Gwyneth Paltrow in Another Touching ‘America Sucks’ Moment
by Pam MeisterAh, Gwyneth. Obviously being fabulously rich and famous just isn’t enough for some people. A few years ago, after making the decision to make her home in London with beta male rocker Chris Martin of Coldplay, she told us how much she prefers living in Britain to her native country:
I love the English lifestyle, it’s not as capitalistic as America. People don’t talk about work and money, they talk about interesting things at dinner…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.
When she says she doesn’t fit into the “bad side of American psychology,” she means she’s become one of the cultured elite overseas whose life mission seems to be badmouthing those mouthbreathing colonials from across the pond – although she’s happy to accept their money.
But that was back when George W. Bush was in the White House, and it was sooo embarrassing to own up to being American. (Just ask Will Smith.) You’d think that with Mr. HopeyChangey in the White House and the fat paycheck from the very successful “Iron Man” in her bank account (with “Iron Man 2″ on the way for next summer), Gwyneth might think about getting de-fanged.
Sorry. Do not pass “Go,” do not collect $200. Gwynnie’s at it again; this time, talking about her latest home away from home, Spain:
It is so different from the United States. It seemed to have a history, and the buildings are years and years and years old. 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…
Also, the way people live over there. They seem to enjoy life a little bit more…They aren’t running around as much as in New York. They enjoy time with the family. They don’t always have their BlackBerry on.
If New York is Gwyneth’s only basis for comparison, she might want to consider going to a more rural area to see how Americans are capable of “enjoying life a little more.” But that would mean going out of her comfort zone. Finding out how real Americans live? It’s best to see that sort of thing as interpreted by movies like “The Ice Storm” and “American Beauty” where suburbia is depicted as a hell Dante couldn’t have imagined. And rural America? “Deliverance” has that covered.
But I suppose we really shouldn’t blame Gwynnie. She’s lived all her life in a bubble of money and privilege. She didn’t even have to wait tables like so many other actors and actresses before her first break – having an actress for a mother and a director for a father had to have helped some. And perhaps we should cut her some slack considering that when she’s not reciting the lines someone wrote for her, her best attempt at describing Spanish architecture is to say it’s ”years and years old.”
GP says she was “misquoted” the last time. Will she use the same excuse this time? You know, I wish I wasn’t so psyched about seeing “Iron Man 2.” I hate to think of her tarnishing her principles by being seen onscreen by millions of embarrassing, uncouth Americans.
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There's an old bit that Bill Cosby does called "The English Language" that I like to refer to whenever some lib says "Americans are so stuipd. Most Americans know only one language while Europeans tend to know at least two."
So I'm supposed to take advice from a woman whose dress appears to be falling off? (Or at least, needs the straps adjusted.)
Leerjet liberal at it's finest, mosty delicious variety.
Paltrow is a sad-faced dimbulb with very modest talents. The only reason she made it into Hollywood is because of her parents. She married another brainless cultural leftist media dweeb. It's like she's a template for every pathology of the modern progressive.
I lived in Europe for 10 years and, it is true, Europe is a wonderful continent–if you are massively rich and don't have to worry about such mundanities as paying for groceries or making house payments. I used to say all the time–Europe is a playground for the rich.
The middle classes–not so much. Gwennie should have come to one of my dinner parties where we spent the whole time talking about how high the taxes were and how horrible the National Health was and how pathetic the EU Parliament was.
I am so tired of celebrities trashing Americans. Most of the Americans I personally know are very well-educated, cultured and well-travelled. Who are these Americans we keep hearing about by celebrities that are so stupid and uncultured? I beg Gwennie and her friends to travel around America and see REAL Americans.
I just came from a 3 week trip around America and the people are outstanding, friendly, trustworthy and a joy to be around.
Y'all just keep her in New York City, Don't send her out here, ya hear?
Points for the name, man.
