the cult of celebrity relationships 

People being invested in someone's virginity or sexuality is just weird, sad and concerning, like are you okay

as a bisexual person who also considers herself a swiftie, I don't understand AT ALL why so many gaylors exist. Taylor is literally the most heterosexual female celbrity I can think of

Gentle reminder that the Heartstopper actor was accused of queerbaiting, pretending to be a bi man, because he was interacting with a female co-star. Just the mild taste of biphobia in our community. Delicious

This is a great example showing many people don’t see celebrities as real people and just as these fictional figures for our entertainment

Did Angelina break your marriage, imagine asking a grown man something like that, basically removing all accountability from him. Wow Nene

I think the shipping of celebrities is the perfect example of how romance centric our society is, people saying things like "Friends don't do *insert something friends totally do*" which only hurts people by undermining friendships and put romantic relationships on a pedestal above all other types of relationships.

the biggest Michael Jackson wannabe calling Britney a Madonna wannabe is ironic and trashy

*Babe, a new Mina just dropped**

Elizabeth Taylor is the closest thing we will ever have to a real life soap opera character.

I feel like a prime example of inappropriately forcing a sexuality onto a celebrity in the modern sphere is Shawn Mendes. He has said several times he isn’t gay and has explained the harm in speculation as well as forcing your faves to come out, he’s been dealing with this since his vine days and it still hasn’t stopped to this day. I was surprised it wasn’t mentioned tbh

i know swifties were angry bc taylor very heavily sold an image of being an ally to marginalized groups and then proceeded to date the biggest bigot ever, which is valid of her fans. it’s also interesting bc her fans have never really criticized her before besides this instance. it nice to see that a majority of them didn’t blindly support her.

I still can't believe people pressured Kit Connor to come out and he was just 18 years old..

as a bisexual teen I never understood why others decide to call these real people “queer baiters”, they’re real people with real feelings. especially with the kit situation it was so weird. I’ve liked both boys and girls, that’s quite literally the whole point of being bisexual.

I wish u talked about Olivia rodrigo and Sabrina carpenter bc I feel like that media outrage launched their careers into the public and it seems their teams were in on it and coaching the girls thru it

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo is an INCREDIBLE fiction book set in the 50s and 60s about all of this. Hollywood and publicized relationships, fake marriages, and lavender marriages. Highly recommend to anyone interested in this topic

God I'm so happy being oblivious to celebrity relationships. I was so content having no idea who Matty Healy was until like this week.

Can we talk about how twisted it actually is to assume that whenever a man is affectionate with another man, it must be because he/they are gay? As if being affectionate is not something a straight guy can be (we want men to be more vulnerable, but when they are people are like- GAY), as if there aren't personality and cultural differences to take into account, as if even if a person is gay and affectionate that must mean they're into the other person. I've heard multiple times from gay men that stuff like that makes forming friendships harder for them because they're afraid their actions will be misinterpreted. Also, there is this weird and sanitized image young girls have of gay relationships and it's strange how much they dominate shipping, fanfic, fanart spaces with that image (the nsfw stuff being on the whole other end of that spectrum). My theory is that it was much easier for girls to imagine Harry and Louis together than to imagine them with other girls. Subconsciously, they knew it probably wasn't true.

My take on celeb relationships is that most people do it for clout or as a one off, but every once in a while we’ll get one that is actually authentic, like Tom and Zendaya or Blake and Ryan. Also I hate when people get too involved in celeb’s business.

The whole show of labeling women as “the angel and the vamp” or “the loser and the model woman” is probably what makes me the most annoyed about all of this, it feel dehumanizing. I am glad you are covering all this because people’s empathy it’s so low

The relentless fan feuding between Olivia Rodrigo and Sabrina Carpenter fandoms from years ago is another great example of society loving to pit talented, capable women against each other - it's so easy to forget that celebrity relationship drama is not a TV sport

one celebrity relationship I had a parasocial relationship with back in the day was rihanna and chris brown. I think I was in like fifth or sixth grade and was like wow they should be together because they're both these cool young new artists who seem perfect together. so I cheered when they finally did get together, but then when chris brown assaulted rihanna, I felt so guilty. like I encouraged that to happen. obviously I was a child with no actual pull on their lives, but that was the beginning and end of my shipping celebrities.

