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Gwyneth Paltrow "psyched" over Martha Stewart's Goop diss

Martha Stewart recently took a swipe at Paltrow for attempting to enter the lifestyle business
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Gwyneth Paltrow isn't upset that Martha Stewart criticized her lifestyle website, Goop -- in fact, she's pleased about it.

The actress gave her take on Stewart's diss during a recent interview with Fortune, in which she sarcastically quipped, "First of all, no one has ever said anything bad about me before, so I'm shocked and devastated."

Then Paltrow added, "If I'm really honest, I'm so psyched that she sees us as competition. I really am."

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Her comment was in response to one Stewart made in an interview with Net-a-Porter's Porter magazine, in which she said the "Iron Man" star "just needs to be quiet."

"She's a movie star. If she were confident in her acting, she wouldn't be trying to be Martha Stewart," Stewart added.

The comparisons between their lifestyle empires aren't likely to stop anytime soon. Earlier this week, Paltrow announced she hired Lisa Gersh, the former chief executive officer of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, to replace Seb Bishop as CEO of Goop.

"I think that when anybody criticizes anyone, it really is revealing more about where they are in time and space, as opposed to where you are in time and space," Paltrow told Fortune. "At this point in my life, I don't take it personally, I see it as a projection."


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