Gwyneth Paltrow has nothing but good things to say about her co-parenting relationship with Chris Martin. In a recent interview with People, discussing her brand Goop's recent business venture, the 51-year-old actress raved about how she and her ex-husband Chris Martin get along really well and manage to show up and co-parent their children.
The former couple, who were married from December 2003 until their split in 2014, share two kids together: 17-year-old son Moses and 19-year-old daughter Apple.
In a 2021 interview, Gwyneth made a unique statement about their relationship. "He's like my brother. You know, he's my family. I love him," she said. "And I'm so grateful to him for giving me these kids. It worked out well … You know, it really did, I have to say."
As far as co-parenting goes, she says he has a sweetness about him that he brings to the way he parents their children. "It's almost like he comes and sprinkles fairy dust," Gwyneth shared.
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"He has this sweet child-like spirit, and I love that he will be like, 'Let's go jump in the ocean,' when it's 58 degrees or, 'Let's go to this weird guitar store,'" the businesswoman continued. "He always wants to do these fun adventures with them and activities."
Their split wasn't an easy decision, and they referred to it as a "conscious uncoupling" in order to continue prioritizing the kids and minimize the damage done to them. Though they ended their relationship in 2014, their divorce was finalized in 2016.
"I just always say, to say you want to put your kids first and actually to put them first are two different things," she explained. "I think we all think we want to put our kids first, but when it's sort of … you're making a sacrifice or you feel angry or hurt, sometimes it's hard to do that."
"Everybody who had come from a divorced house, they said, 'It wasn't really the divorce. Of course, it was hard to go back and forth to different houses, but that wasn't really the thing that messed me up. It was that my dad wouldn't come into the house to pick us up, or my mother would drop us at the end of the driveway or they couldn't even be together at graduation,'" Gwyneth recalled of conversations with family and friends who had gone through divorce.
"Those were the things that really hurt the kids," she said. "And so Chris and I just said, 'Let's just never do that and let's try to get through the hard part of this and remember our friendship.'"
The actress shared that she is proud that the two of them have been able to do just that. Despite having gone through a divorce, they have been able to continue to share their love for each other and for their kids in a different capacity.
