Looks like her agent got to her.
The Ditsy Chix, on the other hand..."Pride cometh before the fall, and a haughty spirit before destruction"
Her agent is smart. No need for her to go the way of the Dixie chicks. What she said was a crack against the US which should be more dangerous to her career than one against Bush. She needed to do something.
"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 would say she gets the benefit of the doubt. It sounds like she gets it, based on the above statement.