I appreciate that comment Nola…I would never judge an entire country just on the people I socialize with. All countries have wonderful people and some not so wonderful people. I'm tired of people bashing America. I love my country and the freedom it has brought to others. I love the history of my country. Even though we don't have some of the very old buildings that Italy, France and all of the other ones do, each country has something special to offer and ours I think is (or was) freedom.
Given the choice, I'd rather be known for standing up for what I believe in as opposed to sitting on my rear having tea and crumpets talking about how hard it is to be deep and intellectual.
And she was the only thing I didn't like about Iron Man. Then again, she's the only thing I don't like about most movies she's in (except for Sky Captain…I hated all of that).
The cultural elite hobnobbing with the dirty masses, nola?? Forsooth!! Where do you think you are?
After reading Dwight Schultz's excellent post a month or so back concerning the discrimination against conservatives in Hollywood, my disdain for the late Bruce Paltrow and his vacuous daughter increased exponentially. We are talking order of magnitude disdain.
I'm no rich fella. Have to admit, my limited experience in England and Europe is that people are a lot more open minded in political discussions, prone to healthy disagreement at a dinner table. Whereas in America a discussion about politics where there's disagreement tends to get ugly, or just as often, half the table can't handle the tension of disagreement and healthy debate, and would rather talk about People Magazine fodder. So many subjects that are nearly verbotten to discuss in America get short circuited from the top down: Q) why terrorists want to fly planes into their buildings? A) Because they hate freedom. Anything else is unamerican hogwash. Q) is Israel right or wrong with their policy of expanding settlements? A) Israel is our friend and ally. Any suggestion of their being off-base = antisemitism. C) is global warming real or flimflam by those (like big biz and Al Gore) wanting to cash in on the Green Carbon Cap n' Trade movement? A) questioning global warming is like questioning the holocaust. These subjects can be debated respectfully in Europe, but so many in America shout the other side down. Sorry — we have intelligent people in America, no doubt, but we're Wayyyyyyyy too politically correct in the U.S.
Gwynneth Paltry.
"Portrait of a Lady" ha-ha – Doofus Americanus, Gweneth, what do you think your salon says about "Apple" behind your back?
Someone should make a movie like It's a Wonderful Life, except instead of the main character seeing how things turn out if they were never born, let the character see what life is like when they are not born into money and priviledge.
Let them live paycheck to paycheck, let them get pushed around by an out of control government bent on taking what they've earned. Let them get up at 4:30 in the morning to take the boy to hockey practice and then get him home and ready for school while trying not to be late for work. Let them work jobs they hate just to make ends meet.
Maybe it's already been done, I dunno….
Cris, I suspect nothing good!
So – America gives her the chance to become famous and ridiculously, obscenely wealthy. Then she kicks us to the curb.
Kick her back – if she loves Europe so much then she should renounce her U.S. citizenship and start really living over there – paying the extremely high U.K. taxes on the wealthy and just shutting her mouth about America in the future.
Europe and England wouldn't be what they are today without America. They'd be saying "all hail the fuhrer" and speaking in German.
Just a small point that our poor vacuous Gwynnie can't ever grasp.
Not that I would wish this on anyone, but if Gwyneth lost her all her money, her dinner time conversations would take on a completely different perspective. As for her love of historical places, the US might be very young but Europe is a teen compared to Egypt and China. For me, the fact that the US is comparatively young and yet became THE super power and leader in nearly every category of life, outdistancing the rest of the world by light years when they had a 1000 year head start, is far more remarkable.
I know this will come as a surprise to some but—America is a lot younger than Europe hence it has less history. I know: SHOCKING!!!
I always wonder about people like Gwennie and what message she gives to her HALF-AMERICAN children about HALF their heritage. Also, does she realize that (whether she admits it or not) she is American? In many ways, she is who she is because she is American. And she should be proud of it…IMHO. I know I am. I love being an American.
It depends Manic.. I've said it before, I don't have a problem with celebrities who voice their opinions in a REASONABLE manner. I do have problems with celebrities who feel it necessary to slam me and my beliefs just to say "I'm smart, I'm intelligent and i know better than you do".
