Gwyneth Paltrow and Brad Pitt still “love” each other?
“I finally found the Brad I was supposed to marry. It just took me 20 years,” Paltrow joked in a new interview with her ex.
They may have ended their engagement decades ago, but Gwyneth Paltrow and Brad Pitt still have love for each other.
Pitt’s connection with a new cashmere line, God’s True Cashmere, was discussed in the interview, which was published on Goop’s site. Pitt and Paltrow, who dated in the 1990s and were briefly engaged before calling it off in 1997, reflected on their loving friendship more than two decades later during their talk.
“Okay, since it’s almost Father’s Day, I’m going to ask you about Bruce,” Paltrow told Pitt, referring to her father, Bruce Paltrow. “I’ll never forget when we were engaged and he came to me one day, his eyes full of tears, and he said, ‘You know, I never really realized what they mean when they say you’re gaining a son. Like, I’m gaining a son.’ What impact did he have on you? Why did you love him, even though we didn’t get married, unfortunately.”
Pitt responded, “Yeah, right. [Laughs.] Oh man, everything works out, doesn’t it?”
The two continued …
Paltrow: Yes, it does. I finally found the Brad I was supposed to marry. It just took me 20 years.
Pitt: And it’s lovely to have you as a friend now.
Paltrow: It is.
Pitt: And I do love you so much.
Paltrow married Chris Martin, the frontman of Coldplay, in 2003, but the couple famously “intentionally uncoupled” in 2014. In 2018, she married Brad Falchuk. Pitt married Jennifer Aniston in 2000, but the couple split in 2005. In 2014, he married Angelina Jolie, but the actress filed for divorce the following year.
In the interview, Pitt went on to sing his praises for Paltrow’s late father.
“One of the many things I loved about Bruce—because he did have a profound effect on me and is someone I still think about—was he really fostered your voice, your independence. He carved the way for you guys to be who you are. And I think that’s so important to parenting, you know?” Pitt said. “So the child is free to find out who they are and what they love and what they don’t. You guys were just so free in your conversations. And witty. And intelligent. And funny as fuck.”
He also commented on Bruce’s natural rapport with Paltrow. “That man was funny. He was funny. And you guys were so funny together, ripping across the table, which was a rarity that I hadn’t experienced much, and I loved it,” Pitt continued. “The fun you guys had was infectious. You could just see just how much he adored you.”
Paltrow observed that her 18-year-old daughter, Apple Martin, may have inherited her grandfather’s humor. “My daughter’s like that now, too—she’s funny like Bruce,” she said. “One of my friends from high school said Apple’s got the non recessive Paltrow humor gene, that ribbing across the table.”
Her interview with Pitt was in promotion of his involvement with the new Goop Shop brand, God’s True Cashmere.