Gwyneth Paltrow Explains How She Knew Not to Marry Ben Affleck

Gwyneth Paltrow once dated Ben Affleck and she even thanked him when she won an Oscar in 1999, but their relationship ultimately didn’t last.

In a revealing interview for The Howard Stern Show, Gwyneth was asked, “How did you know not to marry him? You were never in love with him?”

So, what happened?

“It’s interesting I think there’s certain boyfriends where you are trying to work stuff out, right? Like you’re trying to heal certain stuff from your childhood and he was very much a lesson in that way,” Gwyneth said in the interview. “He…I’m not sure exactly what I was trying to heal in that instance but it was, he was, ya know, it was specific.”

Make sure to read what Gwyneth said about her relationship with Brad Pitt and how he confronted Harvey Weinstein after he sexually harassed her.