Gwyneth Paltrow has given the year’s most obnoxious interview. Pretty much everything that has come out of her mouth this year has been sanctimonious or offensive. And now she’s outdone herself with a comment about life without children. Childless women readers: you’re empty husks with wasted ovaries if you don’t poop out a baby right now (babies come out while you’re on the pooper, right?) In the context of Beyonce’s pregnancy, Paltrow opined as only she can, ‘I think motherhood is the biggest blessing of all time and it gives your life real meaning. It’s always interesting when you’re a woman with success and you’ve achieved a lot, and then you have a baby and you realize everything you thought was an achievement really is nothing until you have a kid.’ Which means F**K ME for not having a kid. And the rest of you. Your lives are empty, meaningless, worthless, lacking substance, pointless, hollow, and selfish unless you sit on that pooper right now and produce a baby. In case you’re wondering why I’m so worked up, I choose not to have a kid and this p**ses me off. Moreover, we already had pimp momager Kris Jenner force her kids to try for babies, saying, ‘I would love all of my children to experience having children on their own. I think going through that process of being pregnant and giving birth, everybody should, if you can and you’re blessed.’ And Jennifer Garner saying, in the context of her latest movie, ‘There’s no deeper want for a woman’ than to be a mother. UGH!
10 photos from Paltrow’s book signing at Williams-Sonoma, Beverly Hills April 21.
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I know what ya mean Amy, also childless by choice.
I don’t assign any actual soul or heart or wisdom to anything Goop says. I mean, I know in her case, she doesn’t FEEL anything, or she wouldn’t be such an insufferable douche all the time.
So from that I conclude that she had kids the way people acquire possessions, like a house, a car, a husband -in her case.
“Time to have children and they will be perfect and have platinum inner aspects and wear free range llama wool undergarments with strands of actual gold woven throughout. They’re allergic to llamas? Damn peasant stock! It must be from HIS family genes.”
Ikr, excuse people making their own reproductive choices and not proselytizing to others. She’s just spent the whole year being so abrasive and other celeb crazies are joining the chorus.
STFU YOU IGNORANT BITCH! CHILDLESS BY CHOICE AND “LOVING LIFE EVERY FREAKING DAY!” HOW’S YOUR MARRIAGE BY THE BY? mY MAN DOESN’T “RUN LIKE A LITTLE GIRL” EVERY SINGLE TIME HE IS SEEN WITH ME! YOU SURE KNOW HOW TO PICK ‘EM and grow them…why don’t you fix your daughters eye?
It’s often hard to tell if Gwynnie is just putting her foot in her mouth or if she’s really as sanctimonious and obnoxious as she comes across. I sadly expect that its the latter.
I too don’t have kids and I never did!! Some mothers look at you like your a freak because you don’t want kids!! Well guess what?? I get to go out whenever I want and I get to buy myself all kinds of stuff without feeling guilty and I still have my girlish figure!! So there!!
I, too, am childless by choice. There are genetic issues that run in my family that I would not wish on anyone else, number one. Number two – ABOUT THAT CARBON FOOTPRINT!
These are the same asshats who preach about eating vegetarian, going ‘green’ and saving the planet, as they continue to populate an already exhausted planet with their precious spawn, because it is “such a blessing.”
**head exploding**
I think she believes that she alone is worthless. People who don’t have children still experience love. Love comes in all forms.
It could be their significant other, parents, siblings, nieces, nephews and on and on. Her coment is ignorant and I actually feel bad for her as it seems she needs those children to justify her existance.
I too don’t have children, but couldn’t love the folks I just mentioned above any less then if I had my own children. It sounds as if she also needs to redicule others to make herself feel better.
Her children will move on with their lives and how will she cope considering how she feels now. It’s too bad she doesn’t love herself enough and feels that she isn’t a somebody unless others are there to supplement her being.
Doesn’t sound like she’s a healthy parent and those kids might feel they have to be close by always so she can feel somewhat complete. Oh my…
Maybe if she had a supportive and loving husband she would feel complete.
You are absolutely spot-on, right on the money! Damn well said!
I’ll leave this here: http://i.imgur.com/XYFkp.jpg
I have 3 children and love them more than anything nor could I imagine my life without them! I also chose that life along with my husband. There is NOT A THING WRONG with wanting no children to having 10,it’s all how you and your partner deciding together on what kind of life you want! My best friend doesn’t have kids nor does she want them and I think it’s great! She can do,go and live a luxery life because that’s what she wants and kids to her would ruin that. I think it is selfish of people to have kids because they are forced by whomever or get the are you ever gonna have any kids crap! To each his own and well maybe she feels like her life is meaningless without kids that’s fine but don’t down people who choose otherwise! Live your life how you want and any one else can kiss it!!!!!
Having kids or not having kids is a personal choice. I think those of us who have kids cannot imagine life without them and can’t understand that someone chooses money and material things over children. I can understand it if a woman feels she has no maternal instincts or that she would be a poor mother then she is wise not having children. What is unfortunate is how many women have children without any thought to how they will provide for them or how to bring a child up in this complicated world. Those are the people who should not have children, but unfortunately too often do.
