Celebrities during Quarantine

Loxley · Mar 21, 2020

I'll play Devil's Advocate here and give them some credit - a lot of these celebrities seem to have their hearts in the right place. However, there's just a running theme of a complete lack of self-awareness throughout a lot of these feel-good, "everything's gonna be fine!" videos. They come off as really tone-deaf as a result.

maxxpower · Mar 21, 2020

How about they donate some money to help procure more tests, masks, medical equipment.

StudioTan · Mar 21, 2020

Rendering... said:
Yeah, living in a hilariously unequal society on the wrong side of the class divide can have that effect. Or maybe we should celebrate people who drift serenely on clouds of wealth and privilege while the masses have to waste decades in the rat race just to build lives of modest security and comfort.

If you want to live like them, go get a job acting or learn an instrument and write hit songs. Very few of these people had wealth handed to them. As someone who knows many actors and musicians it's a fucking HARD life to try to be successful in entertainment. Their money comes from people who freely pay to see them act or play music. Should all of that money go to the executives and not the actual performers?

Be happy for other humans that they've accomplished things in life instead of being bitter and jealous of others.

Rendering... · Mar 21, 2020

StudioTan said:
If you want to live like them, go get a job acting or learn an instrument and write hit songs. Very few of these people had wealth handed to them. As someone who knows many actors and musicians it's a fucking HARD life to try to be successful in entertainment. Their money comes from people who freely pay to see them act or play music. Should all of that money go to the executives and not the actual performers?

Be happy for other humans that they've accomplished things in life instead of being bitter and jealous of others.

So, bootstraps. Luck and privilege are important factors. People don't choose to live miserable unfulfilling lives.

The notion that anyone who doesn't have what they want just needs to work harder is flawed. The hardest working person in the world is probably some single parent slaving away at three service jobs just to feed her family.

Kurita · Mar 21, 2020

StudioTan said:
Wow, some of you are such bitter petty people.

nah, people just think it's tone deaf as fuck, regardless of the good intention

don't be dense

smileyforall220 · Mar 21, 2020

I mean yeah that galdot one is pure cringe and the kardashian one is trash tier, but the bitterness is weird. Everyone in the world is tweeting and snap chatting and instagramming from home right now, this is what you're gonna get when everyone is under quarantine. Is there some financial barometer you have to pass before you are allowed to tweet or something?

StudioTan · Mar 21, 2020

Rendering... said:
So, bootstraps.

You have no clue what you're talking about. Walk a mile in someone else's shoes sometime.

Kurita said:
nah, people just think it's tone deaf as fuck, regardless of the good intention

don't be dense

They are just people, pay attention to them, don't pay attention to them. I just think the hostility is unwarranted.

Powdered Egg · Mar 21, 2020

These poor souls. I hope they find new jobs when this is all over.

Nabs said:

I am not ready for Woke OJ lmao.

Deleted member 2085 · Mar 21, 2020

StudioTan said:
If you want to live like them, go get a job acting or learn an instrument and write hit songs. Very few of these people had wealth handed to them. As someone who knows many actors and musicians it's a fucking HARD life to try to be successful in entertainment. Their money comes from people who freely pay to see them act or play music. Should all of that money go to the executives and not the actual performers?

Be happy for other humans that they've accomplished things in life instead of being bitter and jealous of others.

really going for that "Worst Poster of the Thread" Award, huh?

Rendering... · Mar 21, 2020

StudioTan said:
You have no clue what you're talking about. Walk a mile in someone else's shoes sometime

Read the edit.

Deleted member 44371 · Mar 21, 2020

PSOreo said:
Thought this was the Cringe thread for a second there. Who gives a shit about these rich people who aren't even donating to help people in need.

Seriously it's so cringy

Mar Tuuk · Mar 21, 2020

I could care less about millionaire celebrities in quarantine and wiping their diamond studded door knobs

Deleted member 23381 · Mar 21, 2020

2ndTuXx said:
Because they're regular people. They have access to the same resources and medical care just like you do.

The fuck you on about, they're millionaires.

StudioTan · Mar 21, 2020

psychbat said:
really going for that "Worst Poster of the Thread" Award, huh?

