Ione Sky Revealed The Gwyneth Paltrow Interaction That Left Her Thinking Gwyneth Was "Mean"
Ione Sky is reflecting on a not-so-pleasant interaction with Gwyneth Paltrow.
If you're unfamiliar, Ione is a British actor known for movies like Say Anything with John Cusack and Wayne's World.
In the '90s, her brother, Donovan Leitch, dated Gwyneth, and in Ione's new book, Say Everything, she reflected on the time she joined the two of them on a trip to Mexico.
According to People, Ione places the time after Gwyneth starred in 1994's Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle, one of her first acting roles. Ione and her then-husband, Adam Horovitz, went on the trip to escape LA, which had just been rocked by an earthquake.
"Vacationing with Dono and his intimidating new girlfriend (yes, that Gwyneth) did not exactly sound relaxing, but anything was more relaxing than living in fear of the next earthquake," Ione wrote.
She said it was an enjoyable trip, recalling that Gwyneth spent much of her time reading scripts. Unfortunately, Donovan got sick, and according to Ione, Gwyneth wasn't the most doting towards him.
"At breakfast, Dono had distractedly tipped his water glass (he was one of the world's most distracted people). A few drops had splashed Gwyneth, and she'd snapped, 'Idiot.' With a laugh, but still," she said.
Ione later asked Donovan, "Is Gwyneth always mean to you like that?" According to her, Donovan laughed it off. "My brother was smitten," she shared. "He was 27 and looking toward the future, to marriage and kids. Gwyneth was only 21 and wasn't ready for anything too serious."
"Well, at least not yet," Ione clarified. "Six months later, she'd get a part in Se7en and fly to Reno to meet Brad Pitt — and we all know how that turned out."
Yep — Gwyneth and Brad went on to date from 1994 to 1997. They were engaged in 1996, but Gwyneth ended it because she was "not ready" to get married. Today, she's married to TV writer Brad Falchuk and shares two kids, Apple and Moses, with her ex-husband Chris Martin. Meanwhile, Donovan is married to Habit actor Libby Mintz.
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