Gwyneth's Confession
Filed under: Gwyneth Paltrow
Good for her!
Gwyneth Paltrow reveals in the May issue of Vogue that she battled post-partum depression after the birth of baby #2, Moses.
"I felt really out of my body. I felt really disconnected. I felt really down … I felt pessimistic,” Paltrow tells the mag.
She also didn't realize that she was suffering from the baby blues ’til after it was over.
Paltrow suspects her depression stemmed from scaling back on her usual pre-baby treatments like acupuncture.
See, mommas out there you aren't alone. It's a good thing that celebs like Gwynbon and Brooke Shields are shining a spotlight on the issue.
Get some help cause you can fight it, too!
In other Gwyneth news, her mom Blythe Danner is speaking out about those rumors claiming Paltrow's 4-year marriage to Coldplay lead man Chris Martin is on the rocks.
Danner says, “Good god, it's just so tragic that people have to make up stuff. I've never seen two happier parents — or people — so I don't get it.”
Don't try and OVERCOMPENSATE, mom. We've definitely seen happier parents!
[Image via Mavrix Online.]
Snoooooooze, who cares.
wow
FIRST!
boring chick
BEEN THERE! NOT EASY!
that's good!
murr
yeah and her son Moses will be battling depression his whole life with a name like that.
First?
FIRST!!!!
She's starting to develop that "just about ready to hit the wall" face.
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Well she hasn't and that's her point, Perez.
37th?
Yes well post-partum is a myth…oh and FIRST!
Love Gwyneth. Good for her!
it important for new mothers to know the symptoms of baby blues cuz they become dangerous
Re: Livefly – You again? please go away
you're full of it perez
Re: NicoDior – myth? obviously you have never had a baby if you think its a myth … the ignorance of some people on this website never ceases to amaze me … especially the guy that thinks we will go to his website if he says something in every post! ya'll friends?
We NEVER see them together.
The happiest celeb parents, IMO, are Kingston's parents!!!
ALL HAIL THE KING!!
Thank you
Put some make up on! Arent you like a spokesmodel for a cosmetice line??? Im sure you've got some free samples lying around somewhere. And as for the depression….bitch i'd be depressed too if I named my first born Apple.
wah!
This site is starting to blow. An image reference link from P's site yesterday took me to http://pacificcoastnewsonline.com/
It's got more Hollywood
Well, the two of them can talk about depression all they want, but most americans don't even have insurance coverage or the ability to PAY for therapy….sooooo….sorry…but americans like myself can relate to the depression but not to the ability to do something about it.
Poor thing at least shes better now!
Her ridiculous center part gives me the blues.
I normally say stupid thing oon this site, but PPD is a serious thing. Many woman will not seek out help for PPD due to social stimgas. Women: if you suffer from PDD, you are not alone!
next please!
Good for her!!! It's about time public figures open up about issues in their life that affect them in the same way they affect us "normal" people. Post-partum depression is no laughing matter, it is a real dissorder that affects many new moms (BTW, HELLO….ARE YOU LISTENING TOM CRUISE!!!??!!??!!)
ha sounds like she hates her kid!
I realized the same thing in hindsight. Fluctuating hormone levels along with expectations contribute to the post-partum business. Time and distance levelled it out for me, but I did the stiff upper lip thing and did not feel a need to medicate at the time; I was too busy, and too tired. If a person gets to a scary point and realizes it, a doctor should be involved right away to help.
She looks like crap in this photo. Why are all these celebs getting post partum depression? It does happen, and is serious, but it isn't THAT common.
"Baby Blues" doesn't = Post Partum depression (which is a clinical diagnoses) "feeling down" isn't depression. "out of touch with your body" isn't depression. She is a self-absorbed nit-wit.
This site is starting to blow. Yesterday P had an image reference link to a site called Pacific Coast News Online com that I checked out. It's got a lot more Hollywood
I hope she continues to stay away from acting. she is just dull on screen and is almost as overrated has her ex boyfriend pockmark pitt.
