Actress Gwyneth Paltrow feels "proud" of the way she and Chris Martin handled the breakdown of their marriage.
The Iron Man star announced her split from the Coldplay singer in March, a move they called a "conscious uncoupling", and they vowed to remain friends for the sake of their two children.
Paltrow has now opened up about the relationship in a candid interview with Harper's Bazaar UK, revealing they got married and started a family "very fast" and she conceded that Martin, who was 25 when they met, was "too young" at five years her junior.
She tells the publication, "It was very fast ... (He was) too young. Men are very young at that age, and I was relying on him very heavily and I really expected him to keep being this grown man and pillar of strength - which he was and is - but it's also quite an unfair set of criteria to give to someone who's just 25 years old."
However, Paltrow is pleased they did not fall out when they decided to end the marriage.
She adds, "It's painful, it's difficult, it might be easier to say, 'I never want to see you again', but what good does that do anyone? ... We've made a lot of mistakes, and we've had good days and bad days, but I have to say, I'm proud of us for working through so much stuff together - and not blaming and shaming."
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