I'm talking about real life. I know a lot of people in the entertainment industry. Most of them are struggling to put food on the table like everyone else. A dear friend just got a part in a TV show after barely working for 2 years and I was thrilled for her. Now production is shut down. I'm not going to be bitter towards people who managed to make a successful career in entertainment because I know all too well how hard it can be to get to that point.

But whatever, if it makes you all feel better to talk shit about people because they've become successful, more power to you, I'm not about that life. I save my bitterness for people who are actually doing harm in this world.

Deleted member 39374 · Mar 21, 2020

From just looking at the ceiling and glass behind Ellen as she's sitting on that patio chair I can tell that her house is probably fucking insane

Quarantine is easy when you're living in a bond villain mansion

FormatCompatible · Mar 21, 2020

Ryan. said:
In other celebrity updates

CORAL!

Kareha · Mar 21, 2020

Why should we care about over privileged rich people self isolating in their mansions whilst the vast majority of people are losing their livelihoods, homes, dignity etc?

Terra Firma · Mar 21, 2020

StudioTan said:
I'm talking about real life. I know a lot of people in the entertainment industry. Most of them are struggling to put food on the table like everyone else. A dear friend just got a part in a TV show after barely working for 2 years and I was thrilled for her. Now production is shut down. I'm not going to be bitter towards people who managed to make a successful career in entertainment because I know all too well how hard it can be to get to that point.

But whatever, if it makes you all feel better to talk shit about people because they've become successful, more power to you, I'm not about that life. I save my bitterness for people who are actually doing harm in this world.

Way to miss the point entirely. They have no issue with the fact that they're actors or entertainers, it's the fact that they have enormous wealth and instead of using their enormous wealth for the benefit of those who are truly suffering from this pandemic, they pat themselves on the back.

Nude_Tayne · Mar 21, 2020

StudioTan said:
I'm talking about real life. I know a lot of people in the entertainment industry. Most of them are struggling to put food on the table like everyone else. A dear friend just got a part in a TV show after barely working for 2 years and I was thrilled for her. Now production is shut down. I'm not going to be bitter towards people who managed to make a successful career in entertainment because I know all too well how hard it can be to get to that point.

But whatever, if it makes you all feel better to talk shit about people because they've become successful, more power to you, I'm not about that life. I save my bitterness for people who are actually doing harm in this world.

Why are you talking about your jobless friends in a thread about millionaire celebrities singing Imagine from their giant mansions and who undoubtedly have immediate access to the kind of testing and healthcare that normal people will have to struggle for?

Disco · Mar 21, 2020

Kurita said:
who gives a shit

Forreal. Only one that has remotely been interesting is Arnolds PSAs with his donkey and pony

CortexVortex · Mar 21, 2020

Zach Braff and Donald Faison miss each other and Lesley Ann Brandt does a workout several times a day.
Apart from that I only know that Milner is sorting his teabags.

Wackamole · Mar 21, 2020

Oh my fucking god... what a cringe festival.

Shrikey · Mar 21, 2020

Jumping on the Imagine band wagon:

FormatCompatible · Mar 21, 2020

I don't think I have it in me to watch that imagine video all the way through. That shit is incredibly embarrassing.

Deleted member 2085 · Mar 21, 2020

StudioTan said:
I'm talking about real life. I know a lot of people in the entertainment industry. Most of them are struggling to put food on the table like everyone else. A dear friend just got a part in a TV show after barely working for 2 years and I was thrilled for her. Now production is shut down. I'm not going to be bitter towards people who managed to make a successful career in entertainment because I know all too well how hard it can be to get to that point.

But whatever, if it makes you all feel better to talk shit about people because they've become successful, more power to you, I'm not about that life. I save my bitterness for people who are actually doing harm in this world.

It's like missing the forest for the trees.
No one is talking about struggling actors here. We're talking about celebrities with loads of money that most of us will never see during our lifetime doing absolutely nothing when they think they're helping. Normally, most of us wouldn't give two shits about that, but we're in a pandemic. People are dying and losing their livelihoods and will continue to struggle for an unforeseeable amount of time. Resources and funds will be scarce and many of us will still have to pay our bills in fear that we might lose it all. Don't give me that "struggling actors are going through hardships" talk when absolutely no one was talking about that, EVERYONE is struggling.

