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."
"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...
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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!!
Great find! Perhaps People Magazine should be sent a copy of her exact same statement said earlier this year and ask her how they mangled her ENGLISH.
She is just following her husbands lead, as he has said some pretty vile things himself.. Apparantly she cant think for herself.
Hell, I firmly believe if she told these morons to eat s*it because it is good for you, they would do so. And they would love it!
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Considering that, in America, American liberals hang around with each other, I would say that is a true statement based on her own personal experience.
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