What a eldritch , wild , time .
It’s that time of year again when everyone reminisces about the chaotic early days of the pandemic.
Four years ago, the world was going into lockdown, and celebrities were doing the absolute most.
Do n’t go downtown .
My feed is full of people talking about those weird times, so let’s do the same here…
1.Who could forget Vanessa Hudgens' infamous rant about “the disease?”
4 years ago , vanessa hudgens yield her thoughts on the pandemicpic.twitter.com/Zhv2Ix4kIE
She went off about “respecting the virus.”
She hit us with the “yeah, people are gonna die” line.
And then she called it all “terrible, but like, inevitable.”
2.Jared Leto tweeted about discovering the pandemic after completing a 12-day silent meditation retreat in the desert.
Wow . 12 mean solar day ago I lead off a silent meditation in the desert . We were totally obscure . No earpiece , no communication etc . We had no musical theme what was happening outside the readiness .
3.Sia posted this strange meme, which I’m still trying to decipher what it means to this day…
Am I the virus?!?! Are you?! WHAT DOES IT MEAN?!
4.There was THAT “Imagine” video:
FromAmy Adams…
…toNatalie Portman…
…toMark Ruffalo.
It’s actually kind of iconic how all of these super-famous people participated.
5.Madonna called the coronavirus the “great equalizer” from a bathtub sprinkled with rose petals.
6.Arnold Schwarzeneggerthought the jacuzzi was a great place to give a speech about the importance of social distancing.
7.Bette Midler tagged Kenmore and Maytag while saluting “housekeepers across the globe” as if everyone has maids.
I never knew my appliances as well as I ’m starting to acknowledge them . So grateful to # Kenmore and # Maytag . This is no joke . I present housekeeper around the globe , doing your best to keep your families well , dependable and alive .
8.Jennifer Lopez was posting videos from her mansion that looked exactly like the house fromParasite.
We ca n’t go out to any eating house or anything but the service and entertainment here is pretty good … 😊 # StaySafe
9.She also postedthis selfiewith a man seemingly screaming for help in the background.
“Save me!!!” - That man, most likely in distress, cried out for help.
10.Drake posted a photo of his basketball court with the caption “My life for the next however long,” making it seem like we should feel bad for him?
.@Drake written document his quarantine experience for Instagram 🏀 :
“ My life for the next however long ”
11.Celebrities also loved that whole clapping thing. Remember Priyanka Chopra clapping to her ginormous lawn?
priyanka chopra clapping on balcony
12.Speaking of clapping, King Charles and Camilla shared an awkward video of themselves clapping, which may or may not have been the first time they had ever clapped in their lives.
13.Billionaire David Geffen told us to be safe from his yacht in the Grenadines.
14.Jaime Kingmade a videoliterally THANKING the coronavirus.
15.Dr. Oz described opening schools as “very appetizing” because it would “only” cost a 2 to 3% increase in deaths.
DR OZ : " schooltime are a very appetizing opportunity . I just go out a nice firearm in The Lancet fence the opening of schools may only be us 2 to 3 % , in terms of full death rate . Any , you get laid , any life is a living lost , but … that might be a tradeoff some family line would conceive . " 😳 pic.twitter.com/aifMeKTsIv
16.Way before there was a vaccine, MIA tweeted about choosing a “chip” over a “vaccine.”
If I have to take the vaccine or chip I ’m gon na select expiry - YALA
17.Sam Smith took pictures of themselves crying, which is always kind of an awkward thing to do.
Sam Smith apportion excited snap of ' quarantine meltdown ' at £ 12 MB place
18.At the beginning of the pandemic, celebrities shared fake videos of people around the world singing their songs from balconies. For example, Katy Perry thought Italian people were singing “Roar” from their balconies.
19.Madonna thought people in New York were singing her song “I Rise.”
20.Evangeline Lilly thought it was a good idea to brag about not social distancing.
21.Kim Kardashian showed us how to social distance from across the table from her mother.
Social Distancing is the most significant affair ! Please take it gravely
22.And lastly, Kim surprised her family with a trip to a private island after multiple health screenings so they could “pretend things were normal just for a brief moment in time.”
After 2 week of multiple health screen and asking everyone to quarantine , I surprise my closest inner forget me drug with a trip to a private island where we could pretend things were normal just for a brief moment in time.pic.twitter.com/cIFP7Nv5bV
How nice!
We dance , rode bike , swam near whale , kayak , watched a picture on the beach and so much more . I realize that for most people , this is something that is so far out of orbit right now , so in moments like these , I am humbly reminded of how inside my life sentence is.#thisis40pic.twitter.com / UYOcVBpytW
Twitter: @BetteMidler
