Did you see Chloe Sevigny on The Mindy Project? Chloe was on for a few episodes and she was surprisingly great. I remember when she was on Will & Grace too – Chloe is a surprisingly deft comedienne if she’s given strong writing, and on TMP, they gave her funny lines and she had really sweet chemistry with Chris Messina (she was playing Messina’s ex-wife). Anyway, Chloe is still a thing (yay!) and she still gets acting AND modeling gigs. She’s the current face of Absolut Elyx vodka, and Vulture asked her about her appearance at the Met Gala and about Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop-hissy about how awful the Gala was this year (pity we couldn’t get Chloe’s comments on Gwyneth’s “I was literally a transvestite” quote). Chloe’s reaction was priceless:

Last night, Chloë Sevigny hosted an event for Absolut Elyx vodka, whose ad campaign she currently fronts. In the spirit of flowing liquor, the Cut asked if she’d ever given a drunk interview, à la Gwyneth Paltrow last week. “I always say something I wish I hadn’t, almost every time I interview, so I generally try not to drink too much at press events,” she said.

As for Paltrow’s recent Met Gala tirade, she could sympathize: “Maybe her sleeves were too tight. If you’re in a dress where you can’t breathe, then you’re not comfortable. I found that out the hard way after going five or six times. It’s more important to be really comfortable in your dress. That was a big thing with Proenza Schouler, they made my dress this year. I said, ‘I have to be able to lift my arms and move them around.’”

“I think it depends on what table you’re at, and who you’re with, and obviously your attitude. But it’s a lot of hoopla over not a lot. Everybody thinks it’s so much pressure, and you do the carpet and it’s such a big deal, and it’s just a museum fund-raiser, you know? But you have to wear comfortable shoes and an outfit you can be okay in.”

[From NY Magazine]

Is this shade or sympathy? I think it’s shade wrapped in faux sympathy. I think this was the equivalent of Chloe saying, “Oh, poor little thing, you’re so uncomfortable and you’re whining about something that really doesn’t matter.” LaineyGossip covered this yesterday and she said that Chloe and Goop have never clashed before, but a long time ago, Chloe shaded Gwyneth HARD. It made such an impression on me, I went and dug up the old magazine. It was in a 2001 Harper’s Bazaar interview, and Chloe’s shade was even more perfect than “maybe her sleeves were too tight.” Behold:

“I used to be really addicted to the fashion magazines,” Sevigny says with a weary tone, “and I think I’m pretty schooled as far as the designers go, but I don’t study fashion. I don’t think it’s worth studying…”

“Fashion is just there.” She’s sipping dry white wine and smoking Parliaments, both in steady succession.

“Carolyn Bessette always looked so elegant – and like Gwyneth Paltrow wishes,” Sevigny continues. “Carolyn Bessette always looked so clean and, like, not forced. I mean, it wasn’t as if she was wearing Calvin Klein – she was wearing Yohji Yamamamoto and offbeat things, but she looked amazing in them.”

“She was so consistent, whereas Gwyneth will one day look this way and the next day look completely different.” She laughs – which comes as a kind of shock. It sounds like a blender on a high speed. “Actually I really feel for Gwyneth,” she says, “because how much pressure does she have to look good every time she goes out… they’re going to rip her apart if she looks bad and they’re gonna rip her apart if she looks good.”

[From Harper’s Bazaar, print edition, May 2001]

Now THAT is some beautiful shade right there. There’s just so much pity and contempt. Poor Gwyneth wishes she could look as beautiful as the late Carolyn Bessette. Poor Gwyneth feels so much pressure. Poor Gwyneth should be more consistent. Sorry, I just loved that interview and I’ve always wanted to use those quotes!

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