Three Celebrities Who Think They’re Experts

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3.) Gwyneth Paltrow. It’s difficult to tell whether the actress is a scam artist masquerading as a health and wellness expert — or whether she really does believes the nonsense she spews through her often mocked website, Goop.

Through Goop (she is CEO), Paltrow has promoted questionable science with an air of confidence and empty evidence that has long rubbed actual experts the wrong way.

She’s promoted everything from vaginal steaming to healing stickers. Doctors regularly come out against Paltrow and her pseudoscience.

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Most recently, a former NASA scientist went after Paltrow for her healing “Body Vibe” stickers, 24 of which cost $120. The Goop website claimed they were made from “NASA spacesuit material” and were meant to “rebalance energy frequency in our bodies.”

The website further explained, “Human bodies operate at an ideal energetic frequency, but everyday stresses and anxiety can throw off our internal balance, depleting our energy reserves, and weakening our immune systems … Body Vibes stickers come pre-programmed to an ideal frequency, allowing them to target imbalances.”

Mark Shelhamer, former chief scientist at NASA’s human research division, said to Gizmodo of the stickers, “Wow. What a load of BS this is.”

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He continued, “Not only is the whole premise like snake oil, [but] the logic doesn’t even hold up … If they promote healing, why do they leave marks on the skin when they are removed?”

Doctors have also criticized other items promoted on Goop, such as jade eggs, which supposedly help a woman’s sex life; however, they’re said to be made with a porous material that can cause bacterial infections in those who use them, according to The Washington Post.

What makes it all worse is that Paltrow may be scamming people. In a June interview, Jimmy Kimmel asked Paltrow about some of the questionable science Goop promotes, along with its high prices. She seemed flustered until she threw her hands up and said, “I don’t know what the f*** we talk about.”

She then laughed when confronted with other products and theories Goop promotes. She was either playing to the audience before her — or she was a phony expert caught red-handed.

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