Gwyneth Paltrow Horrified By Selena Gomez’s Fast Food Diet: ‘Not Goop-Approved’

Selena Gomez’s kid-friendly diet has one A-lister shaking her head. 

Recently, Benny Blanco – who married the former Disney Channel star last year – chatted with Gwyneth Paltrow about his wife’s taste in food. What he said left Paltrow horrified. 

Selena Gomez has ‘diet of a 5-year-old,’ Benny Blanco said 

Gomez has the “diet of a 5-year-old,” Blanco allegedly told Paltrow during a taping of her Goop podcast, The Daily Mail reported. 

“This morning I walked in and she was eating Jack in the Box at 6:45 in the morning,” he continued, adding that the Only Murders in the Building star prefers “burgers and fries.”

“This is NOT Goop approved!” a stunned Paltrow replied. 

If Gomez was left to her own devices, Blanco told Paltrow, she would eat “whatever is bad for your diet,” adding that she “doesn’t really like fruits or vegetables.” But the former The Wizards of Waverly Place star does make an exception for meals from Paltrow’s Goop Kitchen takeout restaurant, with Blanco revealing she’ll “eat the sh*t out of” those dishes. 

Gomez has previously admitted to not being a whiz in the kitchen. 

“People who know me know that I love to cook, except I have no idea what to do or how to do it,” Gomez said on a 2020 episode of Selena + Chef. “I can’t even fix eggs properly.”

Gwyneth Paltrow is less ‘strict’ about her diet than she used to be

Paltrow, meanwhile, is known for her infamously strict diet, which emphasizes healthy whole foods. Not only does she avoid processed foods, but for a time, she also shunned most carbs and was eating a macrobiotic diet. At one point, she revealed that she had embraced intermittent fasting and that her daily diet consisted of black coffee, bone broth, and a paleo-focused dinner that was heavy on vegetables. Her confession sparked concern among many, with some wondering if she was masking an eating disorder under the guise of healthy eating. But even Paltrow has loosened up a bit in recent years when it comes to food. 

“I became paleo a few years ago now, although I’m a little sick of it — if I’m honest — and getting back into eating some sourdough bread and some cheese,” Paltrow said on a 2025 episode of her podcast (via People). 

“There, I said it, a little pasta,” she added. “After being strict with it for so long.”

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