Gwyneth Paltrow

Speaking on the Wylde Moon podcast with Holly Willoughby, the Goop founder, 49, told how her grief was so 'physical' that it felt like it would 'split her ...

It was intense.' I was put on this fake pedestal and afterwards I then just sort of collapsed. The only reason I didn't call the emergency services was because I didn't know it was 999 in England! It was really really tough, I don't know how we got through it, it was really messed up. 'But I thought I was dying. It was not in my lexicon of emotions.

Appearing this week on WYLDE's "By the Light of the Moon" podcast with host Holly Willoughby, Oscar-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow opened up about her ...

It was really really tough, I don’t know how we got through it; it was really messed up,” Paltrow added. The only reason I didn’t call the emergency services was because I didn’t know it was 999 in England! “I lost my dad to cancer when I was 30.

Gwyneth Paltrow opens up about losing her father to throat cancer. Remove Ad X Advertisement. In a recent chat on WYLDE's By ...

The actress tried to lighten the mood as she quipped, "The only reason I didn’t call the emergency services was because I didn’t know it was 999 in England!" Paltrow continued and emphasized that the process was really difficult for her and noted, "It’s sad he’s not part of my life now." In a recent chat on WYLDE‘s By the Light of the Moon podcast, Gwyneth Paltrow opened up about losing her father to throat cancer in 2002. The actress went on and dived a bit further into how hurt she was after losing her father, "It was so physical it felt like it split me open."

Gwyneth Paltrow is reflecting on one of the most difficult times of her life. The Oscar winner has obviously made a name for herself as a movie star in her ...

“The first year was just beyond — I don’t know how we all got through it, my mother, my brother and I. It was pretty messed up. “Starting Goop was after he died. When it first happened I never anticipated that it was possible to have a feeling like that. The only reason I didn’t call the emergency services is because I didn’t know that in England you dial 999; in America it’s 911. “I lost my dad to cancer when I was 30. So it’s easy to forget that when she first started out she was better known as the daughter of Blythe Danner and director Bruce Paltrow.

After the death of her father in 2002, Gwyneth Paltrow's grief ran so deep, she thought she was having a heart attack.

Gwyneth still had family and life goals to achieve, so she knew the only path was forward. “I woke up in the middle of the night and I thought I was having a heart attack,” Gwyneth explained. The emotional aspects are often discussed, but it can also affect you physically — which is exactly what happened to Gwyneth Paltrow while she was mourning the death of her dad, Bruce Paltrow, from throat cancer in 2002.