Re: mega – thank god somebody other than me agrees
Who cares? Lots of women do. Oooooooooh… this scathing secret mustn't get out.
think about how many women have to had post partum depression a long time ago and they were thought to be crazy and locked away. but i still think she is nearing a divorce. just my hunch.
Gwyneth seems like a composed and normal girl, money and privilege aside, and she has opened up here with candor in order for others who read it to perhaps spot themselves and benefit, which is generous. Also, some couples do not hang on each other or live in each other's pockets, and thrive with an independent lifestyle. Some need the other close at all times to feel secure. Both ways are normal if they work for you. I don't see that her Mom is overcompensating here, P., and I agree with her Mom's necessarily cynical but realistic statement. I do admire both Blythe Danner and Gwyneth's professionalism, and also their commitment to putting their families first, as is their personal choice. To choose career over family opens the door to higher divorce rates; it's a personal choice, nevertheless.
I call bullcrap. Postpartum depression is quite real and very, very serious so I don't lay disparagement on the specific affliction at all. But in this case, Gwyneth is just using it as an excuse for all of the hateful, arrogant things she said last year that seriously hurt her image. She thought that all of her fans would applaud her anti-American, anti-everything snotfest and instead, everyone that counted was actually offended and annoyed. She tries so hard to pretend she is above everyone else but the truth is that she is just another spoiled, uneducated, arrogant, poser who thinks she has us all fooled. I can't stand the girl and I will never, ever support her movies again. I haven't seen a Tom Cruise movie in 7 years and I don't miss him at all though before he sold his soul to scientology completely, he was one of my favorite movie makers. If I can go 7 years without seeing a Cruise movie and not even remotely miss it, I can SURE as heck skip Gwyneth's projects without batting an eye. She can shove it as far as I'm concerned.
she looks acustoned to daylight more than ever
I think she's ridiculous. How could you ever get PPD from not having enough acupuncture? She's very spoiled.
Well, I'm sure having a beautiful husband like Chris will help ease any pain she faces. They seem like a cool couple. Talented and tasteful about their fame. I love them!
Praise the Fucking Lord Above that Celebs can openly speak up about having PPD a medical condition that has effected millions of poor unfamous mothers for thousands of years.
AMEN!
Gwyneth is such a stupid twat!! Why hasn't she mentioned this before? Was it because she didn't have another crapper of a movie coming out and didn't need the publicity at the time? This old bag is washed up. Her glory days are OVER. Her attempts to stay in the media with her stupid remarks and transparent desparation is becoming quite pathetic.
More tricks, she has a movie coming out thats what this is all about. She needs the sympath of the US people that she put down. So we can go see her crap movie. We can kiss her ass untill she needs to make money off our dumb ass.
Well Gwyneth you can kiss my ass. No way will I go see your shitty movie.
She appears to be afflicted. Hope she gets well. Not interest in her, or her missing career.
Lets she what she do when her movie is not opening in a few weeks.
Gwyneth needs to shut the fuck up. She is ALWAYS whining in the press about something making life seem soooo hard bitch you were fed the silver spoon from birth. You used your family and business connections to make it in hollywood. You didn't even deserve your Oscar or your movies. You try to sound so smart and superior in the press but you were a crappy student who had to use Michael Douglas to get into college where you failed there than you started using your dad to get acting jobs and your boyfreinds to stay in the press and become a star. But everytime she gives an interview she has to whine on and on about something and talk about how british are so much more civilised than americans and make everything about you.
She keeps that stupid same hair style because she thinks it makes her iconic. She said that she invented long hair and edveryone copies her. Bitch get over yourself.
Bitch please Gwyenth has been whining the press for years about how she was depressed at this time. She used to say she was depressed in her 20s and her life was so hard because of Brad Pitt and then she said she was depressed when she turned 30. She is ALWAYS whining in the press about herself spoiled bitch. She didn't ahve any post partum depression it's just her being spoiled bratty whiny bitch again!
No More Gwen Paltrow. PLEEZ. No One Cares! She lives in the UK now! She is ashamed of Americans! Pleezz Mario. No More Gwen P.
