" When I bought my first prop , going afield , the easyJet , coffee , gym , Netflix lifestyle did n’t exist . I used to walk to lick with a sandwich … I do n’t desire to belittle those people who ca n’t do it . But there are loads of citizenry who can do it and do n’t . It is heavy . "
1.In early 2024,Khloé Kardashianreshared an Instagram story post about a “simple formula for living” from the account @mindfulchristianity. Some of her followers criticized her as lacking self-awareness for sharing advice like “live beneath your means.”
2.In the 2023 Netflix docuseriesThe Beckhams,Victoria Beckhamclaimed she grew up “working class” — only to be playfully called out by her own husband, David.
3.In 2021,Dixie D’AmeliotoldVogue, “I fully got into college [in] August of 2019 and I decided not to go just because traveling back and forth was going to be a lot…I was also really scared because I saw someone make a TikTok saying that they would play my songs at a frat party, and that’s really what, like, turned me away from going to school because I don’t think I could handle that level of embarrassment.”
Here’s the full clip, with this part starting at the 0:52 mark:
5.In 2011, discussing the tax rate on her album sales, Adele toldQmagazine, “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…”
6.Discussing red carpets in 2015,Natalie PortmantoldHarper’s Bazaar, “I get asked so many questions about the Middle East, and I’m like ‘Can you please just ask me about my dress? Let’s just talk about the dress!’…I like to look at what people are wearing, but I do see the sexism in it. Yeah, you could reject it all, but I don’t know anyone who has done that and been able to maintain the level of work I’d like to maintain.”
7.In 2013, Dr. Dre and his Beats Electronics co-founder Jimmy Iovinedonated$70 million to USC to build a new academy with their names on it. Six years later, Dr. Dre posted about his daughter’s college acceptance onInstagram, writing, “My daughter got accepted into USC all on her own. No jail time!!!”
8.WhileinterviewingDanny Pudiin 2020,Larry Kingasked him about the luxuries he can’t live without — then rejected his answers, telling him, “Coffee and socks are not a luxury.”
Here’s the full interview, with this part starting at the 3:20 mark:
9.During a 2009interview special, the interviewer told Mariah Carey that his to-do list included “pay bill.” In reply, she asked, “Pay who? Bill who?”
Here’s the full video, with this part beginning at the 4:20 mark:
10.In her parenting bookThe Kind Mama, Alicia Silverstone advised postpartum mothers to take as much time as possible to do nothing but “lying-in” with their newborns “instead of hurrying on to the next thing.” She wrote, “I know what you’re thinking: Who am I to tell you that you should consider taking time away from work? I assure you that it’s not something that only the super-privileged and trust-fund endowed can afford.”
11.In 2022,Location, Location, Locationpresenter Kirstie Allsopp — whoreportedlyreceived financial help from her family to purchase her first house — 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.”
12.In 2018, Gwyneth Paltrow told theWall Street Journal, “I went to do a yoga class in LA recently, and the 22-year-old girl behind the counter was like, ‘Have you ever done yoga before?’ And literally I turned to my friend, and I was like, ‘You have this job because I’ve done yoga before.'”
13.Discussing her runway career withLovemagazine in 2018, Kendall Jenner said, “Since the beginning, we’ve been super selective about what shows I would do. I was never one of those girls who would do like 30 shows a season or whatever the fuck those girls do.”
After beingcalled outby other model , she excuse onTwitter , writing , " I was wangle in a recent interview over the weekend , and it ’s important to clear up the substance . It was designate to be alone complimentary but unfortunately , my words were twisted and taken out of linguistic context . I want to be clean . The respect that I have for my peer is immeasurable ! "
14.Discussing the challenges of parenting with the Timesmagazine in 2014, Salma Hayek said, “You have to work very hard to please them all. If you are making pizza, there is one who doesn’t like cheese, and another who hates tomato. Our chef sometimes looks so downhearted. He’s always saying, ‘Madam, what are we going to do?'”
15.In a 2022Late Nightmonologue discussing record-high gas prices following American sanctions against Russia, Stephen Colbert said, “A clean conscience is worth a buck or two. It’s important. I’m willing to pay $4 a gallon. Hell, I’ll pay $15 a gallon because I drive a Tesla.”
16.In 2012, Simon Cowell toldGQ, “Money brings you security and choice. You can make decisions in a different way if you have a lot of money. But when you have nothing, you have a naivety, and a more fearless attitude because you have nothing to lose.”
17.In 2009, Snoop Dogg toldCNBCabout how, in high school, he worked his way up from general math classes to calculus. He said, “If you stop at general math, you’re only going to make general math money.”
18.In 2010, Dina Lohanreportedlycalled the police on a Carvel ice cream store that refused to give her the cake she ordered for free when she tried to pay with her daughter Lindsay’s “Carvel black card.” She toldRadar, “It just shows how we [Lohans] get treated so much worse than regular people.”
The black card was a promotional gift that offer Lindsay free water ice pick for 75 years , but the employee confiscated it from her mother .
In astatement , Carvel say , " Unfortunately , the Lohan fellowship has been blackguard the card . While the card was issued in Lindsay ’s name only , her prolonged family has repeatedly used the card without her nowadays . At first , we graciously honored their postulation while explaining that the Black Card was not a menu blanche for straight-out Carvel Ice Cream for the extended Lohan family and booster . After more than six month of numerous and large orders for internal-combustion engine cream , we finally had to switch off off the card and take it back . "
19.Responding to criticism that, unlike many of his peers, he didn’t use his music to address police brutality in the US in 2015, A$AP Rocky toldTime Out, “I’m A$AP Rocky. I did not sign up to be no political activist. I wanna talk about my motherfuckin’ lean, my best friend dying, girls, my jiggy fashion and my inspirations in drugs. I live in fucking Soho and Beverly Hills. I can’t relate. I go back to Harlem, it’s not the same. It’s a sad story. I gotta tell you the truth. I’m in the studio, I’m in fashion houses, I’m in these bitches’ drawers. I’m not doing anything outside of that. That’s my life. These people need to leave me the fuck alone.”
A twelvemonth by and by , the consultation resurface , leading to regenerate criticism . In response , Rocky toldThe Breakfast Clubthat the quotation mark had been taken out of context . He say , " The racism is existent . I do n’t go to middle America city . We ’re in the major markets . We do n’t know what it ’s really like for the people who go to work and arrive home everyday . … . We do n’t live how they get along . What I see and attempt to advance is oneness . "
20.In 2013, Spencer Pratt toldOk! Magazinethat he and his wife, Heidi Montag, “made and spent at least $10 million” in a single year because they fell for a conspiracy theory. He said, “The thing is, we heard that the planet was going to end in 2012. We thought, we have got to spend this money before the asteroid hits.”
21.Discussing her aspirational wellness lifestyle and mental health in 2020, Gisele Bündchen told theGuardian, “[People] just have to make the decision of working at it. That’s the problem with today’s society, people want instant gratification where it’s you know: ‘I want to do something, and [when] I wake up I want to look like this.’ I’m like, ‘Er, well, you know for me to cure my panic attacks, it took months. I could have taken a pill, but I decided no. I’m going to wake up every morning, and I’m going to meditate and do breath work.’ It took months…Everything starts with discipline.”
22.And finally, in 2010, Gisele Bündchen toldHarper’s Bazaar UK,“I think breastfeeding really helped me keep my figure…Some people here [in the US] think they don’t have to breastfeed, and I think, ‘Are you going to give chemical food to your child when they are so little?’ I think there should be a worldwide law, in my opinion, that mothers should breastfeed their babies for six months.”
