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Gwyneth Paltrow: ‘My Black Women Friends Love Themselves, In A Way White Women Don’t’

Gwyneth Paltrow, close friend of Beyonce, is making some controversial statements about Black women, and White women, Media Take Out has learned.

Beyonce and Gwyneth Paltrow attends The 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards held at Staples Center on February 13, 2011 in Los Angeles, California.

“I think White women are taught to be competitive with one another … in my circle of Black women, they do not do that,” the actress and Goop founder said in a recent interview.

Gwyneth Paltrow, during a Thursday chat with Dr. Ella Bell at The Makers Conference in Beverly Hills, California, praised the “incredible intrinsic self-honoring” of her Black women friends, saying “it’s like from the deepest part of their souls all the way to the tips of their fingers.”

PARIS, FRANCE – JANUARY 23: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY – For Non-Editorial use please seek approval from Fashion House) Gwyneth Paltrow attends the Giorgio Armani Privé Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2024 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on January 23, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Peter White/Getty Images)

“My Black women friends know themselves, love themselves, in a way that I think White women are not taught to,” explained Paltrow, 51. “I think White women are taught to be competitive with one another — which is something I’ve tried to work so hard to dispel, because I don’t believe in competition between women — but we’re raised to be competitive, to be jealous, to look over each other’s shoulders.”

“And, at least in my circle of Black women, they do not do that,” the Academy Award winner continued. “There’s an immediate acceptance and safety and appreciation.”

BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 29: Gwyneth Paltrow, CEO & Founder, goop speaks onstage during Day Three of The MAKERS Conference 2024 The Beverly Hilton on February 29, 2024 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for The 2024 MAKERS Conference)

Paltrow went on to tell Bell that she believes “White women have a lot to learn from Black women.”

“I’ve learned so much from my Black friends about ruthless self-acceptance and full love of self,” she said. “And I think we as White women in this culture have a lot to learn from our Black sisters and the way in which they respect themselves. And I’m not sure exactly where that comes from.”

“I can ask you that question. I would actually love to know why you think that African American women have that, and it’s like in a collective — it’s like an interwoven beautiful connection — and how you think, as White women, we can start to cultivate that within ourselves and in our own friendships,” Paltrow continued.

BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 29: (L-R) Dr. Ella Bell and Gwyneth Paltrow, CEO & Founder, goop speak onstage during Day Three of The MAKERS Conference 2024 The Beverly Hilton on February 29, 2024 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for The 2024 MAKERS Conference)

“I can turn to the Black women in this room when I need lifting up. That’s important for us. And I don’t think White women have that,” Bell replied.

Agreeing, Paltrow added, “Keeping White women at odds with each other, in competition with one another, keeps the patriarchy strong.”

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