Gwyneth Paltrow has back-tracked and claimed she would “never, ever” make anti-American comments.

The Oscar-winning actress - who splits her time between London and New York with her husband, Coldplay frontman Chris Martin - says she is “deeply upset” by the remarks accredited to her this week and claims she was misquoted.

The 34-year-old actress was quoted as saying: “The British are much more intelligent and civilized than the Americans.”

Gwyneth told People magazine: “First of all I feel so lucky to be American. When you look at the rest of the world, we’re so lucky. I feel so proud to be American. I felt so upset to be completely misconstrued and I never, ever would have said that.

“I definitely did not say that I think the British are more intelligent and civilized than Americans. I am a New York girl. I live in England half the time because I’m married to an English guy. It’s not like I’ve left America.”

She added: “I said that Europe is a much older culture and there’s a difference. I always say in America, people live to work and in Europe, people work to live. There are positives in both.”

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