Why are so many people obsessed with following celebrities lives and gossip about it? - eviltoast

Like, why do you care so much if she’s sleeping with a new guy after just divorcing or her coming out or that rich family buying a new mansion? How does that affect your life?

  • jordanlund@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Nothing new under the sun…

    This might come as a shock, but back in the day there were these things called “Newspapers” where people got almost all their news and information.

    One of the more popular columns in a newspaper was the “Gossip Column”, where a celebrity fortune could literally be made or lost depending on what that particular columnist wrote about them.

    Hedda Hopper was NOTORIOUS for her column which ran from 1938 to 1966.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedda_Hopper