We’ve alternated between dunking on and defending Gwyneth Paltrow for quite some time now, but her latest comments about constructive criticism and the media’s coverage of her and Goop have left me no choice but to give her a roasting that’ll make a turkey wince.
Speaking of Gwyneth Paltrow and Goop, the GOAT team talk about one of the few positives about her on ‘It’s Been A Big Day For…’ below:
Chatting to Variety about The Goop Lab, Gwyneth’s abomination of a Netflix show that’s just a glorified infomercial for scientifically debunked crap and practices, it is clear she has absolutely no clue why she gets absolutely shat on. When asked about the criticism she cops, Gwynny chalks it all down to clickbait, saying:
“I will never understand the level of fascination and projection. But we don’t want to not change the conversation just to please everybody.
“We do what we do in total integrity, and we love what we do. It doesn’t even matter, really, that some are trying to get attention for writing about us.”
That wasn’t the only shot she took at the media as she proceeds to say that the industry and its business model is “dying”, hence why there’s all this “Gwyneth Paltrow did something stupid” coverage as clickbait is how publishers survive.
But the most infuriating part is Gwynny’s attitude towards constructive criticism as she says she’s open to it, provided that “it was something [she] could learn from.”
Man, doesn’t Gwyneth Paltrow’s attitude just scream of a privileged white person who has never been told ‘no’ in her entire life?
Well sorry to break it to you, Gwyneth, but all the coverage you get isn’t because we wanted to rag on you – that’s just a bonus perk. You get dunked on repeatedly is because we – the media – have a responsibility to call out all the shoddy practices and dangerous items you keep shilling through Goop.
It’s not clickbait, it’s constructive criticism, which you say you are supposedly open to yet your actions and absolute refusal to change your stupid Goopy ways or listen to actual science tell us otherwise.
If I had it my way, I would treat Gwyneth Paltrow like a common houseplant and ignore her. But alas, we need to keep calling her out whenever she does some stupid crap because it’s less reporting and more akin to giving out PSAs at this point.
Since you say you’re open to constructive criticism, Gwynny, here’s a healthy serving of it: Do better.
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