Gwyneth Paltrow seems happy with her former romantic partners that didn’t work out.
The Goop founder opened up about her past relationships on her Instagram Story on Friday as she answered some questions from her fans during a question-and-answer session.
After a fan asked the Oscar winner if she was still friends with any of her former partners, Paltrow said, “practically.”
“I really believe in conscious uncoupling,” explained the 50-year-old, according to Yahoo. “When you spend significant time with someone, it’s good to turn it into a friendship. I don’t want to have bad blood with anyone, ever (if I can help it.)”
The now popular term “conscious uncoupling” was Invented in 2009 by author and licensed marriage and family therapist Katherine Woodward Thomas.
The Marvel Cinematic Universe alum first used the phrase when she he announced her split from ex-husband Chris Martin in a candid way personal essay written for Vogue.
Paltrow and Martin married in 2003 and have two sons, Apple, now 18, and Moses, now 16. She said she discovered the term “conscious uncoupling” during their separation before their eventual divorce in 2016.
The lifestyle guru, who said he experienced “brutal” backlash during his tenure during a 2019 podcast episode armchair expert, he also shared that the phrase was a “detour”. [the pain of divorce] and we go to the point where we’re friends and we remember what we loved about each other and we constantly acknowledge that we created these amazing human beings together.”
Paltrow married “Glee” producer and co-creator Brad Falchuk in 2018 and was previously romantically linked to several Hollywood stars including Brad Pitt, Ben Affleck and Luke Wilson.
In October, the star opened up in an interview with Entertainment tonight about how her husband feels about his friendships with his exes, including her recently rekindling his bond with Pitt, whom she dated in the ’90s and became engaged to in 1996, before coming clean that same year.
Calling Falchuk “the least critical man” and “the safest man in our relationship,” Paltrow said she believes her husband “respects” her friendships.
“Probably one of the things that [Falchuk] What I love about myself is that I believe in conscious decoupling, whether you’re decoupling with a co-worker, with a spouse, with a lover, I truly believe that if you’re invested in someone—and of course there are exceptions. – amputate that relationship [shows that] Maybe then you don’t let the whole lesson fully unfold and the healing take place,” she said. “So even though it can be uncomfortable at times, I think it’s good to get over it and reconnect with the value that person brought to your life.”
