NEWS: Gwyneth Paltrow Doesn't Hate America as Much as You Think She Does

CELEB: Gwyneth Paltrow Doesn't Hate America as Much as You Think She Does

Gwyneth Paltrow discovered a harsh reality this week; if one makes disparaging comments about Americans to the European press, Americans will find out. A Portuguese newspaper quoted the actress, saying:

The quote hit the American media last weekend, causing quite an uproar. The actress, married to Brit Coldplay singer Chris Martin, splits her time between her homes in London and New York. Bloggers and fans suggested perhaps the actress should just stay in the U.K. The offended Paltrow immediately fired back, telling People magazine she never made the comments attributed to her. She claimed to be “deeply upset,” and has nothing against her home country.

Paltrow stated she moved to the U.K. not because of any personal bias, but because her husband and his family live there.

It isn’t certain where the controversial quotes originated. Paltrow said she never gave an interview to a Portuguese paper; however, she attended a press conference in Spain where she spoke Spanish. She admitted her weak Spanish may have caused some confusion.

Gwyneth, may however, be full of shit. She spent part of her teenage years as an exchange student in Spain, and she owns property in the Toledo region of the country. She also visits Spain several times each year. Her understanding of Spanish should be significantly better than Britney’s understanding of American, y’all.

Would you do her? I'd do her.

I absolutely agree with gwyneths take on the diffrences between american culture and european culture.

Oh, so what?!?!

She didn't say, "American babies should be euthanized." She didn't say "All Americans are filthy scumbags." She just said there are differences between American and European culture, and she's right. There are.

There sure seem to be a lot of thin-skinned Americans with raging superiority complexes around these days.

Oh, and yeah, I'd do 'er.

SInce she says it's not her opinion, I imagine that she gives a shit.

Did anyone read past the first paragraph?

i think the american people are really really sensitive to thier country. almost to a fault. if someone says they dont like america then all of a sudden that person is the "enemy" of all americans. after reading a bunch of diffrent posts about how someone (wither they be famous or not) say anything bad about america the reaction from either to public or the american government is extremely swift and one sided, Either you take back your words or never come or have anything to do with america. To me that seems very childish. I am proud of my country but not to the extreme that is shown by alot of americans. On the flip side though, there are some (few but still some) americans who agree with the admendment of Freedom of speeh.
I have noticed the american government says you have the right to freespeech but if you say anything bad about america or such then your censored. The american media should get off thier asses and not raise such uproars when a famous person says anything. What is your life run by the media?!?!?!

She said something almost exactly like this to a U.K. newspaper, so I do have a problem with her being so full of shit. But, a lot of celebrities are full of shit as are politicians. And, they do this crap all of the time. As for her having a problem with America, I imagine it's not TOO big of a problem seeing as she spends half of her life here. And, plenty of Americans sit around complaining about the country. It seems to be what we're good at. Around election time, I knew quite a few people (including myself) that were considering leaving the country because we just couldn't believe that 50% of the people that live here were stupid enough to have voted for George W. Bush. True, Gwynneth Paltrow does seem to be a snob with a big mouth, but who HASN'T said something disparaging about their own country...even when they love it?

I don't really care what she thinks about America, but she seems kinda spineless to be trying to get out of it. I mean, maybe she didn't really say it, but ummm... what's the big deal one way or the other?

Money. It is generally a bad idea to insult your audience.

fuck that bitch!

I'm still suffering at my work for saying that the US army is a warrior army, not a professional army (like the British) - that is professional as in a profession.

A bit like comparing the Spartans to the Romans.

Don't figure.

Assuming she's back-pedalling, and was not misquoted... So what?

We know she's a snob. Rich people are snobs. If I were half as loaded as she were, I'd be a snob too.

But the concensus here is correct, Americans are too thin-skinned.

Fascinating.

I mean...what?

What is the difference between Yogurt and too many Americans?

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Yogurt has culture

I think strawberry sherbet is so much more intelligent and sophisticated than orange sherbet.

She should fire her stylist...Those sunglasses are horrific.

Your so correct Keri