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Gwyneth Paltrow has been a controversial figure since the moment she ascended those Oscars steps in 1999. Wearing a pink ball gown by Ralph Lauren, the 26-year-old Best Actress winner looked like a real life princess. But her speech was too gushing, her tears too sincere, and there was backlash.
Considering everything that would come after — the misjudged comments in interviews, the weird wellness practices, the Goop lawsuit, the ski trial — this affronted response was just the beginning. Gwyneth would become no stranger to dividing the press or making headlines for the wrong reasons.