Gwyneth Paltrow Hates America Just In Time For Independence Day

writergirl
wrote on July 3 2009 @ 05:27 pm: [report]

Good.  Then she can emmigrate to London—or Spain—full time and rescind her American citizenship.

_jsw_
wrote on July 3 2009 @ 05:51 pm: [report]

“Here in the United States an old building is about 17 (years old), and over there it’s from 500 B.C., it’s incredible.”

Living in Andover, MA, I regularly walk by houses from the 1600s and 1700s. My own house is “newish” at around 50 years old. I actually _prefer_ genuinely newer homes in general, but I don’t think I’d call a house built in 1992 (17 years ago) “old”. And, while there are plenty of 500 year _old_ buildings in Spain, I seriously doubt she’s seen any that are over 2500 years old (i.e., 500 B.C.). I doubt it’s easy to find many older than the 10th century.

I like her in movies, and I’ve thought of her as intelligent, but stories like this make me seriously doubt the extent of her education and real-life experience.

landesign
wrote on July 3 2009 @ 05:53 pm: [report]

Another movie star who should just keep her mouth shut,
like we need to watch her movies.

retro chic
wrote on July 3 2009 @ 06:55 pm: [report]

@_jsw_: Just a primer. She’s the resident stuck-up airhead celeb we love to hate. Not ‘cause we’re women, or ‘cause she’s a women (sort of), but because she’s just a world-class a$$... with a Web site named “GOOP” (rhymes with P**P). Think of SNL’s “Deep Thoughts” segment of yore that was a send-up of similar, vapid New Age Thought. So, cut loose.
Gwyn, how nice for your *Hollywood* $$$ and privilege that allowed you to travel and make these thoughtful judgments. Why attack innocent buildings, we know who you really mean—your former ticket-buying fans.

_jsw_
wrote on July 3 2009 @ 07:04 pm: [report]

@retro chic: Thanks! Now I know. I will endeavor to disparage her as often as possible in the future.

Pamela
wrote on July 3 2009 @ 07:47 pm: [report]

now i felt like you were putting spain down :s
” Yeah sure Gwynnie, Spain’s old, but in terms of years I think it should be quality over quantity”

“And obviously they don’t have their Blackberries on, cause if they did they would get haircuts…”

every country has its good and bad things, not because gwyneth went on comparing countries means we should make her same mistake in order to prove her wrong

Ms.NGuerrero
wrote on July 3 2009 @ 08:10 pm: [report]

Wow. Funny- I always thought we had a pretty rich history for being such a young country. and why would we have buildings that old??? there was hardly anyone around here to build them.

*eye roll* if only i knew who she was before this ...
eh.

joyy
wrote on July 3 2009 @ 08:30 pm: [report]

so what’s the message here, traveling is for losers since Gwyneth Paltrow enjoyed things in Spain that were different than the us?  *yawn*

River
wrote on July 4 2009 @ 05:45 am: [report]

First off, I’m from central Massachusetts (Northborough, if anyone cares), currently splitting my time between Edinburgh and London in the UK, and am an archaeologist.  Therefore, i feel it is my duty to comment. :D

I highly doubt that Gwynnie has gone to any buildings that are from 500 BC because buidlings that old are ruins.  It is exceedingly rare for any building to withstand a thousand years, let alone 2500!  Now, I don’t claim to know Spanish history as well as my personal fields so don’t quote me on it, but…  I don’t think that the Celts, Iberians, or Basques (the bronze age/chalocolithic groups that existed pre and during the Roman occupation during the 3rd-2nd BC) are known for the remains of permanant, grandiose buildings.  If anything, they’re a bunch of post holes and mud brick foundations; hardly the picturesque landscapes of the modern Spanish cities.
My guess? Like Edinburgh or London, the brunt of the cities’ ‘old’ architecture comes from the 18th century.

