Gwyneth Paltrow's vagina candles have now exploded on more than one occasion, one of which resulted in a Texas man filing a lawsuit against Paltrow's wellness company, Goop.
Colby Watson, who bought the $75 candle "This Smells Like My Vagina," burned it on his bedside table for around three hours. He alleged the candle "exploded" and became "engulfed in high flames."
The candle jar was charred and black and left a black ring of residue on the surface it occupied.
Gwyneth Paltrow's company sued after man claims vagina-scented candle 'exploded'https://news.sky.com/story/gwyneth-paltrows-company-sued-after-man-claims-vagina-scented-candle-exploded-12310491\u00a0\u2026— Sky News (@Sky News) 1621398593
Exploding vagina candles...so there was goop everywherepic.twitter.com/gwAbQ66MDN— nicoco\u273f (@nicoco\u273f) 1621393507
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Goop has a warning that comes with the listing of the candle on the website to not burn it for more than two hours at a time.
They're dismissing Watson's lawsuit as "frivolous."
"We're confident this claim is frivolous and an attempt to secure an outsized payout from a press-heavy product. We stand behind the brands we carry and the safety of the products we sell."
"Here, Heretic - the brand that supplies the candle - has substantiated the product's performance and safety through industry standard testing."
My day started with a news story that included the words \u201cexploding vagina candles\u201d.— morelikespace (@morelikespace) 1621349293
Me running late to a meet up with a mom who is a professor of physics: Sorry I had to publish a breaking news story on a possibly exploding vagina candle.— Devon Sherer (@Devon Sherer) 1621370442
I don\u2019t want to live in a world where \u201cexploding vagina candle\u201d is a legitimate news story.— GOP: Weapons-Grade Traitors (@GOP: Weapons-Grade Traitors) 1621427252
Goop and Gwyneth Paltrow are being sued for one of their vagina scented candles exploding. Did gay men really need another reason to be terrified of vaginas? EXPLODING VAGINA CANDLES. pic.twitter.com/bWvPUAeDBu— Enlighten Jesse (@Enlighten Jesse) 1621389017
I want to buy a goop vagina candle so it will burn down my house and i can sue gwyneth paltrow for all she\u2019s got— Amanda (@Amanda) 1621372501
But this is not the first time one of Gwyneth Paltrow's vagina candles exploded.
Jody Thompson, from the UK, alleged her candle exploded mere moments after she lit it.
"Flames roared half a metre out of the jar and bits of molten wax flew out as it fizzed and spat,...Luckily, I had placed it on concrete, at the base of what was once a fireplace."
I want an explosive goop vagina candlepic.twitter.com/cKhSY2xyk7— g\u03c3\u03c3\u03c1 g\u03b9\u044f\u2113\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf8 (@g\u03c3\u03c3\u03c1 g\u03b9\u044f\u2113\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf8) 1621408129
imagine you die in a vagina-scented candle explosion. the best way to gopic.twitter.com/n5WRzxOou2— sen\u00e1n (@sen\u00e1n) 1621440109
WHY CAN\u2019T YOU BURN THE CANDLE FOR MORE THAN TWO HOURS!!?!?pic.twitter.com/vRs0nm8QP8— Amanda the Jedi (@Amanda the Jedi) 1621426698
\u201coh look gwyneth paltrow\u2019s vagina scented candle just arrive-pic.twitter.com/XwAYxpCOZv— sen\u00e1n (@sen\u00e1n) 1621440497
gweneth paltrow's vagina-candles explode more than a tesla— Sunday Suits (@Sunday Suits) 1621439794
Goop's reputation for odd and even dangerous wellness products precedes it, but other than being exorbitantly priced, the "This Smells Like My Vagina" candle seemed harmless.
But if even Paltrow's most innocuous products are capable of causing bodily harm by way of explosion, perhaps Goop is a company best avoided altogether.
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