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Gwyneth Paltrow Roasted for Schooling Brad Pitt About Caviar

Differences in upbringings between her and another famous actor meant she had to teach him about the finer things.

Actress-turned Goop guru Gwyneth Paltrow, 52, is known for her sometimes unorthodox opinions on food, but she knows her caviar—at least according to an excerpt from the upcoming biography, Gwyneth, written by Amy Odell. In an excerpt obtained by People, the actress’ “very different” upbringing is highlighted as a point of friction in her relationship with her famous ex, Brad Pitt, who was raised in Missouri by a trucking father and a school counselor mother. Paltrow, born to movie producer Bruce Paltrow and actress Blythe Danner, dated Pitt seriously for three years before they broke off their engagement in 1997. “When we go to restaurants and order caviar, I have to say to Brad, ‘This is beluga and this is osetra,’” Paltrow reportedly told an interviewer. While filming the 1996 film Emma, Paltrow also reportedly admitted to developing feelings for co-star Hugh Grant, who was then in a relationship with actress Elizabeth Hurley. Paltrow characterized her relationship with Pitt as fraught with jealousy, recalling that she told her friend Kevyn Aucoin that the Fight Club actor seemed “threatened by her success and all the attention she received.” Reddit users erupted in anger at Paltrow’s perceived pretension. “Classic classist snob with no taste, no humor,” one commentator wrote.