Gwyneth Paltrow's secret crush on British heartthrob while dating Brad Pitt exposed in bombshell new biography
The bombshell revelation comes from Gwyneth: The Biography by Amy Odell, which peels back the curtain on the Oscar winner's most private moments.
While filming Emma in 1996, Paltrow reportedly confided to a crew member that she wasn't sure about Pitt and 'admitted that she had a crush on Hugh Grant,' per excerpts from People.
At the time, she and Pitt were Hollywood's golden couple, making the confession all the more unexpected.
Meanwhile, Grant was still in a relationship with Elizabeth Hurley, despite his widely publicized scandal involving a sex worker in 1995.
After Emma was released, Gwyneth found herself confiding in her close friend, makeup artist Kevyn Aucoin, breaking down in tears several times over her troubled relationship with Pitt, per Odell.
Though he wanted to stay with her, Pitt reportedly felt overshadowed by her success and the spotlight she was attracting.
Aucoin didn't sugarcoat it—his advice was clear and direct, reportedly telling Paltrow, 'You really need to end this.'
Gwyneth and Brad never publicly explained the exact reason for their 1997 breakup.
However, Odell's sources recalled rumors that it might have been linked to Gwyneth's alleged fling with her Sliding Doors.co-star John Hannah.
Reflecting on the split in a 2015 interview with Howard Stern, she admitted, 'I wasn't ready, and he was too good for me.'
Shortly after, she began dating Ben Affleck in late 1997.
Their rocky relationship, per Odell, lasted until around 2000 amid intense media attention.
In 2002, she found love with Coldplay's Chris Martin, marrying him and having two children before their amicable 'conscious uncoupling' in 2014.
Even after their separation, Gwyneth and Chris maintained a supportive co-parenting relationship for kids Apple, 21, and Moses, 19.
Since 2015, she has been in a steady relationship with TV producer Brad Falchuk.
The couple married in 2018, marking a new chapter in her love life.
Meanwhile, Gwyneth is making her acting comeback opposite Timothée Chalamet in Marty Supreme, set to debut this December 25.
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