Gwyneth Paltrow says, ". . .French fries are my life!". . .

Jackson_Fusion said:

Just the term "celebrity", looking at its root, is exceedingly irritating, as is "star", suggesting membership in some sort of divine firmament. 

You inspired me to look up the Latin root. Interestingly, it appears to be "celibritatem," meaning fame, rather than "caelum," meaning heaven and the root of "celestial."

The woman is awful, and utterly clueless about how she comes off.  She has a number of "infamous" quotes out there.  My personal favorite involved cheap handbags.  She said she didn't understand why anyone would buy cheap things, that if you can buy 20 cheap handbags for $50 each, then you can afford to spend ,000 on one decent (but not great) handbag. It will last longer. If you're not smart enough to realize that, then maybe you deserve to be poor!

Her claim to be "self-made" is absurd. She had a bunch of acting credentials before she dropped out of college and before long got her role in "Hook" from her godfather, Steven Spielberg.  So self-made.

DaveSchmidt said:

Jackson_Fusion said:

Just the term "celebrity", looking at its root, is exceedingly irritating, as is "star", suggesting membership in some sort of divine firmament. 

You inspired me to look up the Latin root. Interestingly, it appears to be "celibritatem," meaning fame, rather than "caelum," meaning heaven and the root of "celestial."

Hmm I always assumed it was more attached to the fame definition, as in "celebrate", they're people worthy of celebration- but if I went back a step further I think I would have drawn the same conclusion you did- that "celebrate" was somehow attached to celestial. 

Now I don't know if I'm on solid footing for remaining annoyed. I think I will anyway out of spite.