Gwyneth Paltow’s mother Blythe Danner claims that people hate her daughter because they’re jealous

Gwyneth Paltow’s mother, actress Blythe Danner, has spoken out against her daughter’s critics, saying that they’re just jealous.

Speaking on The Today Show, Danner claimed that those who mock her daughter are simply ‘intimidated’ by her accomplishments.

She said: “I think she's so accomplished that people get kind of intimidated by it. Great cook, great mum, great actress.”

The 72-year-old admitted that she was ‘relieved’ by the fact that she couldn’t see any negative comments about Paltrow online.

She said: “I am so blessed that I'm old. I know how to get online - I don't know how to Twitter, toot, tweet.

“I don't know how to do any of it, and I don't look for it, because I know so much of it is just trying to sell papers or whatever that's called over the internet.”

Gushing about the 42-year-old, she added: “"I know that she's the most extraordinary girl - she can do everything.

“She's an incredible mother, she's raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for my husband's oral cancer fund... things she doesn't talk about a lot. [She's] becoming a great environmentalist, I'm so proud of her.”

Paltrow has been mocked in the past due to her penchant for promoting a healthy but expensive lifestyle to fans.