Gwyneth Paltrow Saved Meryl Streep's Thanksgiving!

Goop author apparently "has the best oven"

By Francesca Bacardi Dec 03, 2014 5:18 PMTags

There is no worse time for a cooking crisis than on a holiday, and no one knows better than Meryl Streep that a fiasco on Thanksgiving is just not the time. But unfortunately for the Oscar winner, appliances don't appreciate what time of year it is.

While Meryl and her family, including her brother, were preparing for their festivities, something went awry with the turkey—it wouldn't cook!

"I hate my oven!" Meryl told Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan while appearing on Live! With Kelly and Michael. "You never hate your oven more than on Thanksgiving Day when it won't cook the turkey."

But it wasn't a complete failure! The Into the Woods star is lucky enough to have Gwyneth Paltrow as a neighbor in New York City. Seriously, who better than the Goop goddess herself to save the day? It turns out, there is something better than Gwyneth...her oven! The lifestyle guru wasn't in New York City for the holiday, so she let Meryl borrow her kitchen, making her the ultimate holiday hero!

Kelly and Michael

"She has the best oven I have ever seen in my life!" Meryl revealed. "I did all the sides in her oven and my brother was in charge of the turkey that would not cook. The sides were fantastic."

Kelly, desperate to see what living like Gwyneth is like, tried to get Meryl to admit that she poked around her apartment, but she wouldn't relent! Although she did reveal that she took one of her daughters with her who was "dying" to peruse the digs.

"[My daughters] are all equally bad," Meryl said. "They had to draw lots for who went with me, but it's a beautiful beautiful place with the best oven I have ever seen in my life."

Watch the video to find out what else Meryl reveals about Gwyneth's apartment!