Rosamund Pike Says ‘We’re All Being Conned by the Wellness Industry’ — Including Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop

usmagazine.com:

Not as well as it seems? Rosamund Pike had some choice words about the wellness industry when asked about Gwyneth Paltrow’s brand, Goop.“I think we’re all being conned by the wellness industry,” the Gone Girl actress, 44, said in an interview with The Guardian published Sunday, June 11. “This idea that it’s no longer enough to be healthy and we have to be ‘well’ is something that needs to be interrogated.”Pike was speaking to the outlet to promote her new BBC Sounds audio series, People Who Knew Me.

The show features “satirical mentions” of Goop — which was launched by the Iron Man star, 50, in 2008. In the radio drama, she stars as Emily Morris, a woman who assumes a new identity after faking her disappearance after 9/11.The England native — who shares two sons with longtime partner Robie Uniacke — went on to state that consumers find the wellness industry “seductive” because it caters toward “things that people are ashamed to want, like youth beauty and fitness.”She also noted how the #MeToo movement — which encouraged people to speak out against sexual abuse and harassment — “gave women an opportunity to escape some of the demands put on them.” Pike continued: “Now, in a way, people are voluntarily flocking back to being controlled but in a different guise, by these wellness claims.

It’s politicised [sic] our food, politicised [sic] our exercise and I think it’s really dangerous.”Paltrow’s Goop has had its fair share of eye-raising moments over the years, from releasing pills designed to increase female libido to a fake pack of disposable diapers that cost $120.

Perhaps one of the company’s most controversial products was the “This Smells Like My Vagina” candle — which launched in 2020 and is no longer available.“It