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Gwyneth Paltrow’s mum is ‘always’ shocked by her risqué Goop products: ‘Even proper ladies have sexuality too’
Gwyneth Paltrow has revealed her mother Blythe Danner is sometimes left blushing by the risqué products she stocks on Goop, including a vagina-scented candle.
The actress, 48, has often made headlines for the products and the content she features on her lifestyle platform and Gwyneth joked that her mother Blythe, 78, was ‘always’ shocked when she saw what was on offer.
Gwyneth said on the Today show: ‘’She is [proper], but even proper ladies have sexuality too.’
Some of Gwyneth’s most popular posts are sex toys including high-end vibrators and a $15,000 (£11,000) gold-plated dildo and genital-themed jewellery.
One fan-favourite which sold out in record time was a $75 (£57) candle with the message: ‘This smells like my vagina’, and which the website says smells ‘funny, gorgeous, sexy, and beautifully unexpected.’
The product started out as a joke between Gwyneth and the perfumer she was working with after she commented that the blend of smells was like a vagina, but ended up becoming a hit product.
Gwyneth added that she is ‘not surprised’ she keeps selling out of vibrators: ‘I think that our sexuality is such an important part of who we are.
‘We’re on morning television, so we can’t talk about female pleasure … it sort of gives you an insight into how culturally it’s still taboo.
‘And one of the things we really believe in at Goop is eliminating shame from these topics.’
Gwyneth also opened up about her 16-year-old daughter Apple joining the campaign for her Goopglow collection of skincare products.
She explained: ‘She was sort of part of the product development process, and so then when it came out, I was like, should I let her be in the picture or not? Because she wanted to be in the picture. So we decided to let her.’
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