Gwynneth Paltrow Addresses Joaquin Phoenix's Rap Career, Counsels Policy of Benign Neglect

Posted by Phil Nugent



Gwynneth Paltrow has weighed in on her Two Lovers co-star Joaquin Phoenix and his abandonment of acting to pursue a rap career. (Last week, Phoenix made headlines by performing at a Miami club, where he went berserk and dove into a jeering crowd; security guards jumped in after him to protect the hecklers from the star, or maybe to protect the star from his own worst impulses. The South Florida Sun-Sentinel has video of the fracas here--and if you click now, you can also find out what Yanni's up to these days!) Asked by a reporter for MTV UK if she believes that Phoenix has really bolted movies for good, Paltrow replied, "I'm not a hundred percent sure that that's really going to be the case. I think that there might be some other explanation or something going on. I'm not quite sure what, but I can't believe that he's really going to quit forever to become a rapper. It seems odd."

You can actually hear her say this in her own distinctive Gwynnethian tones in the clip above, but for some reason the on-line video cuts out before Paltrow really surpassed herself in the interview. Asked if she had any advice to offer the new Joaquin, the thoughtful actress pondered on it and replied, "Hmm ... maybe to go live in the projects for a few years to get some authenticity, maybe." (Upon hearing this, Phoenix ran to get a paper to check the classified to see if Florida or Willona might be advertising for boarders.) Thus does Gwynneth Paltrow come from way, way behind to best our longtime frontrunner, Mickey Rourke in The Screengrab S/He Didn't Really Say That, Did S/He? Sweepstakes. As Joaquin's new neighbors might put it, Dy-no-mite!

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Posted Mar 17 2009, 02:00 PM
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