EdibleKnife · Mar 21, 2020

StudioTan said:
I'm talking about real life. I know a lot of people in the entertainment industry. Most of them are struggling to put food on the table like everyone else. A dear friend just got a part in a TV show after barely working for 2 years and I was thrilled for her. Now production is shut down. I'm not going to be bitter towards people who managed to make a successful career in entertainment because I know all too well how hard it can be to get to that point.

But whatever, if it makes you all feel better to talk shit about people because they've become successful, more power to you, I'm not about that life. I save my bitterness for people who are actually doing harm in this world.

Your friend hustling for TV right now isn't exactly the same as Ellen one of the most watched daytime hosts of the 2000's or Gal Gadot the poster woman for a billion dollar superhero property. And people work hard at a lot of jobs. People work hard to teach children and pick up trash and run restaurants. People are working hard in a lot of places all over the world and many work hard only to reach the bare minimum needed to stay alive. It's not about these people being successful. It's about their success being inequal and the obliviousness many in that position are to that inequality.

Dre3001 · Mar 21, 2020

smileyforall220 said:
I mean yeah that galdot one is pure cringe and the kardashian one is trash tier, but the bitterness is weird. Everyone in the world is tweeting and snap chatting and instagramming from home right now, this is what you're gonna get when everyone is under quarantine. Is there some financial barometer you have to pass before you are allowed to tweet or something?

StudioTan said:
You have no clue what you're talking about. Walk a mile in someone else's shoes sometime.

They are just people, pay attention to them, don't pay attention to them. I just think the hostility is unwarranted.

The hostility and bitterness is because of the tone deaf nature of the posts.

I dont doubt that they had to work extremely hard and it was difficult to get to where they are. But when the majority of the country are losing their jobs, homes, loved ones, and are all terrified of the uncertainty around everything, I think most people feel like there is a lack of empathy.

"Oh lets sing imagine, we will all be fine" comes off as hollow and unaware of the severity of everything.

amanset · Mar 21, 2020

THEVOID · Mar 21, 2020

That imagine video might one of the worst group - tone deaf - least self-aware things I've ever seen. Holy crap! lol

Hoo-doo · Mar 21, 2020

StudioTan said:
Wow, some of you are such bitter petty people.

Pointing out the sheer absurdity of celebrities in their mansions acting like they are 'one of us' when hundreds are currently dying on ICU beds all around the globe and people are afraid not getting a paycheck next week to feed their families is not being 'petty.

I'll applaud any celeb that is actually doing something positive and helping people out in their own local community. But in this current time of crisis, they certainly aren't owed our attention and the lavish fawning they usually receive. We have our own problems.

The same way watching celebs can instill comfort in some, they similarly instill a realization of the absolute harshness and inequality of life in others. That kind of added frustration we could do without.

KtotheRoc · Mar 21, 2020

Jake Johnson, who voiced Peter B. Parker in Into the Spider-Verse, is doing this.

Volimar · Mar 21, 2020

maxxpower said:
How about they donate some money to help procure more tests, masks, medical equipment.

Money, in the short term, isn't why we don't have these things. There's money there already. It's lack of supply. But what celebs could be doing is helping keep some of these struggling businesses afloat, donating to food banks and shelters, things like that where their money will still have an impact.

Nabs · Mar 21, 2020

Powdered Egg said:
These poor souls. I hope they find new jobs when this is all over.

I am not ready for Woke OJ lmao.

Twitter is somehow still free

shaneo632 · Mar 21, 2020

Evangeline Lilly...isn't quarantining. Absolute trash.

Deleted member 8852 · Mar 21, 2020

Fuck Gal Gadot and whichever other celeb decided to join in on singing that song, lol.

Deleted member 39374 · Mar 21, 2020

StudioTan said:
If you want to live like them, go get a job acting or learn an instrument and write hit songs.

hahahaha

Dude, the chances of you moving to LA to "hit it big" organically like that is like a million to one. You know better. These people are extremely lucky and are NOT the norm. For every one of them there's like 1000 failed artists who went back home after not being able to land any gigs and their day job doesn't cover the rent at all

We're not even including the fact that many of them simply got their careers through nepotism or just straight up bought their opportunities with existing wealth. Even the Kardashians got a head start, sure they were upper middle class and selling clothes in a strip mall in the valley in the 00's but their dad was OJ's lawyer.

