Gwyneth Paltrow Felt Snubbed by Brad Pitt’s Aniston Wedding, New Biography Reveals
Another day, another Hollywood filing cabinet moment. By Riley Carter
Gwyneth Paltrow privately confessed to friends that she was upset when Brad Pitt wed Jennifer Aniston according to Amy Odell in Gwyneth: The Biography, out July 29. Odell says she interviewed people close to Paltrow but not Paltrow herself. The author’s research shines fresh light on A-list tensions in the early 2000s.
Odell’s chapter on Paltrow points to conversations in 2000 where the Goop founder openly criticized Pitt’s choice in partners. An insider tells Odell that during a dinner with cosmetics heir Aerin Lauder, Paltrow quipped “He’s dumber than a sack of s—.” The remark reportedly landed in a boardroom over lattes, revealing Paltrow’s unfiltered reaction to Pitt’s nuptials.
While Paltrow was unleashing shade in private, she maintained a polite front at public events. At the 2000 Toronto Film Festival she stonewalled an interviewer’s question about Pitt and Aniston, offering only a gracious smile. That polish, Odell suggests, masked a swirl of mixed feelings after Paltrow and Pitt’s 1994–1997 romance and brief 1996 engagement ended.
The timeline is familiar: Paltrow and Pitt met on the Se7en set, dated for three years and split in 1997. Pitt moved on with Aniston in 1998, marrying her in July 2000. According to the book, Paltrow texted close friends that she was “sad” about the wedding, though she never filed an official complaint—just a lot of passive-aggressive commentary behind closed doors.
This isn’t the only eyebrow-raiser in Odell’s tome. She also digs into Paltrow’s alleged late-90s fling with Ben Affleck and the “conscious uncoupling” with Chris Martin. Readers get inside views on steamy moments and boardroom blowups, all sourced from interviews with former assistants, PR pros and social confidants.
So far, Paltrow has not responded to requests for comment on the Pitt-Aniston chapter. A rep for Pitt declined to weigh in, and Aniston has stayed mum. Odell says she cross-checked anecdotes with multiple people to avoid rumors. The result is a portrait of Paltrow as poised yet privately vociferous when it came to her ex’s romantic choices.
With juicy revelations from Goop gossip to Hollywood hookups, Gwyneth: The Biography promises to be a bestseller among pop culture obsessives. Fans of early 2000s celebrity drama will recognize familiar faces and fresh detours in Paltrow’s insular world of A-list friendships, boardroom bust-ups and public poise.
Okay cool, so like, yeah, that happened.
Sources: Celebrity Storm and TMZ, Amy Odell
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