Kamala Harris had a number of celeb endorsements all through her ill-fated marketing campaign. Taylor Swift, Megan Thee Stallion, Bruce Springsteen, George Clooney, Billie Eilish, Cardi B, Ariana Grande, Lizzo, Mark Hamill, Lebron James, Charli XCX and Beyonce have been among the many Stunning Folks singing the Vice President’s praises.
It didn’t work, and pundits are questioning whether or not the age of celeb endorsements is lifeless. A greater query is why celebrities are valued for political endorsements within the first place? They’ll communicate for the rarefied world of wealth and fame, however do they communicate for the remainder of us?
As Fox Information reported, throughout a panel dialogue at an Italian Movie Pageant, Sharon Stone groused about voters who selected Donald Trump.
“We’ve got to cease and take into consideration who we select for presidency,” Stone stated. “And if, actually, we are literally selecting our authorities or if the federal government is selecting itself.”
Would somebody please clarify to Stone how democracy works?
She went on: “My nation is within the midst of adolescence. Adolescence may be very conceited. Adolescence thinks it is aware of the whole lot. Adolescence is naive and ignorant and conceited. And we’re in our ignorant, conceited adolescence.”
Was she talking of Hollywood?
Stone locations herself on the Higher Than Trump Voters pedestal partially as a result of she jets off to locations like Italy to choose up movie awards.
“So, People who don’t journey, who 80% don’t have a passport, who’re uneducated, are of their extraordinary naïveté,” she stated.
Is Stone conscious that the majority People don’t have her stage of disposable earnings? She reportedly earned $16.5 million for “Primary Intuition 2,” in fact she has a passport for globe-trotting.
Alec Baldwin was at that very same movie pageant and gave his two cents: “People are very uninformed about actuality — what’s actually happening. With local weather change, Ukraine, Israel … you identify it. All the most important subjects on this planet, People have an urge for food for a little bit bit of knowledge.”
People are fairly knowledgeable about actuality, and it’s been harsh for many who don’t get invited to movie festivals. Inflation, a chilly slap of actuality, has crush household meals budgets and seen wages out of step with rising prices. That’s actuality. When was the final time Stone or Baldwin clipped coupons to stretch the household dinner price range, or couldn’t afford Christmas items for family members?
They aren’t clueless outliers, in fact.
Enterprise Insider reported this alternate on “The View:” Cohost Sara Haines informed Whoopi Goldberg that folks may’ve backed Donald Trump as a result of he appeared to take care of the working class.
“There have been tens of millions and tens of millions of people who felt heard,” she stated.
“I admire that individuals are having a tough time. Me too,” Goldberg stated.
“I work for a dwelling. If I had all the cash on this planet, I might not be right here. I’m a working individual, you recognize, and my child has to feed her household, you recognize, and my great-granddaughter must be fed by her household,” Goldberg continued.
Selection reported in 2016 that Goldberg’s annual wage on “The View” is within the $5 million to $6 million vary.
These post-election revelations by Hollywood’s glitterati underscore how out of contact some celebrities are. Their “actuality” isn’t shared by most People, and it’s not as a result of the celebs are superior.
They’re simply overpaid.
