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Maybe Celebrities Need To STFU
Except for those who really have something to say
Okay that’s kinda harsh. Like it or not, celebrities are human beings who possess the same range of emotions as those of us who aren’t so lucky to be stuck in sprawling, palatial sanctuaries, with oceanside views and acres of meditative quarters.
But if there’s anything to be gathered from these harrowing few weeks of self-isolation, and the national mandate of social distancing in an effort to minimize the deadly effects of COVID-19, it has to be the glaring disparities between the haves and have nots.
Before the prolific arrival of social media, we got our glimpses of how A-listers hang out from the glossy pages of tabloids, and because the exposure was limited to the adventurousness of probing paparazzi, readers were able to retain a level of fascination that didn’t elicit resentment.
That was then and this is now.
The current status of over-sharing and leaving absolutely nothing to the imagination for the sake of earning viability of blue checks, has inevitably blurred the lines of reason and convinced those who are blessed with abundance to relentlessly dramatize the exact opposite of less is more.
Even on a good day, insufferable celebs and D-list influencers who parade their…
