Gwyneth Paltrow Officiated Matthew Lowe's Wedding, and Now She Wants to Be Called Pastor Gwyn

Gwyneth Paltrow has a new job title, and she is enjoying it. On the November 11 episode of The Goop Guide podcast, she revealed that she officiated the October wedding of Matthew Lowe, Rob Lowe's oldest son, to Emily Markus.

"I still have chills when I think about it," she said. She described being "so close in such close proximity to people making that commitment," and watching "their little faces and the emotion and to watch the energy shift." Then she made the obvious joke: "Just call me Pastor Gwyn." Honestly, I would like to be invited to the next session of Pastor Gwyn's sermon.

E! News reported that the Oct. 10 ceremony was a star-studded affair, with Rob's brother Chad Lowe and his family, Katy Perry, Chris Pratt and Zoe Saldaña among the guests. The couple had announced their engagement in July 2025, and as of E!'s report they had not shared a personal look at the day itself. So we are left with Gwyneth's account, which is the good part anyway.

Her connection to the family goes back much further than the officiant gig. She and Rob co-starred in View from the Top in 2003, but she told Rob's Literally podcast in 2020 that she met his now-wife, Sheryl Berkoff, when she was 15 or 16 while on set with her mother, Blythe Danner. "I was immediately obsessed with her," she said. "I thought she was literally the coolest chick of all time."

There was a learning curve when Rob and Sheryl started dating in 1989. Gwyneth admitted, "You made me really nervous," because she was still nervous around celebrities. "You were Rob Lowe. It was very unnerving." It is a very relatable confession from someone who would go on to be the one telling a room full of celebrities where to stand.

So the pastor credentials are the least surprising part of this story. The real pleasure is the timeline: a teenager who worshipped a family friend, a nervous new acquaintance, and decades later the person entrusted with the vows. Friendship with staying power is rarer than a wedding invitation, and somehow this one came with a ceremony.