Gwyneth Paltrow
Despite divorce differences! So she pulled together with Chris Martin
Gwyneth Paltrow
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When Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin announced their separation in 2014 after 13 years of marriage, it was a shock, not only for their fans, but especially for their children. Seven years after the divorce, the actress is now speaking for the first time about how she and her ex-husband always kept an eye on the well-being of their daughter Apple and son Moses after their love affair ended.
A separation doesn’t just mean a bitter change in life for the departing partner. When children are involved, the separation becomes an emotional balancing act. Gwyneth Paltrow, 51, and Chris Martin, 46, decided to end their marriage nine years ago. While the parents wanted to draw a clear line in the sand, daughter Apple, 19, and son Moses, 17, were probably experiencing a nightmare. But despite all the acceptable differences, the actress and the singer pulled together to make the painful upheaval as easy as possible for their two loved ones.
Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin had their children’s best interests in mind
They were an unusual dream couple: When the Hollywood star and the frontman of “Coldplay” tied the knot in 2004, none of the fans in either camp initially believed in a long-lasting relationship. Although both were at the peak of their careers, their lives couldn’t have been more different: How could months of filming and no less time-consuming touring life be reconciled? But Gwyneth and Chris belied all the bad things, had two adorable children and appeared happy during rare appearances together.
Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin announced their separation in 2014.
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But after eleven years the air had apparently run out. The two announced their separation in 2014. This followed two years later Divorce. The love was gone. Looking back, Gwyneth says in a recent interview with the American online women’s magazine “Bustle” that they separated “quite consciously”. And apparently didn’t lose sight of the two people who probably suffered the most from the marital home. “My children are great. They are grounded, grateful and funny,” explains the 51-year-old. “But he [Chris Martin] and I both really didn’t want them to experience the divorce as a trauma. We knew it would be difficult, of course, but we didn’t want them to feel like one of us was bad-mouthing the other.”
“They said that was the most terrible thing”
To find out how she could make the separation easier for her children, Gwyneth took an unusual approach: “When I knew I wanted to get a divorce, I did a data collection and spoke to adults who came from broken homes.” She gained an astonishing and yet understandable insight. “Every single one of them said, ‘I didn’t care that my parents were getting divorced. That wasn’t it. But the fact that they didn’t talk to each other, that they couldn’t both sit at the same table on my birthday… ‘. They said that was the most terrible thing.” An eye-opening experience for the “Shakespeare in Love” star. “You could see they had so much pain and anger inside them. I thought, ‘I’ll never do something like that.’ And we really don’t have that.”
Gwyneth and Chris have maintained a friendship after their divorce. While the actress married writer and director Brad Falchuk, 52, in 2018, Chris has been in a relationship with “Fifty Shades of Grey” star Dakota Johnson, 34, for six years.
Source used: bustle.com
This article originally appeared on GALA.