SHOW RADIO ON CHANNEL 108. >>> WE'RE JOINED BY GWYNETH PALTROW, ONE OF THE STARS OF THE NEW NETFLIX SERIES CALLED "THE POLITICIAN," SHE PLAYS THE MOTHER OF AN AMBITIOUS HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR WHO WANTS TO BE PRESIDENT ONE DAY AND WILL STOP AT NOTHING TO GET THERE. IT'S AN AMBITION THAT MAKES HER PERHAPS A LITTLE WORRIED. >> I KNOW THIS IS MY ONLY PASSION. WHY DOES THAT MAKE YOU CRY? >> BECAUSE I LOVE YOU SO MUCH. AND I KNOW I'M GOING TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO HELP YOU GET WHAT YOU WANT. AND I'M SAD FOR THE PERSON THAT'S GOING TO TURN ME INTO. >> GWYNETH PALTROW, GOOD MORNING. THIS FEELS SO TIMELY ON SO MANY LEVELS. RYAN MURPHY, YOUR HUSBAND BRAD FALLCHECK CREATED THIS TOGETHER. YOU WORKED TOGETHER WITH "GLEE," HOW YOU MET BRAD. >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> BUT I HEARD YOU DIDN'T EXACTLY JUMP AT THIS CHANCE. HE HAD TO CONVINCE YOU A LITTLE BIT. >> HE HAD TO CONVINCE ME A LITTLE BIT. I'VE GOT A PRETTY BIG DAY JOB AT GOOP.COM. SO I SORT OF PUT ACTING ON THE BACK BURNER. BUT HE -- YOU KNOW, HE WAS WRITING. HE WAS LIKE, I THINK I'M WRITING A PART FOR YOU. AND I WAS LIKE, I DON'T THINK I CAN DO A PART. AND LO AND BEHOLD, HERE I AM. >> THERE YOU ARE. IT DOES SEEM LIKE IT WAS WRITTEN FOR YOU. THE PART IS KIND OF JUST PERFECT FOR YOU. WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT -- >> I DON'T KNOW HOW I SHOULD TAKE THAT. >> I KNOW, BECAUSE ACTUALLY IT IS TRUE BECAUSE THIS MOM CHARACTER YOU PLAY SHE IS A LITTLE -- SHE MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT TWISTED. >> SHE'S COMPLICATED. >> SHE IS. BUT YOU WEAR IT SO WELL. WHAT WAS IT LIKE ACTUALLY WORKING WITH BRAD AND HE'S WRITING YOUR WORDS AND YOU WERE INTERACTING, YOU'RE AN EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ON THE SHOW, HOW DID THAT DYNAMIC ALL PLAY OUT? >> IT WAS THE BEST. IT WAS REALLY EASY AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK WHEN YOU TRUST SOMEONE SO MUCH AND YOU LOVE SOMEONE SO MUCH AND THEY KNOW YOU SO WELL AND YOU KNOW THEM IT'S REALLY ACTUALLY AN INTERESTING CHARACTERISTIC -- SET OF CHARACTERISTICS TO BRING INTO A WORKPLACE. IT WAS REALLY NICE. >> THIS SHOW HAS SO MANY DIFFERENT STARS IN IT. >> YES. >> REAL HEAVY HITTERS. BEN PLAT WAS JUST HERE YESTERDAY, JESSICA LANG PLAYS AN INCREDIBLE CHARACTER. >> SHE'S AMAZING. >> ANOTHER SLIGHTLY TWISTED MOM. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT THAT. YOU MENTIONED JUST A SECOND AGO THAT YOU'RE KIND OF, IN A WAY, PUTTING ACTING ON THE BACK BURNER. I DO ALMOST THINK OF YOU MORE LIKE AN ENTREPRENEUR NOW. GOOP SEEMS TO BE YOUR WHOLE LIFE. >> IT SURE IS. IT SURE IS. I LOVE IT SO MUCH. IT'S CHALLENGING, AND IN ALL THE BEST WAYS. I LEARN SO MUCH EVERY DAY AND I LOVE THE PRODUCTS THAT WE'RE MAKING AND, YOU KNOW, THE CONTENT THAT WE'RE MAKING. IT'S REALLY FUN. >> DID YOU EVER IMAGINE THIS IS WHERE YOU'D END UP IN YOUR 20s, ACTUALLY YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO BE A BUSINESSWOMAN BE MORE THAN AN ACTRESS? >> IT'S FUNNY, I WAS TALKING TO LAURA DERN THE OTHER DAY AND SHE SAID DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE 25 WE WERE SITTING ON THE PORCH AND YOU SAID I THINK I WANT TO GO INTO BUSINESS ONE DAY. I HAD NO RECOLLECTION OF IT, BUT SHE SAID THAT I WAS EYEING IT EVEN THEN. WHICH IS SO STRANGE. >> WOW. SO IT WAS ALWAYS IN YOUR HEART AND DNA. >> I GUESS SO. >> A COUPLE WEEKS AGO WE HAD THE AUTHOR "SHE SAID," THE REPORTERS WHO BROKE THE WEINSTEIN STORY AND THEY WERE SITTING RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE AND I SAID WHAT SURPRISED YOU ABOUT COVERING THAT CASE? AND THEY SAID SOME OF THE