What if a horrible person did a selfish thing that ended up benefiting all mankind? That’s the ethical conundrum we find ourselves faced with today, kids.
According to, um… Betty Confidential? Yes indeed, Betty Confidential:
Back in 2004 newlywed Gwyneth Paltrow was asked whether she would consider singing with her new husband Chris Martin’s band, Coldplay. The Oscar winner said no, explaining, “People ask if I will sing with the band or do a duet, but always in front of my mind is the Yoko effect. I don’t want to be known as the girl who split up Coldplay.”
My, how times have changed. Sources tell me the GOOP editor, actress and mother of two is following in the footsteps of the woman blamed for breaking up the Beatles and is trying to convince Chris to say goodbye to Coldplay and consider writing music of his own.
It would be better if she encouraged him to stop writing music altogether, but this is a good first step. Unfortunately:
“When Gwyneth mentioned it, Chris was furious. He loves the band and he has no desire to change things right now. Chris basically ignored her and walked away.”
Under any other circumstances, Chris, this would be the right thing to do. The only thing to do. But if it means the world won’t have to put up with another Coldplay album until the inevitable reunion in 15-20 years? Please, please reconsider. Do what nobody has ever done before: Take Gwyneth Paltrow seriously.
But only do it on the condition that she agrees to quit the movie business.
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Better yet, I wish she would quit LIFE, because I can’t bear to watch her fail so hard at it anymore. HA
Get outta my head, Uh Huh!
Nope. Sorry. I still don’t like her.
If she could bring an end to Coldplay and their tedious, whingeing, self-rightous and dazzling crappy music, I might actually start to think she isn’t a total oxygen thief.
Was that a little harsh? Hey-ho.
Sometimes you gotta be cruel to be kind, in the right measure. (Sorry. Nick Lowe popped up on the radio this morning…)
I must admit I was a pre-Paltrow Coldplay fan 2001-2003 before their incessant politicing and public whining soured me on the deal.
An errant woman or two scoured my music collection… “take them” I said.
Didn’t GOOP have a movie where she sang Karoke with Ben Affleck or something like that? (too lazy to go look up anything on GOOP).
It was with Huey Lewis and she ruined it. Love Huey Lewis too. But even if she could still stop them from singing and dressing like clowns I still would not like her. Nope, not even one bit.
I.Just.Don’t.Care…about Gwyneth
I wish she would hurry up and leave all aspects of the country she deems vile, uneducated and immature alone. Including all aspects of the media.
Actually, if she could convince him to take a shower, shave, and put on some decent threads, maybe I could drudge up an ounce of respect for her. Then again, maybe not.
Meant to say “dredge up.” Must have Drudge Report on the brain.
Meh, I’m still a Coldplay fan. But I do like it when her Royal Heinous doesn’t get her way.
Apparently one of the earliest symptoms of Yoko Ono Syndrome is not realizing that you are already a Yoko. In other words, she sucks any existing good out of anything she touches.
Wow! My kid isn’t going to like this read, a die hard CP fan. She’s going to implode. Oh well, it’s all in the choices we make in life.
The movie was Duets, Fortunate Son.
And she sang like a bird. A bird whose tonedeaf daddy directed the film.
I know this because Netflix decided to ship it to me, bi-monthly. One of the many reasons why Netflix can no longer come within 50 feet of my person.
While I never liked Coldplay that much, too emo for my taste, I have no problem with them making carbon copy records for the masses.
As for Gwyneth, she can make movies as long as she shuts up off screen and shows her ass every now and then.
Yay, the monthly Deceiver GOOP! Oh well, this one wasn’t so juicy, but interesting nonetheless. That is a pretty dopey thing to ask him to do, does she want him to just quit and become Mr. Paltrow? My guess is that’s what ticked him off the most, he’s practically only that now since they married.
I can totally see her becoming like Linda McCartney, standing side-stage, singing and plunking on a keyboard so lightly that it can’t even be heard, but so she can get a portion of the band’s royalties. She didn’t say anything about not becomming the “Linda”, did she?!
She couldn’t sing her way out of the paper bag I want to put over her head! (I work in musical theater & she wouldn’t even get cast in the chorus as an understudy with that weak voice!) She sang a very dismal karaoke version of Cruizin’ that obviously required MANY takes to get right. At the time, she could not shut up about her “natural” singing ability and how she was the great singer in her family. The implication was that she COULD be a big singing star if she wanted but she chose the more NOBLE of profession of acting. Pretentious bitch.
Funny, BB. There are plenty of Hollywood stars that can actually sing…but don’t go bragging about it.
Minnow, sorry about your Netflix experience – I’ll cross my fingers that doesn’t happen to me with something worse.