( CNN ) -- Gwyneth Paltrow may have given more ammunition to `` the enemy . '' The actress has come under fire for likening the impact of negative online comments to being in a war , according to an interview she gave to Re/Code . While discussing those trolls who make nasty , anonymous comments online , Paltrow called the effect of their insults `` dehumanizing . '' `` You come across ( online comments ) about yourself and about your friends , and it 's a very dehumanizing thing , '' Paltrow said , according to the interview . `` It 's almost like how , in war , you go through this bloody , dehumanizing thing , and then something is defined out of it . My hope is , as we get out of it , we 'll reach the next level of conscience . '' That bit of introspection did not go over well . Cindy McCain , wife of Sen. John McCain -- a former prisoner of war -- tweeted , `` Gweneth Paltrow is a joke . Her life is like taking bullets for a soldier . What a joke ! My 2 sons serving in the military should talk to her . '' She further tweeted , `` Perhaps Gweneth Paltrow should go out on patrol with some soldiers . Kind of like a Red Carpet in her mind I guess ! '' It 's not the first time the star has stirred strife with her comments . In March she faced criticism after she told E ! it was `` much harder '' for her as both a mother and a celebrity . `` I think it 's different when you have an office job , because it 's routine and , you know , you can do all the stuff in the morning and then you come home in the evening , '' she said . `` When you 're shooting a movie , they 're like , 'We need you to go to Wisconsin for two weeks , ' and then you work 14 hours a day and that part of it is very difficult . I think to have a regular job and be a mom is not as , of course there are challenges , but it 's not like being on set . '' Gwyneth Paltrow wants to end 'the mommy wars ' Paltrow later defended herself in a blog entry on her Goop site . `` As the mommy wars rage on , I am constantly perplexed and amazed by how little slack we cut each other as women , '' she wrote . In June 2012 , the actress set off a conversation about race and sensitivity after she tweeted `` Ni**as in Paris for real '' while attending a Jay Z and Kanye West concert in Paris . Paltrow is friends with Jay Z and the tweet referred to a song title from the two rappers , but many took offense at her use of the racial slur . Obsessions : Gwyneth Paltrow is having a moment .
Paltrow compared negative comments on the Internet to war . It 's not the first time her remarks have stirred strife . She recently complained of balancing motherhood with celebrity .