I bet if you polled 1,000 80 year old childless women-they would tell you they wished they had kids-having kids these days is tough if your NOT a celebrity or rich-but how else do you stay connected with younger generations without being a pervert?? who is going to give a shit about you when all your generation is dead?? you NEVER learn to be selfless-because your whole life is about YOU!! without kids -you just “don’t get it” about the bigger picture in life-I mean look at the women who are having a fit about this -they are already crabby bitter old self absorbed hags- and “Crab” aren’t you really Jennifer Anustain??? you had better hope you die young because otherwise you will be a lonely old bitter hag and your “girlish figure” will be long gone anyway
Not to be mean or anything, but you really don’t know what love is until you have/adopt a child. Everything is a shade of grey until you have a little one, then it’s full technicolor
“you NEVER learn to be selfless-because your whole life is about YOU!!”
That’s not true at all. Your life can be about the family you already have and helping others in the community. I am childless but I am also selfless and helpful.
Your statement is like religious people who assume that only their way of life is good and pure. Ignorant.
It seems desperate, the way your type has to attack whomever is different than you. Why should it bother you if some women don’t follow your path?
Most of what Paltrow spews is nonsense but why are all you childless by choice women in such a lather over this interview? Have some of you been having second thoughts or regrets? The woman with the genetic problems is one unselfish admirable woman as to the rest whose careers and spending habits are paramount I say please don’t reproduce.
That’s your problem, right there. You HOPE that we are unhappy, because it would validate you.
We are happy, and don’t think about you, but you people are always ready to attack us for being different than you. You can’t stand that some women don’t follow your path. In a case like that, your children aren’t even important as human beings themselves, they are actually more of a possession you collected. Your type should not be mothers.
And if your child never has children, you will attack her. That’s not love.
@CranAppleSnapple: True story, a different person left a comment weeks ago, saying all women who chose not to have children should be put to death. I’m not kidding. Deleted that pretty quick!
For pete’s sake.
And that’s a very loving, motherly attitude it had, hey?
She never said anything UN-forgiving about women who choses to not bear children. You all are just making up stuff in your little head and reading her interview wrong and trying to instigate to make this interview offensive. She was speaking about the wonderful feeling of Motherhood, something you anti-mommyHOOD people will never understand and probably shouldn’t. Most of you claim that you guys don’t bear children “by choice” but I bet 99% of you who claims so are single and can’t even pay a man 1$ to ejaculate his “spawns” in you. Oh yeah and Gwynerh Paltrow is a wonderful famous actress, something your dream can’t even afford(:
Oh blah blah blah.
If you learned to read you would see that we were replying to rude idiots like yourself, who say the same sort of rubbish like we are “anti-mommy”. It’s you that are anti-choice. In your case it seems like motherhood has sapped all your brain cells dry. We never put people down for being mothers, but some mothers are very quick to attack childless women.
And by the way, do you talk to your kids with that mouth? Trashy.
Really people stop your attacks on both sides. If someone has been critical of your choices place your feelings on that person and don’t assume every mother or non mother is the same. Having children doesn’t make you a saint and not having children does not make you a sinner. Happily I made the choice to have children. I’m very proud my children and now my grandchildren, and can’t imagine myself with out any of them. There is nothing about that that should be offensive to anyone. I have family and friends who’ve made other choices, it’s their life they get to do that and no one should have a vote in that. I know people who seem to be very overwhelmed by being a parent and not at all happy about it, sad for them sad for their children. I have friends who are very happy with out children. I know people who don’t have children who seem very unhappy with their choice but sadly it’s too late for them now. The mistake we make is by bunching them together. What works for one does not always work for another. It’s life…we are all here together and we hope the choices we make are right ones in the long run but sometimes they are and sometimes they are not. Be happy if the choices you’ve made have worked. Be happy for others who’ve choices have worked for them. Be kind to those who have chosen a path that ends up not working the way they’d hoped.
All she was saying is that all the success in the world is nothing compared to having a kid! She is saying it is the most important thing over fame and money. How is that offensive? I think if you find her comment offensive you are just looking for reasons to nit pick her. Most famous women have said they would give up everything, but not their children. Is that wrong? I don’ think so! If you’ve never had a child then you cannot relate, so why comment at all? That would be like a man commenting on her statement. She is saying this is the most important thing in HER life. If you have chosen not to have children that’s fine, but don’t knock someone who has decided to start a family. Get over it!
I don’t think she was attacking anyone, she was speaking only for herself. the comment makes her come off as pathetic however, as she’s saying she needs to have children to validate herself. There are a lot of women out there like this – they have children to feel loved and to give themselves a reason to exist, because they don’t feel ilike they’re worth anything in their own right. sad!
Anyone who’s kid-free may be interested in some sites I found today (kid-free safe spaces):
http://childfreedom.blogspot.com/
http://independentofdependents.blogspot.com/
You’re being way too sensitive about this. One who is really secure in their life choices won’t feel threatened by her comments at all, particularly as she’s only speaking for herself…and I believe I’ll leave it at that.