Gwyneth Paltrow Catches Adoption Bug
Gwyneth Paltrow hops into her SUV with 3-year-old daughter Apple and 1-year-old son Moses (not pictured) in New York City on Saturday.
At Madonna’s latest benefit gala, A Night to Benefit Raising Malawi and UNICEF, Gwyn may have caught the celebrity baby-adoption bug:
“People who have a lot also often feel like they have a lot to give,” said Paltrow. “I have a good friend who always says that if you’re a person of means at all, then you have to adopt because there are so many kids in the world who need homes.”
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aaww she looks cute and has a cute name, Apple
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I don’t like her…. and if she is going to spout off quotes like THAT then she needs to get off her *ss and adopt already.
She has more than enough to give so she needs to put her money where her mouth is.
Honestly, though, her kids look happy and she has plenty of money and apparently friends who support adoption so she has a support group. What’s the deal? What is she waiting for?
GP doesn’t seem like the adopting type, at least not an ethnic child. You just know she will go for a kid from a third world country because it is the trendy thing to do. What happened to her living in England? She always seems to be in US these days, which I thought she hated.
Aww, Apple looks just like Gwyneth and Blythe.
Please dear lord don’t let this crazy women buy no I mean adopt any children.
For sure she is trying drag in children to change the media’s opinion of her.
African babies are the lates fashion accessories for celebs. It’s so sad
Paltrow doesn’t hate the US
GP and CM seem racist, I can’t see them adopting an African kid.
Then she should not have said mean hateful things about the US. If you love something or someone you just don’t make those kind of nasty comments.
Whether she adopts or not the decision lies with her family. You can support adoption without adopting yourself.
“Then she should not have said mean hateful things about the US. If you love something or someone you just don’t make those kind of nasty comments.”
Are you kdding me? People are still on this?
Didn’t Paltrow long since explain that that anti-America comment wasn’t true? She was misquoted due to her faulty English.
She never seems to put her money where her mouth is, does she?
Hopefully the kid will have a normal name.
Movie promotion time=spending time in the states faking like you like the US, popping up at every function, a$$ kissing and her pimping out the kids.
Adoption is not a “bug”. You adopt a child because you want to have and raise a child. Many celebrities themselves are adopted. i think 25% of Americans are adopted. All the major religions encourage adoptions. Gwyn should just stick to having her own bio. there’s nothing wrong with that.
I meant to say 25% of Chinese Americans are adopted into non Asian families.
Paltrow doesn’t even have a movie to promote
Aw, cute kid. But has Gwyneth been doing ANYTHING lately, career-wise?
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I don’t buy GP’s explaination. I believe she was kissing up to the people in England by dissing the US. She just got busted because she was to stupid to know it would get that much media coverage.
“If you’re a person of means at all, then you have to adopt because there are so many kids in the world who need homes.”
That is the most ridiculous statement I’ve ever heard. I want to adopt, but if I didn’t, I wouldn’t be any less of a meaningful person than someone who did.
Paltrow doesn’t even have a movie to promote
^^ Ironman is not her crappy movie huh? news to me. I really wish they did not put her in that movie NO WAY will see it.
“I don’t buy GP’s explaination. I believe she was kissing up to the people in England by dissing the US. She just got busted because she was to stupid to know it would get that much media coverage.”
But WHY do you believe that?
I mean, why would Paltrow ever want to risk doing that? And wasn’t her explanation completely plausible?
Apple’s a cute kid but they really should do something about her eyes.
She’s not to smart…. so at the time kissing up to the people of England must have been a little more important than sticking up for the Country that gives her a pay check.
“Ironman is not her crappy movie huh? news to me”
Isn’t that film three whole months away?
gwen paltrow gets award for most annoying celeb ever.wish she would shut her mouth permanently.always yapping.
I’m sick of celebs that skip the legal steps that might count them out for adoption. Those steps are in place to protect the children. It’s not right for them to use money to by-pass rules.
it’s not about having to but wanting to adopt.
Good for her, i think its great to adopt. many kids need a chance
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apple is cute but it looks as though she has a lazy eye.
as for gywn, ….oh jeebus,….she just makes me laugh for real.
yeah apple’s eyes in that pic is freaky! it just might be the moment but look’s odd, maybe she has a lazy eye
Isn’t that film three whole months away?
