Gwyneth Paltrow’s ‘n*gga’ no-no

British actress Gwyneth Paltrow poses for the photographers as she arrives for the National Movie Awards at the Royal Festival Hall, in London, Wednesday, May 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

British actress Gwyneth Paltrow poses for the photographers as she arrives for the National Movie Awards at the Royal Festival Hall, in London, Wednesday, May 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Published Jun 5, 2012

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She may be close friends with Jay-Z and Beyonce, but that doesn’t mean Gwyneth Paltrow can blithely use the word “n*gga”. The actress is currently facing a fan backlash after she used the offensive word in a tweet while watching Jay-Z and Kanye West at a show in Paris.

The furore arose from a caption to a picture of Paltrow dancing on-stage with the two hip-hop stars. It read: “N***as in paris for real”. The caption is a reference to the song ‘N***as in Paris’ of the Jay-Z/Kanye West album ‘Watch The Throne’.

In response to the barrage of criticism, Paltrow tweeted: “Hold up. It's the title of the song!”

Paltrow had watched the show with Jay-Z’s wife Beyonce4 and former Destiny’s Child member Kelly Rowland. Her husband, Chris Martin, is in London preparing for a Coldplay concert. She has been extremely supportive of Jay-Z’s concert tour, and attended the Watch The Throne Tour concert in London as well, taking her two young children, Apple and Moses, along with her.

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