GWYNETH PALTROW’S SPLIT DERIDED

CALIFORNIA: Gwyneth Paltrow says deciding to split with her first husband Chris Martin was painful enough, but nothing could have prepared her for the public mockery that greeted the announcement of their “conscious uncoupling.”

That was the phrase used by the “Shakespeare in Love” actress and the Coldplay frontman when they announced in 2014 that they were separating after 10 years of marriage, but hoped to remain close friends. In an essay in the September issue of British Vogue magazine, Paltrow said she knew the celebrity split would get attention.

“But I never could have anticipated what came next. The public’s surprise gave way quickly to ire and derision. A strange combination of mockery and anger that I had never seen,” Paltrow wrote. “The intensity of the response saw me bury my head in the sand deeper than I ever had in my very public life.” Gwyneth Paltrow says deciding to split with her first husband Chris Martin was painful enough, but nothing could have prepared her for the public mockery that greeted the announcement of their “conscious uncoupling.”

That was the phrase used by the “Shakespeare in Love” actress and the Coldplay frontman when they announced in 2014 that they were separating after 10 years of marriage, but hoped to remain close friends.in an essay in the September issue of British Vogue magazine, Paltrow said she knew the celebrity split would get attention but was not ready for the suprise she received.