Gywneth’s Smug Proclamation! Paltrow Claims She’s ‘Ending The Mommy Wars’ With ‘Out Of Context’ Actress Vs. 9 To 5 Job Comment
May 8 2014, Published 7:12 p.m. ET
Gwyneth Paltrow’s shockingly elitist statements seem to just roll out of her mouth on a regular basis and now the actress is crying foul for her comments that she say were taken out of context but still proclaims to be “ending the mommy wars.”
The 41-year-old mother of two was quoted as saying that her job making movies was more difficult than women who held a 9 to 5 job but she took to her infamous GOOP website (where she announced her “conscious uncoupling” from her husband Chris Martin”) to set the record straight.
As RadarOnline.com previously reported, Paltrow (who has a slew of help from assistants, publicist and managers) said her acting job was quite demanding.
“I think it’s different when you have an office job, because it’s routine and, you know, you can do all the stuff in the morning and then you come home in the evening,” Paltrow claimed. “When you’re shooting a movie, they’re like, ‘We need you to go to Wisconsin for two weeks,’ and then you work 14 hours a day and that part of it is very difficult. I think to have a regular job and be a mom is not as, of course there are challenges, but it’s not like being on set.”
In a post titled “Ending the Mommy Wars,” Paltrow gives her side of the story.
A few weeks ago during an interview, I was asked why I have only worked on one film a year since having children. My answer was this: Film work takes one away from home and requires 12-14 hours a day, making it difficult to be the one to make the kids their lunch, drive them to school, and put them to bed. So I have found it easier on my family life to make a film the exception, and my 9-5 job the rule. This somehow was taken to mean I had said a 9-5 job is easier, and a lot of heat was thrown my way, especially by other working mothers who somehow used my out-of-context quote as an opportunity to express feelings (perhaps projected) on the subject. As the mommy wars rage on, I am constantly perplexed and amazed by how little slack we cut each other as women. We see disapproval in the eyes of other mothers when we say how long we breastfed (Too long? Not long enough?), or whether we have decided to go back to work versus stay home. Is it not hard enough to attempt to raise children thoughtfully, while contributing something, or bringing home some (or more) of the bacon? Why do we feel so entitled to opine, often so negatively, on the choices of other women? Perhaps because there is so much pressure to do it all, and do it all well all at the same time (impossible). Below is a somewhat radical piece by Brigid Schulte, which has provoked many a discussion here in our HQ, and even a tear or two.To every single mother out there, have a wonderful Mother’s Day.
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