Gwyneth Paltrow is country strong.
The actress, 53, made a surprise appearance at Holly Williams’ Grand Ole Opry 100-year celebration concert on Nov. 20.
Paltrow joined the singer, 44, and her husband, Chris Coleman, onstage for a performance.
“Can y’all believe your luck?” Williams asked the audience as seen in People’s Instagram video posted on Thursday. “Y’all are used to those Nashville guests, but not those Oscar-winning Hollywood guests.”
The trio sang the country star’s hit 2013 tracks “Drinkin’” and “Waiting on June.”
Afterwards, Williams teased, “Can you believe it? Isn’t it annoying when they can just do everything and they just walk out looking all like that, right? Looking real good.”
The “Three Days in Bed” songstress said that she immediately fell in love with Paltrow’s “secret voice” upon meeting years ago.
“We became friends four or five years ago and did a summer beach trip together where she had these chalk boards with the kids’ names and this point system,” she told People in 2020.
“It’s a genius idea that I hope to try. I’m lucky to have great girlfriends like Gwyneth and other women who are patient with their children—and I was lucky to have a patient and loving mom. That’s all been great for me.”
Williams shares four kids with Coleman: son Arlo Gale and daughters Lillie Mae Louise, Stella June, and Georgia Grace.
Paltrow is mom to daughter Apple, 21, and son Moses, 19, with ex-husband Chris Martin.
The “Shallow Hal” star’s admiration for Williams dates way back.
Paltrow used the artist’s music as inspiration for her 2010 film, “Country Strong.”
“Holly Williams’ record, I love,” she shared with The Boot in 2010. “I like that sort of older style, soulful country. When you can hear the pain in the woman’s voice, those are the women that I really connected with.”
Back then, Paltrow was honest with the fact that she wasn’t thrilled to sing live.
“One of the things that was hardest for me to wrap my head around was the idea of performing in front of people, because it’s not what I do,” she revealed. “It’s pretty scary to sing in front of people.”
However, the actress and Coldplay singer’s daughter has followed in her parents’ footsteps.
Much like her famous mom, Apple surprised a crowd in Nashville by singing onstage at the Cannery Hall venue with the band Jade Street in October.
The video of her performance was posted on TikTok — and critics gave their brutal honesty.
“Not her calling,” one social media user penned, while a second chimed in, “The apple does fall far from the tree.”
“Glad everyone was polite…but whose gonna hold her hand,” someone else inquired.
“Wow just wow. I’m assuming she has no true friends that will tell her. Baby no don’t do it. This is not ur thing,” said another person.
One viewer added: “I think people should succeed on their merit. That is all.”
But when Apple posted the video to her own page, the chatter was much more supportive.
Friends wrote that she sounded “heavenly” and “amazing.”
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]
