It’s anybody’s guess as to whether Joaquin Phoenix’s rap career is some kind of brain-dead performance art or a genuine, crazy, authentic attempt for the talented actor to try his hand at something new. To me, his weird antics somehow seem fake, like a bad improvisation that went off the rails. I have little sympathy for him, because I think he’s pissing away his considerable talent with this act.
As it turns out, Gwyneth “The Goop” Paltrow sort of feels the same way. She was being interviewed by MTV UK when she was asked about her Two Lovers co-star Joaquin. She stuck her nose up in the air and declared that her advice to him would be “maybe to go live in the projects for a few years to get some authenticity, maybe.” Oh, Dame Goopy! People Magazine has more:
Gwyneth Paltrow has some advice for her friend and costar Joaquin Phoenix about his new career path: Get some street cred.
Popular belief is that Phoenix’s saying goodbye to acting and launching a hip-hop career could be an elaborate hoax despite his publicist’s assertions to the contrary.
“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 [acting] forever to become a rapper,” she told MTV UK during a promotional junket for Two Lovers. “It seems odd.”
When asked what advice she has for her costar, who also appears in Two Lovers, she replied, “Hmm … maybe to go live in the projects for a few years to get some authenticity, maybe.”
[From People Magazine]
Lord, she really is a snot, isn’t she? I bet she even said it with her fake British accent too. “Go to the projects, daah-ling!” There’s an old saying: “My enemy’s enemy is my friend.” Roughly, in this case it means that if you’ve done something to get Gwyneth Paltrow all snotty and sanctimonious (really tough, I know), you’re doing something right. If I have to choose between Joaquin and Gwyneth, I’m going to choose the Unabomber Hobo Rapper any day of the week.
It’s worth mentioning that Gwyneth Paltrow basically has authenticity on nothing. Her Goopy mess of a website is getting universally slammed, her gym project is hemorrhaging money, and the rumor is that her marriage to Chris Martin is failing. Who is she to criticize Joaquin?
Here’s Miss Goop arriving at Claridges Hotel in London on Friday. Images thanks to BauerGriffinOnline.
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