Gwyneth Paltrow DELETES ‘tone-deaf’ Goop selfie promoting her expensive clothing label after backlash amid coronavirus pandemic
- The official Goop Instagram account shared Paltrow’s selfie on Friday
- The post included a ‘tap to shop’ option for her $875 casual G.Label
- The backlash came thick and fast in the comments section, with one user writing: ‘You know there’s a medical emergency in the world, right?’
- Another added: ‘I think it is irresponsible to post this as a world wide pandemic is going on. You have a great platform around health. Now would be the time to expand on it’
- The post was deleted after being up for just four hours
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Gwyneth Paltrow has been blasted for sharing a ‘tone-deaf’ selfie on her Goop Instagram account on Friday.
The actress and self-styled health and wellness guru, 47, posed for a mirror shot dressed in casual G.Label outfit that totaled around $875 and the post included a ‘tap to shop’ option.
The caption read: ‘Most days you’ll find GP wearing G.Label with a pair of sneakers—which is one reason we make it an annual tradition to put together a fresh sneaker guide each year. Get ready to cover some serious ground (run, dont walk). Link in bio for the guide & tap to shop GP’s outfit.’
But the backlash came thick and fast in the comments section, and the post was deleted around four hours later.
‘Tone deaf’: Gwyneth Paltrow was slammed for sharing this promotional selfie on her Goop Instagram account on Friday
The coronavirus pandemic has killed 41 people in the United States and President Donald Trump was expected to declare a national emergency on Friday.
One user branded the Goop post ‘tone deaf’, while another added: ‘I think it is irresponsible to post this as a world wide pandemic is going on. You have a great platform around health. Now would be the time to expand on it.’
Another wrote: ‘Were in the middle of a world wide pandemic yall really think anyones gonna buy an ugly a** $450 skirt’
‘Sorry, why don’t you use your power to inform and spread awareness on what’s going on in the world. I live in Italy and here we are just a few weeks ahead ….remember time flies,’ added one user.
Reaction: The backlash came thick and fast in the comments section, with one user writing: ‘You know there’s a medical emergency in the world, right?’
A user called lisavalencia1 added: ‘Come on goop, when you said GP, I thought at 1st you were referring to. dr, please use your platform in a more sensitive way at time when we are suffering with a global epidemic, I really don’t think it’s the time to think about buying trainers when people are struggling to buy day to day supplies, we don’t want doom & gloom but maybe a post on boosting your immune system, stating healthy etc x’
One chimed: ‘You know there’s a medical emergency in the world, right? What can you offer to make it easier for people??’
Another balked at the huge price tag, writing: ‘And at only $875 it’s a total steal. I just won’t pay my car payment or my rent.’
Paltrow launched the lifestyle brand Goop in 2008 as a weekly newsletter.
She has turned it into a ‘wellness’ empire, with fashion collections, skin care lines, fragrances, furniture, brick and mortar stores, a magazine and a podcast among other ventures.
She recently released a new show, The Goop Lab, on streaming giant Netflix.
She has two children daughter Apple, 15, and son Moses, 13, from her first marriage to Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, 43, who she was married to from 2003 to 2014.
She is currently married to executive producer Brad Falchuk, 49.