Gwyneth Paltrow Comes Out
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Saturday, 17 February 2007 |
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Gwyneth Paltrow braved icy weather and a bad cold to host a charity diamond
auction on Thursday (02.15.07).
The 34-year-old actress refused to let her illness deter her frm attending
the event at New York's St. Regis hotel.
The charity auction was raising money for the city's first Hope Lodge, which
will provide free housing for adult cancer patients during their treatment.
She told USA Today newspaper: "It's for a really good cause. This has been
planned for a long time, so I couldn't take a sick day today."
Gwyneth's father Bruce died in 2002 after losing his battle to throat
cancer.
She added: "My life has been affected by cancer in so many different ways.
When my father had cancer, he found it so isolating. It's very difficult to
empathize with it if you haven't gone through it."
The Oscar-winning star - who is married to Coldplay frontman Chris Martin -
also confessed she was excited about going back to work after spending the
last two years raising Apple, two, and Moses, 10 months.
She is currently filming 'The Good Night', her brother Jake's directorial
debut, and is also set to star in 'Iron Man' alongside Robert Downey Jr.
She added: "I haven't done a real part in a long time. I'm going back to
work now.
"When I had kids, I just wanted to be with them. But doing one movie a year
makes you more interesting as a person and wife and mother." |
