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Gwyneth Paltrow and Jennifer Lopez Agree That Social Media Breaks Are Key
Gwyneth Paltrow and Jennifer Lopez are of the same mind that disconnecting from social media is a must every once in a while.
Among the stars Emily Blunt, Tessa Thompson, Elle Fanning, Sydney Sweeney, Gwyneth Paltrow and Jennifer Lopez participated in the Los Angeles Times’ The Envelope 2025 Oscar Actresses Roundtable, where the topic of discussion turned to online negativity and reviews.
“I try not to read anything that is about me. Absolutely. Never. Period,” said Paltrow, 53, the star of Marty Supreme.
Lopez, 56, who plays in the musical Kiss of the Spider Woman, insisted her: “Wait, not a single thing about yourself? Never? Period? Because I also don’t read reviews of my movies but people will bring it to you when it’s good and you are like, ‘Oh, great.’ But there are other things that they bring you….”
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Gwyneth Paltrow Explains Her Instagram Deletion as a Means to Keep Away from Online Negativity
Paltrow answered, “Sometimes I’ll stumble upon it,” and Lopez kidding said, “And you want to die.”
“Want to die!” Paltrow confirmed. “Like if somebody sends you a link to some really awful thing about you, and they’re like, ‘Oh, this is bulls—.’ I do attempt to stay away from [that kind of stuff]. I got rid of Instagram.”
Emily Blunt, 42, also said, “Same here,” and Lopez added, “You have to cleanse now and then.” On the contrary, Sydney Sweeney, 28, confessed, “It sounds great. I am not able to do that.”
Gwyneth Paltrow on Going Solo with Her Brand and Being “Misunderstood”
Both Paltrow and Lopez similarly revealed that they were considered wrong and that they didn’t understand their branching out from just acting.
“The move to become an entrepreneur around 2008 really made me to be the one who confused and upset people,” said Goop co-founder Paltrow. “No one understood what I was doing, and over these 17 years since I sent the first Goop newsletter I have received a lot of criticism and also been met with a lot of confusion.”
“I really do think that women, we are so incredibly multifaceted,” she added. “We are all the archetypes. We are not only a mother, or an artist, or an intellectual. We are all the things at the same time. So I have always kind of considered it my mission to say something like, ‘No, don’t put us in boxes. We are the ones who define ourselves.’
Gwyneth Paltrow and Jennifer Lopez Compare Being “Misunderstood” After Changing Their Careers
During her interview, Paltrow said that the criticism which was directed at her during the initial phase of Goop was “really hard,” and she oftentimes doubted her decision.
“There were some days when I would think, ‘Why on earth did I do this? I’m facing all these difficulties and nobody understands me. I already had a good job. People were taking care of my hair. So, why did I have to be the one to do this to myself?'” she recounted. Lopez also shared her experience, saying that she got similar kind of criticism when she decided to move from acting to music after Out of Sight and Selena:
“People were saying, ‘You will never be taken seriously as an actor again,”‘
After that, Paltrow reminded her about what happened next: “And you were the No. 1 movie and the No. 1 album at the same time, weren’t you?” – referring to February 2001, when Lopez’s album J. Lo was the most sold while The Wedding Planner was the most attended movie at the box office.
Jennifer Lopez on Not Allowing Anyone to Define Her
“But this is the thing,” Lopez said. “People are constantly trying to tell you: ‘You can only do this,’ or ‘You can only do that.’ I had my perfume line. I had my clothing lines. Now, I have my J Lo Beauty. You just have to do what feels right to you. It is not that it is for everyone. If there is someone who wants to just act their whole life, that is nice as well. That is amazing.”
She further said, “I still have the desire to direct. I still have the desire to write more books. And I never feel that someone can tell me, ‘No, you can’t.’ ”
