Gwyneth Paltrow dishes Hands Off My Vagina candle and Maddie Ziegler tells Jimmy Fallon about the time she met Justin Bieber on star-studded episode of Tonight Show

Gwyneth Paltrow and Maddie Ziegler guested on a sensational star-studded episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

Maddie, 19, and Gwyneth, 49, both lent their sparkling conversation to Friday night’s episode of the long-running talk show.

While Gwyneth plugged her new Hands Off My Vagina abortion rights candle, Maddie recalled the time she met Justin Bieber when she was just eight.

There’s Gwyneth: Gwyneth Paltrow and Maddie Ziegler guested on a sensational star-studded episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Teen star: Maddie, 19, and Gwyneth, 49, both lent their sparkling conversation to Friday night’s episode of the long-running talk show

Before she was even interviewed Gwyneth, who joined the show virtually via video call, was enlisted to play a game with Jimmy entitled One Word Songs. 

‘We’re gonna take turns being given a random word, okay, and a well-known song,’ Jimmy explained, ‘and we’re gonna have to get the other person to guess the name of the song by singing only the word that you’re given instead of the lyrics.’

Jimmy first sang Friends In Low Places by Garth Brooks to the word ‘Goop’ – the name of Gwyneth’s wellness brand – and she quickly guessed the right answer. 

Then it was Gwyneth’s turn to sing the Kelly Clarkson number Since U Been Gone to the word ‘snort,’ and Jimmy let her linger over the task before he gave the right answer as ‘I know what it is, I just wanna hear you sing.’

Plugging away: While Gwyneth promoted her new Hands Off My Vagina abortion rights candle, Maddie recalled the time she met Justin Bieber when she was just eight

Triumphant: Before she was even interviewed Gwyneth, who joined the show virtually via video call, was enlisted to play a game with Jimmy entitled One Word Songs

Starting off well: Jimmy first sang Friends In Low Places by Garth Brooks to the word ‘Goop’ – the name of Gwyneth’s wellness brand – and she quickly guessed the right answer

Making it happen: Then it was Gwyneth’s turn to sing the Kelly Clarkson number Since U Been Gone to the word ‘snort,’ and Jimmy let her linger over the task

Next came Jimmy singing the Gayle single abcdefu to the word ‘Wordle,’ and Gwyneth appeared not to recognize either the word or the song.

When Jimmy explained to her what the song was, Gwyneth replied: ‘Oh, right, of course, of course,’ not entirely convincingly.

Gwyneth then belted out the Whitney Houston song I Wanna Dance With Somebody to the word ‘chipotle,’ leading an excited Jimmy to finish one of the lines for her.

Closing out the game, Jimmy sang Rolling In The Deep by Adele to the word ‘Airbnb’ in such a way that it took Gwyneth until the chorus to figure it out.

Perplexed: Next came Jimmy singing the Gayle single abcdefu to the word ‘Wordle,’ and Gwyneth appeared not to recognize either the word or the song

Big reveal: When Jimmy explained to her what the song was, Gwyneth replied: ‘Oh, right, of course, of course,’ not entirely convincingly

Talent: Gwyneth then belted out the Whitney Houston song I Wanna Dance With Somebody to the word ‘chipotle,’ leading an excited Jimmy to finish one of the lines for her

Closing out the game: Jimmy sang Rolling In The Deep by Adele to the word ‘Airbnb’ in such a way that it took Gwyneth until the chorus to figure it out

Her interview began with Gwyneth discussing her children Apple, 17, and Moses, 15, whom she shares with her ex-husband Chris Martin of Coldplay fame.

Gwyneth famously drew widespread mockery when she coined the phrase ‘conscious uncoupling’ upon separating from Chris.

During her latest chat show appearance she assured Jimmy her children were ‘so good, thank you for asking. Yeah, they’re nearly 18 and 16. Moses is about to get his driver’s license. It’s all happening.’

Jimmy meanwhile shares his daughters Frances and Winnie with his wife Nancy Juvonen, who owns a production company with Drew Barrymore. 

