Gwyneth Paltrow is shocked to discover her peasant ancestry
As we talked about last Friday, Gwyneth Paltrow deigned to appear on Who Do You Think You Are?, that show about celebrities tracing their genealogy. The promos made it sound like Gwyneth’s ancestors were all, obviously, better than all of our ancestors. Like, her ancestors were all Kabbalah holy men and scholars. Anyway, the full episode is online now, in case you missed it – go here to watch. Gwyneth’s episode was a lot like all of the other episodes (sob!) – Gwyneth found out she had some cool ancestors, and some not-so-cool peasant ancestry. On her mother’s side, she’s descended from peasanty seamstresses who traveled from Barbados to America because they were being run out of town by the newly freed slaves. On her father’s side, Gwyneth has some unfit mothers in the mix. What I kind of loved was that Gwyneth’s styling changed with each new revelation – like, she had a costume change every few minutes, she styled her hair in all of these different ways, and the lighting on her was always beautiful. Having just recently seen the Steve Buscemi episode, I can tell you that not every celebrity gets that kind of styling and treatment.
In other Goop news, her cookbook is coming out soon and there are still rumors going around that she’s going to be launching some kind of Goop magazine. The latest news comes via Page Six:
Gwyneth Paltrow’s quest to become the next Martha Stewart may be closer in sight. Sources say the culinarily inclined star was shot in London for the June cover of Bon Appetit, posing for a cooking and entertaining feature for the Condé Nast title. The Post’s Keith Kelly reported last week that Paltrow, who runs foodie lifestyle Web site Goop.com, is cooking up a food magazine with publishing powerhouse Hearst. Paltrow has a cookbook out next month, “My Father’s Daughter.” A rep for Bon Appetit would not confirm its June cover.
[From Page Six]
You know what is kind of stunning to me? That Goopy has positioned herself as a “foodie”. Now everybody is saying it, and people don’t even blink when she’s referred to as a “foodie” in casual reporting. The bitch is always on a juice fast! And roasting a chicken does not make you a foodie!
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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