Poor, poor Gwyneth Paltrow. She has to leave her London home for a few months and come to Los Angeles to get paid millions of dollars to film the sequel to Iron Man. It was either that or start slinging crack on the corners, I guess. No seriously, she's actually complaining about how difficult this all is while being a mother.

Gwyneth said: “That’s hard, and I feel – I’m feeling mother guilt because my daughter’s looking forward to going, but my son always says, ‘I don’t want to leave my London house’ - and I feel pretty guilty about that.

"I just try to say, ‘Well, but we’re going to swim and it’ll be sunny.’ I try to point out the positives.”

Asked whether fame and parenthood works well together, Gwyneth said: “I barely ever do films – I’m with them almost all the time.

"But in a way it makes the transition harder. I feel like if I worked all the time, then they would be used to it.

"But when I’m always there, and I’m always doing school runs and I’m always around – and then I just disappear for 14 hours a day to film – it’s hard.” (The Sun)

Considering the economy is in the toilet and thousands of people are losing their jobs and homes, Gwyneth might consider having a bit more tact when complaining about how rough things are for her as a mother. There are a lot of mothers out there who were forced to go right back to their full-time jobs a few weeks after giving birth because they can't afford to stay home and boss around the nanny all day. But Gwyneth can totally relate.