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Jessica Alba Was Right ... We Were Wrong

Posted Jan 27th 2009 2:25PM by TMZ Staff

Jessica Alba Jessica Alba is fuming at TMZ for calling her dumb when she called Sweden a "neutral" country last week ... even though it currently has troops in Afghanistan.

She is absolutely correct. Sweden was a neutral country ... 60 years ago.

Even though she was engaged in a debate about the current political situation in America when she advised a reporter to "Be Sweden ... be neutral" -- Alba is swinging back at critics, like TMZ, on her blog saying, "It's so sad to me that you think the only neutral country during WWII was Switzerland."

She is absolutely correct -- when the Nazis were waging war on anyone who opposed Hitler's evil rule, Sweden remained neutral and stayed out of the war. After the war, Winston Churchill referred to Sweden as "that small, coward country."

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.

Our sincerest apologies.

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16. Let me correct myself: The Irish Free State (now the Republic of Ireland) was also neutral.

Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, and Spain were neutral as of 1942.

Posted at 2:53PM on Jan 27th 2009 by Kat

17. Just a comment to the comments: Sweden was NOT neutral during WWII. The only reason Hitler didn't invade us was because our coward government and very German friendly king, let the German troops travel on the Swedish railways on their journey ... to invade NORWAY!

Posted at 2:57PM on Jan 27th 2009 by Sweet Swede

18. She's really unlikeable.

Posted at 3:13PM on Jan 27th 2009 by spooge

19. she is still stupid....and she came up with that Sweden explanation after she, "like, um, like asked somebody smart to find a time when Sweden was neutral....."

Nice try, Jessica. Again, don't try to pretend you are smart about anything....just memorize your script and do what the director says...

Posted at 3:05PM on Jan 27th 2009 by KP

20. but people dont mind oggling the eye candy.

Posted at 3:02PM on Jan 27th 2009 by Capt Jack

21. haha you know she only got the whole "switzerland is neutral" thing from reading the twilight books. (i know its sad - i just recently read the book and that's the first thing that popped into my head.)

Posted at 2:27PM on Jan 28th 2009 by lainey

22. huh why is jessica alba talking about sweden , 1942 and hitler when jessica alba isnt even swedish she was born in californa and is part danish?and whos jessica alba what has she ever done exect a couple b-movie films that no one cares about angeina jolie she will never be who cares

Posted at 3:12PM on Jan 27th 2009 by steve

23. I'm positive if you keep monitoring Jessica Alba's comments, she'll come up with a few more inane statements. No one has ever accused her of being a Rocket Scientist.

Posted at 3:12PM on Jan 27th 2009 by Litzie

24. TMZ got OWNED by Alba, despite tmz's clintonesque excuses.

Posted at 6:28PM on Jan 27th 2009 by ed

25. As long as she can give a rational explanation as to how her comment made sense, then I think she is correct.
WWII was the last war in which neutrality in Europe was a rare thing and so it would make sense that that is when she was referring to.

Posted at 3:29PM on Jan 27th 2009 by Tim

26. Jessica is like everyone else in Holloyweird, stupid and angry. Jessica should stick to what she does best (trying very hard to act and never doing very well) Keep it up TMZ. I am so sick of these idiots!

Posted at 11:21AM on Jan 28th 2009 by Michelle

27. And this is news, why?

Posted at 3:34PM on Jan 27th 2009 by Cakeeee

28. what a nag hag

Posted at 3:36PM on Jan 27th 2009 by cashcow

29. She is just making herself look dumber by trying to defend what was a clear blunder on her part. Everyone, but her, knows the accepted phrase is Switzerland. Doing this just opens her up to having to prove all the WWII history she knows and wants to reference. Yes, days later after she has the chance to dig around the internet to see if there is anyway she can be made to look like less of a dumba**.

Posted at 3:51PM on Jan 27th 2009 by thomas

30. Sweden allowed Nazi Germany to use their railroad system. Swiss banks housed all the Jewish gold Nazi Germany stole. While neither country took up arms, neither was truly neutral.

Posted at 3:37PM on Jan 27th 2009 by Simon

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