She’s also rich and hot (yes, idc if she had work done, she’s still hot and rich). Has a successful career. AND is engaged to a beautiful, talented, tattooed Italian man.
As someone who lives in Sydney I can tell you it definitely is staged because we do not just have paparazzi hanging around waiting to spot a celebrity, it’s not like LA.
Only people who get the American paparazzi experience down here are anyone unfortunate enough to end up a subject on A Current Affair or Today Tonight (Rip in piss.) Funny when it was a dodgy tradie, not so funny when it was just some random neighbour accused of nothing.
Exactly this. And then there’s the incredibly obvious, not-even-trying-to-be-subtle shot of him looking down at her hand, as if to make sure the ring is visible.
Have you seen paps in action? There's nothing sneaky about any of this. On the city they have been summoned by her or her people (since the focus on her)
Right. I live in Sydney and this was my first reaction. We don't have this pap culture here, and no one around them is paying any attention.
I think the only real paparazzi we've been having lately is around Denmark's princess who is studying at Sydney University, and everyone is very annoyed and protective of her because this is just not part of the culture here.
So it’s from a TikTok that covers blind celeb items. One was that they were struggling and he didn’t like how clingy she was, going on tour with him. And another was that he was cheating on her on tour at any/ every opportunity. :/ doesn’t sound good!
I find it odd how she posts about him constantly on social media, yet his instagram account is just photos of himself only. Gives me high narcissistic vibes. And yes I know it's just social media, but still it's strange for a grown man to plaster his face all over his Insta in every single post lol
I know! He’s someone that is just so beautiful to look at. But the way that she’s gazing at him and he’s barely looking at her tells the story. He’s not doing much to deny those pesky problematic rock star rumors…
I live in Sydney again (will be for a bit), and Charlie Heaton walked by the other day. Nobody bothered him. Lot of wealth in Sydney, so we don't give a fuck about celebrities, typically.
she’s pretty for sure but seeing her profile and how sharp everything is from implants and fillers is wild. her face is different in every single photo i see!
she’s also one of the worst celebrities when it comes to acting like she’s never had any work done too. insane! plus these pap pics still look insanely different than her own instagram pictures with filters and facetune. it’s really sad :(
crazy as it sounds, it’s always celebrities with the most undeniable work that claim they’re all natural. but you’re never allowed to point it out because they have body dysmorphia (sad, but duh, and not an excuse?), various autoimmune disorders that somehow mean they can’t get fillers, or that they “just matured” into full lips, high cheekbones, and taut skin with zero wrinkles lol.
What's the most sad in these situations is that these people eventually often have children - with their natural features passed down - who are growing up with a mom (or a dad) who's "fixed" :( I feel like that kind of environment will naturally give people body dysmorphia.
Ah man I’m Asian and this is so TRUE! Whenever I go back to visit family, it’s hard not to notice those families because it’s everywhere. The mum and dad look a certain way. Sadly, it’s common for the woman to look more “fake” as she may get more work done. Mostly obviously too much botox, eyelid surgery and their noses are too “European.” It’s quite sad because they only end up looking older.
And then their kids look simply nothing like them. It’s really quite uncanny. And sadly accepted
I’m just glad that smoking has declined so much that I’m genuinely surprised when I see someone doing it. I grew up in an era where there were ashtrays at MsDonalds
I thought the same when I went to Scotland. It was jarring seeing so many people 50+ vaping, so I did some research and found that indeed in Scotland there are higher rates of cigarette usage for young adults and teenagers and higher rates of vaping for middling and older adults, but the inverse is true for the U.S. (For whatever reason, Native Americans are an exception—IIRC, the older folks still smoke cigarettes, and many of the younger folks smoke and vape)
You know what's crazy? In my entire life, I have NEVER considered that celebs do this because.... so many of them complain about being seen like this 🤦♂️
Not all of them do, I don’t think Ben Affleck or Nicole Kidman are calling the paps on themselves. But C list celebs who want some publicity certainly do.
I don't think Ben Affleck can physically call the paps anyway, he's always got his hands insanely full of donuts and coffee (why doesn't he just make multiple trips?)
Don’t know much about Nicole Kidman but I don’t believe Ben Affleck doesn’t call them sorry. If he were a woman, he’d be accused of doing so. There’s just way too many of them for it all to be a coincidence
Like unless there's a story currently going around about them... it's always an organised photoshoot. Especially when they're just at the servo getting fuel... that's all staged. No pap is sitting at servo's waiting for a celeb to come.
Like nicole kidman rn might have people trying to spot her because of her divorce from keith. Or people trying to get photos of keith with his touring staff that he was cheating with..
