A writer’s 10-day journey into the life of Gwyneth Paltrow:
“While making the meatballs, however, I can tell something is up. No. 1: They are green (they are made of arugula and turkey). No. 2: I can’t put them in tomato sauce because I have eliminated tomatoes from my diet. Instead, I am serving them with a broccoli soup that tastes mostly like water. What is going on? Yesterday was so amazing! When my guests arrive and I feed them the meatballs, I can tell that they hate them. One of them pulls out a huge bag of chips and starts eating them in front of me. Another one leaves to ‘actually eat dinner.’ I am about to have a panic attack when I suddenly remember when Gwyneth went to a dinner party in America and someone asked her what kind of jeans she was wearing and she thought to herself, ‘I have to get back to Europe.’ America is the worst. I say nothing about anyone’s jeans, even though I was literally just going to ask everyone about their jeans.”
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