Gwyneth Paltrow rejects government bailout for London Goop store during coronavirus pandemic
GWYNETH Paltrow has rejected a government bailout for her London Goop store during the coronavirus pandemic.
The American actress, 47, employs 15 members of staff in West London shop but she has refused to take up the UK Government furlough scheme to pay 80 percent of their wages.
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She follows singer Ed Sheeran, 29, who we revealed this week had rejected any Government subsidy for his restaurant and bar Bertie Blossom.
Both have left Victoria Beckham, worth £335 million, looking increasingly isolated after she decided to put 30 staff on the taxpayer-funded furlough scheme to pay the bulk of their wages.
When asked by The Sun if she was going to use the UK government bailout, her representative confirmed: “We did not furlough staff in London.”
The store sells a mix of fashion, home, beauty and wellness products and accessories, including a £3,600 diamond ear cuff and a £123 ‘vibrator necklace’.
Gwyneth first launched Goop in 2008 as a weekly newsletter offering fans her lifestyle recommendations when she lived close to the store’s location.
But it grew quickly into a major commercial venture and has four stores in the USA as well as a web store.
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