Gwyneth Paltrow reveals ‘rough boss’ Harvey Weinstein was the catalyst for leaving acting career

Gwyneth Paltrow reveals ‘rough boss’ Harvey Weinstein was the catalyst for her lack of interest in acting career

She created her own massive lifestyle brand with a simple newsletter launched in September 2008. 

And Gwyneth Paltrow admitted on SiriusXM’s Quarantined with Bruce show that she sought out a more fulfilling career choice after dealing with ‘rough boss’ Harvey Weinstein for most of her career.

The 48-year-old actress lost interest in her acting career at a young age after being catapult into the spotlight and enduring an abusive working relationship with the accused rapist who is now serving 23 years in prison for multiple accusations leveraged by women in the industry.

Tough: Gwyneth Paltrow admitted on SiriusXM’s Quarantined with Bruce show that she sought out a more fulfilling career choice after dealing with ‘rough boss’ Harvey Weinstein for most of her career; seen in February

‘And, and again, like this wasn’t conscious at the time, but I started to feel, and, you know, frankly, I think part of my, part of the shine of acting wore off, you know, being in such intense public scrutiny, being a kid who’s like living every breakup on every headline,’ she said. 

Paltrow appeared in a host of movies at a young age, but her breakthrough performance in Shakespeare in Love earned her an Academy Award in 1999. 

‘So if you compound those things with the fact that like, you know, to be totally candid, I had a really rough boss for most of my movie career at Miramax,’ she added.

Bye Harvey: The 48-year-old actress lost interest in her career at a young age after being catapult into the spotlight and enduring an abusive relationship with the accused rapist who is now serving 23 years in prison for multiple accusations leveraged by women in the industry; seen in 1999

Bye Harvey: The 48-year-old actress lost interest in her career at a young age after being catapult into the spotlight and enduring an abusive relationship with the accused rapist who is now serving 23 years in prison for multiple accusations leveraged by women in the industry; seen in 1999

Harvey co-founded the major studio with his brother in 1979 and ran Miramax until 2005 when he found his own, self-titled group, The Weinstein Company. 

Paltrow accused Weinstein of assaulting her in a hotel room and is widely credited with helping The New York Times’ Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey uncover multiple accusations of sexual abuse and harassment allegations.

More than 80 women came forward with their #MeToo story about abuse at the hands of Harvey, and through an investigation with subsequent rape and abuse charges, Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in jail.

Terrible: Paltrow accused Weinstein of assaulting her in a hotel room and is widely credited with helping The New York Times' Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey uncover multiple accusations of sexual abuse and harassment allegations; seen in 2002

Terrible: Paltrow accused Weinstein of assaulting her in a hotel room and is widely credited with helping The New York Times’ Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey uncover multiple accusations of sexual abuse and harassment allegations; seen in 2002

She claimed in 2019 that she was merely putting acting on the back burner while focusing on her new online venture. 

‘What I say is Goop is my full-time passion, and being the founder and CEO of Goop is what I do all day every day, and occasionally when something is the right thing and it works out around my children and my Goop life, I’m able to participate,’ she said on the Today show.

‘I think I’m just not focused on full-time acting right now.’

Avengers star: She claimed in 2019 that she was merely putting acting on the back burner while focusing on her new online venture

Avengers star: She claimed in 2019 that she was merely putting acting on the back burner while focusing on her new online venture