--- title: Gwyneth Paltrow Clarifies Working Mom Comments, Talks Mommy Wars description: But the war on Gwyneth continues to rage canonical: https://time.com/93041/gwyneth-paltrow-mommy-wars/ author: Kelly Conniff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-05-08T21:20:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:55:15.716Z og:title: Gwyneth Paltrow Clarifies Working Mom Comments, Talks Mommy Wars og:description: But the war on Gwyneth continues to rage og:url: https://time.com/93041/gwyneth-paltrow-mommy-wars/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt48620e202c503c56/69868e89f983e7b29904db87/478035499.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2142 og:image:height: 1205 og:image:alt: Live Talks Los Angeles Presents An Evening With Chelsea Handler In Conversation With Gwyneth Paltrow og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Gwyneth Paltrow Clarifies Working Mom Comments, Talks Mommy Wars twitter:description: But the war on Gwyneth continues to rage twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt48620e202c503c56/69868e89f983e7b29904db87/478035499.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Gwyneth Paltrow Attempts to Consciously Uncouple From the Mommy Wars > Sponsored content. 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May 8, 2014 9:20 PM UTC  Gwyneth Paltrow attends An Evening With Chelsea Handler In Conversation with Gwyneth Paltrow at Alex Theatre on March 11, 2014 in Glendale, California. Gwyneth Paltrow attends An Evening With Chelsea Handler In Conversation with Gwyneth Paltrow at Alex Theatre on March 11, 2014 in Glendale, California. JB Lacroix—WireImage  by [Kelly Conniff](https://time.com/author/kelly-conniff/)  ## Kelly Conniff Conniff is deputy editor at TIME. May 8, 2014 9:20 PM UTC Not one to leave well enough alone, Gwyneth Paltrow has felt the need to come to her own defense. Weeks after becoming a flashpoint in the mommy wars with [comments she made to E! News](http://www.eonline.com/news/525210/gwyneth-paltrow-s-post-split-plans-actress-reveals-she-s-taking-a-break-from-acting-to-focus-on-her-kids) implying that mothers who work 9-5 jobs have it easier than hard-working, genetically blessed actresses, the Goop proprietress has issued a clarification on her website. Paltrow, who seems to aspire to be the Nelson Mandela of parenting bloggers — the blog post is titled “[Ending the Mommy Wars](http://www.goop.com/journal/be/283/ending-the-mommy-wars)” — says that her quote was taken out of context and that other [working mothers](http://nypost.com/2014/03/27/a-working-moms-open-letter-to-gwyneth-paltrow/) may simply have been projecting their discontent onto her. Ooh, burn. Her Goopness also goes deeper, sharing her disbelief at “how little slack we cut each other as women”: --- > “” --- Wade on in, Gwyneth, the water’s just fine. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/93041/gwyneth-paltrow-mommy-wars/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/93041/gwyneth-paltrow-mommy-wars/"},"headline":"Gwyneth Paltrow Attempts to Consciously Uncouple From the Mommy Wars","datePublished":"2014-05-08T21:20:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:55:15.716Z","description":"But the war on Gwyneth continues to rage","url":"https://time.com/93041/gwyneth-paltrow-mommy-wars/","keywords":["Living","Parenting","celebrity","Gwyneth Paltrow","goop"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt48620e202c503c56/69868e89f983e7b29904db87/478035499.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kelly Conniff","jobTitle":"Conniff is deputy editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/kelly-conniff/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt48620e202c503c56/69868e89f983e7b29904db87/478035499.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Live Talks Los Angeles Presents An Evening With Chelsea Handler In Conversation With Gwyneth Paltrow","caption":"Live Talks Los Angeles Presents An Evening With Chelsea Handler In Conversation With Gwyneth Paltrow","creditText":"JB Lacroix—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":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/93041/gwyneth-paltrow-mommy-wars/","name":"Gwyneth Paltrow Attempts to Consciously Uncouple From the Mommy Wars"}}]}] ```