UNEXPECTED HEROES, AND THEY NAMED YOU. THEY SAID GWYNETH PALTROW BEHIND THE SCENES HELPED US MOVE THIS PIECE WHEN WE WERE REALLY STUCK AND REALLY HELPED US BEHIND THE SCENES. >> THAT'S REALLY SWEET. >> I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THAT WAS AT A TIME WHEN IT WAS AT GREAT RISK TO DO SO FOR YOU. WHAT MADE YOU WANT TO HELP THEM BEHIND THE SCENES AND WERE YOU SCARED? >> I WAS REALLY SCARED. I THINK, YOU KNOW, SOCIETY HAD SHOWN US ONLY BASICALLY EXAMPLES WHERE WOMEN COMING FORWARD ENDED UP NOT BEING ADVANTAGEOUS FOR THE WOMAN. BUT I -- I REALLY FELT LIKE IT WAS TIME. I THINK ALSO HAVING A TEENAGE DAUGHTER THAT'S THE LOVE OF MY LIFE AND WORRYING ABOUT HER GOING INTO THE WORKPLACE AND FEELING LIKE IF THERE WAS EVER A CHANCE THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE COULD BE A CULTURAL SHIFT ON THIS STUFF I WANTED TO PARTICIPATE IN. I NEVER COULD HAVE IMAGINED THAT, YOU KNOW, COLLECTIVELY A SHIFT THIS SEISMIC WOULD HAPPEN BUT I FEEL PROUD THAT I HAVE A SMALL PART IN IT. >> WELL, YOU HOSTED A LOT OF THE WOMEN AT YOUR HOUSE LATER AND HAD A DINNER THAT THEY WRITE ABOUT IN THE BOOK. AND THERE'S ALSO THIS MOMENT THEY TALK ABOUT WHERE YOU'RE ACTUALLY IN YOUR HOUSE AND WEINSTEIN COMES OVER AND YOU'RE ON THE PHONE AND YOU'RE LIKE, GUYS, WHAT DO I DO HERE? HE'S LIKE -- I MEAN, IT'S KIND OF ALMOST SOMETHING OUT OF A HOLLYWOOD MOVIE. >> YEAH, THAT WAS A SURREAL MOMENT IN THE WHOLE STORY FOR SURE. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE EMMYS. YOU WERE JUST THERE THE OTHER NIGHT. >> OKAY. >> I LOVED YOUR DRESS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> AND THEN THE INTERNET WENT BERSERK WHEN YOU WALKED ON STAGE THEY THOUGHT YOU WERE KIND OF -- WE HAVE VIDEO OF IT, YOU WERE KIND OF SHIMMYING. WHAT HAPPENED? I THINK IT LOOKED NORMAL. >> I THINK I LOOKED NORMAL TOO. I DON'T GET IT. THERE WAS NO SLIT IN THE BACK OF THE DRESS. IT'S FROM 1963, A VALENTINO GOWN SO I DIDN'T WANT TO CHOP A SLIT IN IT. >> THAT WOULD SEEM WRONG. YOUR BIRTHDAY IS TOMORROW. >> THAT'S RIGHT, I FORGOT. >> HAPPY BIRTHDAY. >> I FORGOT ABOUT THAT FOR A MINUTE. >> THANK YOU. >> WE'RE GOING TO BE THE SAME AGE. I'M 47, YOU ARE 47. >> I WILL BE TOMORROW. >> YOU HAVE ONE MORE DAY. BUT I WAS THINKING, YOU HAVE KIDS, THEY'RE TEENAGERS, I HAVE TODDLERS, GIVE ME A PREVIEW OF COMING ATTRACTIONS, MOM WITH TEENAGERS. >> IT'S THE BEST. >> REALLY? EVERYONE TELLS YOU IT'S SO AWFUL. >> NO, IT'S THE BEST. >> REALLY? >> YES, THEY'RE COMING INTO THEMSELVES. THEY'RE HILARIOUS. THEY'RE SMART. THEY CAN TALK. THEY CAN SORT OF MUSE ABOUT THINGS. IT'S JUST -- IT'S THE GREATEST. YEAH, THEY CAN BE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, DICKS ONCE IN A WHILE. >> WE DON'T PUT A SEVEN SECOND DELAY -- >> SORRY ABOUT THAT. >> I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE ALLOWED TO SAY THAT. >> SORRY, AMERICA. >> GWYNETH, I LIKE WHEN YOU'RE SHOWING THAT SIDE OF YOU. THE SIDE PEOPLE DON'T NORMALLY GET TO SEE. REMEMBER, I SAW YOU THIS SUMMER, WE DID A STORY ABOUT GOOP, WENT TO THE GOOP CONFERENCE WITH YOU AND WE GOT OUR EARS PIERCED TOGETHER. >> I KNOW. >> I WANTED YOU TO KNOW I'M STILL WEARING OUR FRIENDSHIP EARRINGS. >> I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT ONE DAY MY SON WAS GETTING OUT OF THE CAR, AND HE WENT TO HUG ME AND HE SMASHED ME IN THE EAR AND MINE GOT INFECTED. I HAVE TO REDO THEM. >> YOU'RE NOT WEARING YOUR FRIENDSHIP EARRING WITH ME? >> THE FRIENDSHIP EXISTS. AND I LOVE YOU. AND I'M GOING TO REDO THEM. >> WELL, JUST GO GET ANOTHER PIERCING RG RIGHT, WHY NOT? >> EXACTLY. ARE YOU FREE AFTER THIS, LET'S GO. >> FOR YOU, YES. GWYNETH, THANK YOU. THE SHOW IS CALLED "THE POLI