I'm glad she lives in Britain, too. Can they take the rest of our idiots?
Blythe Danner is a great actress and Bruce Paltrow was a good director. Together they raised a twit.
There is a simple answer, ignore those entertainers that fall into her camp. For me that means boycott. I watch far less tv or go to fewer movies because the lead actors haven't earned my dollars. Yes, I know boycotting some movies or tv shows is not a perfect plan because I may also be punishing some decent talented actors in secondary roles, but that's life.
I'm not saying it's going to be easy, i really can't stand the leads of 30 Rock, but I find that show very funny. It's like being on a diet. I stopped watching Greys Anatomy and Private Practice because of the red head's involvement with Planned Parenthood. This was a harder sacrifice for my wife.
Maybe if everybody joins in, the numbers will eventually make a difference and they will not be an A lister anymore. Don't count on these people finally getting it. When she refers to America as New York city and Hollywood, this dim bulb is ignorant and will never learn. I wonder if Obama is aware of her 5 watt dim brain. I wonder if she will be required to get a mercury filled curley noggin. Hmmm doubtful.
Well said.
I'd like to see how Miss Salad Fork feels in a burkha…..
But that's all they've got. I guarantee if someone challenges them on these statements you'd hear crickets.
Heck, I bet she ain't never listened to no Lynyrd Skynyrd , and rode in a "years and years old" pickum-up truck like mine! She ain't nuthin' but dum old heifer…. them numbnuts socialist spainiards can keep her!
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!
Apple…..it's right out of a Seinfeld episode……Apple….BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!
The older this woman gets, the dumber she becomes.
That's the problem, though…there's so many of them that take this "I've traveled abroad and know more about life than you do" point of view when talking about the rest of us. I can deal with them having different opinions…people from all different walks of life will. But when they start with that "I'm cultured" crap or get angry with us for how we vote (like Prop
is when I get offended. I just wish people would actually stop watching their movies or buying their music when they say stuff like that.
Spain seems to have history? Wow! Who knew? Sure wish the United States had history. Does GP have any other fascinating and wise words to offer the underprivileged sheltered American?
Ah, Spain, the place Paltrow loves so much–maybe people have time to relax and shut their Blackberries off there because of the 18% unemployment rate due to the green policies and stifling taxes the leftist government has implemented.
Have no fear: our Dear Leader used Spain's expenditures on environmentally-correct energy as a model for the Cap-and-Trade bill. Unemployment here edged up to 9.4% in June: in a year or two, many of us will be able to relax (because we don't have jobs) and shut our Blackberries off (because we can't afford to pay the bill). Ms. Patlrow? She can wing off to the UK and hob-nob with her fellow elites.
And for yours, too, ManicOtter!
It's funny how some people throw insults at America because we are alternatively dumb, uncultured and lazy, or capitalistic, all work and no play robots. Regardless, when the hammer comes down, who does the world turn to? Us fat, lazy, stupid, capitalists pigs. Funny how that works.
But maybe I'm just as bad. If I hear something described as European, I think of that as an insult. Like, that guy over there is very European….meaning, don't bend over in the shower around him. Or, that's European diplomacy, meaning, let's allow the bad guys to do whatever they want so maybe they won't hurt us.
Do you think the dim bulb reads Big Hollywood? Would she ever see these comments? Would it make any difference? Doubtful.
Well said.
My three college degrees and I bow to your superior intellect, Ms. Paltrow.
Gwyneth Paltrow is ridiculous and I could care less what she thinks of America. As for her appearance in Ironman, you could shake a tree and 100 actresses capable of filling that role would fall out.
Probably better looking too, Paltrow needs a burger STAT!!!
Man, I cannot stand Gwyneth Paltrow. I winced at her appearance in "Iron Man" last summer. There should have been a better red-haired American actress playing Pepper Potts than that Paltry woman.
What's next country after she got bored with "Spain" after few years? I'm sure she may be thrilled at the prospect of wearing a burqa in Afghanistan or Pakistan and call either country a wonderful place to live. Please, someone, do not ever let this Paltry woman back into America.
