Gwyneth Paltrow explains making 'conscious uncoupling' public

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Gwyneth Paltrow is opening up about her highly-public "conscious uncoupling" from ex-husband Chris Martin.

The 43-year-old actress explained in an interview with LinkedIn that announcing her split from Martin on her lifestyle website, Goop, seemed like a "quiet" and "contained" way to go public with the breakup at the time.

"It was an incredibly personal statement," Paltrow said. "At that time, Goop wasn't the size that it is now. There were a lot less people. It was a very, very personal project for a long time, and I wrote in the first person all the time."

"It was such a difficult time in my life and I was trying so hard to protect my children and my family, Chris included. We were both fragile. It was really tough. To me, it felt like this is a quiet way to do this and it's contained. I didn't anticipate that fallout," she admitted.

"[I would not do it again] in the same way," the star revealed. "It sort of wouldn't be appropriate now. It's a much bigger business and I'm not sure if it would be the right place to do something like that. I'm not sure."

Paltrow and Martin, who share two children, split in 2014 after more than 10 years of marriage. The actress' post about the split, titled "Conscious Uncoupling," went viral at the time and temporarily crashed the Goop website.

"It is with hearts full of sadness that we have decided to separate," Paltrow announced in the post. "We are, however, and always will be a family, and in many ways we are closer than we have ever been."

"We have always conducted our relationship privately, and we hope that as we consciously uncouple and coparent, we will be able to continue in the same manner," she concluded.