Mario Batali: I'm Gwyneth Paltrow's "Frenemy"
Us Magazine - April 22, 2009 11:41 AM PDT
Gwyneth Paltrow and Mario Batali attend "SPAIN...On The Road Again" launch party on September 21, 2008 in New York City.Us Magazine
Gwyneth Paltrow wasn't referring to
Winona Ryder when she recently wrote about a
"frenemy" who was once "hell-bent" on taking her down.
She was referring to Mario Batali, jokes the chef, her
Spain On the Road Again cohost.
See how Gwyneth Paltrow's style has changed over the yearsAt the NYC Food Bank's Can-Do Awards on Tuesday, Batali kidded about rumors that Ryder and Paltrow's friendship soured after Paltrow went after Ryder's part in 1998's
Shakespeare in Love.
"Well, I wanted the part as well, too, I must point out," Batali joked with Us. "And I said some very nasty things about both those girls in the bathroom one day. And thank God there were no blogs yet at that time because no one was able to write it down!"
Check out these top celeb BFFsKidding aside, he said he thought it was interesting that bloggers began speculating that Paltrow was referring to Ryder.
"People who used to have to try to write a letter to get it published by the editor now can write it and have it immediately published and have it become actual fact in no time at all," he said.
See famous television catfightsBut Paltrow can't complain.
"If you're going to be famous and make $5 million a movie, you gotta take the lumps," he said. "It's just like
Sean Penn in his early days. He'd punch a camera man. If they're in your face, you can punch them. But you got to take the heat for punching them. Its all about taking responsibility for your actions."
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