chelle
It's a Good Life
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Isn't it obvious?
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Gwyneth speaks...
Gwyneth Paltrow: I'm Proud to Be American
MONDAY DECEMBER 04, 2006 04:00PM EST
By Julie Jordan
Gwyneth Paltrow
Photo by: Peter Kramer / Getty
Gwyneth Paltrow is "deeply upset" over stories claiming she made anti-American remarks, and tells PEOPLE exclusively that she never said anything against her native country.
"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."
The actress has recently been criticized after she was quoted as telling the Portuguese newspaper Diario De Noticias, "The British are much more intelligent and civilized than the Americans."
"I felt so upset to be completely misconstrued and I never, ever would have said that," says the 34-year-old Oscar winner. "I definitely did not say that I think the British are more intelligent and civilized than Americans. I am a New York girl, that's how I always think of myself and see myself."
Paltrow, who lives part-time in London with her British husband, Coldplay singer Chris Martin, and their two children, Apple, 2, and Moses, 7 months, says: "I live in England half the time because I'm married to an English guy. It's not like I've left America."
As for where the quotes came from, Paltrow says she did not give an interview to the Portuguese daily newspaper, though she did give a press conference – in Spanish – for an endorsement she did in Spain.
"This is what I said. 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," says the actress, adding, "Obviously I need to go back to seventh-grade Spanish!"
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Woodsy
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Re: Gwyneth speaks...
She is an absolute idiot and I think she is lying and just doing damage control. She is now a snooty Brit and routinely disses the Americans....
Here is a ridiculous quote from her about American's handling of the 9/11 tragedy:
She said: "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."
I find that insulting..... Apparently, we should have "gotten over" the 9/11 tragedy without the need for memorials and tears like her England cronies.  What a beyotch!!
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