Jessica Alba is Smart

Jessica Alba tried to sound intelligent and politically savvy during a red carpet interview by telling a Fox news reporter to 'stay neutral — be Sweden.' She obviously confused Switzerland with Sweden — which is easy to do when both countries start with 'sw' and you're dumber than a bowl of mice — but she claims her choice of words was intentional. She wrote on her MySpace:

I find it depressing that in the midst of perhaps the most salient time in our country's history, individuals are taking it upon themselves to encourage negativity and stupidity. Last week, Mr. Bill O'Reilly and some really classy sites (i.e.TMZ) insinuated I was dumb by claiming Sweden was a neutral country. I appreciate the fact that he is a news anchor and that gossip sites are inundated with intelligent reporting, but seriously people…it's so sad to me that you think the only neutral country during WWII was Switzerland. Check out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden_during_World_War_II if you want to see what I was referring to. I appreciate the name calling and the accurate reporting. Keep it up!!

TMZ responded:

[Jessica] is absolutely correct. We apologize for not considering the political climate of the world in 1942 when we suggested she may have meant, 'be Switzerland' — a country that is currently neutral.

Well, duh! Of course she was referencing the nation's political standing six decades ago. Who doesn't when mentioning neutrality? You could just as easily say 'be Lichtenstein' or 'be Andorra' or 'be Argentina,' all of whom were neutral during World War II. Everybody knows 'the more archaic and irrelevant the reference, the more smarter you sound.' I think Mike Tyson said that.

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