Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin make consciously uncoupling look easy.
The It's All Easy author got candid Wednesday morning on CBS This Morning and Live! With Kelly and Michael. Paltrow opened up about her divorce from the Coldplay frontman and how they somehow made it appear to look like anyone can survive divorce. The truth, however, is that it was anything but easy at first.
"We had very good teachers," Paltrow explained on the CBS morning show. "We really concentrated on the idea of trying to be a family."
Although the romantic part of their relationship ceased to exist, Paltrow added that they were able to make their dynamic work by focusing on the family unit. Whether it's bringing their kids on tour with Coldplay or going on vacation together, Paltrow and Martin always try to form a cohesive group.
"We are a family," she said. "We are really putting [our kids] first."
The show's co-anchors noted that divorce could often bring out the worst in people, but the Goop creator revealed that it took "restraint" to not let their split turn ugly. "You try to reconnect with love and friendship," she explained.
Now, she just wants to support her ex-husband and his "incredible career."
"I want [Apple and Moses] to see me celebrate their dad," she added.
While talking with Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan, Paltrow admitted that she had to mourn the ending of her marriage when they first decided to call it quits. "There's always pain and hurt and a sense of loss and grief," she shared. "It's hard to let go and try to make a family."
Martin, on the other hand, hesitates to use the word "divorce."
"It's a divorce but it's a weird one. It's funny. I don't think about that word very often: 'divorce.' I don't see it that way," Martin told The Sunday Times. "I see it more like you meet someone, you have some time together and things just move through. I've lived a lot of life since then."