Gwyneth Pokes Fun — At Gwyneth

November 19, 1999
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It's not easy being Gwyneth Paltrow. Even the Oscar-winning waif
herself gets tired of hearing about her accomplishments. At Premiere
magazine's Women in Hollywood lunch in Los Angeles Tuesday, another
event to honor the much-feted Paltrow, the actress poked fun at
herself, her too-thin frame, and her overexposure.

Joking that she'd been looking forward to the event until she
realized, "S--t, is Gwyneth Paltrow going to be there?" she joked.
"I mean, is anybody else sick of f--king Gwyneth Paltrow? Everywhere
you look, you see her. She's in the tabloids, the video stores,
fashion magazines. … I mean, she seems nice enough. But I mean,
come on! Am I the only one who saw Hush? As far as I'm concerned,
that girl needs a cheeseburger and a vacation."

Riffing on her mentor-godfather Miramax head Harvey Weinstein, she
went on, "I half expected to see her walk in with Harvey Weinstein
holding her train! Thank God I already ate."

Premiere's Nick Steele reports that "a wave of nervous laughter swept
the room" as fellow attendees witnessed Paltrow's tirade. The actress
finished by saying, "And then I remembered … I am Gwyneth Paltrow!"

On a more serious note, Paltrow thanked her female role models and
advisors, including Blythe Danner, Whoopi Goldberg, Jennifer Jason
Leigh, Martha Plimpton, and Meg Ryan.

She also thanked a friend "who shall remain nameless," who told her
"never to sleep with a co-star … at least not until after the picture
had finished. I've obviously had a little trouble with that one,"
admitted the much-gossiped-about actress. In case you've been living
in a cave, Gwyneth's co-star loves include Brad Pitt, Ben Affleck,
and reportedly Felicity's Scott Speedman.

The ladies luncheon, held at the Four Seasons hotel in Beverly Hills,
also honored Goldie Hawn, Glenn Close, and DreamWorks exec Laurie
MacDonald.

Steven Spielberg also took the opportunity to poke fun at himself as
he presented the first Icon Award to MacDonald, saying, "Laurie kisses
no one's ass … starting with mine. Which is the biggest ass of them
all!"

Also making light of the occasion, honoree Glenn Close, upon receiving
her Icon Award, said, "Icon? I'm an icon? I didn't know what it meant,
so I literally looked it up in the dictionary. It said, 'A religious
figure painted on a block of wood.'" She also revealed that, thanks to
her computer-literate daughter, she learned an icon was also "this
little garbage can in the corner of the screen. … So you can imagine
how excited I was to receive this award," joked the actress.


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