Gwyneth Paltrow: I Had a "Frenemy" Who Was "Hell-bent on Taking Me Down"

Us Magazine - April 16, 2009 10:26 AM PDT
Story photo: Gwyneth Paltrow: I Had a Gwyneth Paltrow attends the after party for the premiere of "Valentino: The Last Emperor" on March 17, 2009 in New York City.Us Magazine
Even Gwyneth Paltrow had to deal with mean girls.

In her latest GOOP newsletter, she reveals that "back in the day, I had a 'frenemy' who, as it turned out, was pretty hell-bent on taking me down."

"This person really did what they could to hurt me. I was deeply upset, I was angry, I was all of those things you feel when you find out that someone you thought you liked was venomous and dangerous. I restrained myself from fighting back. I tried to take the high road," she continues.

"But one day I heard that something unfortunate and humiliating had happened to this person," writes Paltrow. "My reaction was deep relief andhappiness. There went the high road."

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Justjared suggests she could be referring to Winona Ryder , who was arrested in 2001 for shoplifting an estimated $4,760 worth of clothes from Saks Fifth Avenue in Beverly Hills.

Paltrow signs off by asking, "So, why does it feel so good to hear something bad about someone you don't like? Or someone you DO like? Or someone you don't KNOW?"

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So she asked a tabloid newspaper editor "why all of the stories about a famous British couple had a negative bent."

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"He said that when the headline was positive, the paper didn't sell," Paltrow continues. "Why is that? What's wrong with us? I asked the sages to shed a little light. Here's to washing our mouths out with soap Love, Gwyneth."

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  • poo-on-yoo
    Veronica: I AGREE WITH YOU. Thes people are very pretentious, ESPECIALLY Gwyneth Paltrow and Madonna.
    report abuseposted April 18, 2009 9:56 AM PDT
  • poo-on-yoo
    Gwyneth Paltrow is a total turn-off, in my opinion. Not pretty, not talented, but very stuck on herself. She can't get a good role in Hollywood anymore, so now she has a "beauty" site on the internet. Pretty soon she'll be selling face cream on the home shopping network.
    report abuseposted April 18, 2009 9:55 AM PDT
  • Sam K
    What? What the hell is she babbling about? Is that what her crazy cult does to a person's speech? I used to think she was smart. Wrong again!
    report abuseposted April 17, 2009 4:11 PM PDT
  • Tough Cookie
    I think she is beautiful and very classy. But I have to admit that if i knew her I would probably hate her because she strikes me as pretentious.
    report abuseposted April 17, 2009 4:07 PM PDT
  • ZaZa
    VERONICA M, doll, you need help in so many areas it's not even funny! If that's you on the icon, I would not display it so publicly if I were you...catch my drift? And , doll, you really need to study hard and learn how to spell...illiteracy is almost as ugly as, well, your picture....I wish you the best...
    report abuseposted April 17, 2009 3:45 PM PDT
  • duh
    Wah....cry me a river...
    report abuseposted April 17, 2009 3:39 PM PDT
  • Jan
    To Veronica M: Your true personality shows through; you are a jealous person and cannot say anything good about ANYONE. I am guessing that it is because you are so ugly, inside and out.
    report abuseposted April 17, 2009 3:19 PM PDT
  • Veronica M.
    Oh and she called J.lo fat and hangs out with Madonna. Madonna lives in my neighborhood in NYC is she's is SO PRENTIOUS. BUT I GUESS NONE OF YOU CAN SEE THAT BECAUSE YOU THINK THESE PEOPLE ARE WITHOUT FLAWS. I feel that it is my right to come on here and say what I feel.
    report abuseposted April 17, 2009 1:50 PM PDT
  • Veronica M.
    Danielle O, how old are you? If we don't like her how are we haters? Perhaps maybe you are just stupid and jealousy gaurd celebs you live vicarously through? SHE'S A STUCK SELF OBESSED SNOB. Its great that she talks about nutrition BUT SHE FOLLS THE HOLLYWOOD REGIME OF BEING TOO THIN, PLUS HER STUFF DOESN'T HELP THOSE WHO ARE LESS THAN FORTUNATE.
    report abuseposted April 17, 2009 1:47 PM PDT
  • the singer
    I have always liked her and her honesty. Good actress !
    report abuseposted April 17, 2009 9:31 AM PDT
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