Yeesss I hate the speculation of celebrities' sexual orientation. Nobody owes you an explanation of who they like to date or sleep with, or any combination of the two (unless you are in some kind of relationship with them and they aren't being truthful.)

Can you imagine going in for a job interview and being asked if you’re a virgin? I’m walking out immediately. But for some reason we expect famous people to answer. And if they don’t we assume it’s because they have something to hide. We’ve come to expect so much private information from celebrities just because they share a small part of their lives in a way we enjoy that MUST mean they want to share everything.

I was raised on gossip magazines. Literally. I was at the salon my mom worked out at least 3 times a week, and almost always, all day on Sunday (I could get the bored ladies to do my hair and in return I folded towels and swept hair, it was great) and salons are never short on gossip magazines. My mom loved them. She loves all of the reality shows. It's been really weird to look back and realize how much of that information just lives in my head! Or how much I used to know about these people. It's honestly bonkers. I'm so glad that phase of my life is over.

Not that people shouldn’t be talking about Matty Healy being a bad person, but people should realize that Taylor Swift is a celebrity and not a friend. She is not her fans’ friend. I doubt she really cares what they think in terms of who she decides to date. People need to look at her as a celebrity and not a close friend and perhaps that would make things feel less stressful to the fans. She is just someone who makes music.

the angelina/brad/jen thing was part of my teens, and it was BIG back then. It was highly acknowledged that the mr mrs smith movie definetely brought them together, and everybody was obsessed, truly obsessed, with getting jen and brad back together. it was in the celeb magazines for YEARS, even here in Denmark

I love that you're branching outside of just talking about fashion. I appreciate your take on parasocial relationships, sociology, the entertainment industry, I'll watch all of them!

There’s nothing I hate more than when fans take their inter-member ships to the idols themselves and harass them with it

i had a victorian literature professor who explained the portrayal of the two women characters in Dracula by relating it to how Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Aniston were portrayed in the early 00s media. slideshow was included.

One thing I'm never going to do is brand a celebrity relationship as #couplegoals. And the only reason why is because I don't even know if there relationship is healthy or not because I don't know that couple personally

You forgot to mention all the drama between Shakira, Piqué and Clara Chía. At least in Latin America and Spain this was the TEA a few months ago, specially because Shakira is very loved in Latin America. Also, all the songs she realeased about the cheating were hits in the region.

I feel like the one of the most sickening matty things is barely talked about. Hearing him talk about watching porn that specifically degrades Black women was disgusting. I can’t help but feel like media outlets have neglected that in their reporting……and wonder why. We know why tho.

The Kit situation breaks my heart. People have become so invested and ENTITLED to something that is not their business at all. These young actors could still be discovering themselves. They’re not “deceiving” or “lying”. I only came out when I was 21. The only difference is that these actors are on the public eye. I’m glad Kit could discover himself and come to terms with his sexuality, but i’m heartbroken that it was shared with the world in the way it did and i hope it serves as a lesson for how much entitlement exists within these parasocial dynamics.

For me, the shipping culture in the Philippines are in the extreme end, compared to what Americans have. Shipping celebrities was very normal and even encouraged that “love teams” existed. It was hardly addressed too. Liza Soberano’s criticism of it, being a part of a love team herself, is such a breath of fresh air.

One thing I’ll never get is why people are acting like Timothee Chalamet is so far above Kylie Jenner intellectually and that it’s “below him” or whatever to date her. Just because he’s a good actor doesn’t mean he’s a genius or particularly highbrow, and Kylie may be controversial (and I’m not at all a fan fwiw) but she isn’t an idiot. They’re two rich, conventionally attractive A-listers. Hardly surprising that they’d meet if they’re getting invited to the same events and awards shows, and they’re both around the same age (I think) so it’s not super weird to me. Is anyone else surprised on the reaction of the media and their fans?

The Larry thing reminded me of the situation with camilla and Lauren from fifth harmony which Lauren spoke about on a podcast a while ago saying it made her uncomfortable and not want to come out as bisexual

As a STRONG Taylor Swift fan, whenever somebody asks me “Who’s THIS song about?” My answer is always “Who’s to say?” It’s none of your business, and it’s none of mine.