Family matters: Her interview began with Gwyneth discussing her children Apple, 17, and Moses, 15, whom she shares with her ex-husband Chris Martin of Coldplay fame

‘Moses is about to get his driver’s license’: During her latest chat show appearance she assured Jimmy her children were ‘so good, thank you for asking

Proud papa: Jimmy gushed on Friday’s show that his children are ‘so cute – eight and seven and just awesome and just so fun and creative and I love it. It’s just the best thing ever’

He gushed on Friday’s show that his children are ‘so cute – eight and seven and just awesome and just so fun and creative and I love it. It’s just the best thing ever.’

Jimmy told Gwyneth: ‘I ran into Moses over the summer, by the way, and he’s, not only is he a stud but he’s one of the nicest kids I ever met so great job with that guy.’

He made sure to add: ‘And give my best to Apple, too. I never bring her up enough. I don’t want her to go like: “Does Jimmy not like me?” ‘cause I love that kid.’

The conversation then turned to the Goop, the constantly expanding wellness brand that Gwyneth initially began in 2008.

Warm words: Jimmy told Gwyneth: ‘I ran into Moses over the summer, by the way, and he’s, not only is he a stud but he’s one of the nicest kids I ever met so great job with that guy’

‘I never bring her up enough’: He made sure to add: ‘And give my best to Apple, too’ as ‘I don’t want her to go like: “Does Jimmy not like me?” ‘cause I love that kid’

Business ventures: The conversation then turned to the Goop, the constantly expanding wellness brand that Gwyneth initially began in 2008

After its launch, Goop become known for advice ranging from the idiosyncratic to the bizarre, exhorting women to steam clean their vaginas and theorizing about a ‘Link Between Underwire Bras And Breast Cancer.’

Now however the brand has its own Netflix series, and Gwyneth has hit the headlines for selling candles that are marketed as smelling like her vagina and her orgasm.

She discussed running the company with Jimmy, sharing: ‘Oh my Gosh, I think the best part – I know it sounds like counterintuitive – but the best part is how challenging it is, because I learn so much all the time.’

The Shakespeare In Love actress mused: ‘And I think if you start in one career and you kind of have the gumption to kind of jump ship and do something else, not only are you sort of, you know, working against, like, what people think you’re capable of but what you think you’re capable of.’

Business acumen: Now however the brand has its own Netflix series, and Gwyneth has hit the headlines for selling candles that are marketed as smelling like her vagina and her orgasm

Hard worker: She shared the ‘best part’ of her job, ‘I know it sounds like counterintuitive – but the best part is how challenging it is, because I learn so much all the time’

Switch-up: She also mused about what happens when ‘you start in one career and you kind of have the gumption to kind of jump ship and do something else’

As a consequence ‘you just are in this position where you’re learning all the time. And it’s just, it’s scary but it’s also incredibly fulfilling and I feel really alive. And I really love the people I work with. We have such a great team at Goop and that’s probably the best part is the people,’ she concluded.

Over the course of her interview she revealed that Goop employees are currently working from home in the wake of the Omicron surge.

‘We were so excited to all go back and be together and get back to our kombucha on tap and whatever,’ said the blonde bombshell. ‘But we’re all back in our closets-slash-offices – home-offices, and hoping that, you know, at some point this quarter we’ll be able to go back and be together but I guess it remains to be seen.’

In keeping with her habit of selling genital-themed candles, Gwyneth dished that she is hawking a new one called Hands Off My Vagina.

‘The best part is the people’: As a result ‘you just are in this position where you’re learning all the time. And it’s just, it’s scary but it’s also incredibly fulfilling and I feel really alive’

‘Back in our closets’: Over the course of her interview she revealed that Goop employees are currently working from home in the wake of the Omicron surge’

Incidentally: In keeping with her habit of selling genital-themed candles, Gwyneth dished that she is hawking a new one called Hands Off My Vagina

The limited edition candle costs $75, with $25 of each sale going to the Reproductive Freedom Project of the ACLU Foundation, according to Goop.

