--- title: Gwyneth Paltrow: Brad Pitt Threatened to Kill Harvey Weinstein description: Gwyneth Paltrow said then-boyfriend Brad Pitt confronted Harvey Weinstein in 1995 after the movie producer harassed her. canonical: https://time.com/5289950/gwyneth-paltrow-brad-pitt-harvey-weinstein/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-05-24T14:19:59.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T20:22:37.056Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Gwyneth Paltrow Says Brad Pitt Threatened to Kill Harvey Weinstein Over Alleged Sexual Harassment og:description: She thought the exchange was "fantastic" og:url: https://time.com/5289950/gwyneth-paltrow-brad-pitt-harvey-weinstein/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt36e1c372e369b880/698931630a4a220b0f9d2cef/gwyneth-paltrow-brad-pitt.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Ron Galella Archive - File Photos 2011 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Gwyneth Paltrow Says Brad Pitt Threatened to Kill Harvey Weinstein Over Alleged Sexual Harassment twitter:description: She thought the exchange was "fantastic" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt36e1c372e369b880/698931630a4a220b0f9d2cef/gwyneth-paltrow-brad-pitt.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Gwyneth Paltrow Says Brad Pitt Threatened to 'Kill' Harvey Weinstein Over Alleged Sexual Harassment by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. May 24, 2018 2:19 PM UTC  Actor Brad Pitt and actress Gwyneth Paltrow attend "The Devil's Own" New York City Premiere on March 13, 1997 at City Cinemas Cinema 1 in New York City. Actor Brad Pitt and actress Gwyneth Paltrow attend "The Devil's Own" New York City Premiere on March 13, 1997 at City Cinemas Cinema 1 in New York City.Ron Galella—WireImage by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. May 24, 2018 2:19 PM UTC Actress Gwyneth Paltrow recalled the moment Brad Pitt threatened to kill [Harvey Weinstein](http://time.com/5272519/georgina-chapman-harvey-weinstein-interview/) after the disgraced producer sexually harassed her in the 1990s. During an interview on Howard Stern’s Sirius XM [radio show](https://soundcloud.com/howardstern/gwynethpaltrowonharveyweinsteinandthenightbradpittconfrontedhim?in=howardstern/sets/the-howard-stern-show-may-23) Wednesday, Paltrow recounted the incident with Weinstein, saying he asked her for a massage while they were in a hotel room. “We had one instance in a hotel room where he made a pass at me,” she said. “It was weird. I was alone in a room with him.” Paltrow said she told then-boyfriend Brad Pitt right away, saying the experience had shaken her especially because she had signed on to make two movies with Weinstein. Pitt confronted Weinstein when the three were at the opening of “Hamlet” on Broadway, according to Paltrow. “It was the equivalent of throwing him against the wall,” she said. Pitt then allegedly told Weinstein: “If you ever make her feel uncomfortable again, I’ll kill you.” Weinstein has now been accused by more than 50 women, including Uma Thurman, Lupita Nyong’o, Kate Beckinsale, Salma Hayek and Cara Delevigne, of sexual assault, harassment and other inappropriate behavior. Weinstein, whose downfall kicked off the wide spread of the [#MeToo movement](http://time.com/5270845/roman-polanski-me-too-comments/), has denied all allegations of non-consensual sexual contact. Asked by Stern if she thought Pitt overstepped in his protectiveness, Paltrow said she thought the encounter was “fantastic.” “He leveraged his fame and power to protect me at a time when I didn’t have fame and power yet,” she said. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5289950/gwyneth-paltrow-brad-pitt-harvey-weinstein/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5289950/gwyneth-paltrow-brad-pitt-harvey-weinstein/"},"headline":"Gwyneth Paltrow Says Brad Pitt Threatened to 'Kill' Harvey Weinstein Over Alleged Sexual Harassment","datePublished":"2018-05-24T14:19:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T20:22:37.056Z","description":"She thought the exchange was \"fantastic\"","url":"https://time.com/5289950/gwyneth-paltrow-brad-pitt-harvey-weinstein/","keywords":["celebrities","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt36e1c372e369b880/698931630a4a220b0f9d2cef/gwyneth-paltrow-brad-pitt.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt36e1c372e369b880/698931630a4a220b0f9d2cef/gwyneth-paltrow-brad-pitt.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Ron Galella Archive - File Photos 2011","caption":"Ron Galella Archive - File Photos 2011","creditText":"Ron Galella—WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/5289950/gwyneth-paltrow-brad-pitt-harvey-weinstein/","name":"Gwyneth Paltrow Says Brad Pitt Threatened to 'Kill' Harvey Weinstein Over Alleged Sexual Harassment"}}]}] ```