Gwyneth Paltrow Mocked After Saying She ‘Went Off Rails’ And Ate Bread During Pandemic

Everyone has coped with the pandemic differently, and Gwyneth Paltrow is no exception.

In a new interview, the actress and Goop founder has opened up about the toll lockdown life has taken on her health, revealing that she went ‘totally off the rails’ during the months of isolation and boredom.

It’s something most of us can definitely relate to. Except Paltrow’s idea of what qualifies for going ‘off the rails’ is probably quite a bit different to what you and I might think. Rather than admitting to a dodgy, self-performed lockdown buzzcut, or some other spur of the moment response to a global crisis, Paltrow says her humiliating coping mechanisms involved ‘eating bread’ and ‘drinking alcohol.’

The Marvel star revealed:

I drank alcohol during quarantine.

I was drinking seven nights a week and making pasta and eating bread. I went totally off the rails. I mean, who drinks multiple drinks seven nights a week? Like that’s not healthy.

Posting in response to a headline by The Guardian asking, ‘Gwyneth Paltrow broke down and ate bread during quarantine. What was your lowest point?’ some users joked they were stunned by the news.

On a more serious note, people also pointed out that Paltrow’s complaints about ‘eating bread’ during a pandemic in which millions of people have died could come across as fairly insensitive.

Many users had very little time for her privileged lifestyle, taking to social media to say that their lowest point involved the death of a loved one or losing their job.