Gwyneth’s charity promotion on the candle will last either until July 1 or until it is sold out depending on what happens first, Page Six reports.

After Jimmy brought up the charity angle, Gwyneth plugged: ‘The candle is in honor of the anniversary of Roe v. Wade.’

She added: ‘You know, I think we are very pro-woman at Goop, obviously, and we really do believe that women should have agency to make whatever choice they wanna make in their lives in any area. And so we were happy to be able to partner with the ACLU and do this. It’s really exciting.’

Details: The limited edition candle costs $75, with $25 of each sale going to the Reproductive Freedom Project of the ACLU Foundation, according to Goop

Commemoration: After Jimmy brought up the charity angle, Gwyneth plugged: ‘The candle is in honor of the anniversary of Roe v. Wade’

‘We are very pro-woman’: She asserted that Goop ‘really do believe that women should have agency to make whatever choice they wanna make in their lives in any area’

Jimmy then asked her where she got her product ideas and she spilled: ‘I usually get them sort of in a lightning flash, like I did with this candle.’

She recalled ‘having a dinner one night and we were talking about freedoms in this country, and it just sort of hit me. I was like: “Aw, I would love to make a candle like that.” And sometimes they come from collaboration with the team, and our team can come up with like the funniest, cleverest names for products.’

Gwyneth hailed her company’s ability ‘to have that creative freedom at work and to do things you know will be edgy and like move culture forward and get people talking – and for a good cause so, we love it.’

When other entrepreneurs ask her for tips she is delighted as she ‘learned on the job. And I didn’t even finish college and I didn’t go to business school or anything.’

Picking her brain: Jimmy then asked her where she got her product ideas and she spilled: ‘I usually get them sort of in a lightning flash, like I did with this candle’

Germ of the idea: She recalled ‘having a dinner one night and we were talking about freedoms in this country, and it just sort of hit me’

Proud: Gwyneth hailed her company’s ability ‘to have that creative freedom at work and to do things you know will be edgy and like move culture forward and get people talking’

The thrill of it all: When other entrepreneurs ask her for tips she is delighted as she ‘learned on the job. And I didn’t even finish college and I didn’t go to business school or anything’

Gwyneth noted: ‘So I’ve made so many mistakes and it’s probably taken me a lot longer to build my business than it would somebody who had done it a million times before or had like incredible experience.’

The Royal Tenenbaums actress said: ‘And so I really wanna save other entrepreneurs that I know from making the same mistakes that I made along the way. So I actually speak to a number of entrepreneurs weekly and I invest in companies and help however I can, you know, if I believe in a product.’

She went on: ‘‘Cause I really do think that the entrepreneurial spirit is such an important part of being an American and the freedom to invent and so I love being able to get that chance to help where I can,’ earning a round of applause.

As regards her career change she reflected: ‘Oh my gosh, yeah, I think for the past number of years I’ve really leaned out of acting and really leaned more into my role at Goop. And it’s, it would be impossible to try to do both full-time. There’s no way.’ 

Giving back: The Royal Tenenbaums actress said: ‘And so I really wanna save other entrepreneurs that I know from making the same mistakes that I made along the way’

Being frank: As regards her career change she reflected that ‘for the past number of years I’ve really leaned out of acting and really leaned more into my role at Goop’

When Jimmy asked about her ambitions she piped up: ‘I’d like to do ayahuasca,’ before he could clarify he meant professionally.

Gwyneth then set to promoting her brand’s detox kit which includes a dry-brush, an item Jimmy clearly was unfamiliar with.

HIs guest was astonished he had never heard of the dry-brush and she teased: ‘I wish I was there, ‘cause I would strip you and dry brush you and you would love it.’ 

‘Wow, that’s the third time someone’s said to me this week,’ Jimmy laughed and Gwyneth went back to explaining how the item worked.

