288: Uncovering the Real Gwyneth Paltrow Ft. Amy Odell
Pop Apologists
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🗓️ 6 August 2025
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Gwyneth Paltrow might be one of the most beautiful, hated, privileged, and mystifying celebrities alive—and this week, Chanler sits down with journalist and author Amy Odell to unpack it all. From Oscar meltdowns to Goop jade eggs and $200K necklaces, the girls dig into what makes Gwyneth so adored… and so triggering.
(00:00:00) 📚 Introduction to Gwyneth: The Biography by Amy Odell
(00:01:55) 👸 Why choose Gwyneth Paltrow for the next biography?
(00:05:20) 💎 Her Oscar win & the $200K necklace
(00:09:01) 🏡 The bubble of her bi-coastal, wealthy childhood
(00:11:47) 🎭 From dramatic roles to comedic flops
(00:17:55) 🔥 What Gwyneth represents and why she is a trigger to some
(00:24:36) 🧠 Goop work culture and employee drama
(00:29:39) 🛍️ The future of Goop and the Target line failure
(00:39:27) 🧾 Insights on the 220 people interviewed for the biography
(00:42:32) 🎬 Growing up in the shadow of Bruce Paltrow and Blythe Danner
(00:59:32) 💘 Gwyneth’s love interests throughout the years
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| 0:52.6 | expert on the pod amy odell is an acclaimed journalist, author, |
| 0:56.4 | and culture critic known for her deeply research takes on the world of fashion, celebrity, and media. |
| 1:02.3 | She's the best-selling author of Anna, the biography, a meticulously reported portrait of Anna Wintour. |
| 1:08.9 | And now she's back with one of, I would say, my most |
| 1:12.2 | anticipated books of the year. Gwyneth, the biography. It's out July 29th. Thank you so much for |
| 1:18.3 | coming on Pop Apologists. I cannot wait to talk to you. So our producer was the one who suggested, |
| 1:23.9 | you know, we do this like crossover and interview. And there just couldn't be a more |
| 1:27.7 | perfect, like, journalist, author to have on our podcast to talk about like a woman that we |
| 1:33.3 | there's probably, there should be like a pop apologist drinking game for how many times, like, |
| 1:37.1 | you know, we talk about Gwyneth Paltrow. So it's going to be great. Um, I was lucky enough |
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