I’m sure you understand you need 3 whole months to make her acceptable in the media, so that we will be stupid enough to go out and pay US dollars to make her movie a top grossing movie which equals more money and jump starting her dead career. I feel sorry for you-you’ve got a big job ahead of you.
boy, apple is really sprouting tall!
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Apple is adorable and very cute. So what if she has a lazy eye.Gwyneth doesn’t seem like the type to adopt, but since her BFF is Madonna, I bet she will eventually.
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She doesn’t seem like the adopting kind of person. She comes off as the “I’ll have blonde and blue eyed babies as much as I can to make my world a better place” kind of person. That’s just the way I see her.
Not gonna get my US dollars
She and Martin do seem to be hung up in the gee we are such a pretty blonde and blue eyes perfect family. I would feel sorry for a child that ended up in their house.
She is divorced from Cold Play front man Chris Martin. That’s why you never see them together. He cheated on Gywnnie with Sienna Miller.
She’s so full of herself.
Anyone who listens to Madonna has a few screws loose.
Madonna should never have been allowed to buy that child.
She’s such a mean and selfish *****.
Gwenyth…I am not impressed much by this spoiled brat.
Not too smart. She just wants a blonde blue eyed child.
I think they are both losers with money.
Is it that there is an invasion of haters despoiling this board or is it that people want this to be another place for hate orgies (like we need another one)? Who ever you are, not only is it small minded but it’s kind of embarrasing too.
I could see her adopting but only a white child like Sharon Stone who has 3 blonde haired blue eyed children
Poor apple. Such a terrible name. Poor kid. She’s gonna be teased so badly when she’s older. Especially as a teenager.
I don’t understand why anyone would say Chris Martin seems racist. He’s a huge supporter of Make Trade Fair, an organization that works on behalf of workers in third-world countries. He travelled to Haiti, politically one of Earth’s true hell holes, to better understand the struggles of that country’s working poor. Seems like a lot of bother for a photo op.
Go back to acting! When was the last time Gwyneth was in a good movie? Anyone?
Apple is cute. Gwyn looks like ****.
Do Gwyneth really have time to take on more babies with being in the gym all the time. She would have to hire more nannies.
Look at Chris Martin the way he went after the guy snapping pictures. when I looked at the tape the guy was not close to him. Gwyneth was already in the car Chris Martin had to run up to the guy and snatch his camera since the guy was not close to him what a total spaz
Chris Martin should have proceeded to his awaiting car then there would not have been any fight. I don’t know who that guy with the camera was but I hope he sue the pants off Chris Martin and win.
Chris Martin seemed insane when he jumped on the guy. These two loony people need to get lost with their own kids. Both seem far too unstable. Picking up another kid will bring more people out to snap pictures of the new kid and so how is not so smart Chris Martin to handle it.
These two should take time out to work on the marital problems they obvilously have because he seems to have a bit of a short fuse. Must be hard being married to Gwyneth.
*******!!!! Gwynie so stupid, somedy would make her close her mouth just one time plizz! And her daughter is ugly as hell as ever! Specially on this picture! Dam!
I think it is perfectly alright to criticize something/one you love. you do that because you love a country and want it to be better for the next generation. I don’t know what she really said but if it is about unnecessary wars and global warming then someone needs to call on America. It does not mean you don’t love the country but hate the ones who are running it.
I do not like when she does any interviews. You can sense she not that bright everytime she opens her mouth.
SHE’S UGLY AND LOOKS LIKE A DUDE.
There she is! I thought I smelled fishticks. :-)
that girl is so cute
Yes, people of means that want to give an orphan a home, should adopt, and they should consider adopting a child with special needs. They, are the only ones that can afford the medical treatments.
She hates america! she’s just in the big apple because she’s filming another bomberific movie.
Apple is so adorable.
GP and CM seem racist, I can’t see them adopting an African kid.
Thats what i thought at first, but they’re not, they and JZ are like BFF and he stayed at their home in England for a weekend , and JZ said they’re good people and the kids are great.
He said they treaded him like family. JZ even said that Chris trying to show him that having kids is a blessing. It had JZ thinking that he wanted a family like his.
Just because she says she feels a responsibility to adopt doesn’t eliminate wanting to, too.
Apple really cute. She looks like her dad to me. Some Blythe.
Just because she says she feels a responsibility to adopt doesn’t eliminate also wanting to as a factor in actually deciding to adopt.
Apple is cute. She looks like her dad to me. A little like Blythe.
