I know why people can't stand her
She reminds me a lot of my sister who lived in England during a year abroad at college. My sister lived in the countryside and rarely went into London, she spent all of her time on the college campus in Staffordshire. She went to school for a BS in Marine Biology and then never continued her education.
So when she talks to people she acts like she lived in London for a year and that she's a scientist. Neither of these two things are true. She works as an HR payroll billing coordinator for a company that lays cable in the oceans. She is not a scientist by any random stretch of the word. And she certainly didn't live in London for a year in the way that most people would interpret it. However she acts like she did. Scientists don't quit being a scientist when they graduate with a BS.
The reason my sister annoys people so much is that you really have to be a petty wench to call her out on her nonsense. So people never said anything about it when she talked about it in the beginning. It wasn't that big of a deal. But after a couple of years of it, she'll keep bringing it up in conversations as if she's an "authority" on something the average person is not. Example, if we are discussing evolution she'll say things like "Well as a Scientist, I believe." And people kind of react like "Dude you are not a scientist, you're just someone who went to school to be a scientist and you process payroll checks for marine workers laying cable." But she tries to "ride" that tiny bit of experience into something equivalent to someone who has put in years of work and dedication and is a true scientist.
That's actually the most annoying part. She views herself as the equivalent of a true scientist who has put in decades of hard work, research and education. She honestly views herself this way and people find it insufferable. People would react to her the exact same way I see people react to Paltrow. Just totally annoyed all the time and no way at all to connect. Then she patronizes people by pretending to be "down with the people" and all fun and casual.
But the bottom line is that their entire existence is fake because it's built entirely on what they think people think of them. It's manipulated and contrived. It's not real in any sense of the word.
Gwyneth does the same thing. She walks around like she's an educated person because she went to Spence. But that's high school honey, you dropped out of college. You are an uneducated college drop out, but you want to pretend that your going to a sophisticated high school makes you a sophisticated person.
Imagine if someone went to Julliard for acting and dropped out and worked as a construction worker for ten years and kept saying they were a Julliard caliber actor.
She half asses her life based on the privileges given to her by her parents and her opportunities in life and then tries to pass it off as if she's "earned it" by working hard.
And no Gwyneth Paltrow you are not a success in Goop. A company that has been around as long as yours with as little success as yours has shown is not a success. Especially a company that started off ahead of the game because of your name recognition as a Hollywood actress. Just because you get media attention doesn't make you a 'business woman." 66,000 followers on Goop? Sales that keep "doubling and doubling" well um yeah if you only sold one item and then you sold 2 and then you sold 4 then you've doubled and doubled haven't you.
We can knock Kim Kardashian all we want, but that women is a good business woman. Look at Jessica Alba and her company. That is a good business woman.
Goop gets the same level of attention as Courtney Stodden. So enough with the exaggeration of your "success" and business acumen.
You are the equivalent of a REAL HOUSEWIFE OF NYC trying to pedal your product because Bethany was successful with Skinny Girl. Gwyneth is as successful as Sonya is with her products. Sure people know about them. But PAHLEEEEEZE with you trying to pretend you are something you are not.
It's annoying and you annoy people because people don't like being put in the petty position of having to call out fakers on their exaggerations.