This is Gen Z with the Queen Charlotte cast right now and I need you all to relax. I saw this with Tony Goldwyn and Kerry Washington during Scandal some years ago too. They have great chemistry, yes, and it's totally understandable to be curious about their romantic connection, but when I see people spin these wildly complicated narratives from one or two pictures it is absolutely insane. I could never get that invested.

Fun Fact: the whole shipping business actually started around The Beatles /The Rolling Stones era, Andrew Loog Oldham practically was the one who monetized it, so yeah there is no doubt that kpop companies do make a lot money on queerbait ships like Tae-kook. Also in Philippine media there is this thing called 'love teams' which is just another level of shipping-all so popular across Asia.

Mina has always been concise and straightforward with her insights. We will support her no matter what happens.

Personally I’m at a stage in life where I find people put so much of themselves into celebrity (people they do not know) relationships. I can’t help roll my eyes or bombastic side eye, criminal offensive side eye 😒 people who say love is dead or true love doesn’t exist when certain couples break up or there’s speculation that they will. Like what 🤨. Also Mina mentioned this too but I’ve come to realize and hate how misogynistic celebrity love triangles and drama can be. It’s almost always two women and a man and it’s really the women who face the brunt of speculation and abuse. This is kinda related to the topic but photos of celebs just living their day to day really give me an ick now. I just saw a post of Tom holland and zendaya just out and about together and why are people just taking photos of them. It’s weird and creepy.

Mina can i just say I LOVE your outfit here!!!?? I always do, but the simplicity of the outfit, lack of accessories and your hairdo is perfectly styled!!

I think the most memorable PR relationship for me was Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston - the "i

I really don't get how quickly the Swifties turned on Joe Alwyn. Like the only explanation we get about the breakup is that it was a somewhat mutual decision because they were in different life stages and it was too hard to maintain the relationship. And then people got so mad, especially when he "expressed" that he was embarrassed by how Taylor basically admitted that she cheated on him and then still placed the blame of the breakup on him. And expressed is in quotation marks because none of this came directly from him, this was all just speculation based on anonymous sources. Edit: I actually feel like I might have the opposite journey with celebrity gossip than you. I more interested in it now than I was when I was a teen. I chalk it up to being more socially isolated in grad school than I ever had in the past, so the no-stakes celebrity gossip provides that sense of social interaction. It's also a lot easier to get invested when TikTok keeps feeding it to me.

I remember this happened with the Paul Mescal/Phoebe Bridgers/Bo Burnham/Lorene Scafaria fiasco, where people accused Phoebe of cheating on Paul and then they went silent. There’s not that much publicly available and they’ve kept it intentionally private, but i remember people would bully the shit out of Phoebe for possibly cheating with Bo, and Phoebe herself got really pissed in an interview for bullying her for dating Bo.

another interesting aspect with elizabeth taylor (one of my favorite actresses ever lol) was that her marriage to eddie fisher was very controverial since it's reported that elizabeth and eddie had an affiar that broke up his marraige with debbie reynolds who was a good friend of hers AND eddie was a great friend of elizabeth's previous husband, mike todd, who had died in a plane crash. also i feel like 'who's afraid of virignia woolf' is also relevant to the media frenzy regarding their relationship in addition to everything else you shared

I outlined 3 main reasons why people ship celebrities for myself: 1) most people (especially, western people) perceive physical affection as inheritantly romantic. so when they see platonical affection, unless it's a family member, they interpret it as romantic right away. which is a direct consequence of media portraying romantic relationship above everything. friendship is rarely the main focus of books, movies and tv shows. and the whole narrative that romantic relationship is the most important thing in your life and that meeting your love partner is the only way to be happy doesn't really help much (it's especially targeted at young women who are made to believe being single is the ultimate curse. that's why most shippers are young girls who live vicariously through their romantic fantasies). and don't get me started on friendship between a man and a woman that is so rarely portrayed in media, it's like a unicorn. most of the time the story ends up with them getting together or one of them falling in love with the other. and it actually influences people's believes that such friendship is impossible irl unless they've experienced it. 2) this one is mostly about queer celebrity ships in more conservative countries where you never see openly queer public personas. i agree with one of the reasons in the video - it's a safe way to explore your sexuality and queerness, find your community, and rise up social issues regarding lgbtq+. and I think it grew from shipping fictional characters (at least that is the reason I have certain head canons in comics, movies, tv shows, anime, etc.). even in 2023, we so rarely get good queer storylines and you never see queer main characters in mass culture creations. we've got all possible variations of straight romance but barely seen queer romance in mass media. so you kind of have to come up with your own stories. but it took a more extreme turn with shipping real people. 3) last one is a narrow group of fangirls who ship male idols with their male colleagues/friends. most of them belong to 1 or 2 but i think some hard stans do it subconsciously to cope with the fact that they can't have their idol for themselves. it's easier for them to see them with another guy than a girl because then they just think they wouldn't have had a chance even if they met them irl and move on (it's clearly very hard for some of them to accept that they wouldn't have any chance in any case). I also have seen fangirls who loved to see fan service from male idols but as soon as there were rumours of some of them being actually queer, they would turn on them right away. it's like they're ok with it as long as it's a fantasy but not when it's a reality.

