When Gwyneth Paltrow realized her marriage to Chris Martin was coming to an end, her thoughts instantly turned to their two children. In a heartfelt essay published in British Vogue’s September issue, the Goop founder revealed that she and Chris tried their best to salvage their relationship for the sake of their kids, Apple and Moses. “We didn’t want to fail,” she wrote, expressing the couple’s deep desire not to disappoint their family.
A Look Back at Their Relationship
Gwyneth, now 47, took a moment to reminisce about the good times she shared with Chris. “My ex and I had always been friends. We laughed at the same things, shared a funny bones humor, impressions, and utter silliness,” she wrote. The actress explained that they both appreciated the same qualities in music. “Peter Gabriel, Chopin, Sigur Rós—though I listened for pleasure and he like he was studying for an exam.”
Children as the Top Priority
Gwyneth fondly remembered the adventures she and Chris shared, like “walking to and from Osteria Basilico through the park for pizza” and “road trips to the New Forest or to the seaside.” Through it all, Apple, now 16, and Moses, 14, remained their top priority. “Most of all, we loved our children,” she gushed. “We were close, though we had never fully settled into being a couple. We just didn’t quite fit together. But man, did we love our children.”
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Gwyneth and Chris were together for almost 15 years before deciding to part ways. They tied the knot in 2003, but their marriage ended in divorce in 2016. Despite the split, Gwyneth emphasized that they “tried everything” to save their relationship. “We didn’t want to fail. We didn’t want to let anyone down. We desperately didn’t want to hurt our children,” she wrote with emotion. “We didn’t want to lose our family. The questions, both philosophical and tactical, seemed unfathomable: who sleeps where, how does bath time work, what do we say to the kids?”
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Accepting the Inevitable
In an attempt to “avoid answering” these tough questions, Gwyneth said she “bent herself into every imaginable shape” to keep their marriage intact. “But one day, despite all our efforts, I found that I was not at a fork in the road,” she noted. “I was well down a path. Almost without realizing it, we had diverged. We’d never find ourselves together in that way again.”
A New Chapter
Thankfully, Gwyneth and Chris have mastered co-parenting their children since they decided to “consciously uncouple.” The two have remained on good terms after Gwyneth married her second husband, Brad Falchuk, in 2018. Chris, meanwhile, has been dating actress Dakota Johnson since 2017.
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Together or not, it’s clear that Chris will always remain one of the most important people in Gwyneth’s life. “I know my ex-husband was meant to be the father of my children,” she wrote warmly, “and I know my current husband is meant to be the person I grow very old with.”
Apple and Moses are so lucky to have Gwyneth and Chris as their mom and dad, two parents who put their children’s needs above everything else.
