Gwyneth Paltrow is a tough lady to please sometimes.
Maybe it’s her macrobiotic diet, or the pressures of being a young mother, or the fact that she’s married to a man who writes nothing but dreary, whiny songs all the time. Whatever the reason, she’s always complaining about something. And the latest thing that Gwyneth hates is Britain. All of it.
Thing is, though, she’s kinda right.
Gwyneth Paltrow (DVDs) should have many things to complain about – naming her kid after fruit, not starring in a hit film for five years – but instead she’s decided to turn her critical attention onto Britain.
In an interview in the American edition of Marie Claire magazine she launches into the following tirade:
"My husband thinks I’m way too obsessed with cleanliness and germs. I’m just like, ‘The street is filthy, could we take off our shoes before we come into the house?’ He used to imitate me and say, ‘Ewwww, oh my God!’ Also, the customer service is just rubbish in England. People are much more relaxed there, and things take for ever to get done. They’ll tell you it’ll take two weeks for your Internet service to be fixed! It drives me nuts. And I miss being able to get anything at any time of day. You can’t do that there."
Full marks for the use of the word ‘rubbish’, Gwyneth. And as for the weather:
"Bring a raincoat, definitely! Or at least a little umbrella that can fit in your bag, because it always does rain. The best thing for London, even if you’re going in the summer, is to bring a little cashmere sweater or a pashmina because it gets really cold unexpectedly."
Sounds like a nasty case of poor blood circulation to us. Anyway – Gwyneth’s rant has got a very strange reaction from other websites and blogs. The consensus seems to be that everywhere’s equally rubbish! Hooray!
What do you think? Is Britain a dirty, cold and wet place to live with bad customer service, or is it a spotless land of never-ending sunshine with the best customer service on the planet? Leave your comments below.
[story by Stuart Heritage]
Dr Evie Wallace says
Having lived in London most of my life, Ms Paltrow has a point about the crap weather and particularly the piss poor service. One of the many great things about the US is the fantastic service. None of the sloppy ‘I’m too good for this’ attitude you get when you have the nerve to ask for a COLD glass of white wine for example.
But I’m a bit concerned about her germ and cleanliness obsession, something that Yanks seem a bit overly hot on. As a doctor there’s a definite link between children who live in obsessively clean homes and the rise in allergies and superbugs. You need a bit of dirt to grow up healthy!
As for the macrobiotic lark – YAWN. Would you invite her round for dinner? She needs a bottle of good wine and a few pies down her. I bet poor Apple won’t be invited to many parties because she might (gasp!) be offered a piece of cake! Or a crisp!
Wes Mahan says
Yeah, she’s got it pegged. I lived in London/W. Sussex for 18 years before returning to USA: garbage everywhere, no customer service, nowhere to get away from people. But if I could I would move back there in a heartbeat to get away from crazy right wing whackos that elected the Bush mafia for two consecutive terms.
emmarose says
I would love to ban her to some island far away so NOONE would have to listen to her bitch about everything ever again. She is so overrated, annoying, prissy, demanding, and has never had to work in her life. She had connections and that’s all. She’s not pretty, talented, or interesting. Jesus, I wish she would just go away! I like her husband and mom though. They’re cool.
madeofsquares says
good. i like london. the last thing i want when i go to buy something is a jumped up chirpy twat. most of my jobs have involved shop work/customer service, and by the end of it (i quit last month) i was ready to kill. it’s the way (some) customers treat you that made me an occasional arsehole.
gwin; if you don’t like it, piss off..
ipf says
I’m totally hating her – she makes my life shit.
But she’s right.
Proud to be Brit says
Gwyneth Paltrow
Some kind of self opinionated, jumped up, moany, yank git. Who does she think she is. If she doesn’t like MY country, then why doesn’t she just bugger off. At least she has the money to do it. America. One place I would hate to go to. Full of fat people, with guns. Fat coppers, with guns. Fat gangsters, with guns. I would rather see litter on the streets, than corpses… Do us all a favour Gwyneth! Leave, and don’t let the door slam you on the butt on the way out…
carlton says
Liam said it best when he was talking about Chris Martin and his ‘gawky bird’. Wrap up warm for winter, Gwinniee, it’s gonna be a cold one.
John says
She is spot on. This country is ridiculous, everything is so expensive (I can handle this), but then everybody wants a cut in. This place has a hard on with middle man, even the post office charges a couple of quid to pay a stupid bill. And everybody here is so lazy, and so rude. Proud to be a Brit talks about the US having fat people, everybody here is fat, there is high levels of crime here. Proud to be a brit… don’t make me laught. You have obviously never left this god forsaken country. Pollution sucks. Proud to be a brit… must be another middle man, making money of every little transaction for doing nothing. Can’t wait to leave.
vargas says
“Proud to be a Brit” sounds a lot like the ultra-rightwing jackasses in my country – the US to be specific. Gwyneth Paltrow is the kind of girl who never worked a day in her life for what she has and is actually proud of such a non-accomplishment. A whiny, vain, preachy, pretentious, shallow rich bitch who named her daughter Apple because she wouldn’t know common sense if it turned her over and fucked her up the ass. Personally, I’m glad the bitch moved away from here. Unfortunately we still have to hear her incessant whining from across the Atlantic.
sarah says
yeah, I’m American, and I’ll tell you, the corpses are everywhere. It such an annoyance, having to step over all the dead people lying in the streets, dead from obesity and gangsters. I’m not sure what a copper is, but they’re everywhere, too. No, actually, it’s beautiful outside right now, sunny and mild, and my lunch is on it’s way, thanks to free delivery by the chinese place down the street. Gee, maybe it’s all the good food and convience that’s making me a size 6. Sheesh.
gir says
Size 6? You fat fuckin bitch.
Christie says
What is wrong with this woman? She complains all the time. She bitches about Americans when she’s in Europe, and she bitches about British when she’s here. What a hypocrite. I’m sorry UK, but please keep her there.