If nothing else, you can, seemingly always, say that actress Gwyneth Paltrow is honest. The proud vagina candle maven has been known to open up about everything from hiding in her parents house after winning her Oscar at 26, to living with ex Chris Martin after they split and how hard it is to be an empty-nester. Now the Marvel star is opening up about being “an old lady” when it comes to social media.
While it’s not impossible to be famous today and stay off social media (or at least not put your whole life online), it’s not something that’s done on a regular basis. In fact, most people, whether they’re celebrities or not, use social media regularly, but the pressure to show every aspect of one’s life must certainly be greater the more well known a person is.
The Goop Podcast where Gwyneth Paltrow spoke with actress Kerry Washington, the welcoming lifestyle company founder spoke about her feelings on social media, and admitted that some of her reticence likely has to do with age. As she said:
she’s deleted her social media several times, and had to do it while filming that movie and again as positive reactions came in.
Other famous folk have talked about doing the same social media “detox” for a while, with Only Murders in the Building lead Selena Gomez calling the process “the most rewarding gift.” This is likely because, as Home Town host Erin Napier once noted, regardless of what you post, the comments can be “really rude.” While that can certainly harm one’s mental health, however, the potential positives tend to outweigh some of the negatives for Paltrow, and that’s exactly why she continues to use it. As she added:
And, lucky for us, she has gotten “comfortable” with it and continues to share with fans on a regular basis.