Celebrities often strive to be relatable, but sometimes they say things that make you think, “Hold on a second… you and I have had very different experiences.”
Here are 19 celebrities who are literally the opposite of relatable people.
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In an interview with Vogue, Bella Hadid, daughter of Dutch model and reality TV star Yolanda Hadid, spoke about her early career and got a little emotional about how she wasn't able to buy a pair of Louboutins until she'd finished high school.
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Speaking at the Cannes Film Festival as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Cate Blanchett claimed to be “middle class.” Speaking about refugee stories and her own privilege, Blanchett said, “I'm white. I have privilege. I'm middle class. And I think sometimes I get accused of having a white savior complex, but I can honestly say that my interactions with refugees on the ground and in resettlement environments have completely changed my view of the world.” Blanchett is reported to be worth $95 million.
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In 2009, Natalie Portman demonstrated how the rich and famous experience a recession when she called it an “exciting time.” Her full statement was, “I think it's an exciting time. I mean, everyone's saving money. This is happening in every industry, including ours. All of a sudden people are working jobs they hate, they're not making as much money as they thought they would, or they're losing their jobs entirely. You're seeing people start turning to their passions and the things that really excite them.”
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The pandemic has been full of similar moments, as the rich and famous experienced it very differently from the rest of us: Ellen DeGeneres, for example, angered fans by likening the lockdown (which she spent in her luxury mansion) to prison.
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Madonna also filmed a COVID message that was seen as extremely surreal, in which she lay in a bathtub of roses and called COVID “the great equalizer.”
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During lockdown, Taylor Swift recorded a message for the Class of 2020 who were unable to attend in-person graduation ceremonies. In the video, she compared her own experience of missing out on graduation due to skyrocketing career success to students who were unable to attend graduation due to the global pandemic.
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Chrissy Teigen infuriated people online during the pandemic when she tweeted, “This isn't an ad but if you're stuck at home, ordering America's Best Food at Goldbelly is the best thing you can do right now! I'm currently having clam chowder shipped to me from Boston.” In a second tweet, she wrote, “If you've ever eaten somewhere and wanted to have that dish again, there's a good chance they offer delivery and it's fun to scroll through.” Many found the tweet insensitive given how many restaurants have been forced to close due to the coronavirus, and unrealistic considering many people can't afford to have local food delivered from faraway states at a time when so many people are unemployed.
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No stranger to controversy, Teigen faced backlash when she tweeted that her mother treats AirPods (which cost between $129 and $149) as “disposable” and buys multiples a month. After it was pointed out that the idea of treating such luxury items as disposable was outdated, Teigen apologized and tweeted, “I hadn't checked my mentions in a while so I had no idea so many people were outraged by this. This was meant as a joke (exaggeration) about my mom not realizing that AirPods are wired headphones but it came off as very insensitive and offensive.” In a follow-up tweet, she wrote, “I promise I don't always say the right thing in the right way but I hate disappointing or upsetting you all. I'm sorry and I'll try harder not to be such a jerk.”
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Another coronavirus-related topic: Justin Timberlake once said that 24-hour parenting during lockdown was “not human.” Regarding being with his kids all the time, Timberlake said, “I sympathize with the fact that 24-hour parenting is not human.” He has one child.
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Although this has nothing to do with lockdown, Meghan Markle has been accused of being naive in a similar way. Ellen Having one child is like a “hobby,” but having two is “raising children.”
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One of the common misconceptions that celebrities believe is that because they work harder than anyone else, they deserve greater wealth and influence than the average person. They have no idea how hard people who are struggling to make ends meet actually work. For example, Ariana Grande came under fire after posting a photo of herself on Instagram with the caption, “When you're cute but also the hardest working 23 year old on the planet. #cute #but #CEO #hasn'tsleptinyears.” She deleted the post after the internet pointed out that people who are struggling to support their families in minimum wage jobs are probably working even harder.
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Similarly, Justin Bieber said during the pandemic, “How blessed we are to have this love. Obviously, a lot of people are in terrible situations during this time. People look at us and we obviously worked hard to be where we are, so we can't feel guilty about what we have.”
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And of course, we can't forget Kim Kardashian's advice to women in business to “stand up and do your job,” a comment that quickly became a meme, with Kardashian clarifying that it was “not a blanket statement about women” and saying she was “truly sorry if it was taken that way” and that the comment had been taken out of context.
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Celebrities often don't realize the privilege they have being born to famous parents (aka “nepo babies”), and instead believe they're famous on their own merits. In an interview with Elle magazine, Lily-Rose Depp said about the label “nepo baby,” “There's no way you're going to get a role unless you're right for it. On the Internet, who your family is is way more important than who's casting you. You might get a stepping stone, but it's just a stepping stone. There's a lot more work to come after that.”
“To qualify someone with this idea that they're a doctor because it's a generational thing seems weird to me. It doesn't make sense at all. If someone's mother or father is a doctor and their child becomes a doctor, they don't say, 'You're a doctor because your parents are doctors,' they're like, 'No, I went to medical school and did my training.'” She went on to say that she isn't comparing her job to medical work, and that she often hears the term in terms of men rather than women, and doesn't think that's a coincidence.
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Kendall Jenner has similarly been accused of being naive about her modeling career. Love In an interview with the magazine, she said, “From the beginning, I was very selective about which shows I did. I was never the type of girl that does 30 shows a season or whatever. Empower them. But there was tons of other work, not just the catwalk. “Jenner had become the world's highest-paid model the previous year and had been modeling since she was a teenager. The celebrity life of Keeping Up with the Kardashians.
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And instead of acknowledging the opportunities that fame afforded her at such a young age, she said it was harder because she started out as a “reality star.” She told Andy Cohen, “Of course I had a platform and I never took it for granted. I always knew it was there, but it was almost as if it made my job a little harder. People just didn't want to hire me because I was on a reality show.” This is despite the fact that, just before Kendall signed with Wilhelmina Models at 13, another model from her life, Kris Jenner, had said on her reality show that she'd “spent the last two days calling everyone she knew so that she could introduce Kendall to the best modeling agencies possible.”
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In the same interview, when Andy Cohen asked her what she would have done if she hadn't been a model, she replied that she would have been an Olympic equestrian, as if that was an achievable, reasonable goal (and, given her net worth growing up, it probably was).
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One last thing about Kendall: when she struggled to cut a cucumber and quickly became a meme. The celebrity life of Keeping Up with the Kardashians.
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And finally, one of the most damning: Grimes once claimed that billionaire Elon Musk “sometimes lives below the poverty line.” do not have Do I live in a $40,000 house with very poor security? Do I eat peanut butter for eight days in a row, with neighbors filming us, no security?' The interviewer points out that she lives in a “nice house,” though not “Versailles-like” (though it is a house in Austin with a pool and a view of the Colorado River).
To you, what is the most unrealistic or unrelatable thing a celebrity has ever said? Tell us in the comments!
