Gwyneth Paltrow’s Life Is Hard, Guys! Claims Dealing With Internet Trolling Is Like Going To War

Gwyneth Paltrow has been in this business for over 20 years now. You would think she would have hired someone by now who could teach her how to say things without infuriating millions of people.

The 41-year-old actress is in trouble yet again after talking about internet trolling during Re/code’s first Code Conference earlier this week. She told the crowd she understands why celebrities are big targets for the trolls, but admits it doesn’t make it any easier to deal with.

“Celebrities, we’ve always gotten stones thrown at us and, you know, for good reason: We’re annoying. Some of us look okay, we look like we have money, our lives seem great. That may or may not be the case … Nevertheless, we get it. Or, at the very least, we expect that it’s part and parcel to what we do. Anyone in any field who has their head rise above a poppy in the field, they get their heads chopped off. It’s our human nature to feel that way, and to do it … Everybody takes sh-t, it’s just the way it is.”

And just like every other time she opens her mouth, she decided to take things too far. If Paltrow had a coach, the coach would have cut her off after “just the way it is.” But this coach does not exist, and she continued to run that big mouth of hers.

“You come across [online comments] about yourself and about your friends, and it’s a very dehumanizing thing. It’s almost like how, in war, you go through this bloody, dehumanizing thing, and then something is defined out of it. My hope is, as we get out of it, we’ll reach the next level of conscience.”

Really, Gwyneth? When was the last time you had to wear body armor to read comments on the Huffington Post? Come on now. I agree that we all should be nicer to one another, but you’re getting a little dramatic here.

Just calm down.