Gwyneth Paltrow takes a trip down romantic memory lane.
The Iron Man The actress subtly referenced her ex-boyfriend Ben Affleck during her appearance on Amy Poehler’s Good Hand podcast on Tuesday, January 6. Paltrow, 53, brought up her brief romance with the Oscar winner as she reflected on her connection with the late Robin Williams, explaining that their paths crossed around the release of Good Will Hunting in 1997 – a film that Affleck famously co-wrote and starred in.
“I was only told [Williams] little when Good Will Hunting came out [in 1997] because I dated one of the people who wrote that movie and was in that movie,” the Goop founder said.
“We know,” 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 in early 1997 after her split from Brad Pitt. During their relationship, the couple also worked together and starred in Shakespeare in love in 1998 and Bounce in 2000, before the same year ended.
Paltrow later found love with Coldplay frontman Chris Martin. The former couple share two children, daughter Apple, 21, and son Moses, 19, and separated in 2016. She married TV writer and director Brad Falchuk in 2018.
Affleck, meanwhile, was married to Jennifer Garner from 2005 to 2018 and more recently to Jennifer Lopez from 2022 to 2025.