If Big Hollwood major contributors have her email address and forward the article to that Paltry woman.
I wouldn't want her within two states of my family's 130+ year old limestone farmhouse. It isn't old enough for her; it might cause irreversible depression. Besides, we sit around and talk about how good the potato salad is just before we jump onto the subject of how disastrous El Presidente Government Motors' policies are …. and then my cousin tells some of his hunting stories featuring guns so we can all laugh.
That may be the problem with Europeans. They are not passionate about their beliefs.
Polite discussions around the dinner table. I wonder if this is always so………….
Perhaps she's just intent on living up to the stereotype of the Ugly American.
It seems Ronnie that you are hanging around with the wrong people. While my friends and I have engaged in heated arguments over politics and policies we have never gotten ugly or not spoken for the sake of political correctness.
In short if you don't like the conversation or people then move on to ones you do like.
Poltically correct or politically polarized? I think it's sad that you can rarely find a reasonable discussion of disagreement too. I think part of it is that our school system has ceased to teach our children to think critically. If you can't think critically then you don't know how to disagree politely. When the open lines of communication are shut down, the next step is to escalate physically; that frightens me.
Not to mention Marshall Tucker and Charlie Daniels, LOL. Gonna take a Freight Train,… Kiss off, Gwyneth
I think when she was a teenager people simply looked upon her Naïveté as simply being young. Now she is of the age that she should know better and people like ourselves are less forgiving.
Bravo Nola you summed it up so well.
I would simply say that if your experience to something is limited, be careful about making generalizations based on that limited experience.
America has quite a bit of history, but it has been largely purged or at least dumbed-down to the point of utter blandness by the Left. In its place we have revisionist agitprop and modern art/architecture.
goop happens….
It was a Seinfeld!
Do you remember the episode where George wants to name his and Susan's baby Seven?
Jerry starts looking at random objects in his kitchen: "Why don't you name the kid Mug? Mug Constanza? How about Bisquick?"
I'm an American and an Anglophile. I love to visit the U.K. (although I must observe that the people I met in Scotland were much nicer on the whole than those in London), and I love the richness of history there. I've never been to Spain but I'm sure it's a great place to visit and a great place to live especially if you're fabulously wealthy.
However, I just don't get this insistence that Paltrow and other American celebrities have in trashing the U.S. in order to gush over the fablulousness of their expatriate lives in the U.K. or the Continent. It serves NO purpose except to make these people seem more shallow and small than they already do.
Folks, here is and idea that will make a point. Don't go to see any movies Ms. Paltrow is in. Stop enabling her.
That's… not a very accurate assessment. American history is an extension of (pre-Marx) European history, albeit one that took some pretty big leaps of faith when it came time to turn philosophy into a political framework. But then, Europe historically tended to be more dynamic (for better or worse) than other cradles of civilization, which were often held rigid by one form or another of god-emperor/bureaucracy/top-down authority structure.
What Gwyneth is actually saying is that American Indians were stupid. They didn't build houses that last (except for the pueblos in the southwest she forgot). They didn't know how to write (their verbal tales have origins thousands of years old). They spent their lives scrounging (yet she thinks the hoi polloi should live a more "sustainable" lifestyle).
Even simpler: Ask them how far the average American has to travel to reach a nation where speaking another language would be required.
These LEAR JET LIBERALS are pathetic…. The only thing they want from the GOOD old US is ONE THING..
THE AMERICAN GREEN BACK!!!!!!
It is hard to read anything from these people.. they are so far removed from any normal way of live…..
