Paltrow grateful Pitt saved her

Gwyneth Paltrow says Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was “scared” of Brad Pitt. The actress has said she doesn’t know what would have happened if her former boyfriend Pitt hadn’t protected her against the predatory producer.

The Oscar-winning actress, who married Brad Falchuk this month, told Marie Claire UK that she believes Pitt, “leveraged his power” against the now-disgraced movie mogul.

Paltrow says Pitt had threatened Weinstein in 1995 when he found out that the producer had tried to lure her to a hotel room to massage him. “I am so grateful to Pitt,” she said. “Because he leveraged his power and fame to protect me and he scared Harvey. And if it hadn’t been for him, I don’t know if I’d have gotten fired, or what. But instead, Weinstein was like, ‘Okay, let’s put it behind us’.”

In May, Paltrow recalled how Pitt had confronted Weinstein about making unwanted sexual advances towards the actress when she first signed on to star in Shakespeare in Love. Pitt pulled Weinstein aside at the opening night of Hamlet on Broadway shortly after Paltrow had shared the encounter. “He told me exactly what he said (to Harvey),” said Paltrow. “He said, ‘If you ever make her feel uncomfortable again, I’ll kill you’.”