{"id":5928,"date":"2026-06-17T21:52:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T21:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/gwyneth-paltrow-did-not-expect-backlash-over-israeli-ad-source\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T21:52:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T21:52:43","slug":"gwyneth-paltrow-did-not-expect-backlash-over-israeli-ad-source","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/gwyneth-paltrow-did-not-expect-backlash-over-israeli-ad-source\/","title":{"rendered":"Gwyneth Paltrow did not expect backlash over Israeli ad: source"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F06%2Fnewspress-collage-b0steunn5-1781733003618.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall%261781718622\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Oscar winner \u2014\u00a0whose late father, director Bruce Paltrow, was Jewish \u2014\u00a0has so far stayed silent in the wake of online attacks over appearing in an ad for a luxury Israeli real estate developer.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Gwyneth Paltrow promoted 51 Park in the coastal city of Herzliya. The ad is only airing in Israel, yet she has received backlash from across the globe. <span class=\"credit\">51 Park<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Paltrow never expected the backlash over the advert, a friend said. <span class=\"credit\">51 Park<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The star was blasted for filming a commercial for 51 Park in the coastal city of Herzliya, prompting notable commenters including <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/15\/celebrity-news\/colin-firths-ex-wife-blasts-nasty-gwyneth-paltrow-over-unacceptable-ad\/\">Livia Firth <\/a>and Alana Hadid to call for her cancellation.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Hadid, the pro-Palestine activist and sister of models Bella and Gigi Hadid, wrote on Instagram, \u201cThis is not even tone deaf it\u2019s actually complicit af.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Firth, the ex-wife of actor Colin Firth, said she had cancelled a planned trip by Paltrow to Quintosapore, the regenerative\u00a0farm she runs in Umbria,  because \u201cwhat she did is completely unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Green Carpet Fashion Award creator also alleged that \u201ccomplicit\u201d Paltrow supported the alleged \u201cgenocide\u201d of the Palestinian people by collaborating with Israeli real estate group\u00a0Aviv Melisron.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaking an ad for a luxury condo is as disgusting as it can be for someone [with] privilege,\u201d Firth said, adding that Paltrow needed to be \u201ccanceled.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The star was pictured in Sardinia in Italy while on a getaway with husband Brad Falchuk this week. <span class=\"credit\">COBRA TEAM\/CIAOPIX \/ BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Paltrow said Falchuk is \u201cso progressive\u201d that he thinks she\u2019s a Republican. \u201cWhich, I\u2019m not a Republican,\u201d she added. <span class=\"credit\">COBRA TEAM\/CIAOPIX \/ BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Scarlett Johansson, another Jewish actress, faced similar issues when she starred in an ad for Soda Stream in 2014. The company\u2019s factory was on the West Bank, and Johansson stepped down from her role as Oxfam ambassador amid the backlash, later insisting she had no regrets about the ad.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, I stand behind that decision,\u201d she said. \u201cI was aware of that particular factory before I signed. And it still doesn\u2019t seem like a problem \u2014 at least not until someone comes up with a solution to the closing of that factory and leaving all those people destitute.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Paltrow, with Falchuk in March in NYC, said she\u2019s \u201cpretty centrist.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Although some critics went so far as to say Paltrow is promoting stolen territory, Herzliya was officially bought from Arabs in the 1920s and originally set up as a farming community in November 1924.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Paltrow pal, \u00a0the actress, who\u2019s preparing to star in the Netflix movie adaptation of<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/10\/hollywood\/strangers-a-memoir-of-marriage-adaptation-is-close-to-landing-gwyneth-paltrow\/\"> Belle Burden\u2019s hit book, \u201cStrangers,\u201d<\/a> is also being attacked for her political views.<\/p>\n<p>The mom-of-two clarified her beliefs earlier this month, telling \u2018The Good Podcast\u2019 that Brad Falchuk, her husband of seven years, is \u201cso progressive \u2026<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Paltrow\u2019s late father, director Bruce Paltrow, was Jewish. <span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m pretty centrist and my husband thinks I\u2019m a Republican,\u201d she said. \u201cWhich, I\u2019m not a Republican \u2026 I feel I\u2019m completely an Independent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s a business owner, she\u2019s a sensible moderate. A centrist,\u201d Paltrow\u2019s friend said. \u201cBut the idea of being a Conservative in Hollywood is anathema.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Aviv Melisron has not responded to the outcry over its ad, Gabi Attal, who ran the creative campaign, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/gabi-attal_gwyneth-paltrow-is-leading-our-newest-campaign-activity-7469390088058068992-VDO3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">wrote on Linkedin <\/a>they turned to Paltrow as they needed a figure \u201cwho effortlessly embodies international elegance, a premium lifestyle, and uncompromising quality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We have reached out to Paltrow for comment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/17\/celebrity-news\/gwyneth-paltrow-did-not-expect-backlash-over-israeli-ad-source\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Oscar winner \u2014\u00a0whose late father, director Bruce Paltrow, was Jewish \u2014\u00a0has so far stayed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5929,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/newspress-collage-b0steunn5-1781733003618.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5928\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}