Gwyneth Paltrow Wanted to Have a Baby With Luke Wilson

• In her new book, Gwyneth: The Biography, Amy Odell writes that Gwyneth Paltrow reportedly wanted to have a baby with Luke Wilson.
• Paltrow and Wilson dated from 2001 to 2002 after meeting on the set of The Royal Tenenbaums.
• Paltrow went on the marry Chris Martin and welcomed two children, Apple and Moses. The star couple split in 2014.

While the world is quite familiar with Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin’s mini-me children, Apple and Moses, the actress reportedly wanted to have a child with one of her other famous exes. Amy Odell wrote all about what could have been in her new book, Gwyneth: The Biography.

Luke Wilson and Gwyneth Paltrow walking in London.

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Odell takes readers all the way back to 2002, when Paltrow was dating her The Royal Tenenbaums costar Luke Wilson. “After her father’s death [in October 2002], Gwyneth started smoking cigarettes again, and realized she wanted to start her own family,” Odell writes. “She had thought about having a baby with Luke Wilson, but, according to one of Gwyneth’s friends, he smoked a lot of pot and didn’t seem ready to be a parent.”

As the tale goes, Paltrow and Wilson met on set of the dramedy in 2001 and dated for a year, though few details are known about their coupling.

Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow at the 71st Annual Golden Globe Awards on January 12, 2014, in Beverly Hills, California.

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In the same excerpt, Odell explained that Paltrow had asked director Mary Wigmore to stay with her in London, where they planned to see a Coldplay concert. It was during this time, October 2002, that the Iron Man star first met Martin.

Paltrow and Martin’s spark was strong, as they were already stirring up engagement rumors by November 2003, when they began house hunting in north London. Their romance did indeed move quickly, as they confirmed they were expecting their first child on December 3, 2003, and tied the knot just two days later during a surprise ceremony in Santa Barbara, California. They welcomed their baby girl Apple on May 14, 2004, and Moses followed behind on April 8, 2006.

Apple Martin, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Moses Martin.

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However, after more than a decade of marriage, the two announced they were going to “consciously uncouple and co-parent” on March 25, 2014. They have remained close after their split and moved on to other romantic relationships.

In July 2014, the Goop founder started dating Brad Falchuk, who she exchanged vows with on September 29, 2018. Meanwhile, Martin struck up a romance with Dakota Johnson in October 2017, though the two recently called in quits last month.