Gwyneth Paltrow claims she had ‘Māori divorce’ from Chris Martin

Gwyneth Paltrow has shared that she and ex-husband Chris Martin had a "Māori divorce ceremony". Photo / Christopher Polk, NBC, NBCU Photo Bank, NBC

American actress Gwyneth Paltrow claims she and musician Chris Martin got divorced in a customary “Māori divorce” ritual.

On an episode of her goop podcast, Paltrow told actress Kathryn Hahn she and the Coldplay frontman had formalised their separation through the service.

“I had like a Māori divorce ceremony thing”, she said, “it was weird”.

Paltrow and Martin, who is British, famously “consciously uncoupled” in March 2014 after 11 years of marriage, according to the BBC.

“We are, however, and always will be a family, and in many ways, we are closer than we have ever been”, they said in a statement at the time.

They share two children, Apple and Moses, who they vowed at the time of their split to co-parent together.

Apple, now 21, is a model and student at Vanderbilt University, in Tennessee, while Moses, 19, is atBrown University, in Rhode Island, also in the United States.

Paltrow told Hahn the youngsters hadn’t attended the ceremony, which she said only a small group was present for.

“I can’t even remember the whole thing. It was like our best friends came with us, and there was like a prayer, and it was pretty beautiful.”

When Hahn asked what the service involved, the pair joked about full face tattoos, presumably in reference to traditional tā moko tattooing.

The Wandavision star said Paltrow had “been covering it up so well”, as Paltrow joked she had “a Coldplay tattoo” on her face.

Paltrow is now married to Glee co-creator Brad Falchuk, and Martin is rumoured to be in a relationship with Game of Thrones actress Sophie Turner.