The Rise of the Celebrity Oversharer
12th November 2022
Bella Hadid ate burritos today, in case anyone was wondering. Kourtney Kardashian had a smoothie and Paris Hilton had a facial. These snippets of celebrity lives have become so accessible through social media that many of us see these characters more than our family members. But lately, along with recipes and promotions of their new album, fans are increasingly seeing too much.
Just this month we’ve witnessed Kanye West’s chaotic downfall, which has now — thankfully — resulted in him vowing to take a month of silence after spurting antisemitic hate for the past few weeks. Lately I’ve seen Madonna’s breasts more than my own — though thankfully I’ve not yet taken to licking water out of a dog bowl. Meanwhile over on Britney Spears’s Instagram, the singer is offering her usual medley of vitriolic rants against family members who wronged her and egregious nude pictures to embarrass the ones who remain by her side. These snapshots all share a common theme: it would have been better for all of them to occur behind closed doors.