- Gwyneth Paltrow has revealed children Apple and Moses have to explain funny internet phenomena to her
- She also claimed TikTok was ‘never happening’
- ‘There’s a lot of anesthetizing that goes on in the culture,’ she complained
She’s the kooky actor turned wellness guru.
But while Gwyneth Paltrow may have her fingers in lots of different pies, one thing she definitely doesn’t understand is online memes.
In fact, the star, 51, is so confused by goings on across the Internet, that she has to ask her two Gen Z children to explain exactly what they mean.
Gwyneth is mum to Apple, 19, and Moses, 18, from her 13-year marriage to Coldplay singer Chris Martin, and says, “This one meme, ‘I’m baby,’ I’m like, ‘What the f***? What does that mean?’ And then everyone tries to explain what ‘I’m baby’ means. I finally got it.
“Luckily, I talk to my daughter multiple times a day, and I’m sure when Moses goes [to college] it will be the same. But in the meantime, until September, I have my son here to explain to me what all these crazy things that pop up are.”
But it’s not just memes that Gwynnie – who married Glee creator Brad Falchuk in 2018 – is coming for.
The Sliding Doors actor also took a swipe at platforms such as TikTok, branding it “never happening”.
“I would love there to be a return to self,” she said of what she thought could be a fix to the ‘problem’. “Not in a narcissistic way, but everybody gets such a barrage of incoming stuff all the time that I think people become disconnected from themselves. There’s a lot of anesthetizing that goes on in the culture.
“People don’t want to feel pain or discomfort, which, unfortunately, is part of being human. I feel like everybody’s getting pulled around on a leash by culture right now – all the ‘shoulds’. I wish for a return to a really robust inner life.”
