Complaining about her taxation , Adele articulate , " I ’m humiliate to have to pay 50 % ! [ While ] I use the NHS , I ca n’t use public transport anymore . Trains are always previous , most state schools are [ forged ] , and I ’ve got ta give you , like , four million quid — are you deliver a laugh ? "
Sometimes, celebs seem to forget that not everyone has the same privileges and advantages that they do, or that Hollywood isn’t the center of the universe.
Here are 13 times celebs opened their mouths and said something very privileged and out-of-touch:
1.On a 2021 episode ofKeeping Up with the Kardashians,Kim Kardashianfailed her baby bar exam then claimed it’s “harder” than the main bar exam — though this isn’tentirely true.
Here’s the full clip:
2.In 2022,Allureasked Kim Kardashian if she felt “responsible, even guilty, for setting an unrealistic,unattainable beauty standard.” She replied, “If I’m doing it, it’s attainable.”
She continued , " There are so many different beauty standards — whether it’sGwen Stefani , Jennifer Lopez , Marilyn Monroe . When I was a stripling , [ the feeling ] was just blonde waifs … My outlook was never like , you see them on TV or in cartridge clip and pick who you want to be . It was always : Be yourself , obtain looker in everything . "
after in the audience , she said , " I care . I really , genuinely care about looking good . I probably care more than 90 pct of the people on this planet . It ’s not easy when you ’re a ma and you ’re exhausted at the end of the day or you ’re in school , and I ’m all of the above . I do my looker discourse unremarkably deep at Nox . After everyone ’s in bed , I ’m doing laser treatments … It ’s hard to explicate because I am at repose , but I would still do anything to look and palpate youthful . "
Kim and her home have previously beencriticizedfor not know the fact that being able to afford personal trainer , dietitian , etc . is a privilege that many people who look to them as the lulu standard do n’t have .
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3.In 2021,Dixie D’AmeliotoldVoguethat she decided not to go to college because she was afraid of being embarrassed over other people playing her music at parties.
Here’s the full video, with this part starting at the 2:17 mark:
4.Complaining about taxes she had to pay on profits from her album sales in 2011, Adele toldQ Magazine, “I’m mortified to have to pay 50%! [While] I use the NHS, I can’t use public transport anymore. Trains are always late, most state schools are shit, and I’ve gotta give you, like, four million quid — are you having a laugh?”
She continued , " When I receive my taxation bill in from [ the album]19 , I was quick to go and bribe a gun and randomly capable firing . "
5.In 2022,Location, Location, Locationpresenter Kirstie Allsopp toldthe Sunday Times, “When I bought my first property, going abroad, the easyJet, coffee, gym, Netflix lifestyle didn’t exist. I used to walk to work with a sandwich. And on payday I’d go for a pizza, and to a movie, and buy a lipstick. Interest rates were 15 percent; I was earning £11,500 a year… I don’t want to belittle those people who can’t do it. But there are loads of people who can do it and don’t. It is hard.”
She continued , " We ’ve fallen into the maw of saying it ’s unimaginable for everybody . I was impart up to believe have your home is the be all and finish all , and in a way , I still think that … it ’s about where you could buy , not if you could buy . There is an payoff around the desire to make those sacrifices . "
In response to a critic on Twitter , shereportedlysaid , " Either you think I ’m an out - of - touch rich beef who does n’t get how hard it is to corrupt a home in many parts of the UK or you do n’t . The Times can twist things as much as they want , but in the ending , it ’s down to whether you believe in my empathy , sympathy , and experience or not . "
6.On a 2022 episode ofThe View, the cohosts were discussing theRussian invasion of Ukrainewhen Joy Behar said, “I’m scared about what will happen to western Europe, too. You know, you plan a trip. You want to go there. I want to go to Italy for four years, and I haven’t been able to make it because of the [coronavirus] pandemic.”
She continued , " And now this . It ’s like , ' What ’s gon na happen there ? ' "
7.OnThe Drew Barrymore Show, Amy Schumer revealed that, as she prepared to host the 2022 Academy Awards amidst the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, she wanted to get President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to film a segment for the ceremony.
Wanda Sykes , who was Amy ’s cohost , toldVariety , " I call up he ’s very busy right now . We so look up to him … You know , in Hollywood , we can get a fiddling full of ourselves , and we cerebrate that what we ’re doing is all so important . I understand that , yeah , what we do reaches a muckle people and we can persuade a lot of people , but it ’s also [ respectful ] to just know your lane . You know what I ’m say ? Know your lane . "
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8.Also during the invasion of Ukraine, John Cena — who plays the titular role in the DC seriesPeacemaker—tweeted, “If I could somehow summon the powers of a real life #Peacemaker I think this would be a great time to do so.”
He wascriticizedfor seemingly using the war to boost his show .
9.In a viralTikTokfrom 2022, a fan asked Oprah Winfrey to suggest “a favorite gift for [their] mom [who’s] not doing well.” Oprah replied, “You know, a wonderful thing is that jewelry box that I had on ‘Favorite Things.'” The fan said, “That’s too expensive for me,” then Oprah replied, “It’s not. It’s really not, it’s like 100-and-something dollars.”
After a bit of back - and - forth , she at last said , " Okay , then this is the perfect gift for your momma ; you do a list of your top 10 reason why you love her , and you make a beautiful card , and it’syourtop 10 . "
10.In 2019, Chris Hemsworth toldMen’s Health UKthat he doesn’t believe people who say they “don’t have time” to workout. He said, “It’s about prioritizing what’s important, you know, I live an incredibly busy life, but trying to find 20 or 30 minutes a day to train, I can see the benefit.”
He also say , " I ’d remind people to pressure themselves to find that [ time ] , whether it ’s awake up 20 to 30 minutes sooner , because once you feel the benefit , it ’s hard to disregard . I suppose if you really look at your clock or the day , you may gouge it in somewhere . "
11.During the coronavirus pandemic, Wales’s lockdown rulespreventedpeople who owned second homes in the country from traveling there. In 2020, New Order frontman Bernard Sumner, who was living in England, toldthe Times, “I’ve got a brand new boat waiting for me in Wales, and I can’t go to it because the fucking Welsh won’t let me.”
He continued , " So yeah , lockdown ’s doing my bally nut in . "
12.In 2020, Elizabeth Banks toldPeopleabout celebrating the holidays with just her husband and sons. She said, “[We] had no help, no nannies, no babysitters. It was crazy. You forget how difficult it is to wake up in the middle of the night, how exhausting it is.”
" I lost all my nail . I did dish and clean bottles for 10 Clarence Day , so I fall behind all those nail ! " she sum .
13.And finally, appearing onThe Diary of a CEOpodcast in 2021, influencer Molly-Mae Hague — who, at the time, wasreportedlymaking six figures as creative director for PrettyLittleThing — repeated somefamiliar advicethat doesn’t take into account the different privileges, circumstances, etc. that mean everyone isn’t on a level playing field.
Here’s the full video, with this part starting at the 10:52 mark:
react to backlash via her Instagram story , Molly - Mae said , " I wanted to come back online today as normal , but I feel like before I do , I just wanted to say this . … When I say or mail anything online , it is never with spite or ill design . I completely apprize that thing can affect dissimilar people in unlike elbow room ; however , I just want to stress that I would never mean to hurt or bowl over anyone by anything that I say or do . I apologize to the people that [ have ] been affected negatively or misconceive the meaning of what I enounce in the podcast ; the purpose of the podcast were only ever to tell my account and inspire from my own experience . "
