Yahoo Lifestyle 17 Cringey Things Celebrities Did At The Beginning Of The Pandemic That Are Weird To Look Back On Now
It's officially been five years since the start of the pandemic, when everyone, celebs and normal plebes alike, lost their minds.
On Sunday, the five-year "anniversary" of Vanessa Hudgens's virus video was all over the timeline, so let's revisit other things celebrities did that were just kind of cringe.
1.First off, there was THE "Imagine" video:
Gal Gadot, Kristen Wiig, Jamie Dornan, James Marsden, Sarah Silverman, Jimmy Fallon, Natalie Portman, Zoë Kravitz, Sia, Lynda Carter, Amy Adams, Leslie Odom Jr., Pedro Pascal, Chris O'Dowd, Dawn O'Porter, Will Ferrell, Mark Ruffalo, Norah Jones, Ashley Benson, Kaia Gerber, Cara Delevingne, and Maya Rudolph. Oof, they all fell for it.
2.As mentioned above, there was Vanessa Hudgens's "respecting" the virus video.
It's funny because the trigger for this video was Coachella being canceled.
3.There was the trend of celebrities thinking people were coping with isolation by singing their songs on balconies.
They weren't. No one was doing this.
4.I always forget about this one, but Jared Leto was at a 12-day silent meditation in the desert and missed the start of the pandemic like some Black Mirror episode or something.
"Walked out yesterday into a very different world. One that's been changed forever. Mind blowing - to say the least."
5.There were the celebs who went off about social distancing, like Arnold Schwarzenegger in a jacuzzi puffing on a cigar.
Must be nice!
6.Kim Kardashian also "showed us" how to "social distance" from across a table.
Effective!
7.Madonna gave an inspirational speech from her bathtub sprinkled with rose petals calling the coronavirus the "great equalizer."
8.We learned that Jennifer Lopez pretty much lived in the house from Parasite.
9.There was also the selfie where a man looked like he was dying in the background.
We were so bored.
10.Drake showed off his personal basketball court and captioned it, "My life for the next however long."
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11.There was that whole clapping trend.
priyanka chopra clapping on balcony
12.I'm still obsessed with how awkward King Charles and Camilla's clap is/was. It's like they've never done it before.
13.We had billionaires posting about quarantining on mega yachts.
14.Evangeline Lilly bragged about NOT social distancing.
15.Jaime King made a video thanking the virus. Like, people really lost their damn minds.
16.Sam Smith shared a series of pictures having a meltdown.
17.Lastly, Sia posted this iconic image.
Five years later, and I still have no idea what it means.
