--- title: Stephen Colbert Mocks Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop VIDEO description: Stephen Colbert is suggesting that Americans explore alternative health care options such as Gwyneth Paltrow's lifestyle brand Goop. canonical: https://time.com/4836561/stephen-colbert-gwyneth-paltrow-goop/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-28T15:01:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-08T09:20:42.136Z og:title: Watch Stephen Colbert's Hilariously Funny Goop Takedown og:description: Got health care? 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While in Russia, Stephen Colbert sent a tweet to President Donald Trump and announced he was considering a White House run_  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jun 28, 2017 3:01 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jun 28, 2017 3:01 PM UTC As the [Senate prepares to vote](http://time.com/4835301/senate-health-care-vote-delay-donald-trump-mitch-mcconnell/) on its version of the [Obamacare repeal bill](http://time.com/4827805/senate-republican-health-care-obamacare-ahca-draft/) — a health care package that would [result](http://time.com/4832809/health-care-bill-cbo-score-uninsured/) in an additional 22 million people losing insurance by 2026 according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office — Stephen Colbert is suggesting that Americans explore potential backup plans. “Folks are going to have to look for alternative medical treatment like prayer, or being rich, or praying to become rich,” he joked during Tuesday’s episode of _The Late Show_. “In these dark days of doubt, thank goodness for Gwyneth Paltrow and her lifestyle brand, Goop.” The host went on skewer the wellness website’s assertion that its [Body Vibes’](https://www.shopbodyvibes.com/) wearable healing stickers — a 10-pack of which costs $60 — treat conditions like hangovers, lack of focus and dehydration with “the same conductive carbon material NASA uses to line space suits so they can monitor an astronaut’s vitals during wear.” [NASA](http://time.com/4829968/nasa-dispute-gwyneth-paltrow-goop/) has also debunked the claim. 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