In Touch: Gwyneth Paltrow & Jeff Soffer would hold hands in private, around friends
Following the widespread reports of Gwyneth Paltrow’s shady sexual past, In Touch Weekly decided to follow Star Magazine’s lead and put Goop on the cover. Some of the cover story is just a rehash of what we’ve already heard – that Gwyneth maybe/probably banged a billionaire named Jeffrey Soffer back in 2008. Vanity Fair’s reporter is apparently digging around in Miami for any dirt they can find on the alleged affair from five years ago. But In Touch has some interesting new details on this alleged affair:
“Gwyneth and Jeffrey were together at the opening of his hotel, the Fontainebleau, in Miami in November 2008,” a source who worked with Gwyneth at the time reveals to In Touch. “They were VERY close.”
“This could be her worse nightmare,” says an insider close to Gwyneth. “Gwyneth prides herself on presenting this image that she has the perfect life – that she’s a domestic goddess with a talented husband and exceptional kids who has everything under control. Now she’s caught up in a scandal.”
Gwyneth and Jeff were extremely stealthy about seeing each other, says an insider. “He owns Fontainebleau Aviation in Miami and has six private jets, so he was able to fly her in totally undetected whenever he wanted… Jeff would then drive Gwyneth directly to his sprawling mansion in Indian Creek.”
Not only did Jeff Soffer fly Gwyneth to Miami for the event, the source says she stayed at his $14 million mansion in nearby Indian Creek. Except for the Fontainebleau party, “They never went out in public… but they did attend parties at private homes and would hold hands around friends.”
Adding fuel to the fire: Chris and Gwyneth’s marriage seemed to be on the rocks that year. “They’ve been having trouble getting along for a while because they spend so much time apart,” an insider told In Touch at the time.
Gwyneth even spent the week leading up to Thanksgiving that year with Jeff – not her husband – according to a source close to the mogul.
“After the press caught on that she was there, she returned to London… everything had been very quiet and sneaky, but once people started talking, Gwyneth tried to keep a much lower profile.”
Jeff and Gwyneth reportedly drifted apart when Jeff started dating supermodel Elle Macpherson. “Elle told him he couldn’t speak to Gwyneth anymore,” says the source.
[From In Touch Weekly, print edition]
In Touch goes on to hedge their bets with some “allegedly” and “rumors swirled” reports about Gwyneth’s history of infidelity. They claim Gwyneth banged John Hannah during Sliding Doors (that was when she was with Brad Pitt), and how she probably banged Viggo Mortensen (when she was with Ben Affleck). I’ve heard the Viggo thing so many times before, I think it’s probably true. I’m not sure about the John Hannah story. I think Gwyneth has pretty much admitted that she fooled around on Brad, but do we know for sure who the “other man” was? Oh, I forgot – Star Mag claimed it was John Hannah too in their Goop cover story a month ago. Damn. I might have to hate-respect Gwyneth for banging Viggo AND John Hannah. Get it, Goop. I like that version of Gwyneth much more than the pristine ice-princess shtick she’s always trying to be.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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