Gwyneth Paltrow — the pride of Santa Monica, where she was raised — may not celebrate her latest honor: the debut “Rusty Razor” award from The Skeptic Magazine.
Her “wellness” brand Goop — known for its $15,000 gold-plated vibrators — is being hailed as the best promoter of pseudoscientific nonsense.
“The award came as part of the mag’s annual Ockham Awards, which celebrates scientific and skeptical activism,” says Gizmodo. “Goop was apparently invited to collect its award, which was being handed out at the QED Conference in Manchester – but sadly no one from the company responded.”
Skeptic Magazine Editor Deborah Hyde was quoted as saying: “We were surprised at quite how many public vote nominations GOOP received for the Rusty Razor award for pseudoscience — it’s certainly a popular win.”
Here’s Skeptic Mag’s “Rusty Razor Award” for the best pseudoscience of the year. Gwyneth Paltrow’s “GOOP” won for 2017. She did not accept. pic.twitter.com/cFB2AtyjML
— Uncle Fishbits (@UncleFishbits) October 16, 2017
Early reaction:
Good for you, #GwynethPaltrow! “@Goop Named Worst Pseudoscience Of The Year” #WellDeserved #NextLevelBunk https://t.co/wYxaZWaG0M
— Timothy Caulfield (@CaulfieldTim) October 15, 2017
How does this zoomer conwoman manage to get away with this?https://t.co/fv1pdkOpY5
— Stephen A. (@CrumbsTMT) October 16, 2017
Well done @GwynethPaltrow on your efforts in the Public Misunderstanding of Science. #QEDcon https://t.co/B8Dx0vvNR3
— Andy Lewis (@lecanardnoir) October 15, 2017
Congratulations to Gwyneth Paltrow for winning pseudosceince of the year in the face of so much other crap https://t.co/GXEbvgcEFZ
— Dr Graham Lappin (@LappinGraham) October 16, 2017