22 Cringey Things Celebrities Did At The Beginning Of The Pandemic That Are Wild To Look Back On Now
It's that time of year again when everyone reminisces about the chaotic early days of the pandemic.
Four years ago, the world was going into lockdown, and celebrities were doing the absolute most.
Don't go downtown.
— 𝕍 𝕒 𝕟 𝕖 𝕤 𝕤 𝕒 ℂ 𝕒 𝕣 𝕝 𝕥 𝕠 𝕟 (@VanessaCarlton) March 16, 2020
^That was actually one of the few good celebrity tweets of the time.
My feed is full of people talking about those weird times, so let's do the same here...
1. Who could forget Vanessa Hudgens' infamous rant about "the disease?"
4 years ago, vanessa hudgens gave her thoughts on the pandemic pic.twitter.com/Zhv2Ix4kIE
— popculture (@notgwendalupe) March 17, 2024
Twitter: @notgwendalupe / Via instagram.com
She went off about "respecting the virus."
She hit us with the "yeah, people are gonna die" line.
And then she called it all "terrible, but like, inevitable."
2. Jared Leto tweeted about discovering the pandemic after completing a 12-day silent meditation retreat in the desert.
Wow. 12 days ago I began a silent meditation in the desert. We were totally isolated. No phone, no communication etc. We had no idea what was happening outside the facility.
— JARED LETO (@JaredLeto) March 17, 2020
3.Sia posted this strange meme, which I'm still trying to decipher what it means to this day...
Am I the virus?!?! Are you?! WHAT DOES IT MEAN?!
4.There was THAT "Imagine" video:
From Amy Adams...
...to Natalie Portman...
...to Mark Ruffalo.
It's actually kind of iconic how all of these super-famous people participated.
5.Madonna called the coronavirus the "great equalizer" from a bathtub sprinkled with rose petals.
6.Arnold Schwarzenegger thought the jacuzzi was a great place to give a speech about the importance of social distancing.
7.Bette Midler tagged Kenmore and Maytag while saluting "housekeepers across the globe" as if everyone has maids.
I never knew my appliances as well as I’m starting to know them. So grateful to #Kenmore and #Maytag. This is no joke. I salute housekeepers around the globe, doing your best to keep your families well, safe and alive.
8.Jennifer Lopez was posting videos from her mansion that looked exactly like the house from Parasite.
We can’t go out to any restaurants or anything but the service and entertainment here is pretty good...😊 #StaySafe
9.She also posted this selfie with a man seemingly screaming for help in the background.
"Save me!!!" - That man, most likely in distress, cried out for help.
10.Drake posted a photo of his basketball court with the caption "My life for the next however long," making it seem like we should feel bad for him?
.@Drake documents his quarantine experience for Instagram 🏀:“My life for the next however long”
11.Celebrities also loved that whole clapping thing. Remember Priyanka Chopra clapping to her ginormous lawn?
priyanka chopra clapping on balcony
12.Speaking of clapping, King Charles and Camilla shared an awkward video of themselves clapping, which may or may not have been the first time they had ever clapped in their lives.
13.Billionaire David Geffen told us to be safe from his yacht in the Grenadines.
14.Jaime King made a video literally THANKING the coronavirus.
15. Dr. Oz described opening schools as "very appetizing" because it would "only" cost a 2 to 3% increase in deaths.
DR OZ: "Schools are a very appetizing opportunity. I just saw a nice piece in The Lancet arguing the opening of schools may only cost us 2 to 3%, in terms of total mortality. Any, you know, any life is a life lost, but ... that might be a tradeoff some folks would consider." 😳 pic.twitter.com/aifMeKTsIv
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 16, 2020
Fox/ Twitter: @atrupar
16. Way before there was a vaccine, MIA tweeted about choosing a "chip" over a "vaccine."
If I have to choose the vaccine or chip I'm gonna choose death - YALA
— M.I.A.Ⓜ️ (@MIAuniverse) March 25, 2020
17.Sam Smith took pictures of themselves crying, which is always kind of an awkward thing to do.
Sam Smith shares emotional snaps of 'quarantine meltdown' at £12m homehttps://t.co/RKaqDHAZ54
18.At the beginning of the pandemic, celebrities shared fake videos of people around the world singing their songs from balconies. For example, Katy Perry thought Italian people were singing "Roar" from their balconies.
They weren't.
19.Madonna thought people in New York were singing her song "I Rise."
They also weren't.
20.Evangeline Lilly thought it was a good idea to brag about not social distancing.
21.Kim Kardashian showed us how to social distance from across the table from her mother.
Social Distancing is the most important thing! Please take it seriously
22. And lastly, Kim surprised her family with a trip to a private island after multiple health screenings so they could "pretend things were normal just for a brief moment in time."
After 2 weeks of multiple health screens and asking everyone to quarantine, I surprised my closest inner circle with a trip to a private island where we could pretend things were normal just for a brief moment in time. pic.twitter.com/cIFP7Nv5bV
— Kim Kardashian (@KimKardashian) October 27, 2020
How nice!
We danced, rode bikes, swam near whales, kayaked, watched a movie on the beach and so much more. I realize that for most people, this is something that is so far out of reach right now, so in moments like these, I am humbly reminded of how privileged my life is. #thisis40 pic.twitter.com/UYOcVBpytW
— Kim Kardashian (@KimKardashian) October 27, 2020
