Bruce and Gwyneth Paltrow.Photo:Jim Spellman/WireImage
Jim Spellman/WireImage
Gwyneth Paltrowis remembering her late dad nearly 21 years after his death.
The 50-year-old actress’s fatherBruce Paltrowdied in October 2002 at the age of 58 after a years-long battle with throat cancer.
And on Wednesday, theGoopfounder opened up about her dad and the things she misses about him during a Q&A with her 8.3 million followers on her Instagram Story.
Responding to a fan who asked, “Whatdo u miss the most from your dad?”, Paltrow told the camera in a video, “I miss my dad so much and I miss his humor. I was just on a walk with a friend this morning, and even she was talking about the things that my dad used to say. His phrases. He was kind of a philosopher, in his own way. And just had the most brilliant one-liners.”
TheAvengersstar also discussed how her filmmaker father helped her, adding, “He helped me get through life and [taught me] how to deal with a lot of stuff, and he would have helped me keep perspective all the time.”
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Gwyneth Paltrow’s Instagram Q&A.Gwyneth Paltrow Instagram
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TheOscarwinner went on to honor her dad with the arrival of her sonMoses, now 17, giving him a middle name of Bruce. She and ex-husbandChris Martinalso share 19-year-old daughterApple Martin, who has a middle name of Blythe that honors Paltrow’s actress motherBlythe Danner.
Paltrow then sweetly honored her father againwhen she tied the knotwith her now-husbandBrad Falchukback in 2018.
During an appearance onDax Shepard‘sArmchair Expertpodcast in 2019,the actress revealed that she and Falchuk, 52, said “I do” near the tree where herdad’s ashes are buried.“For years, I would go into the deepest depression of all time around my birthday and then I thought, ‘I’ve got to reframe this somehow. My father would not want this for me,’ ” she told Shepard, 48.
Gwyneth and Bruce Paltrow on Oct. 24, 2001, in New York City.Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images
Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images
“My birthday is Sept. 27 and so this past September, I got married on the 29th of September. His ashes are buried under this beautiful tree at my house and we got married there — right near my dad … kind of on my dad,” she added with a laugh.
Opening up about how her grief still affects her, Paltrow continued on the podcast, “I still have a hard time with it. He was such an intentional father, and he was so observant and so deeply supportive and set us up to win all the time."
“And now I have a 14-year-old daughter and a 12-year-old son and I’m like, ‘F—, I need to call my dad. I need to talk to my dad,' " she added. “And I don’t have that person. I have incredible people in my life, but I don’t have their grandfather, who was also the greatest father in the world.”
source: people.com
