Gwyneth Paltrow For UK Elle: “F**k the haters!”

Gwyneth Paltrow covers the March 2009 edition of UK Elle. The Oscar winning actress posed for a glamorous photoshoot following the candid interview in which she opened up about her marriage, vices and father’s death. Gwyneth also talked about how unaffected she is by all the negative comments about her. “I know what my intention is – and if it makes one person’s life better, then it’s worth it. And f**k the haters!”, she said. Sexy pictorial and interview highlights in full story!

On drinking & smoking: “I love good red wine. White wine is nice, too. I don’t like lager, but I like stout – I love Guinness. I never get drunk to the point of throwing up or anything. But I get very warm and talkative. Man, I wish smoking didn’t kill you, I’d be smoking right now. I miss it. The last cigarette I smoked was the day I found out I was pregnant with Apple. I had to sit down and smoke one final cigarette. It’s such a beautiful thing. I’m so pissed off it gives you cancer. But then, once you have children, if you’ve witnessed a death like I did with my father, you just can’t. I’d never want to put them through what I went through. So I don’t do it. But I’ve decided that when I’m about 70 I’m going to start smoking again. Why not? I can’t wait!”

On her marriage: “It doesn’t behoove us to be a public couple. He certainly doesn’t want to be that. We’ve never ever walked down a red carpet together, we never will. If people think that that means we’re not together, then – ha ha ha! – so be it.”

On father’s death: “To this day I’m faced with it all the time. I’ve had pneumonia twice in the past year, and that’s ultimately what he died of. There’s a real emotional link to that. I’ve been dealing a lot with my own fear of death. And every time I get a cold now.. So this is my new challenge, letting go of the fear.”

On negative comments of her: “I saw this blog of people writing horrible things about me. And, you know, for a second you lose perspective and your ego is so wounded. You think, how could people hate me or hate my intentions or what I’m trying to do? I’m a good person and I’m trying to put good things into the world. I am who I am. I can’t pretend to be somebody who makes £15,000 a year. That would be completely inauthentic. I know what my intention [with her email newsletter Goop] is – and if it makes one person’s life better, then it’s worth it. And f**k the haters!”