Back in September, TMZ’s cameras caught Gwyneth Paltrow endangering a school bus full of peasant children. Gwyneth was riding her Vespa in LA, with daughter Apple riding shotgun, and Goop cut off a school bus, avoiding a crash by just a few inches and seconds. It was an awful video of Gwyneth endangering children for no reason other than she thinks she’s so special, she doesn’t believe the peasants’ laws should apply to her, and she’s willing to stake Apple’s life on those beliefs. Here’s the video again:
It’s awful. Well, funny story – Apple and Moses’ school saw the video and they realized it was a huge problem so the school has banned Vespas for drop-offs and pick-ups. This isn’t coming from a tabloid – The Hollywood Reporter got a tip that the school has banned Vespas “citing safety concerns.” For what it’s worth, Goop’s rep denies it. I believe THR though. HAHA.
Meanwhile, nothing is coming up Goop Roses these days, probably because roses are for peasants. Radar reports that Gwyneth is being “urged” to do something to turn the tide of bad publicity she’s been getting:
With all the negative publicity Gwyneth Paltrow has received during her war with Vanity Fair, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned the actress has been urged to do something big and fix her reputation problem.
“There is major pressure on Gwyneth right now to do something big and turn the tide of heavily negative publicity that, coupled with her last underperforming movie Thanks For Sharing, has effectively marred the fact that she will be front-and-center for the year’s biggest hit, Iron Man 3,” an insider familiar with Paltrow’s crisis told Radar.
“She has to fix this problem before she commits to more work. There is a significant image problem at work and Gwyneth doesn’t want to have another baby to fix it.”
Another baby? The source claims that after Paltrow admitted her heartbreaking miscarriage, she’s not interested in having a baby naturally — let alone for the sake of fixing her image. But Paltrow, 41, has a few other options that could help tip the fanfare in her favor.
“It looks like she will have to undergo either some weight gain for a role that wins her Bridget Jones-style sympathy or perhaps do a play on Broadway or in London that will allow her to reconnect with her core fans,” the source said.
“She knows there’s a problem, and is focused on fixing it. She’s completely lost the public’s sympathy with her ‘little miss perfect’ image.”
I agree that it’s a stupid idea to have a baby just to fix your image, although let’s be real – SO many celebrity women do that and we as a society let it happen. Pregnancy and babies white-wash everything. I think doing a play would be a dumb move too. What other options does she have besides “stop being such an elitist a—hole”? Huh. I’m going to have to think about that one.
Meanwhile, did you read this week’s new Goop-letter? It’s her annual holiday gift guide! You can read it here – it’s basically just a list of sites she likes, with most of the items extremely overpriced. God help me, though, I really like the new Clare Vivier Goop duffel bag she’s shilling for $485. For a duffel. Yes. But it IS pretty.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
The Vespa is probably her way of not waiting in the Parent Drive queue with all of the plebes.
This 100%
And you know as soon as that video came out, a bunch of parents seized the opportunity to voice their resentment towards Vespa Goop.
Nothing more frustrating that waiting in the school pick up line and some other parent finds a way to cut in, avoid the line, etc. Parents will go postal on you for doing that.
LOL! This is literally my largest pet peeve in life right now. At our school, it’s very clear how pick up/drop off works… everyone lines up and we stay in our cars and the kids come out to us. People pull out after their kids are in the car and everyone is supposed to move up. Simple, right? But there are the Gwyneths, who circle the queue and then snatch the available spots, rather than *gasp* wait in the line. And then you have the parkers, who get a spot in front of the pick up area and park there, so no one can get around them, regardless of how much space is in front of them. The school has literally had to have a police officer park there, just to ensure the 40 year olds can line up properly. So ridiculous.
Even if Goop were totally acceptable in every other way – I’d hate her just for her pickup protocol, lol!
