Gwyneth Paltrow, Sophia Bush Related to Arizona Shooting Victims

By Kelly Fisher Posted Jan 10th 2011 07:19AM

As the country continues to grapple with the aftermath of the Tucson, Ariz., shooting spree, actresses Sophia Bush and Gwyneth Paltrow are dealing with family tragedies due to the horrific event, according to E! Online.

Bush's second cousin, 9-year-old Christina Green, was killed Jan. 9 when shots were fired into a crowd gathered for Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords' event at a Tucson Safeway.

Green, who was born Sept. 11, 2001, was at Rep. Gifford's event to learn more about politics.

"From the very beginning, she was an amazing child," her mother, Roxanna Green, told The New York Times. "She was very bright, very mature, off the charts. She was the brightest thing that happened that day."

Bush took to her Twitter page to express her sadness at the death of her cousin.

"There are no words to explain what my cousin's family is going through in Arizona," the 'One Tree Hill' star wrote. "How can this be? Violence is never the answer."

Paltrow, a cousin of Rep. Giffords, also released a statement to Entertainment Tonight about the tragedy. Though the actress has never met Giffords, she sent her positive thoughts to her and the rest of the shooting victims.

"Although I have never had the pleasure of meeting Congresswoman Giffords, my thoughts and prayers are with her and her family as well as the other victims of this horrible act of senseless violence," Paltrow wrote.

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Monday 10 January

By Am

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Can Gwyneth relate to he movie flopping so bad. Is Gwyneth career over since her movie flop.

By saywhat?

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ok this was a tragedy that happened to someone she is related to. why cheapen her remarks with any reference to her career? i dont know any of these people but my prayers go out to them. enough said

By art

did she ever have a career?

By gfgui

Paltrow, a cousin of Rep. Giffords, also released a statement to Entertainment Tonight about the tragedy. Though the actress has never met Giffords, she sent her positive thoughts to her and the rest of the shooting victims.I love reading this , So does My boyfriend .he is almost 11year older than me .i met him via agelessc'upid.c'om a nice place for seeking age le ss love.which gives you a chance to make your life better and open opportunities for you to meet the attractive young girls and treat you like a king. Maybe you wanna check it out or tell your friends.. Just love it

By D Wayne

R.I.P. Christina Green.

By themeeker

Good for you D Wayne. Keep the focus where it belongs. I find it in very poor taste for these Hollywood hags to try and garner publicity over the body of a dead child.

By Lori

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@themeeker - Garner publicity? They lost a family member and are expressing their condolences to their families. I suppose when they became actresses, they forfeited the right to have emotions? I see you're still heartless. Some things never change. How sad and pathetic.

Well, you're buying it Lori...I'm not. I agree with Jill below.

By Jill

I don't think Paltrow or Bush recognized them as relatives before this incident now they want to use it to get media attention. Disgusting losers. Also this Tea party is getting out of hand with the hate.

By jade

This is not the tea party a radical idiot. We all listen to this crap from both sides oberman has his targeted hate crap on his show people had signs saying KILL george bush cmon this is an extremely sick moron who took it too far. Lets just blame george Bush like everything else.....This is a Keiht Oberman watcher

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