Gwyneth Paltrow reveals how her second husband Brad Falchuk helped her overcome her ‘fear of intimacy’
Gwyneth Paltrow has revealed how her second husband opened her heart to the possibility of falling in love again.
On Friday evening, the 51-year-old American actress addressed a packed crowd on stage at the Besties event in Sydney and explained that her husband Brad Falchuk, 52, helped her overcome her vulnerabilities.
When asked if she was afraid to open her heart again, Gwyn told the audience she was “petrified.”
“I think I’m someone who’s afraid of intimacy anyway,” the Shakespeare in Love star explained.
“So some of the friends I chose in my life were people who weren’t fully capable of intimacy, and in that way you can say, ‘Oh [they’re the ones with the problem]. I’m ready for it and they’re not.”
Gwyneth Paltrow has revealed how her second husband opened her heart to the possibility of falling in love again. Pictured with Brad Falchuk
“That’s just a clever way of not admitting that you’re the one you know. And sometimes I’m still scared.”
Even though it’s been half a decade since her marriage, Gwyn said these are issues she still struggles with.
“We’ve been married for five years and sometimes I think, ‘It’s hard to be so vulnerable.'” “He demands total intimacy and openness, so it’s like a constant exercise for me,” she said.
“Generally, you recreate the relationship you had with the most complicated parent.”
On Friday evening, the 51-year-old American actress addressed a packed crowd on stage at the Besties event in Sydney and explained that her husband Brad Falchuk, 52, helped her overcome her vulnerabilities. Pictured next to presenter Jackie “O” Henderson
Gwyn added: “I was very lucky with Brad because I have great chemistry and he’s my best friend.” He cares deeply about the quality of our relationship.
“Second marriages can be very special.”
The couple celebrated their fifth anniversary in September.
They began dating four years before they tied the knot in 2018, four years after they first met when Gwyneth landed an Emmy Award-winning guest role as teacher Holly Holiday on Glee in 2010.
When asked if she was afraid to open her heart again, Gwyn told the audience she was “petrified.” “I think I’m someone who’s afraid of intimacy anyway,” the Shakespeare in Love star explained
The couple celebrated their fifth anniversary in September
After the American Horror Story co-creator popped the question to the business mogul in 2017, the couple tied the knot a year later in the Hamptons in front of celebrity guests like Steven Spielberg and Jerry Seinfeld.
Gwyneth shares two children with her ex-husband Chris Martin, Apple, 19, and Moses, 17, and is stepmother to Brad’s two children, Brody, 17, and Isabella, 19.
She still amicably raises her two children with her ex-husband, rocker Cold Play, whom she divorced in 2016 after 13 years of marriage.
She still co-parents her two children amicably with her ex-husband Chris Martin, the Cold Play rocker, whom she divorced in 2016 after 13 years of marriage. Pictured with her children