Gwyneth Paltrow under fire over ‘tone deaf’ interview about ‘rich white dudes’ and wealth inequality
wyneth Paltrow has raised eyebrows following a conversation about wealth inequality on her luxury wellness podcast.
Speaking to business journalist Kara Swisher on The Goop Podcast, the 53-year-old actress called out ‘super rich white guys’ in Silicon Valley during a discussion about America’s tech overlords, like Mark Zuckerberg.
‘Obviously there’s so much revenue and profit driving this whole thing, that’s at the heart of it,’ she continued.
‘But how do you think we got to this place in culture where nothing matters and now all that matters is kind of these super rich white dudes who are breaking rules, setting rules, seemingly not caring so much about the downstream impact on everything, from health to culture.’
Swisher responded, ‘I think we have an idolatry of innovators, an idolatry of wealth, and if you’re wealthy, you must be smarter – when they got all manner of shortcuts.