Volimar · Mar 21, 2020

Kareha said:
Why should we care about over privileged rich people self isolating in their mansions whilst the vast majority of people are losing their livelihoods, homes, dignity etc?

This is fair, but everybody is doing this stuff on their social media. Sharing inspiring stories, music, tips on dealing with the quarantine, talking about how bored they are. The celebrities just get more attention for it because they have more followers. They could be doing a lot more to help right now though, and I think that's what people want to see from the wealthy instead of music videos.

thermopyle · Mar 21, 2020

StudioTan said:
I'm talking about real life. I know a lot of people in the entertainment industry. Most of them are struggling to put food on the table like everyone else. A dear friend just got a part in a TV show after barely working for 2 years and I was thrilled for her. Now production is shut down. I'm not going to be bitter towards people who managed to make a successful career in entertainment because I know all too well how hard it can be to get to that point.

But whatever, if it makes you all feel better to talk shit about people because they've become successful, more power to you, I'm not about that life. I save my bitterness for people who are actually doing harm in this world.

Yeah I don't think most posters on here are really referring to your friend even though I totally get where you're coming from in the sense that people in the industry (especially in the weeds) are for the most part regular folks. Like my gf's production was halted indefinitely and now she's out of a job. With how it is rn - for the foreseeable future too. Thankfully her showrunner fought for them to get paid to through the end of the month (everyone go support For All Mankind lol)

It does get annoying when this place gets very opinionated about industries it understands very little about but in this case I think it's just harmless shitting on actual out-of-touch celebrities. If the examples presented were using their status and wealth to spread awareness I think this thread would have turned out differently lol

Deleted member 2085 · Mar 21, 2020

Polymerization said:
hahahaha

Dude, the chances of you moving to LA to "hit it big" organically like that is like a million to one. You know better. These people are extremely lucky and are NOT the norm. For every one of them there's like 1000 failed artists who went back home after not being able to land any gigs and their day job doesn't cover the rent at all

We're not even including the fact that many of them simply got their careers through nepotism or just straight up bought their opportunities with existing wealth. Even the Kardashians got a head start, sure they were upper middle class and selling clothes in a strip mall in the valley in the 00's but their dad was OJ's lawyer.

for real
success isn't just about working hard

Saiyaman · Mar 21, 2020

Bruh if I had a mansion or a big ass penthouse like these rich folk do I'd be running all up and down the shit, hopping over sofa's, playing pretend.

Shit is hard to do in a small apartment.

Dog of Bork · Mar 21, 2020

Must suck to be stuck in a giant house with a bunch of money so you can afford to have anything delivered and enjoy the finest quality of whatever indoor passion you have. Or having a large yard so you can stretch your legs and avoid going stir-crazy.

I feel so bad for them.

IDreamOfHime · Mar 21, 2020

amanset said:

I'm still not ready for a solo chuckle brother 😥

dodo · Mar 21, 2020

StudioTan said:
Wow, some of you are such bitter petty people.

celebs? i agree

Dr. Lucien Sanchez · Mar 21, 2020

FormatCompatible said:
I don't think I have it in me to watch that imagine video all the way through. That shit is incredibly embarrassing.

I picture Jenna Maroney from 30 Rock putting something like that together and it somehow makes it mildly more tolerable

chubigans · Mar 21, 2020

This is what we really need right now:

Haunted · Mar 21, 2020

Br3wnor said:
I saw a tweet about how maybe this virus finally kills celebrity culture and I really think it's going to lessen it. Many people are realizing thag what these celebrities are doing on a daily basis is meaningless, like we'll still enjoy their art and talent but the absolute societal fawning over them might really change after all this.

We can only hope, but no fucking way. Get real.

Celebrity worship is Americas new religion and it won't stop.

Kinthey · Mar 21, 2020

I don't mind celebs recording some nice messages but the Imagine video is just too much

J_Macgrady · Mar 21, 2020

Does anyone know what Ja's thoughts are on this tragedy?

M. Wallace · Mar 21, 2020

Britney Spears has been donating money via PayPal to some of her fans who need assistance. Pretty cool.

ultracal31 · Mar 21, 2020

J_Macgrady said:
Does anyone know what Ja's thoughts are on this tragedy?

Where
Is
Ja

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