Kissing cousins or cussing cousins?
Unfortunately, it appears that the relationship Gwyneth Paltrow shares with her first cousin Rebekah Neumann is deeply layered. The story goes that Paltrow’s later father and Neumann’s father were brothers. But even back in 2016, the kin had differences of opinion when it came to Neumann’s upbringing. While Neumann described her childhood in an interview with Porter magazine as growing up “off a dirt road in, like, a tree house,” Paltrow told the publication Neumann was raised “well-off.” She added, “Her mother Evelyn has amazing taste: every linen perfect. They had a lot of help and every comfort.” Certainly a far cry from a treehouse, no?
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All differences aside, however, it’s no secret that Neumann prided herself on her relateion to the A-lister. It’s rumored that Neumann developed a spiel of sorts when discussing her famous cousin with curious individuals, and perhaps even with some who weren’t all that curious at all. An insider who went to college with Neumann told Business Insider that she was quick to let everyone know about her famous familial connection. She “sort of waved her hand and said, ‘Yes, Gwyneth is my cousin. Yes, I know Brad [as in Brad Pitt, Paltrow’s then-boyfriend]. Yes, we are close. And I am going to the wedding. Next!’ That’s a direct quote. My sorority sister was aghast,” the source revealed. YIKES.
