Gwyneth Paltrow admits she ‘drank every night’ during the deadly LA fires: ‘I was medicating’

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author of “The New Menopause.”“I’m really in the thick of it right now, so I’m all over the place,” Paltrow shared about her menopause stages. “But I noticed my symptoms are, like, pretty well under control unless, you know, in January when the fires were happening in L.A.

I’ve, like, used alcohol for its purpose.”Several fires broke out around LA earlier this year, hitting the Pacific Palisades and Altadena neighborhoods the hardest.

Tens of thousands of residents were displaced, and at least 29 people died. While several stars lost their homes in the Palisades Fire, Paltrow revealed early on that she and her husband, Brad Falchuk, were safe, but “so many of our close friends… have lost everything.” “I think I drank every night,” the “Avengers: Endgame” actress told Haver. “I was medicating,” she confirmed, admitting, “Normally, now at this point, I don’t drink a lot at all.

Maybe I’ll have one drink a week.”A post shared by goop (@goop)Paltrow explained that her menopause symptoms spiraled “completely out of control,” which made her pause.“It was the first time I really noticed, like, causation in that way,” she opened up.