Gwyneth Paltrow admits she 'f----- it up' with Brad Pitt

Gwyneth Paltrow was with Pitt for nearly three years before splitting in 1997
Gwyneth Paltrow was with Pitt for nearly three years before splitting in 1997 Credit: PA

Gwyneth Paltrow has admitted she hasn't got a good track record when it comes to her love life - and Brad Pitt is one notable example. 

The actress, who is currently dating Brad Falchuk, co-creator of hit Fox show Glee, was with Pitt for nearly three years before splitting in 1997. 

"Oh my God, I’ve f----- up so many relationships,” Paltrow told Sophia Amoruso on her “Girlboss Radio” podcast. “I’m a pretty good friend and sister and daughter, but I am at my potentially most vulnerable and f----- up in the romantic slice of the pie.”

Recalling her time with the Fight Club actor, he added: “I f----- that up, Brad!”

Paltrow went on to marry Coldplay's Chris Martin before they “consciously uncoupled”, while Pitt married and divorced Jennifer Aniston and is in the process of divorcing Angelina Jolie

As well as acting, Paltrow created a lifestyle website called Goop, which recently found itself in hot water, after it was forced to take down claims that products sold on the site were based on Nasa technology.

It is not the first time that Goop’s “open-minded alternatives” have raised eyebrows.

Women were recommended to insert $65 jade eggs into their vaginas to improve their sex lives, to snorts of derision from many. 

To cure depression, fans of the site were told to try “earthing” – or walking around barefoot.

Commenting on the negative press coverage, she said: “I had a few days over the last three months where I was like ‘f--- it'. It was so deeply unfair and I wish people would do their homework before they are vitriolic about it.”

But she insisted she wouldn't hide from the backlash. 

"Going into a hole is exactly the opposite of the lesson,” she said. “The lesson is to energetically cultivate ‘f--- you.'”

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