It's Gwyneth after all, what do you really aspect? One of the funny things about all of this , is one home computers would not be in dam near every where if it was not for some stupid American in his garage. The Inter net were every body and there mother bitches about the US would not be here, unless that Warmonger USAF Gen Curtis LeMay wanted a fool proof, bug proof way to communicate to his Missile Silo's. Never mind about Dumb stupid Americans, being able to grow so much food, and cheaply that hunger is way less in the world that it would be with out them. And then there is Europe, twice in one Century they asked us to shed our blood to either perserve or gain there freedom again, then to keep the Soviets from over running them. and in that process,Never mind the huge amount of money to rebuild Europe. The Russian people would be liberated from an 80 year nightmare with out a single shot fired in Europe. GP is a passable actress, she hit the big one with IRON MAN, they should get a good run out of it, unless they spit to much on the "Stupid Americans" that they decide, I will not spend the 10 bucks for the ticket to see it. She is just one of many that can stand us as a people or a Nation, but sure dose love our money. Its nothing new really, this goes back to the founding of the Republic. We are a Republic after all, 4th of July is but 48 hours or so away, I plan on doing all the traditional stuff Stupid Americans tend to do. I even may go to a Movie how about that.
Exactly, I wonder how many prescription meds you have to be on when Apple sounds like a good idea for a kid's name…..
I'm with davimcg. Put your money where your mouth is (like buying food for your family) and stop going to her flicks. Turn the channel when she's on. We can do something, but commenting one way here, then running out to rent "Shakespeare in Love" on the way to buying the new Coldplay CD ain't it.
Sad thing is is that I wouldn't even wish her on Spain… :/ And Will Smith used to be one of my favorite actors until that crap I just read… :/ I don't know what Paltrow has heard at the dinner table all her life but the LAST thing we talk about is work and money… or if we do talk about work it's antidotal about our co-workers.. :/
Idiots!
Or how about we just throw them into space (or give them to North Korea) Because honestly, I wouldn't wish our psuedo wanna be American Euros on anyone…
While we're here…let's not forget The Outlaws and Molly Hatchet! Damn sure know what I mean?
Liberals, they love to take your money and then scream about how bad capitalism is. What phoney, freakin' hypocrites all of them are.
I agree and that's what I've been doing. Every hypocritical hollyweirdo is on my don't watch/don't buy list. I seem to be adding more and more lately also.
I find it interesting that the current crazed agenda is not garnering more favor amongst her ilk. Gywn, like her Hollywood confederates of enlightened thinking are cornering the market on babbling BS? The problem is we have to be exposed to it. Let's review – Spain is old and good… the US is new and bad – any questions? Baaah
The device has not yet been created which could measure my indifference to this insufferable bore of a woman.
Somewhere in this country, are actors every bit as talented as say, Steve McQueen or perhaps even John Wayne. There are actresses more talented than Ms. Paltrow. But these people do not fit "the type". These people would be too patriotic, too un-PC, too (gulp) religious, too prone to talk about freedom instead of justice. Too . . . Prejean, to be offered a job in Hollywood.
Until there's a real counter culture in Hollywood, meaning money people who can underwrite something other than what comes out of the ministry of information, those people aren't going to be seen and their careers will go noplace.
Pity.
"It’s not as capitalistic as America."
And that's supposed to be a good thing, Ms. Millionaire?
Iran would be the best place for them
Spain, the country of wussies, the country who caves to terrorist threats, the country of Sangria, the worst wine on the planet and on and on.
this is the luxury of thought that a muscular US foreign policy and a strong capitalist engine can allow. The complete and utter cluelessness of Paltrow is naked, under the light of public scrutiny- for all to see. Her pampered poodle lifestyle exists because of the Marines at Iwo Jima, Truman's containment policy on Communism, Reaganomics, Maggie Thatcher, George W Bush- Europe- her precious Spain and England-
exist as they are because OF US.
They would either be goosestepping to 'Deutschland Uber Alles' or singing the 'Internationale' with their Red comrades…
Think about it.
Maybe not madm but it sure as hell does make us feel good so what's your point.
Maybe not madm but it sure as hell does make us feel good so what's your point.
But… but… IRON MAN 2! Aaaaaugh, I'm so conflicted!!
"I've never been to Spain"
Neither have I Dab…but I kinda like the music and I hear the ladies are insane there…
I've never been to spain either but I've been to Oklahoma.
