There's a few layers in this madness, but let's start with further proof of how detached Hollywood is from reality:
Appearing on the SmartLess podcast with Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, and Will Arnett, actress Gwyneth Paltrow opined on her hardships during the pandemic:
"Basically during quarantine I was drinking seven nights a week and making pasta, eating bread... I went totally off the rails, like, who drinks multiple drinks seven nights a week? That's not healthy."
People certainly had some thoughts:
But that's not the worst of it. After all, we're used to celebrities being a bit detached, and to be fair to Paltrow, she wasn't trying to compare her hardships with others.
That honorary achievement goes to writer Poppy Noor at The Guardian, who tried to make fun of Paltrow's "suffering" while noting that her own low point was having to yell once at her puppy:
"My lowest point this pandemic was when, at the end of my tether, I yelled 'I'M THE ALPHA!' at my four-month-old puppy, proving to us both I clearly wasn't," said Noor.
The headline originally asked people, "What was your lowest point?"
After that got mercilessly mocked, it was updated to "How did you surprise yourself?"
The damage, however, was already done:
And that sweet, sweet ratio:
You see, it's not just our celebrities and elites who are completely out of touch with the average person: it's also those in the media class.