Zendaya and tom's relationship might be real but you cant deny it wasnt great PR for the movie in 2021 (they started dating right before trailers started dropping lol) just like now hes talking abt their relationship when he has to promote something

Blows my mind how invested fans can get in lives that are never, and will never be their own. 🙄 "We don't like you dating X, you should leave them and be with Y!" Like have you touched grass today? 😂

the modern celebrity love triangle i think of is the whole olivia rodrigo, joshua bassett, and sabrina carpenter situation. that entire thing was crazy for what was basically a high school relationship that ended with joshua and sabrina getting death threats from fans.

for the point made at 22:00 , i highly recommended dan howell’s coming out video. everything that happened between dan and phil and their fans (coming from an old fan myself) is so, so sad. i cannot imagine not only having to hide my sexuality from friends and family but also from an entire fanbase who are constantly analyzing everything i do with my friend/boyfriend. i’m glad they’re in a better situation now.

we need to discuss the impact of alexa chung and alex turner’s relationship. Their love letter gets posted at least once a month on twitter and they haven’t been dating for over 10 years!

The worst co-star shipped by fans has to be Daisy Ridley and Adam Driver. It hasn't really spilled outside of the fandom, but it's all over Reddit. People thought since they had chemistry in the Sequels they were secretly together even though Adam was and is married, and Daisy is engaged. What made it so scary was how extreme it got. It resulted in Adam's wife getting doxxed and stocked and comments about her and his child that are despicable. They made him out to be this saviour even though he really loved Daisy. Though it is clearly not true it persisted and played a huge role in how they both interact with the public.

I was a huge Britney fan, and just remembered how bad the media and Justin/his team was to her. But I was young and didn’t realized how much worst it was. I’m forever a Justin T. hater 🤷🏻‍♀️

I grew up Christian and something we were always taught was not to have idols. To not idolize any man as they are all imperfect. And that is a lesson I carry with me even today. I love Taylor swifts music, but I’m not invested in her life past seeing a few things here and there on my feed. I adore some of John Mulaney‘s sets, but I honestly didn’t know until months and months after the whole “scandal” that he and his wife split. I think that it’s important to see celebrities for what they are people who have a talent, people who have a gift, or people who just had a lot of privilege. And not these idols that can do no wrong and once they slip up once we toss them from their pedestals. Of course there is more nuance to this, I don’t listen to any of Kanye’s music for obvious reasons, and I can never even slightly begin to support certain other celebrities like Jared Leto. But I think the general message is important and a good guideline.

Even in this video _about_ the problems with developing a parasocial fixation on strangers' relationships...we see comments exhibiting a parasocial fixation on celebs' relationships, judging which celeb relationships seem "authentic" to them, etc.

I recently learned that the Philippines has something called Love Teams, where couples are paired up over many projects and expected to do couple things and they may not be dating in real life but that cannot be publicly know.

I remember some Larry Stylinson shippers claiming that Louis's child is fake just because they couldn't accept that larry wasn't real 😭😭😭😭 like there were accs abt 'proof' of how his son was fake and a doll or something and they attacked when Louis's son's mother posted a pic of her pregnant by saying that she was faking her pregnant belly. Some people are so-

Overly involved fans may have saved Britany Spears from the conservatorship headed by her problematic, controlling father, but that seems rare. I feel that it is natural to be interested in any celebrity's life, you just have to know where the line is and not to cross it.