Gawd she’s a moron. Just because you’re of means doesn’t mean you adopt. You adopt because you feel compelled to do so because you really and truly want to make a child a part of your family, your life.
People don’t need to adopt. They should stop having unwanted kids. Abort. Don’t add to the problem. Don’t BUY children. The supply will never end. People SELL their children. Can’t blame them. Who wants those anyway. People suck. And there are TOO MANY!
Sorry, but Paltry did make those anti-US comments, what’s even more stupid, she’s said different anti-American things at several different times. It’s not just one or two things. She does it all the time. She also dismissed and cut down British men, before marrying one. She’s always sticking her big foot in her mouth, and having to apologize about what comes out of it. She’s a dimwit.
Oh, and that’s a really great profound comment on adoption by your ‘friend,’ Gwen. Gee…’Adopt because there are a lot of kids who need good homes.’ Why the f**k do you even have to QUOTE a ‘friend,’ to even say that? Like isn’t that what anyone and everyone has always said about adoption…what a DOOFUS this hag is!
That’s like saying, I have a really good friend, who always says, “Airport checkpoints are a pain.”
Wow. How lucky Paltry is to have a ‘friend,’ like that who helps her out by stating the obvious. Does she have ‘friends,’ who tell her that the “sun is going to set,” also??
Dumb azz.
Why does she need to be told by a friend that she should adopt because she is a person of means and that there are many kids in the world who needs home, can she not figfure it out herself? Hello??
Gwyneth is not only a snob but an idiot!
Ayway, she should realize that just because her friend said so that she should adopt, she should do so. She should have a bigger reason for doing so and that it should be right for her and her husband. Honestly, I dont think she would be a good adoptive mother or parents, especially that that she and Chris are always apart from each other.
for the tEnth million time : SHE DID NOT SAY THOSE THINGS ABOUT AMERICA. you people are so stupid. She’s from NyC, loves the city, her husband is from England so they live in both places. I can’t waIT FOR HER NEW MOVIES TO COME OUT, SHE ‘S A REAL ACTRESS, FASHION ICON, A TRUE STAR.
Lisa - your comments that Gwyneth and her husband ’seem’ racist is totally unfounded and totally unfair. Chris Martin has worked on Fair Trade and Oxfam projects for the last ten years, working with people from all cultures and races.
Anyway, she didn’t even say they were adopting or that it would be from overseas - just that there were lots of kids that need good homes. That includes the US and UK. Good for them if they decide to go ahead - from whatever country.
People should give them a break and stop putting words in her mouth.
Maybe if a few of you judgemental ******** read the news instead of only gossip items you’d know that an orphan from a developing and/or war-torn nation would be probably be very happy to be taken into GP’s family-regardless of her fashion sense. Those children have a daily existence that would be horrifying to most of you!
And besides that, the very notion that you know ANYTHING about a person based upon malicious gossip is IDIOTIC beyond words. Yes, GP made anti-American statements-ever hear of FREE SPEECH? The last time she spoke about having issue w/ the US, it was because she was mobbed outside the hospital. How would any of you like to be met by a mob of jockeying paps when checking out the hospital and feeling like crap?
Stick with the self-centered Hollywood trolls who don’t give a damn about the state of the world! Titter over their trips to rehab and them wearing the latest trend, even if it looks ridiculous. Pick on them! But leave people’s children alone-that’s so unfair.
Get a life folks! Go out and do something creative, or charitable and make the world a better place. All you’re doing here is spewing bile which shows more about you all than about any celebrity-no matter how annoying he or she might be!
I don’t think GP/CM are racsist and don’t care about off hand US v.England remarks. No one should adopt because they think they Have too.This selfish self absorbed woman should just continue to donate and not bring a human being into her home that will not be loved like Madonna’s future bus boy.
I get a feeling they are racist. I don’t care how they grab JZ. They seem racist to me to. GP seem so uneducated she just needs to shut her stupid mouth. All of her movies SLlCK.
Wait a minute - “Hops into her SUV”. Did I just read that right? What a hypocrite. This is the same woman who denounced SUV makers and called them terrorists. (Do a Google search for “Act Green”and “Gwyneth Paltrow”.) Why does she need an SUV in New York City anyway? What happened to her “hybrid” or better yet using public transportation? Oh wait, she’s got the same mentality as the rest of Hollywood. “Do as I say, not as I do”. What a joke!
