Overview

• Exclusive excerpts from Amy Odell’s upcoming biography surfaced July 16, offering new details on Paltrow’s late-1990s romances.
• Odell confirms that Affleck’s battles with alcoholism and gambling, along with possible infidelity, undermined their intense chemistry during their three-year on-off relationship.
• The book also details how Brad Pitt’s insecurity over Paltrow’s rising success and circulating cheating rumors led to their split in 1997.
• Despite these breakups, Paltrow and Affleck remained friends and reunited professionally in the 2000 film Bounce.
• Odell’s narrative weaves in Paltrow’s 2023 podcast confession praising Affleck’s technical prowess in bed, illustrating the lasting fascination with these high-profile love stories.