Paltrow accused of copying website

A journalist has claimed that Gwyneth Paltrow copied her idea for a holistic blog after the pair discussed the idea a few years ago. Mary Kate Hearon, who established The Weekly Beet.com, said that she approached a friend of the actress asking her to get Paltrow to have a look at her site. According to New York gossip column PageSix, Hearon said: "This is pretty scandalous. People deserve to know (Paltrow's) idea isn't her own - or creative, for that matter "A few years ago, I had e-mailed Gwyneth's best friend... when I was living in London. I asked her to email Gwyneth The Beet because I was excited for her to read it since she was one of the few celebs into alternative medicine." Hearon claimed that when the pair allegedly met, she was given a frosty reception. "The way she treated me was so scary She was so nasty to me, it was scandalous" she said. " DS

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