Glenn Close says Gwyneth Paltrow's Oscars win didn't 'make any sense

Glenn Close has snubbed Gwyneth Paltrow's 1999 Oscar win in a new interview with ABC News.

Speaking on Popcorn with Peter Travers, the actress, 73, explained that she did not agree with the Academy's decision to award Paltrow the Best Actress Oscar for her role in Shakespeare In Love and instead praised Fernanda Montenegro for her role in Central Station.

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"I honestly feel that to be nominated by your peers is about as good as it gets. And then, I've never understood how you could honestly compare performances, you know?" Close, a seven-time Oscar nominee, said.

"I remember the year Gwyneth Paltrow won over that incredible actress who was in 'Central Station' and I thought, 'What?' It doesn't make sense."

"So I think who wins has a lot of things to do with how things have been, you know, whether it has traction or whatever," she continued.

"Publicity, how much money did they have to put it out in front of everybody's sight. I have to be philosophical about it, if I was upset about it."

Meryl Streep was also nominated for the Best Actress award that year for her role in One True Thing and Cate Blanchett for Elizabeth and Emily Watson for Hilary and Jackie.

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Close's comments after the actress was slammed by critics for her role in the critically-panned Netflix film Hillbilly Elegy.

The film dropped on Netflix earlier this week and has received a number of negative reviews.

Hillbilly Elegy centers around a Yale law student who returns back to his home of Ohio where he contemplates his family generations and future.

The film is an adaptation of the best selling 2016 novel Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance.

Watch the trailer for Hillbilly Elegy below: 

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However, reviewers of the movie claim that it has an inaccurate portrayal of the working class.

"The politically conservative, anti-welfare streak in the author's writing feels surgically removed," David Fear wrote in Rolling Stone.

Meanwhile, The Independent's critic described it as an "irresponsible parade of death and despair".

While reacting to the criticism, Close said the film "wasn't made with politics in mind" and went on to say that Howard "succeeded magnificently to tell the story of a very specific family."