
Holly blogged last week about how Gwyneth Paltrow offended the animal kingdom’s High Priests at PETA — and then publicly apologized — for daring to model a stole made of fox fur in an ad campaign for the Italian luxury brand Tod’s.
In her mea culpa, Paltrow claimed that a stylist plopped the garment on her in the middle of a busy photo shoot, and her only real sin was failing to ask whether it was “real” or fake”:
“It was a daylong photo shoot on a boat near Capri, and there were all sorts of poses with all kinds of clothes—none with fur. During one set-up, a stylist came up from behind and draped a stole around my shoulders. I didn’t pay much attention to it, and when I noticed it was fur I assumed it was fake fur but did not ask, so it’s my fault.
It turns out that Paltrow also modeled a pair of fur-trimmed boots in the Tod’s ad campaign, which kinda blows the whole “sneaky stylist” excuse out of the water.
But the plot thickens. London’s Sunday Independent reported today that Gwyneth sends out free subscriber e-mails to fans who sign up at her website, Goop.com. And her latest missive outlines a Thanksgiving dinner that — well, let’s just say it won’t please anyone in the Tofurky fan club.
Sure enough, HuffPo reproduced that e-mail on Thursday. Here’s a paragraph that Paltrow will be apologizing for next week:
Turkey will always be the main event of Thanksgiving (at least in my house) and a whole turkey is the way to go if you’re feeding at least 12. But if your party is smaller, the stuffed turkey breast turns out to be a great halfway point. Brining it overnight insures that you don’t need to baste it and it has a quick cooking time. Why should things be any less festive if dinner is just for two? I came up with these stuffed turkey burgers which were a giant hit in my house. They are the perfect solution for anyone who isn’t feeding a big group (or for a big group that wants to try something different!).
Mmmm… Stuffed turkey burgers.
Funny — Just six months ago, Paltrow told V magazine that she was strictly a non-meat-eater:
I haven’t eaten meat for about fifteen years. I eat fish, a little bit of dairy — not much milk — but I love cheese. We’ll make chocolate chip cookies and eat them, but sugar makes me feel pretty bad. I have coffee and wine. I’ve got lots of lovely vices.
The cartoon angel on my right shoulder thinks Gwyneth, like most of Hollywood, is just not sophisticated enough to figure out how PETA operates and what its leaders really want. The cartoon devil on my left, however, suspects that one of her “handlers” floated the fur apology last week in order to make it harder for PETA to beat her up about eating turkey this week.
Both of the cartoon characters think Paltrow doesn’t understand that turkey is, in fact, meat.