I HAVE A REALLY GOOD CURE FOR "POST-PARTUM" DEPRESSION"…IT'S CALLED: TELL MEN TO GET OFF THEIR LAZY, MOTHERFUCKING-ASSES AND RAISE THEIR CHILDREN.
MEN NEED TO LEARN HOW TO BE REAL PARENTS, NOT LOSER TOOLS WHO GIVE "GUEST APPEARANCES" IN REARING THEIR CHILDREN. LET ME BE SPECIFIC FOR ALL OF YOU FUCKING SLOW-ASS MEN OUT THEIR…CHANGE MORE DIAPERS, RELATE TO YOUR CHILD, BATH YOUR CHILD, WIPE THEIR ASSES, AND DO SOME FUCKING HOUSE WORK, WHILE YOU ARE AT IT…STOP THINKING YOUR CAREER COMES FIRST. FUCK THIS "WOMENS WORK" SHIT…SLAVERY ENDED A LONG TIME AGO…STOP HIRING POOR WOMEN OR EXPECTING YOUR WIVES TO "RUN THE HOUSEHOLD" AND DO ALL OF THE EMOTIONAL RELATING AND SHIT-WORK CLEANING! YOU PIECES OF SHIT. I SEE YOU EVERY WHERE. AND I HOPE YOU GET STRUCK DEAD, BY LIGHTENING.
p-luv, thank you for posting this piece with such compassion. you are a sweetheart. new moms need to give themselves permission to take care of themselves!
…AND DON'T EVEN FUCKING WHINE THAT BROOK AND GWYNETH ARE THE "CAREER-OBSESSED ONES" IN THEIR MARRIAGES OR THAT THEY "HIRE" (POOR WOMEN) TO DO ALL OF THE SHIT WORK…EVEN IF THE PARENTS ARE RICH AND FAMOUS…I BET YOU FUCKING ANYTHING THESE WEALTHY WOMEN ARE STILL DOING MORE OF THE CHILD-REARING THAN THEIR LAZY-ASS HUSBANDS…AND JUSTIFYING THIS SHIT AS "BIOLOGICALLY DETERMINED." GUESS WHAT ASSHOLES?
THE BABY ONCE THE BABY IS OUT OF THE VAGINA–TIME FOR EQUAL PARENTING. AND EVEN BREAST FEEDING CAN BE SHARED…EVER HEARD OF A BREAST PUMP, DICKHEADS?
Hey Perez,
I think you are great but I need to make sure you know that there is a difference between the Baby Blues and PPD. Nearly 80% of new moms get the baby blues but PPD affects about 40-50% of new moms.
Baby blues do go away on their own after about 2 weeks but with PPD medical attention is needed!
I agree with you that Gwyneth and Brooke Shields arew doing a great jon on shedding light on this still taboo subject!
…AND DON'T EVEN FUCKING WHINE THAT BROOK AND GWYNETH ARE THE "CAREER-OBSESSED ONES" IN THEIR MARRIAGES OR THAT THEY "HIRE" (POOR WOMEN) TO DO ALL OF THE SHIT WORK…EVEN IF THE PARENTS ARE RICH AND FAMOUS…I BET YOU FUCKING ANYTHING THESE WEALTHY WOMEN ARE STILL DOING MORE OF THE CHILD-REARING THAN THEIR LAZY-ASS HUSBANDS…AND JUSTIFYING THIS SHIT AS "BIOLOGICALLY DETERMINED." GUESS WHAT ASSHOLES?
THE BABY ONCE THE BABY IS OUT OF THE VAGINA–TIME FOR EQUAL PARENTING. AND EVEN BREAST FEEDING CAN BE SHARED…EVER HEARD OF A BREAST PUMP, DICKHEADS? LET'S HEAR IT WOMEN…NOT "MEN ON PEREZ, POSING AS WOMEN"…OR "STEPFORD-WOMEN WHO LOVE MASOCHISM"…LET'S HEAR IT FROM THE WOMEN YOU SHIT UPON, WHEN YOU MEN DECIDE TO BE LAZY…OF COURSE WOMEN WILL BE DEPRESSED WHEN WE GET DUMPED WITH MEN'S RESPONSIBILITIES OF CHILDREARING…ALONG WITH OUR OWN RESPONSIBILITIES…FUCK THAT.