One of my favorite recent celebrity relationship news is the rumor that Aaron Taylor-Johnson cheated on his wife with his co-star in “Bullet Train” Joey King. And the fans were excited and was praising both Joey & Aaron. For those who don’t know Aaron met his wife Sam when she was working on this movie & casted Aaron in it. He was 17/18 at the time and she was a fully grown woman. Not only was their age gap 23 years, but she had job power over him. It was also rumored that she met him when she was much younger. The fans of Aaron Taylor-Johnson call his wife “Granny” & do not like her. Joey King on the other hand is not that liked compared to Aaron. She gets a lot of hate online for how she looks and her acting. However, when it’s rumored she & Aaron did it together the fans were ecstatic and hopeful that Aaron would leave his wife. However, it appeared to be fake & he’s still with her.

So, here's my two cents. The fakest and the most fabricated Hollywood celebrity relationship i've ever seen is probably, Shawn and Camilla. On the other hand, Zendaya and Tom relationship felt authenthic. One of the rarest moments where a Hollywood relationship that i consider actually, real. Edit: alright this made everyone got mad lmao when this were all started as 'two cents' 💀

I think some other big controversial relationships include: Olivia Rodrigo, Joshua Basset and Sabrina Carpenter being a whole years long public spectacle coming from Olivia and Josh dating while filming a show together, them breaking up semi-quietly, and Olivia releasing songs that blew up from throwing accusations over Sabrina being a home wrecker and becoming a back and forth between them musically. Beyoncé and Jay Z starting dating when she was 19 and he was 31 has always boiled under the surface because of the age gap, him cheating, people believing he preyed on her because he knew she’d be big, etc. Today it’s kind of buried because they’re both older, and they’ve become one of THE biggest power couples and created so much art and such together And then there’s Will Smith and Jada who always had drama between them, and they had little to no issue sharing their issues very publicly such as cheating, butting heads with differing parenting styles, fights they’ve had, and way too much more lol There were even people speculating that Halle Bailey and her love interest in the little mermaid might be in love even though they’re both in very committed and separate relationships. Stuff like that could put a lot of tension and mistrust on relationships, like we’d seen with Sydney Sweeney and her co-star

The magazine that said “surgery cures frigid wives” and the articles about “perverts” working and being outed by the government really hurt 😢

omg Mina, you should’ve covered love team culture in the Philippines! People go crazy back home over these couples and it definitely lessens opportunities for them to grow as stars since they always have to do work with the same person

I remember both the B.S and J.T blow up and I was a Britney Fan because of how much I did not like Justin Timberlake. He rubbed me the wrong way as a Backstreet Boy fan and then adding what he did to Janet Jackson just solidified my dislike of him. With you bringing up relationships, what got me were how people did backflips to justify Taylor Swift dating a horrid man. Several white women on Twitter, Tikotk and other places mentioned "sometimes you want to a date a garbage guy".

Honestly I just wish people would start minding their own business… I get that it’s fun to theorize and gossip, but it can get pretty harmful, like the whole Olivia Rodrigo / Joshua Bassett / Sabrina Carpenter fiasco. The entire Internet picked a side (Olivia's) and sent SO MUCH hate towards Joshua and Sabrina based on assumptions alone. Even worse is that Olivia Rodrigo did nothing to stop this. While her first album launched and blew up from all the attention, Sabrina and Joshua received death threats, were insulted… Joshua Bassett even ended up in the hospital because of the enormous amount of stress he was under. Simply because the public were invested in a disney starts' relationship "triangle" smh.

