Posted on 12/05/2006 2:17:26 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Oscar-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow insisted Monday that contrary to a recent article in a European newspaper, she feels "proud to be American" and would never compare her homeland unfavorably to Britain.
In a statement issued through People magazine's Web site, Paltrow said she was "deeply upset" by remarks attributed to her by the Portuguese newspaper Diario de Noticias, which quoted the actress as saying: "The British are much more intelligent and civilized than the Americans."
"I never, ever would have said that," said Paltrow, 34, who is married to British rock star Chris Martin, the lead singer of Coldplay, and resides part time with him and their two children in London.
"I feel so lucky to be American," she said. "I feel so proud to be American."
Paltrow denies giving an interview to the Portuguese daily, though she did speak at a news conference in Spanish, according to People.
"This is what I said," Paltrow explained. "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."
She added: "Obviously, I need to go back to seventh-grade Spanish."
Paltrow, who won an Academy Award in 1999 as best actress for her role in "Shakespeare in Love," was most recently in theaters in the film "Running with Scissors."
It is AOL :
Do you belive that Paltrow was misquoted?
Yes 56%
No 44%
Total Votes: 109,944
I heard a report on radio this morning that she is in fact very fluent in Spanish, and thus her claims of misquotes due to poor her speaking skills in Spanish is nothing but a sham cover story.
"Portuguese newspaper Diario de Noticias, which quoted the actress as saying: "The British are much more intelligent and civilized than the Americans.""
It was my understanding that she said a heck of a lot more than that.
Also - she said pretty much the same thing in February, and in English.
Her "lost in translation" excuse doesn't cut it.
February story link: http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/celebrity/Gwyneth+Paltrow:++Brits+Are+More+Intelligent+Than+Americans+-8548.html
Well, me personally, I'll give her the benefit of the doubt this time. But if it happens again...
Killborn denies wanting to strangle liberals.
They need another category for that poll: who gives a rat's rear end?
Since she hates this country so much she should publicly give up her U.S. Citizenship.
Go back to seventh grade Spanish?
She really is stupid if she doesn't realize that she was giving an interview to the *Portugese* media.
Is this old news or something? I thought it was just a few years ago she was said she could no longer live in America because its was too patriotic for her and moved to London.
She even lies about speaking Spanish.....she was on TV here in Guadalajara and her Spanish was terrible - she only said a couple of lines in Spanish and the rest of the interview was in English.
Gweneth Paltrow should stay in England. Not only that, but she should revoke her US citizenship, as well. That would be good for her and for us.
OK....lets assume she did not say this. The trouble is so much of Hollywood thinks this way so we assume she really does feel this way.....and I happen to believe that she is another anti American liberal.
What are yous guys talking about?
She just put my faith back in her by stating
she loves America. Unless she's lying and you
people can find other statements of her denouncing
the USA, I suggest you all stop being such prix
about a women who states she was misquoted, backed up
with a statement which shows the opposite of the
reported anti- American one she supposed made.
This IS the second time...
http://aggressive-voice.com/zz609.html
"I worry about bringing up a child in America," she said, according to the World Entertainment News Network.
"At the moment there's a weird, over-patriotic atmosphere over there, like, 'We're number one and the rest of the world doesn't matter,'" Paltrow said. "
Dunno. Had to read some of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's stuff in high school, "Sonnets from the Portuguese". But Liz's stuff was in English.
Gwenneth Paltrow? Hey Gwenneth, how do you pronounce "Dixit Chix" in Portuguese?
How do you say "Bite the hand that feeds me" in Spanish?
see post 21.
She's full of brit.
nothing but a stupid lib/dem see you nest tuesday....covering her ass...because she knows these comments can be a career killer....kist ask the dixie twits or kramer....
she grew up in beverly hills to rich lib/dem hollywood parents..never had to lack for anything...but she has the balls to comment on what america is about.....
let her talk when she next appears in a movie!!!!!
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>>>Well, me personally, I'll give her the benefit of the doubt this time. But if it happens again...
This is "again" for her...
"She says, "I find the English amazing how they got over 7/7. There were no multiple memorials with people sobbing as they would have been in America. There, they are constantly scaring people but at the same time, people think nothing of going to see a therapist."
http://www.thesuperficial.com/archives/2005/12/08/gwyneth_paltrow_to_america_gro.html
Apparntly she doesnt like how we pay homage to innocents murdered in towers either.
Gee, she sounds like Michael Gross last night on H&C.
I think she was afraid of being "chicked."
Well then never mind.
Hmmm ... trying to give an interview in Spanish to a Portuguese newspaper ...
Why don't you just STAY in the U.K., you wh$re!
Well - don't we agree? After all, a majority of voters voted in Democrats last election...
"My wife is kinda sore at me because I refuse to take her to a movie."
Take your wife out for a nice dinner and don't forget to tell her she is much more beautiful than the made up, artificial Hollywood so called stars. Also, bet your wife has a brain.
I'll give her the benefit of the doubt for now, I've been horribly misquoted in newspapers myself. But she's on a VERY short leash...
YOU WISH!
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She be called a liar here an some AOL blog.
http://journals.aol.com/thecoolerblog/AOLNewsCooler/entries/2006/12/05/liar-liar-pants-on-fire/1455
Who the hell is Gwyneth Palcrow? And who cares?
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And the idiots of AOL believe the lying little blonde bimbo that she was misquoted...
If it was Bush, they'd believe he really said it.
Her talk / interview that was later picked up and quoted in a "Portuguese" news source was originally presented by her in SPANISH.... And her after the fact claims of being misquoted was blamed (by her) on the EXCUSE that she was somehow weak in the Spanish language, and that she misspoke - using the wrong terms
Gee wiz, and I really liked her too, but with comments like that she can stay in Briton and never come back!!
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