Gwyneth Paltrow, Meghan Markle: Hollywood star breaks silence around reported feud with neighbour

Hollywood star and wellness guru Gwyneth Paltrow has shut down rumours of a rift with Meghan Markle, making it clear there’s no bad blood between them. In fact, they are friends!

The Oscar winner told People that while the pair have “not yet” spent a lot of time together in person due to busy travel schedules, they have a “text friendship.”

“I don’t like when people try to pit women against each other,” Paltrow said, referring to the rumours that circulated online surrounding a feud between herself and Markle earlier this year.

While admitting she can’t “bake that well”, the Goop founder even entertained the idea of appearing on the second season of Markle’s Netflix series, With Love, Meghan.

Rumours of a feud between the pair began swirling in March after Paltrow told an entertainment magazine that she didn’t know her Montecito neighbour “at all”, but added that she still supports the Duchess’ lifestyle brand, As ever.

“I was raised to see other women as friends, not foes. I think there’s always more than enough to go around. Everybody deserves an attempt at everything that they want to try,” she told the outlet.

“Another woman is never your competition.”

Markle launched her lifestyle brand in April alongside her new cooking and gardening series. In 2014 she launched a lifestyle and cooking blog called The Tig, which she had to close down after meeting Prince Harry in 2017.

Paltrow originally founded Goop as a home and lifestyle newsletter back in 2008, and it’s has since grown into a booming wellness empire worth $250 million USD ($390 million), according to Forbes.

This isn’t the first time Paltrow has addressed the speculated feud.

Earlier this year, she responded to a question during a Q&A session on Instagram.

One fan asked, “Are you comprehending the Meghan Markle beef that social media says you two have?”

Paltrow responded, “I genuinely don’t understand this at all, whatsoever.”

The Iron Man star, who lives in the same “small town” neighbourhood as Meghan told People that she thinks the “serene” area offers her and Meghan a chance to connect.

Ironically, all the buzz about a supposed feud seems to have brought the pair closer together, which is a delightful and unexpected outcome.