Gwyneth Paltrow Reveals She Had 'Toxic People' Working for Her at Goop

Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop workplace may not be a safe space.

In a Wednesday, October 15, interview, the actress, 53, admitted she had "toxic people" working for her company.

Paltrow said it "bothers" her when people think Goop has a "toxic culture."

"That drives me insane because we have never had that," she asserted. "Granted, we’ve had a couple of toxic people, and because of my fear of confrontation, maybe I didn’t deal with it quickly enough."

The Iron Man star acknowledged that the negative energy did "cascade down" and she took "responsibility" for its decline. However, she maintained that Goop has "such a good culture."

"It’s something that I am so proud of and worked so hard on..." the mom-of-two expressed. "Of course I’m going to say, 'It’s not a toxic culture...' We are all human beings who go to work, sometimes with unresolved stuff, and that comes out. People can have bad work experiences anywhere. But I can guarantee if I dropped you into the Goop office in Santa Monica, you’d be like: 'What the f--- are these people talking about?' You would see really engaged, really brilliant, highly collaborative teams who are excited. So I don’t like that kind of stuff — it impacts the team."

In July, writer Amy Odell released a biography titled Gwyneth that exposed the Glee alum's character, career and company. The book painted Goop as "chaotic and sometimes toxic," which has resulted in several employees resigning over the years. A former Goop worker told the journalist, "I never felt less well in my life than during my time there. I didn’t take care of myself at all."

"While most employees called her ‘GP,’ those who pronounced ‘Gwyneth’ wrong (Gwyneth made clear to new staff that her name was pronounced ‘Gwyn’ like ‘pin’ instead of ‘Gwen’ like ‘pen’) would get corrected and chastised by colleagues," the biography noted.

Odell also detailed Goop's previous lawsuit for selling eggs, intended to be inserted into the v----- for health benefits and sexual pleasure.

"Goop made unsubstantiated claims about three products — the Jade Egg, Rose Quartz Egg, and Inner Judge Flower Essence Blend — that were not supported by competent and reliable scientific evidence," read a 2018 statement from the Orange County district attorney’s office.

The Yoni eggs are still on sale on the Goop site, sans guarantees of balancing hormones and regulating menstrual cycles. Instead, they are described to "harness the power of energy work, crystal healing, and a Kegel-like physical practice."

"Neither Paltrow, nor Goop’s board nor its investors were concerned about these controversies," the book added.