The 42-year-old actress had 'a year of quiet separation' from Chris when she was filming 'Mortdecai', and asked co-star Johnny Depp for break-up advice.
- Feb 12, 2015
AceShowbiz - Gwyneth Paltrow opens up about her "conscious uncoupling" with Chris Martin in an interview with Marie Claire Australia for its March issue. Gwyneth reveals she had "a year of quiet separation" from the Coldplay frontman when she was filming "Mortdecai" in 2012.
The "Iron Man" actress also tells the magazine that she asked her "Mortdecai" co-star Johnny Depp for break-up advice. Gwyneth shares, "Nobody knew what Chris and I had been going through, so I didn't say 'Hey, this is what's happening.' But I did ask him mostly children-centric questions, like 'How is it on them? How did you do it?' "
At that time, Johnny had just split from his longtime love Vanessa Paradis. The pair, who are parents to 15-year-old daughter Lily-Rose and 12-year-old son Jack, ended their relationship in June 2012 after 14 years together.
Gwyneth announced her separation from Chris in March 2014. At that time, the couple posted an announcement on Gwyneth's lifestyle blog Goop under the title "Conscious Uncoupling". "It is with hearts full of sadness that we have decided to separate," they wrote, "We have been working hard for well over a year, some of it together, some of it separated, to see what might have been possible between us, and we have come to the conclusion that while we love each other very much we will remain separate."
They continued, "We are, however, and always will be a family, and in many ways we are closer than we have ever been. We are parents first and foremost, to two incredibly wonderful children and we ask for their and our space and privacy to be respected at this difficult time. We have always conducted our relationship privately, and we hope that as we consciously uncouple and coparent, we will be able to continue in the same manner."
Gwyneth and Chris, who are parents to two kids Apple and Moses, have remained amicable exes since splitting in March 2014. In August, she started dating "Glee" co-creator Brad Falchuk while Chris began dating Jennifer Lawrence in September.
