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Alyk

Alyk

Boston, MA
February 2005

DEC 05, 2006 09:23 PM



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:

“I don’t fit into the bad side of American psychology. The British are much more intelligent and civilized than the Americans. I love the English lifestyle. I’m not as capitalistic as America.”


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.

"First of all I feel so lucky to be American. When you look at the rest of the world, we're so lucky, and that's something my dad always instilled in me," Paltrow tells People. "I feel so proud to be American."

"I felt so upset to be completely misconstrued and I never, ever would have said that," says the 34-year-old Oscar winner. "I definitely did not say that I think the British are more intelligent and civilized than Americans. I am a New York girl, that's how I always think of myself and see myself."


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

"I live in England half the time because I'm married to an English guy. It's not like I've left America."


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.

"This is what I said. I said that Europe is a much older culture and there's a difference. I always say in America, people live to work and in Europe, people work to live. There are positives in both," says the actress, adding, "Obviously I need to go back to seventh-grade Spanish!"


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.

Gayballs

Gayballs

Seattle, WA
July 2005

DEC 06, 2006 10:40 AM

Would you do her? I'd do her.

MrSeeds

mrseeds

Austin, TX
April 2006

DEC 06, 2006 11:06 AM

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

geo35

geo35

Minneapolis, MN
January 2003

DEC 06, 2006 11:22 AM

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.

Keri

Keri

SUICIDEGIRL

Virginia, USA

DEC 06, 2006 11:45 AM

if that's her opinion, who gives a shit?

PointBlank

PointBlank

New York, NY
November 2004

DEC 06, 2006 11:48 AM

Keri said:
if that's her opinion, who gives a shit?



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

Did anyone read past the first paragraph?

JoLeigh

JoLeigh

SUICIDEGIRL

Florida, USA

DEC 06, 2006 11:53 AM

Gayballs said:
Would you do her? I'd do her.



+1

Altamedic

Altamedic

High Level, AB
September 2006

DEC 06, 2006 11:58 AM

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?!?!?!

Roaring_Tulips

roaring_tulips

Jacksonville, FL
April 2006

DEC 06, 2006 12:52 PM

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?

StarBelliedBoy

StarBelliedBoy

Philadelphia, PA
December 2003

DEC 06, 2006 02:13 PM

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?

hadees

hadees

Austin, TX
December 2003

DEC 06, 2006 02:22 PM

StarBelliedBoy said:
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.

ebernal

ebernal

Chicago, IL
September 2005

DEC 06, 2006 02:39 PM

fuck that bitch!

brett54

brett54

Australia
November 2004

DEC 06, 2006 03:12 PM

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.

RandomNerd

RandomNerd

I'm lost
January 2005

DEC 06, 2006 03:25 PM

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.

PointBlank

PointBlank

New York, NY
November 2004

DEC 06, 2006 03:54 PM

brett54 said:
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.



Fascinating.

I mean...what?

IDGAS

IDGAS

Boston, MA
March 2004

DEC 06, 2006 04:09 PM

What is the difference between Yogurt and too many Americans?

SPOILERS! (Click to view)
Yogurt has culturetongue tongue tongue tongue

IgnorantProdigy

IgnorantProdigy

Naples, FL
June 2006

DEC 06, 2006 04:11 PM


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

curtisology

curtisology

USA
April 2006

DEC 06, 2006 05:13 PM

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

TPKAZ

tpkaz

Scottsdale, AZ
August 2006

DEC 06, 2006 06:04 PM

Keri said:
if that's her opinion, who gives a shit?



Your so correct Keri