Gwyneth Paltrow admitted her daughter inspired her to play a part in the Harvey Weinstein investigation as she spoke to Savannah Guthrie on Thursday’s “Today”.
Paltrow, who shares teenage daughter Apple, 15, with ex-husband Chris Martin, assisted New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor with their piece on the disgraced movie mogul.
Paltrow shared, “I was really scared. I think society had shown us only basically examples where women coming forward ended up not being advantageous for the women. But I really felt like it was time.”
Paltrow, who has starred in numerous movies produced by Weinstein, including her Oscar-winning part in 1998’s “Shakespeare in Love”, continued: “I think also having a teenage daughter that’s the love of my life and worrying about her going into the workplace and feeling like, if there was ever a chance that there could be a cultural shift on this stuff, I wanted to participate in it.
“I never could’ve imagined that collectively a shift this seismic would happen but I feel proud that I have a small part in it.”
Twohey and Kantor, who initially broke the allegations surrounding Weinstein, have just released their new book She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement.
Paltrow’s interview also saw her talk about working with husband Brad Falchuk on “The Politician”, as well as that viral Emmys walk.
She said of the latter, “I think I look pretty normal, I don’t totally get it. There was no slit in the back of the dress. From 1963 a contour Valentino gown, I didn’t want to chop a slit in it.”