Good for them to talk about it!! I suffered a lot from it after my son was born. I would sleep all day and night, and really did'nt feel good. Everything was sooo dark around me. It's really really hard going through this, especially when it's suposed to be something great giving birth. Wayy to many moms go trough this and there is so much to do about it. Awareness is really the key.
i'm from u.k and i can't stand this woman or her husband. I'm not surprised Americans can't stand her after what she said about them. Can't bear her constant whining or hiding from paps just f off Gwynnie no-one is interested.
Sorry Blythe, but there's no way such self-important blowhards are full of happy, happy, joy, joy. What's tragic is that Chris Martin's bandmates suffer because no one wants to buy a Coldplay CD knowing what dicks Chris and Gwyneth are.
Sounds like she had baby blues, not PPD. If she had PPD, she would have most definitely realized it because it lasts a lot longer. Baby blues are due to severe drops in progesterone and estrogen immediately after birth, and the baby blues are a perfectly natural occurrence. It's great that postpartum depression is getting the press it needs, but portraying it accurately is even more important. Equating the baby blues with PPD will only scare women. Instead we should be teaching them how to look for the signs of PPD and how to determine when the baby blues have dragged on for too long.
i LOVE robert downey jr, LOVE jeff bridges but i'll NEVER EVER go see a movie with gwyneth paltrow in it, so i'm skipping ironman. if studio exes are so savvy, why do they keep casting actors and actresses that the public finds repulsive?
I denfinately had PPD and also didnt realize till after. PPD sucks because you are not at your best when you want to be (and need to be). Instead of feeling light and great your feel like you are in a fog.
PPD is a bummer.
awww poor gweny! lots of luv for her, for chris, for apple and for moses
To Blythe: You can be happy, wonderful Parents, and still NOT be connecting as a COUPLE!!
P.s. Loved you in that movie with Robert Duvall, oh, what was it called, the one where he plays a crazy Dad…
The Great Santini!!
That is an awesome movie!!!!!!
Why is she depressed for? She was born into a rich, well-connected family and has a great life. It probably has something to do with her failed marriage and her lack of originality.
I'd be depressed too if I was this bitch. Good thing she married that guy from the Spin Doctors or Jesus Jones or whatever it was, because her career is so ovah!
Poor Gwen. I've had depression, too–it's not pleasant. Glad it's over for her.
MAYBE SHE WAS JUST DEPRESSED BECAUSE SHE`S NEVER HAD TO WORK A REAL JOB IN HER ENTIRE LIFE THANKS TO MOMMY AND DADDY.
Gwynnie is a completely ungrateful asswipe.
She lost the respect of everyone with her hateful comments about Americans.
SHE IS ONE STUPID BITCH! I CANT WAIT TILL HE HUSBAND LEAVES HER WITH APPLE AND MOSSES. THEN LET HER SAY HOW CIVILIZED THE BRITS ARE. FUCK HER
she looks like a dirty old hippie
Re: miss m –
she's not a bitch…
and she looks gorgeous. youre the one who probably needs the makeup
Re: Confucius – couldnt agree with you more
Hey Blythe…there are alot of things in this world that are tragic. That ain't one of them. Pathetic? Perhaps. Tragic? No.
Yeah…she's just depressed ’cause she thought she was going to marry herself some European royalty & become a princess, countess or lady. All those trophies from her earlier years just didn't measure up. She's a fraud. She just doesn't have the charisma or beauty to rise to such levels. Not to mention her gene pool. Look at her brother. She really looks like that w/out all the hair bleach, straightening, make up & photoshop. She's a so-so looking woman who cannot accept the fact that she is because her parents, people in PR & mag writers said such glorious things about her. She's not a Grace Kelly, Gene Tierney, Liz Taylor or Vivian Leigh. Her problem is that people told her she was so. I think she is kind of sad.
I can see how Brook Shields got all of those Vogue covers and a big deal was made out of her not this gwyneth sh is fugly!