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Gwyneth Paltrow poses nude in gold body paint to celebrate turning 50
Gwyneth Paltrow is a vision in gold.
The actress and Goop founder rang in her 50th birthday on Tuesday with a provocative photoshoot that covered her nude body in a thin layer of golden paint.
"⭐️50⭐️," she captioned the glowing image.
Naturally, her millions of fans, many of them A-listers themselves, couldn't help but show their admiration for the ageless wonder.
"I LOVE YOU!!! Happy birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" wrote TV personality Ross Mathews.
"Oh YES to this!!" added her pal Reese Witherspoon.
"Yes mama ⚡️⚡️⚡️happy birthday QUEEN🙌🙌🙌," Naomi Watts chimed in.
"That is exactly what I looked like when I turned 50!" wrote comedian Ali Wentworth. "Happy Birthday you stunning human!"
"You're an incredible inspiration to many GP. Cheers to you baby," one fan wrote while another added, "Happy birthday Gwyneth! I celebrate you! Sending you love and light on your special day!! Thanks for making this world a better place and for rebranding 50!"
When reflecting on the shoot itself, the actress explained it was a way to express the joy she feels turning 50.
“All I know is that they're painting me gold and that I have to be naked. I feel so good turning 50, and this is about expressing that sense of energy and optimism that I’m experiencing," Paltrow said in a Goop post. "It's more about the female gaze and just a sense of fun."
The actress has been thinking a lot about aging and how she's planning on tackling the future. In a recent blog for Goop, Paltrow took time to reflect on her life and the lessons she's gained before her new birthday milestone.
"I strangely have no sense of time passed. I am as connected to this feeling of longing, of promise — promise of the fall, of something ebbing — as I was 30 years ago," she wrote. "But there is something about the sweetness of life that exists deep within me that is unchanged, that will not change. It is the essence of the essence. It seems to be getting sweeter."
"I would like to fully acknowledge myself," she continued. "I am imperfect, I can shut down and turn to ice, I have no patience, I swear at other drivers, I don't close my closet doors, I lie when I don't want to hurt feelings. I am also generous and funny. I am smart and brave. I am a searcher, and I can bring you along on my quest for meaning. When I love you, you will feel it encompass you through time and space and till the end of the earth. I am all of it."
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