Friday, December 2, 2011

Gwyneth Paltrow Talks Black Hair, Says Beyonce And Rihanna Should Have Covered "VOGUE" Long Ago

NY Times bestselling author Steve Stoute sat down with Oscar-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow to talk about her views on Black and Jewish hair issues, her love of hip-hop, and why Beyonce and Rihanna deserved to be on the cover of VOGUE long before they actually landed it. 

 

Watch the controversial clips inside....

As part of his AOL Huff Post series, The Tanning Effect, Stoute chatted with the actress who's known for not holding her tongue.  Growing up in an all white neighborhood in Santa Monica, Gwyneth Paltrow, who counts The Carters as her and her hubby Chris Martin's best friends. admits she saw very little "tanning" in her surroundings. 

But it was the influence of her father, Bruce Paltrow, and his groundbreaking tv show "The White Shadow," that showed her the true meaning of diversity.  Some folks are saying she's factually incorrect, though, because "Star Trek" supposedly showed the first interracial kiss on TV, not her father's show. 

When discussing media representations of African Americans, Gwyneth brought up Rihanna and her bestie Beyonce finally appearing on the cover of VOGUE magazine.

"I don't want to bemoan the fact that it should've happened 50 years ago, because it's here now. And it's like the way I see it is that I have two little kids who are understanding the world in a time when Rihanna is on the cover of Vogue, and we have a black president. So their eyes are being as if they're experiencing the world for the first time. All of this stuff is just root -- it's normal stuff for them. And that to me is what's so incredible."

She added,

"When my daughter understood what a president was, it was a black man. It's not like me, where I grew up with all of these old white guys one after another ... Their perspective on race and everything is completely open and completely different to how it was when I was a kid."

And she also revealed that Jewish girls and Black girls have similar haircare issues.  "The heat makes the kitchen go crazy!" She shared that when moisture hits the back of her neck it ruins a good blowout!  What you know about the "kitchen" Gwyneth??  Let me find out....

Watch Gwyneth talk about her growing up in a lily-white neighborhood and her father's groundbreaking television series here:

Watch Gwyneth talk about singing "Song Cry" with Jay-Z and her love of hip-hop here:

And Gwyneth discussing Jewish "kitchens" and talking about Beyonce and Rihanna on VOGUE below:

Photo Credit: Bonnie Biess, AOL

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