I don’t care when a washed-up celebrity runs abroad and runs their mouth. I mean, for all intents and purposes, Gwyneth Paltrow hasn’t had a career since Sliding Doors. That being said, the one thing I do hate is a lack of commitment.

If you’re gonna be an elitist euro-snob of american birth, then at least have the decency to stick by your statement. I can’t stand a weasel.

Last week, Paltrow made the following statement.

“I love the English lifestyle, it’s not as capitalistic as America. People don’t talk about work and money, they talk about interesting things at dinner,” she told Portuguese newspaper Diario de Noticias yesterday.

“The British are much more intelligent and civilized than the Americans,” said the 34-year-old, who lives in London with hubby Chris Martin.

Apparently, all the outrage that stupidity has generated has been misplaced. Paltrow never meant to say that Americans are uninteresting and less civilized. Even though she directly said as much, she meant something else. Defamer has the clarification according to Paltrow:

“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,” Paltrow tells PEOPLE. “I feel so proud to be American.”

Oh really?

“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.”

Oh really?

“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,” says the actress, adding, “Obviously I need to go back to seventh-grade Spanish!”

Uh huh… Lost in translation. Got it. You were just misunderstood. Got it.

At least stand by what you said, you pathetic coward.

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