Is Gwyneth In Trouble With The FTC?
Potentially!
Gwyneth Paltrow wrote of her latest trip to Morocco over Thanksgiving on her infamous blog Goop, specifically about her stay at La Mamounia Hotel saying:
"The Jacques Garcia designed interiors are splendid to say the least, and the hotel's gardens are out of this world, almost from a fairy tale. The food and drinks here are elegant and delicious and with all the choices, it's easy to stay in the hotel for an entire weekend of relaxation."
But the Federal Trade Commission just released new guidelines regarding paid endorsement deals and it seems that Gwynnie make have broken the rules!
The FTC now requires any celebrity receiving a paid endorsement to disclose all material and monetary compensation and if they don't they could face a fine up to $11,000!
The hotel nor Gwyneth has commented, but an anonymous hotel booker doesn't believe for one second that Gwyneth paid for any part of her stay at La Mamounia, where rooms begin at $800 a night!
"Not a chance in hell. I'm sure they were comped the entire thing. If you're going to go on a holiday over Thanksgiving, you don't go somewhere you know there are going to be photographers if you're paying."
The FTC hasn't come after Gwyneth…yet!
We're sure she'll blog all about the "lavish" fine she had to pay for the sake of luxury!
BARF!
[Image via Joseph Marzullo / WENN.]
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Barf is right!!! Fuck me gently with a chainsaw!! This chick is annoying….!!!
i hate this stupid, spoilt, entitled, holier-than-thou bitch.
Projecting much over your own lost revenue stream?
Oh GOD, leave her alone. She's fabulous and good for her if she stayed there for freee -any one of use would do the same thing… Short on news today?
….LOLOL! Silly b*tch! "Merry Christmas, Darling!"
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attention whore, w annoying voice , the least prettiest of her generation, self righteous, uneducated … did she even graduate high school?
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thanks for telling us working how rich u r?
" FTC officials, however, have made it clear that such fines would be targeted mainly at advertisers and would be levied only in serious cases" is ultimately how the cited source article ends.
that's gross - she doesn't write GOOP either. it's her "concept" but she has other people manage the site and write most of the POOP.
Why do you hate so much…
Big brother has spoken. No mutual agreed upon trade between you and another person allowed unless they get a piece of it.
The word splendid? Who uses this word? The pompous and pretentious Gwyneth that's who.
She is making me plenty sick.
hmmm, while the FTC may be focusing on the advertisers, if this is considered a paid endorsement she better include it as income on her taxes. . .
Gyneth, or 'GOOP' (short for 'gobs of poop') is just a money-hungry pip-squeak of an actress. Beverly-Hills spoiled brat who wants more money than she could ever possibly need. Don't buy into her 'recommendations'. She is all about the almighty Dollar/Pound/Euro …whatever.
I say lets us keep her out of the 'cool' list of celebrities. She has not earned our respect.
Please. Who cares if she bragged about her fucking stay at a nice hotel.
She can go away anytime now.
Petulant and pretentious…just a couple of words to describe Gwyneth Paltrow.
LMAO…she considers that literary prose?
She should just read the lines…not write them!