Whoops: When Jimmy asked about her ambitions she piped up: ‘I’d like to do ayahuasca,’ before he could clarify he meant professionally

New frontiers: Gwyneth then set to promoting her brand’s detox kit which includes a dry-brush, an item Jimmy clearly was unfamiliar with

Having fun: HIs guest was astonished he had never heard of the dry-brush and she teased: ‘I wish I was there, ‘cause I would strip you and dry brush you and you would love it’

Such fun: ‘Wow, that’s the third time someone’s said to me this week,’ Jimmy laughed and Gwyneth went back to explaining how the item worked’

She recommended ‘long strokes and toward your heart,’ divulging: ‘I do it either before the shower, if I’m gonna hop in the sauna, or you can do it at night before the bath. I always like doing it before like something hot.’

Returning to an earlier theme she said: ‘It just sort of – I wish you could, can you expose some of your flesh so that you can – can you lift up your pant leg?’

Jimmy demurred, saying modestly: ‘No one wants to see that,’ and eventually asking her how many detoxes she had undergone.

‘I’ve tried I think most detoxes and they’re all – I’ve never actually had a bad experience,’ she said, though she acknowledged: ‘Some taste better than others.’

Chitchat: Gwyneth divulged: ‘I do it either before the shower, if I’m gonna hop in the sauna, or you can do it at night before the bath’

Having a ball: Returning to an earlier theme she said: ‘It just sort of – I wish you could, can you expose some of your flesh so that you can – can you lift up your pant leg?’

Moving right along: Jimmy demurred, saying modestly: ‘No one wants to see that,’ and eventually asking her how many detoxes she had undergone

Retrospect: ‘I’ve tried I think most detoxes and they’re all – I’ve never actually had a bad experience,’ she said, though she acknowledged: ‘Some taste better than others’

Maddie, who shot to fame as a child star on the reality TV series, then appeared onscreen to give an in-studio interview sitting opposite Jimmy at his desk.

Their chat began with Maddie’s bit part as a member of the ensemble of the new West Side Story movie directed by Steven Spielberg.

With the delays caused by the coronavirus lockdowns it has been three years since Maddie filmed her scenes for the movie.

She pointed out that she was 16 years old when she shot the film and said: ‘It’s kind of a full circle moment to have it come out now,’ adding: ‘I’m in New York, it’s so cool. I’m so happy to be a part of it.’

Arrival: Maddie, who shot to fame as a child star on the reality TV series, then appeared onscreen to give an in-studio interview sitting opposite Jimmy at his desk

Career landmarks: Their chat began with Maddie’s bit part as a member of the ensemble of the new West Side Story movie directed by Steven Spielberg

‘So happy to be a part of it’: She pointed out that she was 16 years old when she shot the film and said: ‘It’s kind of a full circle moment to have it come out now’

Maddie recalled ‘auditioning in LA and I was thinking like: “Oh, I’ll just go do it just because it’s a cool experience, any dancer’s dream to audition for West Side Story.”‘

She arrived and ‘did the audition, went good but I was like: “That was fun. That was cool.” Didn’t hear anything for a little bit and then flew back to New York, got a callback, and then walk in and Steven Spielberg is in the room. It was like: “Oh, cool, so this is like the final audition. Like I made it this far!”‘

Maddie was ‘one of the youngest ones, so I was just kind of like trying to soak it all in. And then some time passed again and my agent called me on like, around Thanksgiving, or maybe it was Thanksgiving Day, and was like: “Yeah, so like, we actually heard back from West Side Story, like, I’m really sorry – you got the part!”‘

The result of her agent’s brief prank was ‘I literally had a heart attack! I was like: “Cool, thank you,” but also I’m kind of like traumatized.’