I'm very new to the kpop scene, but when I first figured out the shipping culture I didn't really understand what fans were seeing and it very much felt like they were incredibly delusional. When I saw the boy groups hugging or cuddling or slapping each others asses I just assumed it was a very normal brotherly things that guys who are with each other almost 24/7 for years would be comfortable with, mixed with those dumb games of gay chicken that straight guys I grew up with always played with each other just to get attention. And yeah, some of them might actually be queer and their affection might have romantic or sexual undertones, but there's a very well-known dating ban in most idol companies which I knew about even before I started listening to any groups so I assumed that would apply within groups as well. FFS when a male idol hugs a female idol too closely knetz go nuts and companies freak out, can you imagine the scandal if any of these ships turned out to have even a speck of truth that got made public?! If any intragroup romances do happen, we're never ever going to hear about them bc the companies are gonna hermetically seal that shit to avoid scandal. Keeping that in mind, the fact that the idols who are more affectionate don't immediately take a step back and scale back the skinship as soon as they find out fans are shipping them tells me that they don't actually take shipping seriously as something fans actually believe, that they understand it's all just fantasy and it's not going to stop them from being themselves with their teammates, which is honestly pretty admirable. After a while, I think I figured out something that applies both to shipping culture and to any celebrity couple that's at all public about their relationship. People folllowing them and creating fanfic and getting emotionally invested are not doing so with the real people. The celebrities, whether intentionally or not, have a public image they present to the world. What we see of them is only what they choose to show on camera, and even if they're totally genuine it's still really only a fraction of who the actually are as a person. So that public image morphs into this sort of character template that fans and audiences will use to play out whatever fantasies or drama they are craving in their own life. Starved for interesting gay romances in the rest of your media? Well good news bc there's a whole bevy of gorgeous male idols with affectionate public personas that you can feed on by writing whatever scenarios you want for them in fanfic form. Working through a bad breakup with someone who cheated? Don't worry, peruse any tabloid and you'll find a celebrity who may or may not be going through the same thing that you can latch onto and project all your hopes and regrets onto by ranting on twitter about how they shouldn't make the same mistakes you did. For the most part it's harmless, and at least within kpop it's more evident that fans understand they're just shipping slightly warped versions of the real people rather than being actually delulu and assuming the sexuality of idols by hyperanalyzing every muscle twitch when they glance at their ship.

omg i love your vids mina, they’re so educational and you’re one of my fav youtubers

The 'Larry' shipping reminded me of Chris Colfer and Darren Criss at the height of Glee. People loved Kurt and Blaine so much that they pushed that relationship onto the actors and it was crazy. I think Chris said that it ruined his friendship with Darren :/

Especially with shipping two male celebrities: A lot of times it’s brought up by seeing them being affectionate with each other. If they were two women, everyone would think they’re gal pals. Boys are often taught not to show vulnerability or affection, so people can be quick to think the bare minimum is romantic. On the flip side, two women in a romantic relationship showing affection are more often assumed to be just platonic, really good friends. Especially in early 2000s, fandoms were looking for any queer representation. We were quick to look at two guys holding hands or having a positive moment as romantic.

It’s nice how the subjects you choose are getting more and more general , you still managed to make them informative

William Powell and Myrna Loy who did the Thin Man movies + a few other movies where they were also a couple, were really good friends, but their chemistry in the films was so good that people actually thought they were together even if they were in relationships with other people/married to other people.

Mina out here bringing back my childhood celebrity couple obsession with Brangelina and Justin/Britney LOL

its crazy how many topics that I wouldn't have thought were interesting to me at all are made fascinating by Mina, I could literally listen to her talk all day.

I just wanted to tell you how much I adore your videos Mina!!! I stumbled across your channel about a year ago and quickly made my way through all your videos and I am always eagerly waiting for your next video to drop!! Love what your doing and just wanted to say thanks for all the thoughtful, intelligent commentary that you give in different areas of culture! ❤

I subscribed to your channel a while ago after watching a couple of videos I really liked, but for some reason ended up not coming back to it much. Today this one was reccomended when I was looking for something to watch on my lunch break and I remembered why I liked your content so much: fun, intelligent, and interesting!

i was in my harry and louis era on tumblr waaaay back and for me it was mostly for fun and a sense of community rather than for conspirology and lust for facts. they seemed almost like fiction characters rather real people. i was never a die hard fan but the community meant more than these two honestly. looking back now i feel rather ashamed for what the fan base put them through. we should never forget the difference between real people and fiction. you can literally ship any character imaginable but you should not project anything onto real people. we dont know them, they dont owe us information about anything in their personal lives. i still like to occasionally take interest in celebrity relationships such as zendaya and tom but at the end of they i give zero Fs about celebrities' relationship. they are too far away too detached from my reality to feel anything about anyone. i agree that time really changed my outlook on celebs and now i wonder why people even cared in the first place. also i hate the new trend of assuming, making up conspiracies or demanding the answers abt someones sexuality, stop pretending these people owe you shit and realise how badly it affects the community as a whole. thank you for making this video!

