Iron Man 2 actress and whole grain pioneer Gwyneth Paltrow did not have a good time at the Met Ball on Monday, and she doesn’t care who knows it – not her fellow punk revellers, not USA today, to whom she proclaimed ‘I’m never going again. It was so un-fun. It was boiling. It was too crowded. I did not enjoy it at all’, and now that’s out there, for the whole internet to see, presumably not even Anna. 

But then, the perpetually quotable Gwyneth never has been one to hold her tongue on a number of subjects, including famous frenemies and the perils of canned cheese (she’s obviously not found herself in a post-pub rendezvous with the glorious golden liquid). 

Here are some of the best and most infamous truth-bombs the queen of quinoa has been known to drop… 

 

On an un-named ex-pal, we’ll call her Rinona Wyder: ‘but one day I heard that something unfortunate and humiliating had happened to this person. And my reaction was deep relief and…happiness’. 

On instant, mug-based snacks: ‘I would rather die than let my kid eat Cup-A-Soup’.

On being the kind of gal who eats £200-a-day recipes: ‘I am who I am. I can't pretend to be somebody who makes $25,000 a year’.

On chowing down in Nashville: ‘I've never eaten so much fried food and white flour in my life, ever. Oh, God’. 

On fromage that lasts forever: ‘I'd rather smoke crack than eat cheese from a can’.

On Goop naysayers: ‘I think the people who are criticizing it or criticizing the idea of it, don't really get it, because if they did, they would like it.’ 

On people who cross her: ‘I can ice people out and I can definitely harbour revenge.’ 

On nabbing the hottest records around:  ‘Who do I have to bang to get an advance copy of the new @coldplay album? I mean, really.’