“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. I feel so proud to be American. 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.”
“I live in England half the time because I’m married to an English guy. It’s not like I’ve left America.”
“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. Obviously I need to go back to seventh-grade Spanish!”
—- Gwyneth Paltrow to People Magazine
The only reason why I still have an issue with her is because this isn’t the first time she bashed America. So I feel like she is retracting to save face.