cause I was getting a divorce, and then I got fired off. It was so awesome.”

However, as much as the decision was difficult for Paltrow to take, she does understand, with hindsight, why it became a media storm, adding, “I think the implicit learning is like, ‘Oh, fuck’ Like, they’re saying I did something wrong, which of course was not the intention.”

The Marty Supreme star continued, “The inference that I messed someone up. Like that’s not a nice thing to contemplate. So, I do understand why it was so personal for people.”

Paltrow previously opened up about the media hysteria surrounding her “conscious uncoupling” in 2020, telling British Vogue it was “a strange combination of mockery and anger that I had never seen.”

She also said, “The intensity of the response saw me bury my head in the sand deeper than I ever had in my very public life.”