Gwyneth Paltrow Reveals BFF Mario Batali Liked Her Ex Brad Pitt, but Not Ben Affleck

Famed chef weighs in on her exes

By Francesca Bacardi Jul 21, 2016 7:25 PMTags
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Friends will always have an opinion—whether it's vocalized or not is another question—about someone's significant other, and in Gwyneth Paltrow's case, longtime friend Mario Batali has a lot to say about some of her choices.

While hosting a dinner for Goop and Cadillac Road to Table at La Sirena, Batali's newest restaurant in New York City, Paltrow told the crowd that the famous chef had been telling her his secret thoughts about some of her former boyfriends. "He was just teasing me about every boyfriend I brought to [Batali's restaurant] Babbo over the years. He liked Brad Pitt, if you want to know," she said, per Vanity Fair. "Didn't like Ben Affleck that much."

Paltrow has been candid about her past relationships with both stars, once appearing on Howard Stern's radio show and clarifying the statement she once made about how Affleck "would be better off dating a Scores stripper." When asked, she responded, "Well, that was true at the time. But he's settled down and his wife is awesome."

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The Iron Man actress also added that "he wasn't in a good place in his life to have a girlfriend," and explained that she was "more shallow" in her twenties when it came to picking her suitors.

She also dished on Pitt, whom she said left her father devastated when he split. "My father loved him like a son," she told the radio host. But she also joked around that she was upset they didn't have any sort of sex tape together. "Do you know what's so sad? Is that [our relationship] was before the days of videos on your phones so we had nothing!" She also joked, "He was too good for me!"

Based on her comments, it might be a little clearer why Batali preferred Pitt to Affleck. At the very least, they were all enjoying delicious meals courtesy of Batali.

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