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Has the pandemic changed how we view celebrities?
COVID-19 has highlighted how differently celebrities live from most of the public as they access a world we have missed
A few days ago marked one year since Gal Gadot, six days into precautionary COVID-19 self-isolation, created a star-studded video montage covering John Lennon’s “Imagine”—a moment that a recent article headline for The Telegraph said, “… ruined celebrities for good.”
As the COVID-19 pandemic has endured over the past year, killing millions of people worldwide and forcing many further into poverty or to drastically change their lifestyles, the privilege of celebrities and influencers has been caught in 4K while they do their best to maintain how “relatable” they are.
The clearest example of this is Kim Kardashian’s Twitter thread from October 27, 2020, about celebrating her 40th birthday “with family and friends in a safe environment”—otherwise known as a private island in Tahiti.