Lark: Maddie recalled ‘auditioning in LA and I was thinking like: “Oh, I’ll just go do it just because it’s a cool experience, any dancer’s dream to audition for West Side Story”‘

‘I made it this far!’: Then she ‘got a callback, and then walk in and Steven Spielberg is in the room. It was like: “Oh, cool, so this is like the final audition”‘

Feint: The result became clear when her agent called and ‘was like: “Yeah, so like, we actually heard back from West Side Story, like, I’m really sorry – you got the part!”‘

She confessed: ‘And then I was like: “Oh, I’m gonna prank my mom now and do the same exact thing,” cause I was like: “This is actually kinda funny.” So then I did it exactly to my mom too and she just like, tears, so yeah, it was fun.’

Calling the movie’s choreographer Justin Peck a ‘genius,’ she said the dancers were ‘so hardworking and so incredible and so talented, so it was just cool to be a part of.’

When it came to working with Spielberg she exclaimed: ‘Oh my God, are you kidding? I was having a heart attack the whole time.’

However the director ‘honestly made it such an amazing environment. He was just as excited as we all were. Like literally watching the monitor, jumping up and down, so excited. Like it was his baby and I’m just so happy that he liked absolutely loved every bit of the experience as well.’

‘It was fun’: She confessed: ‘And then I was like: “Oh, I’m gonna prank my mom now and do the same exact thing,” cause I was like: “This is actually kinda funny”‘

Praise: Calling the movie’s choreographer Justin Peck a ‘genius,’ she said the dancers were ‘so hardworking and so incredible and so talented, so it was just cool to be a part of’

In awe: When it came to working with Spielberg she exclaimed: ‘Oh my God, are you kidding? I was having a heart attack the whole time’

Jimmy wondered if she had ever been asked to sing and Maddie replied: ‘Um, I don’t sing, that’s like a very known thing I think.’

Gamely, she said: ‘I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s okay to not be good at everything, and I’ve settled on: “I’m not tone deaf and that’s all that matters.”‘

Her boyfriend Eddie Benjamin, who was backstage at the Tonight Show during her interview, has offered to give her lessons.

‘I will not sing in front of him. Don’t even ask me, I never will,’ she insisted to Jimmy, saying Eddie has said: “I can teach you. I can, like, I know you’re gonna have to do a role one day where you’re gonna have to sing.” I’m like: “No, I’ll probably have to turn it down because that’s how bad it is.”‘

Not doing it: Jimmy wondered if she had ever been asked to sing and Maddie replied: ‘Um, I don’t sing, that’s like a very known thing I think’

Self-aware: Gamely, she said: ‘I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s okay to not be good at everything, and I’ve settled on: “I’m not tone deaf and that’s all that matters”‘

I will not sing in front of him: Her boyfriend Eddie Benjamin, who was backstage at the Tonight Show during her interview, has offered to give her lessons

Eddie is on the verge of going on tour with Justin Bieber, which Maddie called ‘a huge deal!’ remembering: ‘I mean, obviously, I was like the biggest Justin Beiber fan when I was younger. I mean everyone was!’

She told Jimmy: ‘Yeah, so it’s like a very full circle moment – I actually met him when I was like eight years old with my dance group, which is so weird. We were like beside ourselves. It was the coolest.’

Maddie cannot ‘remember’ what he was like as she was ‘starstruck’ and ‘it happened so quickly. We were just all crying and that was it, so – it was really cute, though.’ 

The Music actress was appearing on The Tonight Show to promote her upcoming HBO Max movie The Fallout, which stars her and Jenna Ortega as traumatized teenagers coping with the aftermath of a shooting at their school.

Success: Eddie will soon tour with Justin Bieber, which Maddie called ‘a huge deal!’ remembering: ‘I mean, obviously, I was like the biggest Justin Beiber fan when I was younger’

‘We were like beside ourselves’: She told Jimmy: ‘Yeah, so it’s like a very full circle moment – I actually met him when I was like eight years old with my dance group, which is so weird’

‘We were just all crying’: Maddie cannot ‘remember’ what he was like as she was ‘starstruck’ and ‘it happened so quickly’

Megan Park, the writer and director, allowed the actors to improvise at times and Maddie called her ‘incredible – and she was an actor previous, so she definitely like, she just let us do our thing which was amazing.’