Cris Martin has been at the forefront of fighting poverty and ending world debt in African countries. They are very very supportive of Africa. Please research before attacking the Coldplay frontman - he is quite progressive and so is Gwyneth - she just is quieter about it than Madonna.
Yes, shame on them! They are so stupid and evil! They are 100% racists, they are… What a damned luck that all the people here are so wise and clever. Wake up. Get real. Stop accusing someone you don´t even know. Be careful with your judgement. That´s all I wanted. Thanks.
Why does it seem twisted to me that adopting a child has become this great humanitarian act?
One shouldn’t decide to adopt out of charity!!!!
Like a person said earlier, you adopt because you want a child to become part of your family!
If these people want to take part in great humanitarian acts, why don’t they take action by helping FAMILIES stay together, by speaking out about mass massacres happening throughout the world or sending their millions to countries that can’t afford aids medication because big pharmaceutical companies refuse to lower their damn prices.
Or the food industry that throws away , daily, enough food to nourish all of Africa (see “We feed the world”)! Maybe people could actually feed their own children instead of being pressured into selling them off to rich Europeans and Americans.
For those of you that have heard of the Zoe’s Arch scandal …. what makes people think that a child will be happier just because his adoptive parents are rich and famous as opposed to living in his own country and culture? How many of these kids are REALLY orphans and would it not be morally better for them to be raised by family members (aunts, uncles etc) in their own country?
What kind of culture do we live in to think that because we’re richer, we have a right to sweep these children away from their culture AND EVEN BETTER YET, justify it under the false pretense of humanitarian acts to appease our conscious.
conscience too… love finishing off with a spelling mistake :>/ lol
I love her.
She IS very smart, that’s why she tries to get away from shallow Hollywood as far as possible.
Can’t blame her,
Perhaps she has been misquoted in the past. I can’t say that she’s made xenophobic remarks because her remarks actually tend to be anti-American, but I think adoption agencies might question her openess to ALL cultures. Of course, she may be planning a domestic adoption. If she goes the international route, I hope she’ll stop making comparative cultural remarks. They’re hurtful and they make one doubt her intelligence.
I thought shw was pregnant ??
Go for it Gwen!There are way too many homeless orphans out here.
Yes you do have the means so some fortunate little boy or girl will make a great sib for your two cuties.
I hate when people talk about people they don’t know.. Chris Martin has always been at the forefront of issues - especially where Africa is concerned. In fact he has visited many countries on that continent and has done a lot of charity work.
Please stop talking nonsense..
And if they adopt an African child, it is their business and their right!
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Lisa @ 02/09/2008 at 10:14 pm GP and CM seem racist, I can’t see them adopting an African kid.
Gwynnie ls looking trannylicious these days!
She said nothing wrong, only the truth about america! There is allot of violence! thats a fact! its not save, the paparazzi is crazy and dangerous. So what anti america thing she said isnt true?
Give her a break. She is honest, she spoke the truth, all you american need to wake up and do something to make your world safer!
I for one been in america 4 times. To diffrent states to see if its the same everywere. And my conclussion is. She is right. I would never ever want to live in america in this condition. with this goverment and violence.
Get over yourself and accept some critisisment. The whole world is getting fucked up because nobody looks at there own mess but have an oppinion off there own.
WORST off all, the rest of the world is following america as a herd of sheep. All countries are starting to get the same.
I pitty my grandkids to live in the futere.
Ok, her recent (or past) comments about the paparazzi are not the ones that upset so many ppl. Her ignorant remarks have been rehashed again and again. I think the ones asking already know this so please stop with the bait and switch tactics.
Is that Gwyneth Paltrow? She looks like Tilda Swinton.
I am sure she must fear the lack of genetic control over an adopted child; I mean…the kid might be….ugly. oh god.
oh this is stupid, if you’re gonna adopt then do it for a good reason not because it’s the latest trend or because you think it will change the world.
You can’t just adopt a kid because you want to do something ‘good’. It’s a huge undertaking and requires a lot from both family and child. it is also a long, strenuous procedure and it is definately not right for everyone. If you just wanna help children in need then become a sponsor for a child in another county or give money to a respected charity that has proven to be effective. do the research and don’t be naive…
Cute shoes! Anyone know what brand?
that kid’s got a serious case of marty feldman eyes.
People really do need to get over her misquote about Americans. It’s yesterday’s news.
BTW, the quote about the adoption thing is like three separate quotes about three separate things, all put into one. Gosh, the media is so original.
