Gwyneth Paltrow has received the meme treatment on social media, after a quote from her ongoing ski crash trial went viral.
The actress is currently on trial in a US court after being sued by retired optometrist Terry Sanderson, who alleged that she skied “out of control” and hit him at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah back in 2016.
He claimed that Gwyneth collided with him “knocking him down hard, knocking him out, and causing a brain injury, four broken ribs and other serious injuries”.
Mr Sanderson is seeking damages of $300k (€280k), having had his previous claim for $3.1 million (€2.89 million) dropped.
The original claim, filed in 2019, states: “This case involves a hit-and-run ski crash at Deer Valley, Utah, where defendant Gwyneth Paltrow skied out of control and hit the back of Terry Sanderson, another skier, who was downhill, knocking him down hard, knocking him out, and causing a brain injury, four broken ribs and other serious injuries.”
“Paltrow got up, turned and skied away, leaving Sanderson stunned, lying in the snow, seriously injured.”
Gwyneth later filed a counterclaim, for a “symbolic” $1, alleging that Mr Sanderson had hit her and delivered a full “body blow”.
The actress took to the stand on Friday, and claimed she had been the “victim” in the 2016 incident.
When asked about the “losses” she herself suffered from the accident, Gwyneth responded with her now infamous line: “Well, we lost half a day of skiing.”
The quote has since gone viral on social media, as fans have poked fun at her unbelievable response.
Others compared the trial to a skit on Saturday Night Live, as they shared clips from Gwyneth’s testimony.
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(_／— Ξvan Ross Katz (@evanrosskatz) March 25, 2023
this entire Gwyneth Paltrow ski trial was written by Mike White pic.twitter.com/awkZyM5b1i
— T (@trinawatters) March 25, 2023
This Gwyneth Paltrow testimony is like an SNL skit. pic.twitter.com/7wBMtZqHO5
— Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) March 25, 2023
gwyneth paltrow ski trial is true crime yassified for gay men pic.twitter.com/2j22FmzBOY
— alex (@alex_abads) March 24, 2023
ryan murphy himself couldn’t give gwyneth paltrow a show this good pic.twitter.com/uJSfonop3Z
— crazy broke asian (@tribranchvo) March 25, 2023
cast Gwyneth Paltrow on a housewives franchise immediately pic.twitter.com/xBFbT1qRjp
— bravo by betches (@bravobybetches) March 24, 2023
This Gwyneth Paltrow trial is the most unserious thing I’ve ever witnessed in my life pic.twitter.com/StjbbhT8mm
— Go Won’s Turtle Protector (@HalfAWreck) March 25, 2023
During her court testimony, Gwyneth claimed she was “hit” by Mr Sanderson, and denied she engaged “in any risky behaviour”.
The actress said: “I was skiing, looking downhill as you do, and I was skied directly into my back by Mr Sanderson.”
Gwyneth claimed she knew a man had hit her because he was making “some strange noises that sounded male” and was “large”.
The GOOP founder described feelings of “confusion” before “getting upset a couple of seconds later,” as she thought it was a possible sexual assault.
“Two skis came between my skis and there was a body pressing against me… there was a strange grunting noise,” the mom-of-two explained.
“My brain was trying to make sense of what was happening, is it a practical joke, is someone doing something perverted?”
Gwyneth continued: “My mind was going very quickly and I was trying to ascertain what was happening.”
She added that there was a “sort of groan coming out of [Mr Sanderson]’s mouth”.
The actress recalled “yelling” at him after the incident, telling the court: “I remember pushing away because I was very upset and it was still very strange to me what had happened.”
“I pushed down the hill and I turned around and I yelled at him.”
When asked whether she screamed before she fell to the ground, Gwyneth said: “I don’t think so”.
“I absolutely froze… I don’t remember yelling or screaming until I was very angry at what happened.”
The Hollywood star told the jury that Mr Sanderson “mumbled” an apology after she shouted “you skied into my f***ing back!”.
The actress was asked whether she checked if Mr Sanderson was OK after the incident, to which she said: “When you’re the victim of a crash your psychology is not thinking about the person who perpetrated it.”
Mr Sanderson’s lawyer Kristin Van Orman asked Gwyneth: “Who hit who?,” to which she replied: “Mr Sanderson hit me.”
Asked whether she feels empathy for him, the actress stated: “I feel very sorry for him, it seems like he’s had a very difficult life.”
“But I did not cause the accident so I cannot be at fault for anything that subsequently happened to him.”
The lawyer queried Gwyneth’s earlier statement that she liked to keep a low-profile while skiing, and asked whether “screaming at the top of your lungs profanities at [Mr Sanderson] while he’s on the ground is keeping a low profile?”
“After an incident like that where you feel hurt and violated, unfortunately adrenaline can take over, and emotion as well,” the actress stated.
The trial kicked off on Tuesday, March 21, and is expected to last eight days.
