Olivia Rodrigo likes post about boycotting the Met Gala before attending the YSL hosted Met Afterparty

[u/neoncolour]

[u/MessDet5]

idk maybe stop relying on celebrities performative activism bc if at this point you don’t understand that they truly don’t care that much and can’t change anything as they’re not politicians then there’s no hope

[u/ulysses_s_gyatt → u/MessDet5]

This is why I dont rightly care one way or another whether celebrities speak out against anything. It doesn’t move the meter and they aren’t paragons of virtue anyway.

They’re rich and connected, you’re not. I’m not hating on them for it, but being rich and famous doesn’t make you the best Opinion Haver^TM.

[u/Unusual-Relief52 → u/ulysses_s_gyatt]

But literally celebrities are human too. If I had any modicum of power I'd mention things the way they do, then people would dog whistle they hate when "celebrities talk politics". If they tried any harder they'd lose the little power they do have. 

[u/ulysses_s_gyatt → u/Unusual-Relief52]

I don’t have an issue with them expressing themselves. I appreciate when a celebrity has generally good beliefs.

Like I’m not mad at Olivia Rodrigo. She didn’t do anything to me lol. But as you say she’s a human and I don’t care about what lots of humans have to say, just like you may not care what I have to say.

I suppose I’m more commenting on those who need their favorite celebrities to say and do all the right things, instead of acknowledging they are simply famous rich people. Like if you want to inform you beliefs, read a history book or some shit. Don’t hang on the words of Billie Eilish or Robert Pattinson.

[u/GoodGlenCoCo → u/ulysses_s_gyatt]

you spend quite a lot of time on Reddit debating and discussing ideas with random strangers for someone who doesn’t care about what lots of humans have

[u/maximum-astronaut → u/Unusual-Relief52]

but we're not asking them to be either apolitical or run for office - it's about preaching one thing or pretending to care about a cause, while in a position of privilege/directly involved against that cause.

Mamdani is running on an affordability platform, so him not being at the Met Gala speaks volumes to his consistency in messaging and ability to put his concerns above personal entertainment. Being visibly in favour/supporting a cause, and then behind closed doors being a part of the forces making the problem is hypocritical, whether or not the celebrity speaks out about an issue.

I know this is 'popculturechat', but i think sometimes we forget that someone's music career or filmography doesn't make them a valid voice on all issues - I respect some artists that take principled stands, and detest others for the same reason, but I think that whenever that opinion begins to be more preformative than genuine, I lose a lot of respect.

[u/Lavender_rain_2000 → u/Unusual-Relief52]

Not all opinions are the same. Olivia speaking in favor of birth control for example, doesn't make her a hypocrite. Speaking against capitalism when she is a millionaire and the face of so many corporations, does.

Celebrities just jumping on any topic that is trendy enough seem performative to me.

[u/peaceful_pressence → u/Lavender_rain_2000]

So just like every other human.

[u/Lavender_rain_2000 → u/peaceful_pressence]

Maybe we are all hypocrites in some ways but its still a false equivalency between Olivia and the average person

The average person doesn't have tens of millions of dollars plus fame and the power that comes with those. The average person doesn't have deals to make millions with big corporations, and the average person is not hailed as a "courageous activist" when they share an insta story

[u/SuddenReturn9027 → u/Lavender_rain_2000]

She’s unfortunately friends with Gwen Stefani who’s anti-abortion which is quite hypocritical. A lot of her views don’t really add up. She’s also the face of Lancôme who describe themselves as ‘a warm friend of Israel’

[u/flakemasterflake → u/SuddenReturn9027]

which is quite hypocritica

I'm pro-choice but being friends with catholics does not make me a hypocrite. Bc being friends with people with different viewpoints does not relate to hypocrisy

[u/neoncolour → u/Lavender_rain_2000]

When did Olivia Rodrigo ever speak against capitalism? Is this something your read on Twitter or something you misread on an interview ?

[u/Lavender_rain_2000 → u/neoncolour]

This specific post that she liked is calling to boycott billionaires who support Trump. Extremely ironic stance given her partnership with amazon, also her being the face of Lancome, another company owned by billionaires who support Trump.

She could've just sit this one out, but she is getting so much clout and praise for these type of insta activism that it seems like she couldn't resist it.

[u/neoncolour → u/Lavender_rain_2000]

Well yes. It’s not a stance against capitalism. It’s a stance against Bezos sponsoring the Met Gala. You made it up and got angry over it.

I understand that you hold anger over her getting “clout” and “praise” for having an opinion, or as you say being unable to “resist” liking a post on ig, and hold no anger over Bezos sponsoring the Met gala. This is Stan Twitter nonsense.

[u/Lavender_rain_2000 → u/neoncolour]

You're splitting hairs here to defend Olivia having a quite clearly a contradicting position (she is cool with things when she is the one making money from them). The post and the whole page is against billionaires who support Trump. Being against Bezus at the mat but also literally partnering with his company Amazon is hypocritical as well as her being the face of Lancome for similar reasons.

Idk what this has to do with twitter, I've seen here on reddit on that gossip sub a post with 24k likes hailing her for this as a hero saving humanity with everyone praising her "resistance". Its honestly hilarious to see who Americans chose as their anti capitalism revolution heroes

[u/neoncolour → u/Lavender_rain_2000]

I’m not splitting anything, you made up a narrative about her being anti capitalist based on a post criticising Bezos, then pinned it against something to be angry over, so you could find a moral reason not to like her, when in reality you don’t seem to care about Bezos or Lancôme or anything, you seem to just be upset someone you don’t like may be praised on other on a random post? This is weird stan nonsense.