Hollywood actress Gwyneth Paltrow was “devastated” when she first met her rock idol Courtney Love – because the singer was “really horrible” to her. The unlikely pair is now firm friends, but, during their first encounter on the set of Paltrow’s 1999 movie Shakespeare In Love, the actress was shocked by the former Hole frontwoman’s rude behaviour towards her.

She tells Elle magazine, “We were in an elevator and she was really horrible to me. And I was the biggest Hole fan of all time. I was devastated. Then she went on a drugs spiral.”

However, Love subsequently apologized for her harsh words, and the touching moment led to a close friendship between the two.
Paltrow adds, “When she got sober, she contacted me and was like, ‘I feel like I missed an opportunity with you.’ Then we just started texting and talking and now when she’s here (in the U.K.) she comes round. When we’re in L.A. we have dinner.”