CHRIS Martin is speaking out.
The Coldplay rocker has opened up about his split from Gwyneth Paltrow in a new interview with Zane Lowe.
Martin, 37, chatted with the BBC Radio 1 journalist about his past, his band Coldplay, and the “challenges” he’s going through in the wake of his and Paltrow’s “conscious uncoupling.”
While the full interview won’t air until Monday, April 28, on BBC Radio 1, a teaser clip was released this week. In the black-and-white video, Martin sits down with Lowe in a recording studio.
“Everyone in their life goes through challenges,” Martin said. “Whether it’s love or money or kids or illness.”
He went on to speak to the publicity he and Paltrow, 41, have been getting, adding, “There have been a lot of false headlines recently but this would be a real one.”
It was recently claimed Martin elieves Paltrow is trying to make him appear “less sympathetic”.
“Chris now believes that Gwyneth is leaking rumors about his alleged trysts in an effort to sully his image and make him look less sympathetic,” a source told RadarOnline.
“Gwyn is so angry that she’s threatening to turn the divorce ugly, saying she’s going to squeeze spousal support out of Chris, despite her multi-million dollar fortune.”
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“Gwyneth believes she deserves a settlement of at least a lump sum of $25 million from Chris because he is the breadwinner and their kids will live with her most of the time,” the source said.
“She believes Chris should ‘man up’ and do the chivalrous thing. Friends are bracing for an ugly divorce showdown.
“Friends of the of the couple point to a major double standard, with Gwyneth having pushed for open marriage so she could pursue other men, but demanding absolute fidelity from Chris.
“Chris is telling friends that Gwyneth was so self-involved that she believed she was more evolved than Chris and that she could better emotionally handle juggling out of marriage relationships with other men.”