Gwyneth Paltrow is poking fun at a viral invitation, purportedly sent by the actress for a dinner in honor of OpenAI billionaire Sam Altman.
Entertainment journalist Matthew Belloni recently reported in his Puck newsletter that “invites are going out this week for a ‘private, off-the-record al fresco dinner’” with Altman at Paltrow’s home in the Hamptons.
A purported invitation included in the story has since gone viral on social media, with some leveling criticism at Paltrow, 53, for hosting an event honoring the OpenAI CEO, whose company is behind artificial intelligence platform ChatGPT. One X user described it as “tone-deaf.”
On Thursday, August 20, the Oscar winner took to Instagram, seemingly responding to her critics with mocked-up versions of the invitation welcoming guests to enjoy dinner with horror movie character M3gan, Sex and the City’s Samantha Jones, Shrek, Jessica Rabbit and viral TikTok character Chanty Beluga.
“We’re serving swordfish burritos, cheddar foam lattes on request,” Paltrow captioned the post.
Us has reached out to Paltrow’s representative for comment on the alleged dinner as well as the authenticity of the now-viral invitation.
Paltrow previously shared how her company, Goop, is embracing AI while speaking at the Meltwater Summit in New York City.
“The train’s left the station. We’re in a time of incredible upheaval,” she said in May, per PRWeek, explaining that Goop uses AI to drive efficiency, including managing workflows.
At the time, she joked that AI functions like “a chief of staff” at her company.
In June, Paltrow made headlines when she opened up about her political beliefs.
“I notice with my own husband — who is the best person ever in the world — he’s so progressive,” Paltrow said on an episode of her “The Good Podcast,” referring to her partner Brad Falchuk.
“Like, he has such a sweet heart and he wants to make sure everybody is looked after,” she continued. “I’m pretty centrist, and my husband thinks I’m a Republican. Which, I’m not a Republican.”
Paltrow said, “I don’t feel anything right now, to be totally honest with you. I feel I’m completely an Independent.”
During the episode, Paltrow told guest Trae Stephens — cofounder of the AI defense company Anduril — that the current political and cultural climate in the U.S. is “so charged.”
“I think in this climate, you know, sometimes I’m like, ‘Can you just listen to this?’” she said. “It’s become so binary, I think. And I am trying to, in my journey through being an American right now, trying to, I don’t know, I guess sort of weave together lots of different points of view and also to get out of that place of, like, righteousness and anger and fear.”
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