Overview

• Amy Odell’s biography, Gwyneth: The Biography, was published in July 2025 drawing on over 2,200 interviews.
• The book reports that Brad Pitt grew insecure of Paltrow’s accelerating Hollywood success, prompting her to seek solace from makeup artist Kevyn Aucoin.
• According to the biography, Paltrow told friends she felt hurt when Pitt became engaged to Jennifer Aniston and cracked jokes about his taste in women.
• It revisits Paltrow’s 2018 account of Pitt confronting Harvey Weinstein, in which he warned Weinstein against making her feel uncomfortable.
• These fresh insights illuminate the power dynamics and emotional strains underpinning their mid-1990s engagement and split.