So it wasn't just me! I was like, what, b*tch, you have something against biodegradable housing? What, you hate the environment?
Agreed, she's a nobody that makes no difference.
Not anymore, now that SHE's made all of her money here. Now it's not good enough. No wonder she named her kid apple, she's a fruitloop.
Gwyneth Patrow is a joke as an American – she has lived the American dream. She came from a rich family and she thinks she's royalty. She is actually a bore with a big ego and I could care less what she thinks about anything. Her statements suggest maybe she thinks she needs some "media attention." Poor Gwyneth this is the only way she can get it.
Ronnie, I'm a hardcore Reagan conservative and I have to agree with you wholeheartedly. It's almost impossible to have a good-natured debate on really important, topical issues in America. And, although I loathe Ms. Paltrow's unappreciative, narrow, pro-European worldview, I have to agree that Europeans have a more interesting social culture than here in the states. In places like Spain, having a good time on a Friday night doesn't mean getting shitfaced, throwing up and in a fist fight – although, ironically, in many parts of England it does mean just that! Just watch any spring break TV coverage and you get a pretty good idea of what American culture has devolved into. I think that Paltrow needs to spend more time outside of places like LA an NYC, though.
Most Europeans have given up is my experience. They are world weary and just want a quiet life. Their passion for freedom is indeed gone–and sad it is too.
And because of that lack of passion, for right and wrong, how many wars have been fought on that continent.
Seriously?? You show up here with that??
Just another bite the hand that feeds you menber of the Hollywood rich and famous. The only dumb Americans are the ones that still pay for anything with the name Gwyneth Paltrow in the credits.
We lived in Europe for several years and I would characterize a large number of the people there as apathetic and uninformed. They accept the conventional wisdom very easily and what beiefs they do claim to hold doesn't usually affect their behavior.
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and so, the breeding path on our way to Idiocracy begins.
Soooo……Hank, where can one find this tree? And is there a singles branch?
Great comments Nola and thank you from this American and unabashed Anglophile. When I first read the comments, I was laughing & thinking "what was the last movie she did that made money." I'd forgetting Iron Man, only because she had the great fortune of being attached to a massive hit in a small way. It's a shame that once again she is spouting this idiocy and as you mentioned, what message is she giving her half-American children. Perhaps — if she'd wake up the few brain cells that aren't quite dead yet — she might teach them about the man who was possibly the greatest half-American that ever lived: Sir Winston Churchill. Gwennie might learn a few things herself. Then again — probably not. She can't come down off her high horse long enough anyway. But thanks again Nola. Spot on comments!
What I love about idiots like Paltrow is how they work so assiduously on destroying their careers and box office appeal. Their self-sabotage does us a great deal of good and saves us money.
Indeed, many Americans (myself included) have "traveled abroad" too, but we haven't done it first class and only hobnobbing among the elites. While such travels do have their pluses, for the most part, they have only made me appreciate what we have here at home all the more. Of course, one who is spoiled everywhere she goes might not get that.
She was in Ironman? I have the DVD but I didn't know, which Taliban is she?
I've been all over too, and you're absolutely right about it making me appreciate coming home…..especially the plumbing…..
I love America but I can't stand that song!
She was the helper to Ironman. His personal secretary.
I'll let you know as soon as I find it…..
Indeed! Hey, Marvel comics movie people! You completely recast the Hulk franchise. Can't you at least make one little change for Iron Man? Please?
My point is this, the posts here preach to the choir. (Don't get me wrong, I love this site) These people only understand one thing, attention means love. When you stop giving them attention, they go crazy. I have known lots of actors personally and intimately, and this is an absolute truism.
Yes we feel good, now let's do something about it. Stop watching them entirely. Actors have such thin self esteems, even the hint of their own obsolescent, and they will freak, lashing out with additional crazy rants, only fueling their spiral down to footnote status.
Not very graceful… I can imagine Grace Kelly, saying, "I've had some wonderful holidays recently in Spain. What wonderful historical areas they have."
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