Coldplay rocker Chris Martin tasted revenge recently when he met a former classmate who bullied him at school. The singer - married to Oscar-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow - insists he couldn’t resist the opportunity to show how successful he had become.

He says, “I bumped into a guy who used to give me hell at school. He was a bully who always said I wouldn’t make anything of myself. I had great pleasure asking what he was up to now. He wasn’t up to much. Then I turned around and said, ‘This is my wife Gwyneth.’ His face dropped and he looked really embarrassed.

“It was a proud moment. I’m not one to get my own back and look for revenge - but that was pretty sweet. I wasn’t the happiest at school. I was quite geeky. I was a bit of a swot and just wanted to do music.”

With the size zero debate in full swing, Gwyneth Paltrow has managed to put a different spin on things – she’s too skinny to play her latest role.

Paltrow is set to play movie legend Marlene Dietrich in a new film, but has been told by Dietrich’s daughter that she’s too thin to play the role of the German actress.

Maria Riva, Marlene’s only child, told the Daily Express: ‘There wasn’t a star in Hollywood back in Marlene Dietrich’s era that was as thin as today’s actresses.’

She said that Paltrow would need to ‘put on some pounds’ before playing her mum.

Actress Grace Bradley Boyd, who was a close friend of Dietrich, agreed that Paltrow needs to eat more. She said: ‘Marlene, Joan Crawford, Paulette Goddard – all of us were shapely.

‘I think Gwyneth will need some helpings of good old apple pie and plenty of ice cream!’

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