How funny! That’s just like the American northeast! Northborough even has some buildings dating back to the mid 17th century; does that mean that I’m better than the Europeans?  Dear god, Gwynnie; do some research before you open your mouth.
Better yet, don’t open it at all. Ugh.

Goldfinch86
wrote on July 4 2009 @ 05:51 am: [report]

What a #&@$% retard. There buildings in NYC are much older than 17 years old, I’s only been here a year but I can still tell the age of a building by the way it’s built and it’s architecture, too bad she can’t. Where I grew up, we lived in several houses all well over 100 years old. She doesn’t know what she is talking about, hopefully she’ll slip on some goop and die, so we no longer have to listen to her retarded thoughts and feelings.

fallenangel915
wrote on July 4 2009 @ 07:59 am: [report]

Bitch, please

_jsw_
wrote on July 4 2009 @ 08:30 am: [report]

@fallenangel915: I thought that was what we were doing.

joyy
wrote on July 4 2009 @ 08:35 am: [report]

Maybe she’s used to LA where (like Phx), you don’t have a bunch of ‘old’ buildlings like on the east coast.

Isa
wrote on July 4 2009 @ 08:59 am: [report]

I agree with Pamela. It’s not Spain’s fault.

retro chic
wrote on July 4 2009 @ 09:49 am: [report]

Seriously, she’s dismissing *us,* her new “frenemies,” *not* the buildings, since she’s much too spiritually evolved to be direct about that. Buildings can’t blog back. They are her meow metaphor for reminding us we are too dumb and spiritually young, ie, “17” to “get” the “550 BC” ancient wisdom that is her “GOOP” site.

Didn’t Frisky do a post about her similar, special way of dissing “Frenemy” Wynona Ryder a while back? Does this make us her “Fanemies?” or her new philistines?

http://www.thefrisky.com/post/246-who-is-gwyneth-paltrows-frenemy/

la calme avant la tempête
wrote on July 5 2009 @ 01:46 pm: [report]

Oh get off your friggin’ high horse thefrisky, so she made a remark about Spain having old(er) architecture and people seeming to enjoy a more relaxed way of life ... you can argue about this on a factual level but the fact that you feel she “dissed” America by saying this probably says more about you than it does about her.
And what is that “quality over quantity” remark supposed to be about anyway?

_jsw_
wrote on July 5 2009 @ 03:17 pm: [report]

@la calme avant la tempête: I agree, no need to knock Spain; it’s a great place. I think the issue here is GP again knocking the US, and in such a poorly-phrased and inaccurate way. The bit about being more laid back is spot-on. The bit about being older and having more history is also correct, but the way she phrased it was ridiculous. She implied that the oldest buildings there were 147 times as old as old ones here. The truth is that the oldest standing buildings there are 2-3 times as old as the oldest ones here. Yes, much older. Yes, much more history. No, not 150 times older. Being off by almost two orders of magnitude = fail.

sweetsue
wrote on July 5 2009 @ 08:19 pm: [report]

Does Ms. Paltrow (mother of APPLE !) have any idea of what the people of Spain have historically done to dogs?  They hate dogs.  Dogs will be found wandering around after being tortured horribly.  There are “dog cemetaries” in rustic Spain in which dogs are hanging from trees.  Great bunch of folks.

sstephs
wrote on July 6 2009 @ 07:45 am: [report]

I think she’s simply comparing the two. I know every time I travel I always compare it to my home state/country or other places I’ve visited. Give her a break.
Now if she would have commented on the quality of the citizens I could understand all this scrutiny but this is culture… no two cultures are alike so it’s just our nature to compare and contrast. No need to take offense to this.

BlueVibe
wrote on July 6 2009 @ 10:14 am: [report]

Wow, she’s even more ignorant than I thought, and she needs to get out of New York really badly.  She lives on the East Coast—she’s never seen a 300-year-old building here in the United States?  ‘Cause I’ve only visited Philadelphia and it’s stuffed full of old buildings.

