--- description: Paltrow consciously coupled with some icy water title: In Cold Play, Gwyneth Paltrow Nominates Ex Chris Martin in ALS Ice Bucket Challenge image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # In Cold Play, Gwyneth Paltrow Nominates Ex Chris Martin in ALS Ice Bucket Challenge  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Aug 21, 2014 11:47 PM CUT  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Aug 21, 2014 11:47 PM CUT Gwyneth Paltrow became the latest celebrity to take on the ALS ice bucket challenge on Wednesday, a social media phenomenon that aims to raise money and awareness for Lou Gehrig’s disease. But what made the Oscar winner’s Instagram video a little more interesting than those of other famous actors is that she nominated her estranged husband, Coldplay singer Chris Marin, to take on the challenge next. Martin and Paltrow announced their split via her website, GOOP, in March saying they were [“consciously uncoupling.”](http://time.com/38650/what-gwyneth-paltrow-really-means-by-conscious-uncoupling/ "undefined") Since, the couple has said they’ve stayed [“very close,”](http://www.people.com/article/chris-martin-gwyneth-paltrow-very-close-divorce-split-breakup "undefined") and have even [vacationed in the Bahamas](http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20802287,00.html "undefined") with their two children together. They may both get dumped, but it’s for a good cause. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3156097/cold-play-gwyneth-paltrow-chris-martin-als-ice-bucket-challenge/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3156097/cold-play-gwyneth-paltrow-chris-martin-als-ice-bucket-challenge/"},"headline":"In Cold Play, Gwyneth Paltrow Nominates Ex Chris Martin in ALS Ice Bucket Challenge","datePublished":"2014-08-21T23:47:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:48:08.906Z","description":"Paltrow consciously coupled with some icy water","url":"https://time.com/3156097/cold-play-gwyneth-paltrow-chris-martin-als-ice-bucket-challenge/","keywords":["celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3156097/cold-play-gwyneth-paltrow-chris-martin-als-ice-bucket-challenge/","name":"In Cold Play, Gwyneth Paltrow Nominates Ex Chris Martin in ALS Ice Bucket Challenge"}}]}] ```