{"id":396864,"date":"2026-01-07T05:54:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T05:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/396864\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T05:54:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T05:54:10","slug":"gwyneth-paltrow-was-fired-from-movie-amid-fallout-from-conscious-uncoupling-from-chris-martin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/396864\/","title":{"rendered":"Gwyneth Paltrow was ‘fired from movie’ amid fallout from ‘conscious uncoupling’ from Chris Martin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Splits<\/a> and marriage breakdowns are undeniably hard.<\/p>\n

Add in being fired, and things get even harder.<\/p>\n

That’s exactly what Hollywood star \ufeffGwyneth Paltrow<\/a> had to deal with around the time of her “conscious uncoupling” from Coldplay frontman Chris Martin<\/a>, who she was married to from 2003 to 2016.<\/p>\n

Watch the videos above.<\/p>\n

\"GwynethGwyneth Paltrow says she was fired from a movie around the time of her ‘conscious uncoupling’ from Chris Martin. (AP \/ Colin Young-Wolff)<\/p>\n

They announced their shock split<\/a> in 2014, making global headlines with their use of the unusual phrase to describe the separation.<\/p>\n

Speaking to \ufeffAmy Poehler on her podcast Good Hang with Amy Poehler,<\/a> Paltrow, 53, said she thinks the fallout of the announcement, and the criticism she copped at the time, affected her career.<\/p>\n

\ufeff”I was supposed to do a movie at one point,” she began.<\/p>\n

“It was right after the conscious uncoupling thing with Chris, and there was a lot of harsh stuff in the press.<\/p>\n

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\"Gwyneth“That was great, because I was getting a divorce and then I got fired and it was so awesome.” (YouTube\/@Good-Hang-with-Amy-Poehler)\"GwynethDuring their time together, Paltrow and Martin welcomed daughter Apple and son Moses. (Instagram \/ @gwynethpaltrow)<\/p>\n

“I think the distributor was like, ‘This might be too hot to touch.'”<\/p>\n

Showing off her sense of humour, Paltrow jokingly added, “So that was great, because I was getting a divorce and then I got fired and it was so awesome.”<\/p>\n

The former couple famously announced their “conscious uncoupling” in 2014 on her Goop website.<\/p>\n

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“It is with hearts full of sadness that we have decided to separate,” they said at the time.<\/p>\n

“We have always conducted our relationship privately, and we hope that as we consciously uncouple and co-parent, we will be able to continue in the same manner.”<\/p>\n

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The biggest celebrity couple the year you were born<\/p>\n

During their time together, they welcomed daughter Apple and son Moses.<\/p>\n

Now, the Shakespeare in Love star is married to writer-director Brad Falchuk, who she tied the knot with in the Hamptons back in 2018.<\/p>\n

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