We never imagined a dinner party at Gwyneth Paltrow's house to be a bundle of laughs. Her last GOOP newsletteradvocated the use of 'spirit truffles', 'sex barks' and 'elevating adaptogenic lattes' - none of which are recognisable to us as foodstuffs. We basically took it for granted that dinner at Gwyn's meant miserably nibbling on some raw kale while having your aura forcably blessed by a shaman called Pompaduke.
It turns out that the truth is far, far worse. While appearing on the Rachael Ray show, Gwyneth confessed to her worst ever dinner party faux pas.
'I went to the store and bought some eggplant, a jar of tomato sauce and some really rubbery mozzarella cheese,' she said. 'I didn't know that when you cook eggplant, you first have to sweat it to get all the bitter juice out, and I didn't realize that you also have to bread eggplant parmesan and fry it before. So I put slices of raw eggplant with jarred tomato sauce and mozzarella! And everyone threw up.'
In case you're wondering, Gwyneth appeared on the show to promote her new forthcoming cookbook, which is all about 'clean comfort food' (the mind boggles). Promoting your cookbook by telling an anecdote about making a whole dinner party vomit? This could well be Gwyn's most maverick move yet.
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Gwyneth Paltrow at her 'It's All Good' book signing, Los Angeles, April 2013

Gwyneth Paltrow at the Opening of the Tracy Anderson Flagship Studio, Los Angeles, April 2013

Gwyneth Paltrow at 'It's All Good' book signing, New York, April 2013

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Gwyneth Paltrow at 'Good Morning America' TV show, New York, April 2013

Gwyneth Paltrow at 'Iron Man 3' film photocall, Munich, April 2013

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Gwyneth Paltrow in Valentino at Met Gala, 6 May 2013

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Gwyneth Paltrow in Prada launching the Printemps Christmas Decorations Inauguration at Printemps Haussmann, Paris , 7 November 2013

Gwyneth Paltrow in Matthew Williamson at Matthew Williamson & Gwyneth Paltrow Host Kids Company, 25 November 2013

Gwyneth Paltrow poses in the winners room at the British Fashion Awards, December 2013

Gwyneth Paltrow at Heathrow Airport, 3 December 2013

Gwyneth Paltrow attends Hollywood Stands Up To Cancer Event, January 2014

Gwyneth Paltrow attends the Goldene Kamera 2014 at Tempelhof Airport Hangar, 7 February 2014

Gwyneth Paltrow at Great American Songbook Event Honoring Bryan Lourd, 10 February 2014

Gwyneth Paltrow FROW at Boss Women Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall 2014, 12 February 2014

Gwyneth Paltrow at Poetic Justice Fundraiser for Coalition For Engaged Education, 28 May 2014
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Gwyneth Paltrow at amfAR LA Inspiration Gala, 29 October 2014

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