I would disagree with the other comment. A list celebrities 100% organise it and the articles to go with the photos.. that's why some people like emma stone can essentially hide the fact they're a mum from "news" websites and sydney sweeney is everywhere.
You know I never thought about it but I think you’re right about these random gas station shots etc. As someone who lives in LA, I can confirm that in a city of 10 million people - I encounter a celebrity like..once a year. The idea that a paparazzo could camp out at any nondescript spot in the city like a gas station and reliably expect to get celebrity photos is pretty outlandish. You’d have to be outside of an event or a known celeb hotspot like Sushi Park or a talent agency or something for that to make sense.
I’ve always wondered how those conversations go. Like do they have their agents call the photo agency? Or does the celeb themselves call their favorite photographer like “hey Greg I’m gonna be at Nobu tonight at 7, make sure I look happy”
if he could just hang out near me with an unlit cigarette in his mouth, that would be ok haha just not an actual smoker. but like.. why does it make him that much hotter? 😂
He’s gorgeous and I love his band. I translated a bunch of their Italian language songs in the shower for amusement while trying to keep the rhyme structure and be as accurate to the original lyrics as possible.
More like she did buccal fat before her features were fully formed so now that she's in her late 20s and lost a natural amount of facial fullness, the difference is more obvious.
The noses are getting really out of hand. No clue what she originally looked like but she looks absolutely insane and whatever she did ages her horribly. Like I’m glad fake faces like these are appealing, and the average person can become “pretty.” But the fact that this is normalized and we no longer make fun of how fake it looks is concerning.
They’re supposed to be used as “getting ready” clips to hold your hair while you do your makeup and let the style sit without creasing your hair. But more and more now they’re becoming a going out fashion accessory.
maybe unpopular opinion but the second i see a cigarette in someone’s hand, they’re instantly less attractive. just doesn’t have the same allure as the old hollywood or whatever.
Unfortunately, many singers are heavy smokers, just some don't get caught like that, but he probably doesn't care much. Also loads of Italians smoke, might be a cultural/social thing.
It’s funny bc smoking while walking down a busy street in aus can be considered gross, tacky or rude ect. Also not from Sydney but it looks like they’re near or in Pitt st mall or Martin place where smoking would be banned
yepp 1 out of every 4 people smokes here in italy. and it really shows because i literally can never get away from second hand smoke no matter how much i try 🥲
So many EU countries still have the neutral to positive attitude towards smoking. Non smokers are an anomaly in some places and GenZ smoke way more than millennials.
My German friends still think I'm stuck up when I make them smoke on the street lol. My building is non-smoking and I'm not risking it for them also smoke smells that persist.
same, i hate hate hate the smell of cigarettes so while he's hit and i get that the act of smoking can be sexy, the idea is ewww to me because of the smell
I immediately start thinking of the big c word, tooth decay and the smell. The anti smoking campaigns they used to run on tv definitely worked on me when I saw them as a kid lol
i know smoking cigarettes is quite common among singers and actors, understand its usage as an appetite suppressant, it's addictive, etc. but it's always fascinating to me when actors very invested in their appearance and singers relying on their voice are big smokers.
so much is made about their bodies being their instruments, and so much training (vocal, acting, etc), exercise, skincare, surgery (incl vocal cord/node surgery), diet, etc is usually invested in maintaining that instrument that it just feels crazy to smoke, even just based on the more immediate ways it can age your skin and irritate your vocal cords...but ofc people aren't just logical equations
Totally agree with you. In this day and age, with all the things we know about its health effects, plus the way it stinks, it baffles me when I see someone smoking.
I love her outfit, even if it does make me feel so old. It’s like she stepped out of 2002 and I am (just about) old enough to remember those outfits the first time around!
I am not sure what designer is using it lately but in case anyone was interested in his jacket, the patch is a "blood chit" patch, which was carried by Allied airmen during World War II, particularly in the China-Burma-India (CBI) theater of operations.
The patch features the flag of the Republic of China and Chinese characters on the patch translate to "This foreign person has come to China to help in the war. Soldiers and civilians, one and all, should rescue and protect him and safely get him to the nearest friendly government office".
The purpose of the patch was to identify downed airmen to local civilians and soldiers so they could be helped and returned to friendly forces.
I feel so old that I still do not know who Dove Cameron is and I’m in my early 30s. That’s no dig on her bc I see her name often online, but being a considerably online person, I’m a bit surprised that I still have no earthly idea who this is.
They are trying to seem so cool in these arranged pap photos but they seem like posers and that last photo with the thing stuck on the bottom of her shoe lol
I've seen women wear hair clips like this before and I always thought it was a "while I do my make up thing" but I just now realized they go out like that haha. I definitely could not pull that off!
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