The former couple thought about how they have maintained a close relationship all these years during a recent interview on Paltrow’s Goop website. The actors were together from 1994 to 1997, before canceling their engagement. Talking to her ex, the Iron Man star raised her later father, Bruce Paltrow, who died in 2002, and acknowledged how much he loved Pitt. According to Paltrow, when she got engaged, her father had a very close relationship with the Fight Club star. “I will never forget when we got engaged and he came to me one day, with his eyes full of tears, and he said, ‘You know, I never really understood what they mean when they say you’re having a son. “Like, I have a son,” he explained. As Paltrow said “they didn’t get married, unfortunately,” Pete laughed and said, “Right … Oh, dude, all right, right?” “Yes he is. I finally found Brad I had to marry. It just took me 20 years,” Paltrow joked as she married TV writer Brad Falchuk in 2018. The 58-year-old actor went on to note how he values ​​Paltrow as his life partner. “And it’s great to have you as a friend now,” he said, to which the Goop founder replied, “It’s.” “And I love you,” Pete added, before Paltrow agreed and said, “I love you so much.” The filmmaker went on to praise Paltrow’s father, saying he had a “profound effect” on him and often thought of him. According to Pitt, Bruce also “sponsored” Paltrow and her brother, Jake Paltrow, “voice” and “independence.” “Dig the road to becoming who you are,” said the Lost City star. “And I think that’s so important for raising children, you know? So the child is free to discover who they are and what they love and what they do not. Guys you were so free in your conversations. And witty. And intelligent. And funny like ***. “ Pete noted that while Bruce “could be tough” with his children, he also offered them a “little drop of wisdom” at the same time. “It could be tough if needed, but it would be rare – only if someone was off the line,” he said. “And it would happen to… not a slap in the wrist, but a small drop of wisdom, and it would let you make the choice. That seemed to be his way. Just to offer you this wisdom and let you understand. And knowing that you have this faith in your child – they will get there when they get there. “ (AFP via Getty Images) Pete also recalled how “funny” Paltrow and her father were together, before emphasizing how much Bruce loved his daughter. “And you were so funny together, tearing the table, something that was rare that I had not experienced much, and I liked it,” he added. “The fun you did was contagious. “You could see how much he loved you.” After her separation from Pete, Paltrow married Chris Martin in 2003, but announced her separation from the musician in 2014. They still have two children, Apple, 18, and Moses, 16, together. Paltrow remarried Falchuk in 2018 and Martin has been in a relationship with Dakota Johnson since 2017, although the Coldplay member has kept his relationship out of the limelight. Pete, meanwhile, married Jennifer Aniston in 2000, before announcing their separation in 2005. Pete went on to marry Mr & Mrs Smith co-star Angelina Jolie in 2014. Although they divorced in 2016, the former couple has six children: Maddox, 20, Pax, 18, Zahara, 17, Shiloh, 15, Vivienne, 13 and Knox, 13. Paltrow has previously discussed her friendship with her exes, including Pete, while speaking at Harper’s Bazaar in January 2020. In the post, she said: “I am friends with Brad Pitt. “I have no bad blood at all.”