could be yours. In partnership with Airbnb – and in an informal attempt to remedy the human condition of loneliness, our increased societal isolation, and our lack of community – Paltrow is offering a mid-September night’s dream sleepover on her property for what she calls “unexpected connection”.Gwyneth, the design clearly taking its cues from her height and beauty. I’ve had a good browse, and there’s really no point arguing over the interior aesthetic.
On offer during the stay is a transcendental-meditation session and a spa experience, which is textbook Goop. More importantly, in her, the possibility of dinner with Paltrow and her husband is casually waggled in front of our noses like a catnip-stuffed toy mouse. The idea of one night with Gwyneth Paltrow currently has a chokehold on the internet.
Fantasies of life with Family Paltrow-Falchuk run abundant. If I were to win a golden ticket to the strictly vegan chocolate factory, what would I want? When I arrive, I expect Paltrow to be taking tea on the lawn with and one of the kids to tell me I look cute. I’ve bought a can of cheese with me, and the endlessly quotable Paltrow says something as equally hilarious as it is unprintable. We talkand collectively bemoan the constant invasion of paparazzi.
Back in the real world, one of the driving attractions with Paltrow is that, like so many extraterrestrial A-list celebrities, she is partially defined by her distance from real life, her lack of proximity to the Everyman. It’s not from a cash-flow or personal-security point of view – most rich people have expensive stuff in gated communities – but Paltrow’s daily existence apparently doesn’t concern itself with the knuckle-down reality of actually being human.