Maddie recalled to Jimmy: ‘And at the end of each scene she’d be like: “Let’s just do a fun run. You guys do whatever you want.” And a lot of those scenes ended up making the movie, just ‘cause….’

Jimmy delivered his usual monologue at the beginning of the show, taking aim at a government COVID-19 hotline. 

‘Somehow the QVC phone lines are open 24 hours a day but the COVID-19 hotline isn’t,’ cracked the late-night comedian.

Clip: The Music actress was appearing on The Tonight Show to promote her upcoming HBO Max movie The Fallout, which stars her and Jenna Ortega

Level of understanding: Megan Park, the writer and director, allowed the actors to improvise at times and Maddie called her ‘incredible – and she was an actor previous’

He moved onto the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing, mentioning that China has limited the torch relay to three days.

‘To maintain social distancing the runners will just throw the torch to each other,’ joked Jimmy, adding that NBC correspondents would have to cover the games from Connecticut and quipping: ‘But on the bright side there’ll be the same amount of people wearing Ralph Lauren in both places.’

Jimmy went ahead: ‘This made me laugh. Last night Trump called into Hannity and at one point Hannity used the phrase with the word “wall” in it, which immediately sent Trump into his own world.’ 

He showed a clip of Sean Hannity using the idiom: ‘you keep banging your head against a wall,’ prompting the former president to begin his answer: ‘So we woulda had the wall completed in three weeks. It was largely completed….’

Dashing: Jimmy delivered his usual monologue at the beginning of the show, taking aim at a government COVID-19 hotline

Not having it: ‘Somehow the QVC phone lines are open 24 hours a day but the COVID-19 hotline isn’t,’ cracked the late-night comedian

‘Trump’s like a golden retriever. A few key words make him go wild,’ Jimmy said before mimicking a dog responding to the word: ‘Wall!’

The monologue drifted over to the new Batman movie starring Robert Pattinson, which it has recently emerged will be nearly three hours long.

‘Americans are like: “I’m not gonna sit through a three-hour movie,” and then settled in for 14 hours of football,’ came Jimmy’s punchline. ‘That’s right, three hours, and there are plans to extend the film into a fourth hour hosted by Hoda and Jenna.’

Jimmy then jokily expressed his misgivings about New York State now allowing alcohol to be served in movie theaters.

‘Just throw the torch to each other’: He moved onto the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing, mentioning that China has limited the torch relay to three days

Having a laugh: The monologue drifted over to the new Batman movie starring Robert Pattinson, which it has recently emerged will be nearly three hours long

‘You know the annoying guy who yells stuff at the screen? Imagine him after eight beers,’ he said. ‘Seriously at the end of Batman it’s gonna be like Royal Rumble.’

With regards to Netflix stock taking a tumble, he cracked: ‘At the board meeting someone was like: “I don’t know, maybe 94 shows about cakes is too much?”

Said Jimmy: ‘But don’t worry, Netflix isn’t going anywhere, mostly ‘cause Disney+ and chill doesn’t quite have the same ring to it.’

After his monologue Jimmy moved over to his desk and began writing out his satirical Thank-You Notes, a common segment on his program.

No ingrate, he: After his monologue Jimmy moved over to his desk and began writing out his satirical Thank-You Notes, a common segment on his program

Such fun: Jimmy expressed his gratitude to gloves ‘for being mittens where the fingers decided to pursue solo careers’

Jimmy expressed his gratitude to gloves ‘for being mittens where the fingers decided to pursue solo careers’ as well as targeted ads ‘for showing me products that I might like while also really hurting my feelings.’ 

Cough-drops got a thank-you ‘for helping out the people around you by replacing your annoying cough with an even more annoying hard candy-sucking noise.’ 

Hot toddies merited a mention ‘for being perfect for whether you can’t decide whether to cozy up on the couch or get crunked.’

Goof: Cough-drops got a thank-you ‘for helping out the people around you by replacing your annoying cough with an even more annoying hard candy-sucking noise’

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