Gwyneth Paltrow Has "Potential" to Be Mean, Says Mom
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If Gwyneth Paltrow really is a Mean Girl, she keeps it hidden well from her mom Blythe Danner.
In a recent interview with British Vogue, Paltrow, 37, admitted, "I can be mean...I can ice people out and I definitely harbor revenge."
"I didn't know she said that!" actress Danner, 67, told UsMagazine.com at Thursday's Gen Art Film Festival premiere of Waiting for Forever in NYC. "Well, I still haven't seen it, but I guess we all have the potential."
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Her Oscar-winning daughter also told Vogue that she sometimes wakes up "holding on to so much hate.'"
Danner countered to Us, "Nobody's perfect, but I don't see it in her."
The actress raved to reporters about Paltrow's relationship with her "phenomenal" kids Apple, 5, and Moses, 4.
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"She really really invests herself in an unusual way," Danner exclaimed. "She spends a lot of time with them--she answers everything, she anticipates, she never surprises them. They're well-prepared for the travel and all the things that go on. They're very happy kids."
As for reports of marital problems between Paltrow and husband Chris Martin, Danner retorted, "Oh, no! They're really, and they're a wonderful family."
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Danner is the widow of director Bruce Paltrow, who died in 2002. The couple's other child is son Jake Paltrow, 34, a film director.
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26Why do all you people like to make light of these women who have been cheated on? It is really sad how are world is become so insensitive. The men were the cheaters and you would think what they did was good. Like most of this country now a days, we love the sinners and the ones who were sinned against are treated like they are the bad ones. Wake up people and stop glorifying these men who had no regard for their wives or their children. Sadly it is the kids who suffer because of their selfish, egotistical fathers and/or mother who cheat and forget their marriage vows.
Blah, Gwynneth only said that in hopes of getting the scripts that Angelina turned down...
I've never met Gwynneth but I've met Blythe through a friend and she couldn't have been frostier. But at least she looked natural at the time; her big new facelift makes her look like an escapee from the wax museum.
I like Blythe. Love her in those Focker movies. Hysterical. I don't know too much about Gwyneth. I am not really aware of much she has done. I have seen a few of her movies. I don't know much about her personally though. I noticed she's highly interested in fitness though.
I love Blythe Danner. I like Gwyneth more now. Gwyneth is just being honest. We all have the same dark sides to one degree of another.
Lots of therapy? Ok.
I find her quite odd. I'm glad she lives overseas. She seems to fit in quite well there. Good for her.
My take is that Gwynth is in touch with herself, aware, and candid about the whole range of what we are as a species. We choose, given free will, what to express of all the potentials in us. Her candor is pretty amazing or maybe it's because she knows her whole self. That's what lots of therapy and meditation will do for you. Among other things.
Yes so true anger steals your joy and people will fail you. No two ways about that. Just having her family is more than many people have.
Get over it people! She's mainly stating what we are ALL capable of - and if you're saying that you're not, you're full of crap. She's an amazing woman who is just being honest with her FEELINGS! Get over the jealousy already...she's done more good for people than you realize, and she doesn't have to broadcast it. She strives for health, stability, and balance....but she is also human. I think she's fantastic, and I for one am grateful that she would acknowledge this about herself...I certain feel this way sometimes.
It's sad that she would "hold on to hate". If you don't release that emotion to will only grow and cause you to become a bitter person. She has two beautiful children, and a husband that loves her. The next time she feels that hate, she should let it go, knowing that it will only steal her joy. No one is worth stealing one moment of joy from your life, especially the joy family brings.
Who cares just means she doesn't interest us Shauna. Just because we clicked on an article doesn't mean we care? Just curious. Surely you can understand that? Or are you not human?
you guys crack me up with your "who cares" responses... who cares? well, apparently YOU do, otherwise you would not've read or responded to this... and for that "I'm not Recap's girlfriend" idiot who said you hoped her marriage falls apart, how great that would be for the kids, huh? YOU are all of those things you called Gwyneth... especially UGLY!
Who cares! She sucks!
Didn't she release pictures of Brad to Playgirl after they split all those yrs ago? I remember when I was in High School that my friends gotten a copy of the mag when they learned he was in it before it was pulled from the shelves. I like her tho. Great actress. everyone can be mean and spiteful when they want to.
Who doesn't have the potential to be MEAN! But why waste time on meaness when you can gain so much more from being NICE!
And once again, the headline is so distorted: Danner said that everyone--not Gwnyneth, specifically--has the "potential." And that she hasn't seen any displays of meanness or hate in her daughter means nothing. I doubt Gwyneth would say something so revealing and frankly negative about herself if it were not true: I think most of us carefully tamp down or work hard to keep the demons at bay. Anyone who says they never feel anger or dislike, or says that they 100% from compassion is fooling themselves. I certainly aim to practice kindness and to alter my negative responses to others, and then along comes a situation or person that I am convinced gives me reason to be reactive; in retrospect, most of us would say we could have handled things differently, but the kernel of "meanness" lies dormant, waiting to pounce. KEY: Know thyself, and stay mindful.
Obviously Gwyneth is kind of a backstabber, after she stole her supposed BFF's (Winona Ryder) script out of her house so she could get the role Winona was going after. (Shakespeare In Love)
She needs to get rid of whatver she has stuck up her arse.
She's so dull and over and so full of herself.