Gwyneth Paltrow on Instagram; Robert Downey Jr. at 2024 Oscars.Photo:Gwyneth Paltrow/Instagram; CAROLINE BREHMAN/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
Gwyneth Paltrow/Instagram; CAROLINE BREHMAN/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
Not even a root-bleaching session was going to keepGwyneth Paltrowfrom watching the2024 Academy Awards.
Especially because her palRobert Downey Jr.was up for Best Supporting Actor for his role inOppenheimer.
Paltrow, 51, who is an Oscar winner herself, shared a video to her Instagram Stories, while watching a live stream of the Oscars, and cheered when Downey Jr. was announced as the winner. As she turned her phone around to show her excited face, she also showed off her hairstyling session in progress!
Gwyneth Paltrow on Instagram.
He then went on to say, “I’d like to thank my veterinarian — I meant wife — Susan Downey over there. She found me, a snarling rescue pet, and loved me back to life. That’s why I am here. Thank you.”
Downey Jr. also nodded to those who worked with him on the film, including directorChristopher Nolan, the writer, producer and director ofOppenheimer, as well as producerEmma Thomasand his costarsCillian Murphy,Emily BluntandMatt Damon.
Robert Downey Jr. accepting his 2024 Oscar.PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images
PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images
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Paltrow, who has been friends with Downey Jr. for years and who starred with him in theIron Manfranchise, toldPeople in 10in 2021 that after working together several times, “I feel like I was able to find an incredible, lifelong, inspirational partner and friend.”
And the feeling is mutual.
Downey Jr. told Howard Stern in 2016 thatPaltrow is his “free pass"because of their bond, and also because she’s such good friends with his wife.
“My free pass is — because her and Susan are such good friends — is Paltrow,” the actor said, before jokingly adding, “I gotta get her back in these movies so I can make out with her onscreen again.”
source: people.com