No kidding! We have the principal or a police officer out almost every day telling parents to behave or writing tickets. Our school is in the middle of a residential neighborhood next to a creek, so they don’t have anywhere to put a drop-off lane. Parents have to park on the surrounding streets and walk with the kids, but some are just too lazy to park their car and haul their ass a whole entire block. And the school sends out a very clear list of DON’Ts at the beginning of the year.
Lately, parents have been parking directly ON the crosswalk that leads to the schoolyard — sometimes even parking and leaving their car while kids have to go around the car to cross the street. And I live in Colorado, so everybody has these ridiculously big-ass SUVs that even an adult can’t see over.
I’m about to commit an act of incivility on somebody’s paintjob!
Gigi & Maleficent – I’m with you! It is a daily source of unvented frustration for the majority of parents who try to respect the rules. Listen, no one likes to wait – but it is needed for the safety of the kids.
I live in Florida and aside from the typical parent that cuts in, etc. for a while, parents were showing up in the golf charts that are permissible on certain roads. So they would cart their privileged asses up to the front section of the school that cars could not reach. It drove parents bonkers. Here you are waiting 20 minutes in a line and a Frankengoop would ride in on her cart. The carts were later banned from dropoff/pickup.
What I constantly ask myself is what are these parents teaching their children with this behavior… that rules are for suckers, or if you are smart enough to find a way around the rules you will come out ahead? It is such a poor example.
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen a certain parent drive like she spilled hot coffee on her lap in a school zone. Weaving, cutting others off, parking in non-parking spots, flying down the street like a bat out of hell….it’s so unsafe.
I doubt Goopy’s kids go to a school where ANYBODY has to wait. Stupid story anyway, Schools have no say regarding means of transportation on public streets. But I agree, what she did was stupid and reckless!
My son’s primary school is situated at the bottom of a scary hill with no footpath, so every child is either car or bus. The pickup time is staggered for 20 minutes, but is still crazy. Some parents park in the field opposite and walk across the busy road, but I’ve got 2 babies so am one of the ‘kiss ‘n’ drop’. The number of parents who try and shirk the system every day is bonkers. Some will drive right down and circle back up so they’re on the wrong side of the road so that the queue will let them in to stop holdups. Some will see a gap left by a departing car and pull into it before the queue can move up. And of course the parents who park in the pickup zone. Eurgh! Then the others who pull out a la gwyneth in front of traffic by ignoring the ‘no right turn’ (I’m down under) sign. The school will post any photos of cars breaking the rules in the newsletter.
“The school will post any photos of cars breaking the rules in the newsletter.”
I LOVE this.
Good for the school! Goop was lucky she didn’t hurt anyone.
Gwyneth is an idiot.
She was lucky she and were daughter weren’t both killed. I have been riding a scooter for over ten years and would never take my child for a ride in any kind of traffic. People don’t see scooters and some of them that do, don’t respect them as they would a car. Plus, you never, ever pull up between two cars. You stay in the lane just as you would as if you are driving a car. Gwynnie is not only an idiot, she’s a dangerous idiot.
LOL at this whole story.
Her skin looks awful in that first picture.
Her skin hasn’t looked good for at least the past year. I think that she has very heavy sun damage.
First VF, then her kids school.. Leave Gwynnie alone!! ha ha, awesome. I hope she’s smart enough not to have another kid just to improve her image, that would be extremely dumb IMO.
There is nothing besides disappearing that this woman can do to change the public’s opinion about her. Having a baby or gaining weight for a role would just open the door for more ridicule and criticism.
I’m starting to believe it’s more of RDJ’s wife who’s keeping the friendship with Goop going than Robert. R and Goop’s personallity just seems so mis matched. Susan Downey is also friends with that other insufferable woman, Tracy Anderson. She’s probably the one who convinced R to go into business with Anderson for male fitness. R did say most of his friends come from Susan since he gave her that right to choose the people he socialize with. We don’t see Mel Gibson hanging around do we?
