Gwyneth Paltrow: “I feel so sad my children will never know my dad”

The Country Strong star makes a tearful tribute to her dad – director Bruce Paltrow, who died of throat cancer in 2002 – in the US edition of Good Housekeeping.

Speaking about his fatal illness, the 38-year-old actress says: "This very gentle man emerged. He'd always been so full of fire, but all his wisdom and gentility came out."

According to the magazine, the mum-of-two started to get emotional and teary-eyed as she spoke about her late father.

"I feel so sad my children won't ever experience his expressive, hands-on kind of love," she tells the publication.

Later in the interview, she says: "He died eight years ago, but it's like it just happened.

“They say losing someone gets easier with time. I don't think that's true."

The Iron Man 2 star is currently working on a cookery book, My Father's Daughter, which is dedicated to her late father and features family-inspired recipes that include her actress mum Blythe Danner's blueberry muffins and her dad's pancakes.