Gwyneth Paltrow has postponed its dinner honoring billionaire OpenAI CEO Sam Altman after massive setback, a new report claims.
The Goop founder, 53, was reportedly making plans a private off-the-record dinner for controversial tech mogul Altman at her Hamptons home on August 29.
Insiders now claim the dinner was canceled on Saturday due to widespread criticism.
‘Due to the backlash, the event was postponed for the time being. The party is probably off,” a source told People.com.
Earlier this month Puk News shared a photo of the alleged dinner invitations.
“Gwyneth Paltrow invites you to a private, off-the-record al fresco dinner at her home in honor of Sam Altman,” the alleged invitation reads, with a Goop-affiliated RSVP email address.
Gwyneth Paltrow postponed her dinner in honor of billionaire OpenAI CEO Sam Altman after huge backlash, a new report claims
The invite quickly went viral and caused a wave of reactions on social media, with one commenter on
The setback comes amid public skepticism toward tech giants and artificial intelligence (AI) companies like OpenAI, where Altman serves as CEO.
“It really makes it clear that her organic, chemical-free, homemade food aesthetic was always primarily about elitist.” Sam Altman is literally poisoning the water, baby,” another fan wrote on Threads.
‘I don’t think she really cares how she is perceived politically. She’s in the ‘billionaire class’ and she’s enjoying it,” someone else added.
“Unless I’m forgetting someone, is Gwyneth the most understated celebrity right now?”
Some questioned the purpose of the party: “In honor of Sam Altman??? Why??’
A day later, Ms. Paltrow shared a series of satirical party invitations via Instagram, each tailor-made for a fictional pop culture guest.
The invitations appeared to be AI-generated, with identical formatting to the original rumored invitation shared by Puck News, while simply changing the guest of honor’s name and RSVP email.
Earlier this month, Puck News shared a photo of the alleged dinner invitations, which included a Goop-affiliated RSVP email address
The five guests of honor were Samantha Jones from Shrek, Sex and the City, the evil AI-powered android doll M3GAN, Jessica Rabbit and comedian Courtney O’Donnell’s alter ego, Chanty Beluga.
“We serve swordfish burritos and cheddar foam lattes upon request,” the wellness guru wrote in the caption.
However, not all fans were amused by Paltrow’s humorous response, with one writing: ‘Stop supporting AI giants. I hope this helps, Gwyneth’.
“You love fresh organic vegetables, but you don’t care if others have access to fresh water if they live near an AI data center,” read another comment.
“Nice try, but no,” someone else chimed in.
“Tone deaf anyway.”
However, others showed their support for the star, with one fan writing: ‘No one trolls like Gwyneth.’
Despite the skepticism surrounding AI, Ms. Paltrow herself has embraced the technology.
Earlier this year, her company Goop announced an AI partnership with performance marketing platform Adora.
The actress also said she works on AI “all the time” while speaking with technology journalist Kara Swisher on her Goop podcast this year.
“I find it incredibly helpful,” she said.
In recent months, she has also covered a number of AI topics on the podcast, including the future of AI in healthcare and AI and modern dating.
In a 2025 video for Goop, she also talked about sometimes using AI to create recipes.
‘Lately I’ve been asking various AI platforms for help with things like that. And it’s incredible the recipes you get. You could enter what I just said, but ask them for an exact recipe and you’ll get something great,” she said.
In 2024, Ms. Paltrow launched an AI-powered meditation app that unconventionally encourages users to keep their eyes open.
In May, wellness empire Goop laid off more staff and announced a “pivot to AI,” just 18 months after massive layoffs.
In late 2024, Goop implemented two rounds of cuts within two months, laying off about 50 employees.
And earlier this year, Goop unleashed about 20 more, with the rationale of “profitability and AI,” Puck reported.
The layoffs were apparently “justified via a move to AI workflow,” according to the tip on Emily Sundberg’s Feed Me Substack.
