Gwyneth Paltrow Reveals Where Her Friendship With Madonna Stands Now
A new biography reveals why Gwyneth Paltrow ended her longtime friendship with Madonna after a tense vacation encounter.

Once upon a Hollywood fairytale, Gwyneth Paltrow and Madonna were serving rich-girl bestie goals: same trainer (Tracy Anderson), same macrobiotic food obsessions, and matching yoga mats rolled up in the back of private jets. Gwyneth even described their friendship as a “very dear relationship.” But, let me tell you that era is over, and the breakup? It was brutal.
According to an explosive new biography, things between the two turned sour somewhere between a beach vacation and a very awkward dinner. The tipping point? Madonna reportedly snapped at her daughter Lourdes so harshly that it made Chris Martin, yes, Coldplay’s own cardigan-wearing king, get up from the table and say, “I can’t be around this woman anymore.” Gwyneth allegedly backed him up with just three words:
“She’s toxic.”
Oop.
That’s not just shade, that’s a full eclipse.
Let’s not forget: Madonna was the one who once handwrote a letter to 12-year-old Gwyneth telling her to stop smoking. They were that close. But this dinner blew the whole friendship to smithereens, and neither of them has ever addressed it publicly.
Gwyneth moved on to Goop and wellness domination. Madonna… well, she stayed Madonna. But if you were wondering why we never saw these two sipping green juice together again, now you know. It wasn’t a slow fade. It was a scorched-earth exit.
And the moral of the story? Even yoga and expensive skincare can’t save a friendship from going full Hollywood messy.