Gwyneth Paltrow's answer on whether Brad Pitt or Ben Affleck was better in bed
Topics: Gwyneth Paltrow, Brad Pitt, Ben Affleck, Celebrity
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Topics: Gwyneth Paltrow, Brad Pitt, Ben Affleck, Celebrity
Gwyneth Paltrow is the only person alive with the intimate knowledge that allows her to answer a question wondered by undoubtedly countless people around the world, is Brad Pitt better than Ben Affleck in bed?
The actress has dated some of the biggest heartthrobs in Hollywood and the music industry over the years, from Luke Wilson to Brad Pitt, Ben Affleck, and Chris Martin. But her first major fling was with Pitt, who she met in 1994 while playing his wife on the set of Seven.
However, the couple split three years later in 1997, and not long after Paltrow started her on-again-off-again relationship with Affleck, with whom she has previously described having an intense physical chemistry with.
After another three years with a Hollywood heartthrob, Paltrow split from Affleck, with the actress describing the period as a 'lesson' in her life. But, having dated the pair back to back, this made the Marty Supreme star the perfect person to answer the bedroom question when asked on a podcast.
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The mother of two, now 53, eventually tied the knot with Coldplay’s Chris Martin, whom she split from after 13 years of marriage in 2016. Now, she’s married to TV writer Brad Falchuk.
Paltrow, Pitt, and Affleck will have changed a lot over the last few decades - potentially even picking up some new moves in the bedroom while they were at it - but fans have been keen to learn which of Paltrow’s famous former boyfriends Paltrow she considered to be the best in bed.
"That's really hard,” she said during an appearance on Alex Cooper’s Call Her Daddy podcast. "Brad was major chemistry, love-of-your-life at the time," she explained.
"Ben was technically excellent.”
Elsewhere in the interview, Paltrow recalled how Pitt popped the question when they got engaged in 1996.
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"One night we were on the balcony of this house we were renting in this little town in Argentina," she said. "I wish I remembered exactly what he said, but he proposed, it was fantastic, I was thrilled. We had talked about it, but I was surprised in the moment, I remember that. I must have been 24.”
When it came to calling it quits, Paltrow admitted the break up was 'really hard', but 'the right thing at that time'.
While playing along to Cooper's game of 'Ben or Brad', Paltrow also credited both actors with being 'good kissers', and described Pitt as being the more romantic of the two.
However, Affleck was more likely to make Paltrow laugh - though the pair were also more likely to get into an argument, Paltrow claimed.
"I can't believe my daughter's listening to this," the star added at one point.
Paltrow shares daughter Apple Martin and son Moses Martin, with ex-husband Chris, 49.