She just wants more kids to give horrible names to. If she wants to share the wealth, she should become a foster parent. But then she couldn’t go around calling them things like Banana and Rambutan and Jebediah!
She wasn’t “misquoted” about Americans. She was requoted from previous interviews. She tried to blame it on a lost in translation thing, but the newspaper that quoted her explained they got her comments from UK interviews. The U.S. media never published the paper’s reply and continues to recycle the incorrect misquote explanation.
Given the ignorance of her remarks, I don’t think people are going to “get over it” anytime soon and I really can’t blame them.
I used to be a big fan of Gwyneth Paltrow’s…but lately, not so much.
She blames herself for the demise of her relationship with Brad Pitt. She said her “heart sort of broke forever that day” - even hinting at being the one who cheated. Then when Pitt and Aniston split, Paltrow gave her two cents worth in to the media (knowing Pitt would hear it) and said that Pitt and Aniston should not have spoken about each other and their relationship in public, stating “I learnt my lesson at 24.” Then Pitt got with Jolie, adopted kids…now suddenly Paltrow is speaking out about adopting (again knowing Pitt will hear it). While staying at the same hotel, Paltrow complained to the press, about the paparrazi, asking “Will the paparrazi go when they (Pitt and Jolie) go?”
Seems to me she regrets the Pitt break-up and wishes she was Jolie. Lots of people are on and on and on about Chinnifer Maniston’s ‘pain’….seems to me Paltrow is regretting too.
I hope Paltrow’s career gets better from now on. She is an amazing talent. She can act well, do faultless accents and is blessed to have a lovely family. I hope she gets to manage her career and family life well.
Best wishes to everyone :-)
SHE’S UGLY AND NEEDS TO CUT THAT RAT’S NEST ON HER HEAD.
I think Gwyneth is the most beautiful, talented actress in today’s Hollywood. It’s sad how many people just cannot see this–shows how untalented many people are, and how much society’s judgement has changed on who’s good and who’s bad at acting. When someone can act without schooling, that’s just incredibly amazing. It’s in her blood. She won a Much deserved Oscar–albeit the media and many people don’t see she deserved it. She has beautiful, long naturally blonde hair–whom many are jealous of. Even older women can part their hair in the middle–there’s no rule set in stone that says women over the age of 30 cannot part their hair in the middle and keep it long. That’s what’s wrong with today’s society–people are such snooty ageists who do Nothing but criticise. There’s so much jealousy in the world today. It’s really shameful, to say the least.
I can’t imagine anyone being jealous of this woman. She’s clearly not a happy person and comes across as petty in her interviews. She’s also average looking at best with marginal acting talent.
ITA -Her hair has seen better days. She needs a good trim. It has nothing to do with age, it’s simply a look that does not suit her.
‘Didn’t Paltrow long since explain that that anti-America comment wasn’t true? She was misquoted due to her faulty English’
Her faulty English? It’s her first language, for god’s sake. As for her pathetic excuse-she said she was misquoted because she had answered in Spanish. One itsy little problem. Well, two. First, the press conference where she claimed she had made the comments and answered in Spanish, was later revealed that she had, in fact, answered her questions in English. And two- another paper quoted her saying essentially the same thing(Americans suck, the English are superior)in another interview nearly a year earlier. Oops. Gwyneth isn’t only a stupid *****..she’s a stupid LYING *****.
No, it’s her faulty Spanish. Hello! The interview was in Spanish. Geez people, get your facts straight.
Yes, people are infatuated with the idea of hating Gwyneth. People are obsessed about talking about her hair length. She’s natural looking, yes, and that mean she requires less time to look nice and pretty. Some people spend hours to look pretty, or they think they have to spend hours to look pretty.
And leave Apple’s eyes alone! She’s a kid, OMG are you people sad or what? I think it’s just these pictures because in other shots, her eyes look normal to me. I bet you’re all just SOOO perfect looking yourselves!
Rebecca, you’re incorrect. Those remarks did not come from an interview conducted in Spanish and had nothing to do with her “faulty Spanish”. There was a Portuguese press conference but as one poster has already explained the comments did not come from a non-English interview/press conference:
“She wasn’t “misquoted” about Americans. She was requoted from previous interviews. She tried to blame it on a lost in translation thing, but the newspaper that quoted her explained they got her comments from UK interviews. The U.S. media never published the paper’s reply and continues to recycle the incorrect misquote explanation.”
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