Gwyneth Paltrow admits she 'made a mistake' using the term conscious uncoupling

including those with

and

, in a new radio interview, where she also revealed that her use of the phrase "conscious uncoupling" in 2014 was a mistake. The 42-year-old actress

confirming a split from her husband, Coldplay frontman Chris Martin."I made a mistake," she said. "I didn't give it context. But

", she admitted to radio DJ Howard Stern on his SiriusXM radio show on Wednesday.

A rare unguarded picture of Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin

Gwyneth also spoke of the nearly three years she spent with 51-year-old Brad Pitt -the pair met on the set of

and Gwyneth admitted: "

"He was so gorgeous and sweet. I mean, he was Brad Pitt!", she added, before revealing that her parents were also heartbroken when the pair split."My father was devastated."She continued: "I was such a kid, I was 22 when we met. It's taken me until 40 to get my head out of my ass. You can't make that decision when you're 22 years old... I wasn't ready, and

"I didn't know what I was doing."

Gwyneth Paltrow dated Brad Pitt and Ben Affleck in the 1990s