Brad & Gwyneth & their Monday-morning tabloids

April 19, 1996
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Edited by Mary Bruno

When your average American wakes up on Monday morning, the first thing
he or she does is reach for the Pop Tarts. But let's face it, lovebirds
Brad Pitt and Gwyneth Paltrow are not your average Americans, and they
have a very special, very unique Monday-morning ritual. "What happens,"
explains Paltrow, "is we get faxes from our publicists every Monday."
That's because the tabloids come out on Mondays, and Brad and Gwyneth's
respective flacks--God bless 'em--fax their clients all the stories
about them. "It's like a joke now," says Paltrow. "We read through them
and see what we're doing." As if relationships aren't hard enough! Most
of that tabloid stuff, says Gwyneth is "total, total lies."

Oh well, at least Gwyneth isn't bothered by the fact that most people
still think of her as Brad Pitt's girlfriend. "If a housewife in
Wisconsin has to peg me as Brad Pitt's girlfriend, fine," says Paltrow.
"I am his girlfriend. But the people who make movies don't. I'm in a
great position now. I can choose the work I want, yet if I go out by
myself to the mall, I don't get mobbed like Brad." And speaking of
Brad, what do Paltrow's parents (actress Blythe Danner and TV producer
Bruce Paltrow) think about her young man? "My parents love him, really
they do," says Gwyneth. Okay, okay, but how did mom and pop react when
they first heard their daughter was dating a movie star?

"They were like, 'Aiyeee! God, please,'" recalls Paltrow. "You know
what most movie stars are like, especially the young good-looking
ones: they've slept with a million people and they're vain and shallow
and vapid and everything. And Brad could not be further from that. He
has so much integrity, and is a really wonderful person, and they love
him."

Aw, heck, we do too.