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Gwyneth Paltrow’s Husband Isn’t Bothered About Her Friendship With Ex Brad Pitt, Actress Says

October 20, 2022

Gwyneth Paltrow (L) and Brad Falchuk attend Netflix’s ‘The Politician’ Season 1 Premiere at DGA Theater on September 26, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Netflix); HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 09: Brad Pitt arrives at the 92nd Annual Hollywood & Highland Academy Awards on February 09, 2020 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Steve Granitz/WireImage)

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Gwyneth Paltrow’s husband is confident in their love.

In an interview with entertainment tonight released Wednesday, Politician The 50-year-old actress has revealed how her husband Brad Falchuk, 51, feels about his friendship with ex-fiancé Brad Pitt, 58.

Paltrow and Pitt were together from 1994 until 1997, when they called off their engagement. She later married the Joy co-creator in 2018.

“When we first broke up, we weren’t friends for a while, then we kind of found our way back, probably 18 or 19 years ago, something like that, and then we stayed. in touch over the years,” she said. HEY.

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She said of the High-speed train actor, “I love him. He’s an amazing person, and he’s a great entrepreneur, and so creative, and such a great person. I really love him. I’m a huge fan.”

Speaking about how Falchuk feels about the current state of their relationship, the Goop founder said, “My husband is probably the least judgmental and most secure man in our relationship, so I think he totally respects [the friendship].”

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Paltrow added: “Probably one of the things he loves about me is that I believe in conscious decoupling, whether you decouple with a co-worker, a spouse, a boyfriend, I really believe that if you have invested in someone – and of course there are exceptions – to amputate that relationship [shows that] perhaps you are not then fully letting the lesson unfold and the healing to occur.

“So while it can be uncomfortable at times, I think it’s nice to work through it and reconnect with the value that person has brought to your life,” the actress shared.

As for her and Falchuk, she hailed their “incredible chemistry” as “a big part of a foundation,” adding, “My body feels really good when he’s around, so it’s just luck.”

She also noted that his former marriage to Coldplay frontman Chris Martin and Falchuk’s previous marriage to Suzanne Bukinik served as lessons for their union. Paltrow and Martin were married for over a decade before splitting in 2014, while Falchuk and Bukinik were married for 10 years before filing for divorce in March 2013.

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“I think we learned a lot from our first marriages,” Paltrow said. HEY. “I think we almost have a great respect for commitment and building, continuing to nurture a marriage. We’ve become really good communicators, and so that’s a really important part.”

Sharing the secret to their successful marriage, she continued, “The way I express love is by cooking and taking care of the people I love, so for me that’s really an important part. of our weekend. His love language, his acts of service, it’s really impactful for him, so for us, it worked really well.”

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Last October, Paltrow told PEOPLE that she and Falchuk were still in “the honeymoon phase” three years after getting married.

“I’m really lucky to have married Brad,” she said at the time. “There’s just something about us together. We’ve been able to build on everything we’ve been through in life and create something truly amazing. And I’m grateful for our chemistry. It can get you through hard times.”

With Falchuk, “the key was to be as responsible as possible for the negative ways I was in past relationships,” Paltrow said. “I have worked hard to break old patterns and work through long standing intimacy issues to get the most out of my marriage. Divorce is never something you hope for or plan for, a second marriage can be a beautiful gift.”