Gwyneth Paltrow at the premiere of Iron Man in London (4/24)

Gwyneth Paltrow skipped out on a $100k+ dinner thrown in her honor last week in London. After the premiere of Paltrow’s latest film Iron Man, 30 of her close friends and family — including her husband Chris Martin’s parents — were invited to the exclusive Cocoon restaurant. Just minutes before she was supposed to arrive, Paltrow called a Paramount executive at the party and told him she was going to a different restaurant instead. A source told England’s Daily Mail:

“A lot of thought and money had gone into the party. Gwyneth had specifically asked for chilled bottles of Perrier Jouet champagne and some vodka cocktails to get the party going. Everything was in place and had been arranged around her. Apparently someone at Paramount got a call saying Gwyneth and Chris were going for dinner and wouldn’t be coming. The senior execs were not at all happy. To make matters even worse, the other star of the movie, Robert Downey Jnr, was with her – so there were no stars at the party at all. There were a lot of embarrassed faces. No one could believe that all of Chris’s family had made the trip to London, only for their son and daughter-in-law not to turn up.

“Gwyneth was due to arrive at 10.30pm and had demanded a special entrance so that she and Chris would not be photographed together. They have a pact never to be photographed together and everyone had to go to ridiculous lengths to ensure no one could get a picture, including a ban on cameras inside the venue.” (Source)

I know Coldplay sucks and all but, damn Gwyneth, isn’t that’s a little harsh? If she’s so ashamed of Chris why did she marry him? Oh well, I guess it’s not too late. I hear one of the dudes from Pearl Jam is single — Gwyneth should start dating him. I know she’s technically still married but what’s her husband gonna do? Cry and whine him to death?