Gwyneth Paltrow, a self-professed romantic and a married mother of two, might seem an unexpected advocate for infidelity.
However, the actress has expressed that she can still ‘respect and admire’ individuals who have been unfaithful to their spouses. The 38-year-old, who has been wedded to musician Chris Martin for seven years, made this statement while promoting her latest film, Contagion.
Paltrow mentioned, “I am a great romantic…but I also believe one can be both a romantic and a realist. Life is complex and lengthy, and I know respected individuals whom I admire and look up to who have had extra-marital affairs. We’re all flawed…we’re human beings, and sometimes we make decisions that will be judged by others.”
She continued, “That’s their issue, but I feel that the more I navigate life, the more I learn not to judge others for their actions. We’re all doing our best in a complicated world.”
In the film Contagion, which debuted at the Venice film festival on Saturday, Paltrow portrays an unfaithful wife who inadvertently brings a lethal virus to America.
She reassured that her marriage to Martin, the lead singer of Coldplay, remains strong.
The couple has two children, Apple, aged seven, and Moses, aged five.
She remarked, “I’m fortunate…I live a wonderful and blessed life. My two children are fantastically delightful, and I have a very nice husband, so…” She added with a laugh, “Knock on wood.”
The Oscar-winning actress was once engaged to Brad Pitt and had a relationship with Ben Affleck before meeting Martin at a Coldplay concert in 2002.
The couple wed a year later, but Paltrow has acknowledged that she sometimes finds marriage ‘challenging’.
A study has revealed that fewer men cheat on their partners than women. Only 1 percent of men admitted to having had a meaningful affair, in contrast to 5 percent of women.
Despite a significant decline in infidelity over the past thirty years, the U.S. survey indicated that 14 percent of women confessed to having sexual relations with someone else, while 10 percent of men admitted the same.
by Helena Bryanlith
