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Gwyneth Paltrow won her Best Actress Oscar more than 20 years ago, but some stars still don't understand her victory.
The actress, 49, reacted to comments Glenn Close made last year leading up to the release of Hillbilly Elegy in which she said she doesn't understand how Paltrow won the award.
'I honestly feel that to be nominated by your peers is about as good as it gets. And then, I’ve never understood how you could honestly compare performances, you know?,' the 101 Dalmatians star said in an interview on "ABC.
Dealing with the haters: Gwyneth Paltrow won her Best Actress Oscar more than 20 years ago, but some stars still don't understand her victory
She added, 'I remember the year Gwyneth Paltrow won over that incredible actress who was in Central Station and I thought, "What?" It doesn’t make sense.'
Fernanda Montenegro was the main actress in Central Station. She was nominated for the award alongside Cate Blanchett, Meryl Streep and Emily Watson.
Close pointed to strong marketing as a reason why some nominees are awarded over others.
'So I think who wins has a lot of things to do with how things have been, you know, whether it has traction or whatever,' she said. 'Publicity, how much money did they have to put it out in front of everybody’s sight… I have to
