Goop, Gwyneth Paltrow’s “modern lifestyle brand,” is coming to Netflix in the form of a docuseries this fall, according to Variety.
The series, yet to be named, will consist of 30-minute episodes hosted by Paltrow and Goop co-editor Elise Loehnen. Viewers will hear from health and medical experts on “physical and spiritual wellness,” according to Variety.
“We were speaking to the platform question, and where our people are. They’re watching Netflix. Some of the more strategic, bigger stories we want to tell require a TV budget. Obviously, there’s no better partner in that,” Loehnen told Variety.
Goop will temporarily halt magazine production to work on the series and other digital ventures, then resume publishing after the series airs.
Not everyone is thrilled about the deal.
“Good to see Gwyneth capitalizing on how our health care system has largely failed women forcing us to invest in the ‘wellness industry’ and also create unattainable beauty standards in which we must be beautiful on the inside and the outside,” editor Joanna Piacenza wrote on Twitter.
Good to see Gwyneth capitalizing on how our health care system has largely failed women forcing us to invest in the “wellness industry” and also create unattainable beauty standards in which we must be beautiful on the inside and the outside. https://t.co/lyYZ4tEk2y
— Joanna Piacenza (@jpiacenza) February 4, 2019
https://twitter.com/chris_mandle/status/1092526985904078849
Reminder goop rhymes with 💩 https://t.co/aA7PqgfSuO
— Gpop (@G_Pop2013) February 4, 2019
In this era of misinformation, SO disappointing to see celeb noise get bigger platform.
— Timothy Caulfield (@CaulfieldTim) February 4, 2019
Health profs trying to stop celeb nonsense https://t.co/07qe5dJE1o …
But entities like @netflix & @Delta partnering wth #Goop & #Gwyneth to spread bunk:https://t.co/up7QMLmudg @DrJenGunter
It’s dreadful GOOP have this huge platform. It’s snake oil salesmanship writ large. https://t.co/g9WIxtciSO
— Yoav Segal (@yo_segal) February 4, 2019
“Hey @NetflixANZ … I’m a subscriber and I have to say I don’t like this,” user Sarah Bickerton wrote. “This isn’t about differing opinions to my own, what Goop & GP promote is dangerous pseudoscience at best, and contrary to science at worst.”
https://twitter.com/sarahhbickerton/status/1092537443734044672
https://twitter.com/raphaelitist/status/1092534989571411969
https://twitter.com/marciMcFly/status/1092533264047329286
In the past, Paltrow and Goop have come under fire in the past for promoting dubious products including the jade egg, body vibe stickers, and vagina steaming—which have all been debunked by either medical professionals or NASA officials.
“Please @NETFLIX you have disrupted television for the better—we really love you, so DO NOT RUIN YOUR GREAT RECORD by giving Goop an even wider platform—even us freaky health scientists do NOT back Ms. Paltrow on this. They invented jade vagina eggs there is no history of them,” Twitter user @iXeno wrote.
Please @NETFLIX you have disrupted television for the better – we really love you, so DO NOT RUIN YOUR GREAT RECORD by giving Goop an even wider platform – even us freaky health scientists do NOT back Ms. Paltrow on this. They invented jade vagina eggs there is no history of them https://t.co/t9BnQQ2pU0
— Professor Xeno 🧠 health IG: @professor_x (@iXeno) February 4, 2019
https://twitter.com/JSuhnMcG/status/1092539149050093574
Amid the news, some users said they were considering canceling their Netflix subscriptions.
“For the first time ever I’m actually thinking of canceling my @netflix subscription. I don’t care that the price went up or that they canceled all the Marvel goodness. BUT giving Gweneth Paltrow and her snake oil company GOOP a show to promote their bunk would be wrong & harmful,” Twitter user @zepy32 wrote.
https://twitter.com/zepy32/status/1092537531051126784
https://twitter.com/y2skot/status/1092536138500198400
Netflix did not immediately respond to the Daily Dot’s request for comment.
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