She recently revealed that she was embracing her  loosening skin and wrinkles  ahead of reaching her fifth decade.






Yet Gwyneth Paltrow looked in better shape than ever on her 50th birthday as her friends took to Instagram to share sweet tribute posts on Tuesday. Leading the tributes was Gwyneths longtime friend  fashion writer Derek Blasberg who shared a sizzling bikini snap of the actress posing with his family while he marvelled this is 50 The Iron Man star looked sensational in a tiny navy two piece that showcased her toned abs as she posed between Derek his partner Nick Brown and their twins. 


Another snap showed Derek and Gwyneth cuddling up for a cosy selfie that he captioned Oh my goop this is 50 HAPPY BIRTHDAY. ending all my love to the muse the mentor the guru the Gwynterventionist. My whole family loves you at times more than they love me actually and we are wishing you your best decade yet . 


The television personality also took to his Stories to share a series of his  favourite things about Gwyneth which included the fact she can make a great egg sandwich and martini and that she  made an entire empire from her kitchen table' when she started lifestyle brand Goop. Derek also shared a picture of Gwyneth posing with lookalike mother Blythe Danner 79 and daughter Apple 18 as he remarked that he loves her family. 


Also quick to wish Gwyneth a happy birthday was her manager Aleen Keshishian who shared a picture of the pair captioned 30 years ago I met the brilliant & beautiful  gwynethpaltrow. Happy 50th GP so much. Last week Gwyneth penned a candid essay about her aging as she told how she has  accepted her body and let go of the need to be perfect ahead of reaching her milestone birthday. Elsewhere in the extract she opened up about owning her past mistakes learning to set boundaries and her hopes for her future.