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to think Gwyneth Paltrow is a nit wit?

80 replies

lucydogz · 09/10/2018 17:33

albeit a very very rich nitwit?
Did anyone else catch her on Radio 4 this morning?
At one point the presentor asking her if she really thought that circassian (or some other guff) crystals could help with infertility issues. (In a tone of scarcely concealed incredulity)
GP then drones on about the miraculous ability of the human body to heal itself..blah blah
It was great radio (I'm not sure why GP was on in the first place) but, unfortunately, I don't think GP realised how ridiculous she sounded.

OP posts:
AgnesNaismith · 09/10/2018 20:23

She crazy!

....but her recipe for larb gai on goop is amazing!!

Losingthewill1 · 09/10/2018 20:27

If you want a laugh look at her goop range

££££££

Doobigetta · 09/10/2018 20:28

I saw someone on a random Facebook thread talking about foo steaming the other day. She was most displeased when people told her it was bollocks. Actually started wibbling about “invalidating her truth”, which I didn’t think happened in real life.

Pannalash · 09/10/2018 20:40

Note to MD of Karcher have you considered adding a muff steamer to your range? Grin

DeathBySnoring · 09/10/2018 20:49

It's a load of old bollocks. If crystals worked then the NHS wouldn't be funding IVF. But she is dangerous enough to let this government ask women to have tested out the crystal approach first. An approach which may mean they have left it too late for conventional fertility treatment.

She is not a friend to women.

And steaming your fanjo? No fucking chance!!

cheesydoesit · 09/10/2018 21:11

How would one go about steaming a fanjo? Do you just crouch over a bowl of freshly boiled kettle water and hope you don't get cramp?

Dontfeellikeamillenial · 09/10/2018 21:12

Did she mention the vag eggs?

ForalltheSaints · 09/10/2018 21:16

Maybe if we all consciously uncoupled ourselves from giving her any attention?

specialsubject · 09/10/2018 21:19

She is either deluded or a cynical charlatan, and it looks more like the latter. no one could really be that foolish.

NIt wit is just wonderful but in this case it is flattering.

donquixotedelamancha · 09/10/2018 21:20

Is there any possibility the crystals might do something? No.
Do we KNOW for a fact that there's nothing to it? Yes.

HTH.

donquixotedelamancha · 09/10/2018 21:22

It's worse than daft, she's a snake oil selling con.

This. She might be a clever liar, or just a self-deluding opportunist; but either way she's a POS.

People who trick others and peddle lies are not just silly, they are harmful.

MaggieAndHopey · 09/10/2018 21:22

She's far from a nit-wit. She makes a shit ton of money out of GOOP and she knows exactly what she's doing.

www.nytimes.com/2018/07/25/magazine/big-business-gwyneth-paltrow-wellness.html

cheesydoesit · 09/10/2018 21:35

I didn't know she had married Brad Falchuck or that Chris Martin is now with Dakota Johnson. Every day's a school day.

MorningsEleven · 09/10/2018 21:41

Ooh that reminds me, I need some more e-cloths for my steam mop! Thank Gwyneth Paltrow.

longwayoff · 12/10/2018 06:46

Maybe the foot bath detoxifier - so popular some years ago, there must be hundreds stuffed in cupboards - could be repackaged as a yoni steamer? Throw in a handful of crystals, should work well. Ouch.

Rockmysocks · 12/10/2018 07:32

Wot? How?😂

TheLastQueenOfPop · 12/10/2018 07:38

I can see it now as the MLM for the terminally rich and bored. Make a change from shit nails and make up at least.

Rockmysocks · 12/10/2018 07:41

Now I want to lift a tin of beans with my vagina. And those jar lids that I have to ask dp to undo could be a thing of the past with a bit of vaginal egg training Smile

Rockmysocks · 12/10/2018 07:50

Told my dp about the vaginal egg improving vaginal energy, he asked if it could install a mini wind farm down there and link in to the national grid Smile

DontHarshMyMello · 12/10/2018 07:56

What happens if you don’t steam clean your vaj? Do spiders and people and stuff hang around in it? Confused
Bit weird.

Ihopeyourcakeisshit · 12/10/2018 07:56

Grin rock

PurpleDaisies · 12/10/2018 08:01

To be fair, if one struggles with infertility, then buying her product is along the same lines as going to some sacred well that cures everything or whatever other similar spiritual place. Yet women do do the latter and do believe in healing powers.

Those women are utterly desperate and vulnerable to being taken in by unscientific charlatans our to make an easy buck.

It’s motally reprehensible.

ThisIsTheFirstStep · 12/10/2018 08:07

The vaginal steaming thing has been around in Asia for aaaaages. Basically GP just comes to Asia, jumps on whatever 3 billion year old shit some countryside women are doing that no one in their right mind actually thinks works and then resells it for 5 thousand times the price.

It is so totally ridiculous.

MarthasGinYard · 12/10/2018 08:15

I bet Chris Martin flick flaks around whilst eating MacDonds and pizza's these days in defiance Grin

longwayoff · 12/10/2018 09:12

RockGrin

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