Gwyneth Paltrow has revealed how her second husband opened her heart to the possibility of falling in love again.
Speaking to a packed crowd on stage at the Besties event in Sydney on Friday evening, the American actress, 51, 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 is afraid of intimacy anyway,” the Shakespeare in Love star explained.
“So some of the boyfriends I chose in my life were people who weren’t fully capable of intimacy and that way you can say, ‘Oh (they’re the ones with the problem). I’m ready 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.’
Despite being married for half a decade, Gwyn said these are issues she still struggles with.
“We’ve been married for five years and sometimes I think, ‘This is hard to be so vulnerable.’ He demands total intimacy and openness, so it’s always an exercise for me,” she said.
“Generally you’re reenacting the relationship you had with the most complicated parent.”
Speaking to a packed crowd on stage at the Besties event in Sydney on Friday evening, the American actress, 51, explained that her husband Brad Falchuk, 52, helped her overcome her vulnerabilities. Pictured next to host Jackie ‘O’ Henderson
Gwyn added: ‘I’ve been very lucky with Brad because I have great chemistry with him and he’s my best friend. He cares so much about the quality of our relationship.
‘Second marriages can be very special.’
The star went on to explain that there is still a lot of spark in the marriage and that she thinks she looks “hot.”
‘It’s hard to put into words. He has such a grounding presence. He is sweet. He always says, you’re 51 and you’re in the shower and he’s like, ‘You’re so hot and I’m like, ‘No, I’m definitely not,’ but he thinks so,” she said.
The couple celebrated their milestone fifth anniversary in September.
They started dating four years before tying the knot in 2018, four years after they first met when Gwyneth made an Emmy-winning guest star appearance 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 is afraid of intimacy anyway,” the Shakespeare in Love star explained
The couple celebrated their milestone fifth anniversary in September
After the American Horror Story co-creator popped the question to the business mogul in 2017, the couple got married a year later in the Hamptons in front of celebrity guests like Steven Spielberg and Jerry Seinfeld.
Gwyneth shares two children with ex-husband Chris Martin, Apple, 19, and Moses, 17, and is a stepmother to Brad’s two children, Brody, 17, and Isabella, 19.
She continues to amicably co-parent her two children with her Cold Play rocker ex-husband, whom she divorced in 2016 after 13 years of marriage.
She continues to amicably co-parent her two children with her Cold Play rocker ex-husband Chris Martin, whom she divorced in 2016 after 13 years of marriage. In a photo with their children
