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Why Celebrity Culture Needs To Die

Violently!

Ezinne Ukoha
6 min readJul 8, 2020

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Independence Day 2020 was a lot more sober than usual for obvious reasons. So of course once Kanye West dropped the formal announcement of his proposed presidential run, the remaining hours of the so-called “holiday” was spent dissecting the inexplicable.

It didn’t take long for Kim Kardashian West to tweet a supportive message to her hubby of six years with the patriotic symbol that pays homage to an embattled country that has bequeathed more blessings than she can count.

For Kimmy, this latest stunt is on brand for what she and her relatives/business partners represent under the tutelage of their ruthless momager, Kris Jenner, who shamelessly pimped out her underaged daughter Kylie, by cosigning authorized surgeries and questionable romances — all for the worship of the almighty dollar.

When celebrity culture was unleashed a little over a decade ago, thanks to the raging machine of reality TV, and thirsty D-listers, who were finally gaining the level of fame that used to be exclusively assigned to A-list movie stars, observers…

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