Gwyneth Paltrow is taking a walk down romantic memory lane.
He iron man The actress made a subtle reference to her ex-boyfriend Ben Affleck during her appearance on Amy Poehler’s Good Hand podcast on Tuesday, January 6. Paltrow, 53, mentioned her brief romance with the Oscar winner while reflecting on her connection to the late Robin Williams, explaining that their paths crossed around the release of Goodwill Hunt in 1997, a film that Affleck co-wrote and starred in.
“I only came to know [Williams] a little when Goodwill Hunt came out [in 1997] because I was dating one of the people who wrote that movie and was in that movie,” the Goop founder said.
“We’re very aware,” Poehler joked, before praising Affleck’s performance. Paltrow agreed, adding, “I love that movie. It’s a perfect movie. I love it so much.”
It was a rare acknowledgment of her romance with Affleck, whom she dated beginning in 1997 after her split from Brad Pitt. During their relationship, the couple also worked together, co-starring Shakespeare in love in 1998 and Bounce in 2000, before ending that same year.
Paltrow later found love with Coldplay frontman Chris Martin. The former couple shares two children, daughter Apple, 21, and son Moses, 19, and separated in 2016. She then married television writer and director Brad Falchuk in 2018.
Meanwhile, Affleck was married to Jennifer Garner from 2005 to 2018 and, more recently, to Jennifer Lopez from 2022 to 2025.