BTW Blue I hope you’re feeling better today.
That’s disappointing, I didn’t realize Susan was friends with Anderson. Boo!! You’re right though, Goop has been insufferable for so long it would take a Goop disappearing cleanse for me to give her another shot. Cause you know if she gained weight for the role there’d be a whole slew of articles for the weight gain and then subsequent weight loss and that’s just too much Goop.
And thank you, with the help of some kick-butt cold medicine I’m feeling much better.
I think RDJ and Goop are very tight. They were very cute and adorable during the IM3 press tour, plus they know each other for over 20 years. I bet RDJ didn’t sign his Avengers 2 and 3 contract until he was sure Goopy had a part in it. There is a difference between the real world and the gossip world. To me Goop doesn’t come across at all like the smug and arrogant person she is portrait in the tabloids. I think RDJ’s wife is friends with Reese Witherspoon.
I think that GOOP is nice and sweet to the people that she deems to be at her level i.e. worthy of her attention. Susan and RDJ are a very powerful couple–Susan especially. She’s the reason that RDJ has all of his fame and money now–he’s nothing without her. And I love that he knows that and worships at her feet. But there have been people on here who went to school with Goop, who knows that she’s a snobby so and so.
I’m not saying that she goes out of her way to cut a peasant every day, but it’s like we don’t even register on her radar. Like that story about how she went to one of Steven Spielberg’s kids’ bar mitzvah’s and told the rabbi’s wife (and her family) that she had to get up and move, because her friends wanted to sit there. She’s a snob–to those who aren’t worthy of her company.
Poor RDJ, everybody now claims they are responsible for his success.
I’m not going to lie, there are quite a few things on her Christmas list I love, but not for that price. I love the letter lights, and the star clutch, the personalized tree plates, paperclip jewelery. This is the first time I’ve ever looked at Goop and as much as I hate her, she did pick some cool presents.
i come here mainly for the goop posts. Always hilarious!
Slighty off-topic but Parks and Rec did an episode that aired last night where a Gwyneth character/lifestyle guru with some website with two O’s in it was featured. She decided one of the character’s hand-made chairs were her new thing, and threw a party/did an interview w/a local celeb – and it’s so brilliantly GOOP! Even if VF doesn’t deliver, she just got READ by Parks and Rec!!
I saw that and instantly thought of Goop, especially when she talked about her family’s food!
OMG, I saw that and thought GOOP!!! Hilarious!
That video really is terrifying. Entitlement does not work in heavy traffic!
And why was a robot narrating the video? Or was that just the crappy sound on my computer?
I like the gray shirt all the way at the bottom of the page with white stars on it. Alas, my peasantry-ness prohibits me from spending $575 on a long sleeved gray shirt with stars.
I love that the sources solutions are “have a baby” or “gain weight for a role” (Goop would NEVER!) instead of more practical things like “obey traffic laws” and “stop being so annoying”.
She does have a couple of interesting things on her gift guide, but honestly I’d recommend going on a site like etsy, finding unique stuff, and supporting small artists/businesses than crazy designers who charge $500 for a shirt.
Seriously, WTF kind of country do we live in where “having a baby to turn public opinion” is a thing that magazines discuss???????
That was the most ridiculous thing about the whole article – that she’d even CONSIDER gaining weight for a role. Like hello, it’s GOOP! Lol.
I hope someone can help me with this. I know Goop says she wants her kids to live in America for awhile so they can pick avocados in California and apples in the Hamptons but does it strike anyone else she and her husband might be in America so they can avoid paying both American and U.K. taxes? Does anyone know if American citizens living in the U.K have to pay the full amount of both countries taxes? Also, does a U.K citizen get some kind of tax break by living outside of the U.K.?
She had a big year with Iron Man 3 and gawd knows how much money she makes for shilling like a Kardashian.
