Jessica Alba thinks her new book is more grounded and not as extreme as Alicia Silverstone's and Gwyneth Paltrow's

Jessica Alba Slams Silverstone’s and Paltrow’s Philosophies

by Allyson Koerner March 20, 2013
Categories: Entertainment, Film/TV
Tags: alicia silverstone, gwyneth paltrow, jessica alba.

With the launch of Jessica Alba’s new book, “The Honest Life,” she is getting a bunch of press, but her most recent interview might have Alicia Silverstone and Gwyneth Paltrow fans up in arms.

In an interview with NY Daily News, Alba had some choice words to say about the above actresses, their books and their websites.

“Alicia Silverstone is a vegan, so she’s the extreme side of it,” she said. “Gwyneth Paltrow probably lives a very similar lifestyle, but I didn’t grow up with a bunch of money, so my tips are much more grounded: Repurposing things and making things at home.”

Now, she might not have meant to come off catty, but that’s sure how it reads. Calling Silverstone’s vegan philosophy “extreme” might make some vegans angry, because it sort of sheds a bad light on the animal-friendly lifestyle. Saying Paltrow isn’t “grounded,” because she grew up rich, could even upset others.

Similar to Alba, both Silverstone and Paltrow are popular for their franchises. Silverstone is widely loved for her website, The Kind Life, not to mention her book “The Kind Diet.”

Paltrow is recognized for Goop.com, which at times does suggest higher-end products, and for her new cookbook, “It’s All Good,” which offers extremely healthy recipes, some vegetarian, that every family should try.

Alba is known for being a green mom and is widely popular for co-founding The Honest Company. She also isn’t afraid to say how she feels, but do you think she went too far?

She did continue to say, “You can take what you want from the book,” and not everyone has to follow exactly what she does.

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Rachelle

She should do some research before speaking about something she knows very little about–or stay silent. Calling veganism extreme is something I would expect someone to have said maybe 30 years ago. Veganism has come a long way and is by no means an extreme diet/lifestyle.
- captaindash
  
  Of course it’s extreme. It takes a lot of work to make sure that you eat properly, and that you don’t wear/use animal products. In the modern western world, it’s considered “extreme” to check the ingredients of your hand lotion, or to refuse a garlic supplement because the gel cap can contain animal bits.
  I’m vegetarian, and less than 5% of people are vegetarian. That’s kinda extreme. Vegans are 1%. If you are different than 99% of people, that’s extreme. By definition.
  
  The issue here is that you are taking that word as an insult. Top athletes have “extreme” diets to stay at peak condition. Doesn’t make it a bad thing. This is why I hesitate to tell people I don’t eat meat (or drink alcohol, for that matter). It’s because veggies and vegans are usually whiney pouters who need to worry more about what they put into their bodies than about what other people say. Stop being offended by everything. Seriously.
http://www.facebook.com/iesha.mcinnish Iesha McInnish

Calling a Vegan lifestyle extreme frustrates me. Has she been watching what is going on around in our world today or is she too busy bashing other celebrities while listening to herself talk? The “extreme” is the way these animals are treated and slaughtered. Tee extreme is the fact that our country is fat and dying. The extreme is being too arrogant and ignorant to say “take what you want from the book” as if she just wrote it to hear her own view and you can well, take it or leave it.
http://www.facebook.com/levi.bosolasco Levi Bosolasco

she’s way too ignorant.. and a really bad actress.
http://www.facebook.com/olivia.jano Oliviana Janoslavski

Eating and exploiting animals for your own selfish needs is extreme! I’ve lost respect for her.
http://www.facebook.com/Tidbitz Jennie McCluskey

Who cares! Like most people, she stated an opinion. She is allowed to have one, even if it doesn’t agree with everyone. Seriously, who cares.
- captaindash
  
  Thank you. Plus, by demographics, she’s correct. Even if it was fully meant as an insult, who cares? Did she say it at your baby shower in front of your grandma? Let it go, people.
Stephanie

I have to agree with the below comments. Don’t call a vegan lifestyle extreme when the animals that are being forcefully used for your food are going through extreme measures which include being tortured, killed, and living an impossibly horrible life. That, is the definition of extreme. I’m sad to see that she doesn’t connect her eco-consciousness with eating a plant based diet. The two go hand in hand.
GT

She explained where her approach fits in relation to the other two and the mainstream, tactfully or not. Since most of the population eats meat and has a pretty thoughtless diet, she’s saying she’s gone in the same direction as Silverstone, but not as far. I think it’s silly to slam her for stating that accurately.