It definitely raises an eyebrow when a celeb (or anyone really) who has shown activism and progressivism dates someone who is at complete conflict to their supposed values. It’s not like I’d ever pressure anyone to break up with someone but it does make me question a person’s allyship when they choose to be with someone who’s problematic side isn’t exactly a secret. I get rose coloured glasses and all but it also feels… privileged for the person to overlook their partner’s misdeeds because it doesn’t affect them.

I'm always so excited when I see Mina posted a new video!! Mina you're always so sensitive and thoughtful when you speak on a topic, always provide great examples for reference when making a point and your scripting is flawless. A stunning contribution to RU-vid, as always! I really loved this dive into the culture of media surrounding celebrity relationships.

Wow, Your videos had been popping up on my feed for a while now, but this video is the first that I clicked on and watched the whole video. Excellent work!! I look forward to seeing more.

The fact Taylor ever dated someone like Matty says a lot about her tbh

One of the biggest examples of that that broke the internet to the core was Oscars performance of Shallow by Gaga and Cooper. I even fell for it, they performed INSANE chemistry.

mina you are amazing. your last speech really touched my heart, these conversations and from your soul even tho we are talking about celebrities and stuff but … im glad that now that we are a little bit old we can see the trap or the lies from the social media or the publicity that we know since the day we born ??? thank you for the videos. ily

Another great gem Mina. thanks.

5:29 also Elizabeth Taylor got with the marries Eddie Fisher in the aftermath of her husbands and his beat friends' death. What a messy love life she had

New Mina just in time for my breakfast. Perfection

Happy to say that I've been watching u since the beginning. You're so good at what you do!!

im so obsessed with ur background during this video your design style is too cool

Yes! This is a great topic!

I definitely used to be more obsessed with celeb culture during my teen years, but I think working at a Disney park and seeing famous people on a pretty regular basis, I was just kinda over it. Like "Oh, that was so and so. Cool beans," and then I'd go back to what I was doing. But 2020-2021 was when I was truly over it because there were so many things that were more important than celebrities and their drama/relationships. I rarely keep up with any of it these days.

your videos are always so informative and interesting! thank you for giving the best content!

Love you, ms. Mina. Your videos are always something to look forward to🥰

I was a huge taylor swift fan since I was a kid. But unfortunatly recently something happened that upset me. I'm a gen z fashion designer from Iran and because of where I'm from I don't get a lot of opportunities to show my work. When I was in high school(5 years ago) I sent taylor a bunch of sketches I had done inspired by reputation album and I did it just to say how much I idolize her. I recently saw one of my sketches made into one of her looks from her eras tour and another designer was credited. It made me really sad cause I thought if anyone stood up for young artists and dreamers it would be taylor😔

The fact that justin timberlake's entire career has never once faltered, yet britney spears has faced literal hell in literally every aspect of her life (publicly, privately, emotionally, mentally, and physically) and never once slandered his character to the media speaks volumes about his character vs. hers. he lacks any empathy and he never deserved being with someone like her. I feel like millennials & gen z were brainwashed to think he's a great, successful and likable guy - ask most men what they think about JT and they won't hesitate to find 385743 great things to say about him but wouldn't be able to say the same about britney. I really do hope that life plays the irony game that "what goes around... comes around" to someday bite JT in the ass for how much his actions played a role in the trajectory of britney spears' life and career. I will never support his work because he never deserved this level of fame in the first place. and PS - no one in NSYNC even likes him or talks to him anymore either, which is just another fact to note.

Mina... You're literally just the best. Love your perspectives on everything you've ever posted.

Wonderful vid Mina, thx. Just lovely for settling down for some time after work, before going to get a good night's rest. 😊❤

Commenting to recommend Thinkpiece Tribe recent video, "Taylor Swift and Corporate Feminism". Even Mina didn't mention the absolutely heinous comments Healy made about black women being brutalized, the guy is awful. Just as bad though, is someone like Taylor Swift profiting off of so many people who think she is an ally, a feminist, someone who speaks up against injustice, sitting back and keeping quiet while he says racist things about Ice Spice. She doesn't care, because it wont get her fame or money.

would love for you to a do a deep dive into same sex fictional ships, the lore behind it and why teenage girls seem to be so fascinated by them.

I absolutely love your content! The way you explained the Love Triangle Framing made me sick to my stomach with the accuracy and just how grossly misogynistic it was/is. Thank you for another great video! Hope all is going well for you!!

Your outfit is gorgeous! And thank you for another great video ❤