--- 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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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"}}]}] ```