Now, I am NOt the person who keeps abreast of tax laws but I believe that you are only exempt if you reside in a country for four months or less??? I remember when I first heard this thinking that one would have to reside in four countries to skip out on the paying of taxes.
http://blog.turbotax.intuit.com/2010/02/02/how-america-pays-taxes-vs-other-wealthy-countries/
I was interested so I looked it up. Not quite sure rates are better in the US vs. the UK. As an American (even if you have dual citizenship), you are supposed to file taxes in the US no matter where your primary residence is. I bet the tax laws are pretty close, but I bet the US gives better exemptions.
Interesting link. Thanks for sharing it. I have had friends who worked in the middle east and they really only had to pay US taxes. I suspect US citizens living in the UK have to pay the full amount to both countries. I figured Celebitchy commentators are much smarter than the average, there has to be someone who lived and worked in the UK.
I also recall J.K Rowling saying she paid her full taxes and refused to leave the UK to be a tax exile. Just one more reason to love her. It makes me wonder if Chris Martin has something big planned with that crappy band of his in the next two years and he wants to avoid paying some tax.
You don’t have to pay UK tax if you’re British and are domiciled somewhere else, whereas if you’re a US citizen you have to pay US tax (I think it’s if you earn over $70kish a year) AND local taxes.
Bit of an arse, isn’t it?
Most countries in Europe have a ‘duplicate tax relief’ treaty which means that you only pay tax in one country, I have no idea if the US has a similar treaty with the UK but I would imagine so it wouldn’t seem fair having to pay tax to two different countries, it is usually based on where you live.
I love that her rep has denied it. Yeah, I’m sure that the school is lying about policy that will help keep kids safe just to give Goop bad press.
As far as rehabbing her image goes, I have no idea what she could do, other than stop being an insufferable bitch, but I don’t think that’s possible
Her husband and friends could publicly support her.
Goop is such an ahole. That’s all I’ve got to say. *drops mic, walks off stage*
Of course her rep denies it. That’s what a rep is paid to do!
Dang. Those plates from Rust are really pretty. And there’s some cool kids stuff for my nephew. DAMN YOU CELEBITCHY. I can’t believe I’m contemplating purchasing GOOP suggestions. But $495 for a candle, A CANDLE, is ridiculous. Is there, like…a Cumberbatch at the bottom as a prize or something?
For that price that candle better self-ignite, self-extinguish and be a ultra compressed heat source that’s strong enough to warm my entire home. Otherwise, I’m sticking with $10 candles from Target.
Glad the school banned the Vespas. Dame Goopy Paltrow will have to wait on line with the Peasants.
(Also: Goopy, piss off.)
Everything at Goop looks like it’s from Target. Literally, I think I saw some of this stuff at Target. If I look at, say, Tiffany’s, I can see the expense in the products. But a pleather clutch with stars glued to it?
This. I think rich people get ripped off.
I find it hard to believe that someone living in the UK would pay both US and UK taxes as suggested. No US citizen could afford to live there at that rate. More likely there are arrangements crediting you for whatever taxes you pay to another jurisdiction, as is definitely done for state income taxes when people live in one state but work in another or are part-time residents in two states. Really, paying two sets of income taxes would leave nothing after taxes to live on. The rules may be complicated when taxes include different things such as a national healthcare system in the UK (Americans have much more expensive and pretty useless private insurance).
My favorite quote from working in LA came from a casting director who told me that “the funniest thing about Shallow Hal was the concept of Gwyneth Paltrow as the embodiment of inner beauty.”
Heehee. That’s as funny as the fact that she was proclaimed ‘the most beautiful’. Sorry, I see women on the street more beautiful than Ms. Goop.
Goop needs to haul her ass to the slums of Mumbai or some land mine fields in Africa or something. If she were to pull a Jolie and get herself hooked up with UNICEF or some other international relief agency, this would go a long way to improving her image. She has the connections to do it.
She’s starting to get kicked in the ass a bit lately…