Gwyneth Paltrow is many things – an A-list actress, an entrepreneur, a woman who has built a business empire on charging eye-watering amounts for self-care products that sound as if they were invented during a free-association session at the local poetry night – but she is not known for being relatable. Yet on Instagram, as she was told off by her teenage daughter, Apple, with a statement one door-slam away from: “You’re sooooo embarrassing”, something human began to manifest. Paltrow had posted a picture of herself with Apple, wearing ski goggles. “Mom, we have discussed this. You may not post anything without my consent,” the 14-year-old wrote underneath it, as crisp as the snow behind them.
Paltrow’s audience of 5.3m was torn, the comments turning into a battleground of pro-privacy advocates (surely ironic, to argue that via Instagram, where one click on a single pair of leggings means never being able to escape from leggings ads for the rest of your mortal days) and people who think Paltrow is perfectly entitled to post pictures of her progeny.
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