If she’d like to come out to the Southwest, we have cliff dwellings that date back to the 13th century.  Is that old enough for her?

jimnist10
wrote on July 6 2009 @ 11:23 am: [report]

@_jsw_: Thank you! Yes, Gwyeneth’s comments aren’t exactly accurate, but this isn’t about SPAIN. There’s nothing wrong with making a comparison and even liking a place better. She just did it in a stupid, vapid way. Let’s not get all “you’re either with us or against us” at her because she doesn’t think before she speaks. Money can’t buy intelligence or diplomacy.

And BTW, we all know that Spain, and Europe in general, have longer histories than the US and they are very laid back about work and love being on vacation. I enjoy history and beautiful historical places and would REALLY, REALLY like to throw my blackberry into the Hudson and go on vacation for 3 weeks in August. Yeah, they defnintely know how to relax in Europe…

AgentBeryllium
wrote on July 6 2009 @ 11:41 am: [report]

@ Ms.NGuerrero & River: Exactly my point! the States would be compared as an infantile country compared to Spain. Shoot! From the statements made by GOOP I would presume that you could point her to Spain’s version of Walmart and tell her that building was 500 years old and she would probably believe you.As amusing as it is to watch her to appear to be intelligent. I will still have to say. Wow.. Gwen you say some stupid things. I personally don’t think she would know what an ancient ruin was unless it fell on top of her.

retro chic
wrote on July 6 2009 @ 12:01 pm: [report]

Right? It’s so not about buildings. And the article’s off commentary on Spain just confuses things, imo. It’s her dismissively ditsy, aristocratic attitude. Again.

First it was England, not so way-back:
“I love the English lifestyle, it’s not as capitalistic as America… I like living here because I don’t fit into the bad side of American psychology. The British are much more intelligent and civilized than the Americans…” Nice – condescending, and delusional. She insulted the country *and* the people with one flick of the tongue—then backpedaled.
Now, this time, after the flack she’s gotten from the US (*and* England, for that matter) about her Goop site, she’s telegraphing her supreme displeasure about how we just don’t “get” her sage pearls. I think this is her way of just-saying-w/o-saying, culturally, we’re unsophisticated “adolescents” compared to her and her new and far-more-evolved BCF, Spain… Uh, Spain’s *buildings!*
Buildings are far less personal targets than people. Her history of indirectly insulting her intended subject precedes her – a trait she confessed on her own site. Her double meaning using Europe’s history is intended. Coincidence, or she’s the most vapid celeb on the planet and never learns…

That said… Frankly, if not for the fact that her insulting statements are like nails on a chalkboard, I’d accept her impressions, ‘cause some are true, as others stated.

I know for a fact I’ve said similar things when abroad… Europe’s relaxed maturity, and their correct dismissal of silly Americans chasing another dollar, and another, and so on, is real. I’ve laughed *with* them. I met so many expatriates in Italy, and for a moment, I was almost one of them.

radioman2nd
wrote on September 20 2009 @ 04:42 am: [report]

Gwyneth!? How could you!? The country you were born and raised in? It is now too capitalistic for you? Perhaps your contracts should specify a pay scale of $9.00 per hour. The country you are “dissing” payed for your lifestyle with our hard earned pay. You slam the U.S. on the national stage…..Eaten ticket sales are soon forgotten…I’m sure that growing up in a famous family must have steeled you against the evil of capitalism. I would have helped you in that horrific situation you had growing up but from my position I couldn’t quite reach you…
What has happened to loyalty and love of country? We have to go around arresting our own citizens for plotting against us! All countries have their own problems but geez…
Crap, I’m disappointed in you…It really hurts…
A crack has appeared in my love and adoration fan foundation…No matter how you try, you still cannot compare apples to oranges…Perhaps the comparison rules in Spain and England are different…I have briefly enjoyed western europe myself and really appreciate those places but I will always remember upon which side the butter languishes on my lightly toasted toast. America First! God Bless the U.S…...
Hereby endeth the rant.