50 Times Celebs And Public Figures Proved That They’re Completely Out Of Touch With Reality
Having deep empathy for others, understanding what they’re going through, and giving them the support that they need is what sets apart a caring person from someone who might be more interested in their own gain. It’s the same no matter if we’re part of the 1% or living from paycheck to paycheck.
Celebrities and the rich are no different from us when it comes to questions of altruism. You have your deeply caring stars like Keanu Reeves and Tom Hanks on one side of the spectrum and slightly less empathetic public figures on the other end. Sometimes, though, people become so fed up with just how out-of-touch some celebs and the rich are with reality, they can’t help but call them out on social media.
Bored Panda has compiled this list of the most brazen examples of the rich and stars getting called out for their behavior to show you that wealth and prestige can’t always buy you a heart. Upvote the posts that you agree with and let us know who you personally find to be the kindest vs. most out-of-touch celebs out there, dear Pandas.
To be fair, though, nobody’s saying that all rich people are 'evil' or that all celebs are egoistic. Most are decent human beings. There just happens to be a handful who aren’t as friendly and philanthropic as their fans would like. I reached out to have a chat about out-of-touch celebrities with entertainment expert Mike Sington, from LA. Mike told Bored Panda that one thing that stars should keep in mind if they want to be more relatable is to avoid showing off their riches.
"If celebrities want to be more in touch with their fans, don’t flaunt your wealth! We know you’re often wealthy, but it does nothing for our self-esteem to see constant photos of the material goods you possess, your huge houses, or exotic vacations," he said. You'll find my full interview with Mike below.
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Elon Musk Gets Destroyed By Facts And Logic
He was the guy who reopened his factory during the pandemic and fired people who refused to come to work. That's your "good guy Elon" for you.
You Dense Mother F...
Exactly, how is a poor person going to invest their money if they need it for food and shelter
Let’s All Make A Pledge
Celebrity expert Mike noted that it's up to the wealthy to decide how much they want to help others. "You’ll find the wealthiest are often giving much of their money away because they want to, and they truly care. It’s something you don’t often hear about, because they’re doing it with the best intentions, not to impress others or promote themselves," he explained to Bored Panda that the reality is different from what we presume.
What's more, despite these positive acts of philanthropy, the rich often get blamed for 'not doing enough' and supposedly 'hoarding' their wealth. "People often focus on the negatives with well-known people, because it provides them with entertainment to knock someone down. I believe there’s often jealousy involved, too. It’s usually more unaccomplished people, hiding behind a screen, that look at taking down a celebrity as 'sport,' Mike said.
"I Don’t Understand Marches"
Defining A Hero
Starbucks Gives Sick Leave
again, these things are basic human rights, wtf is wrong with some people?
Celebrity, pop culture, and entertainment expert Mike previously told me all about what stars are really like when you meet them in person. He’s met hundreds of stars during his career in Hollywood that has spanned decades, and he found that the vast majority of celebs are friendly, gracious, and kind.
“Don’t be afraid to meet a celebrity! The majority are smart business people, and they realize their fans who watch their TV shows, stream their music, and buy tickets to movies and concerts, are paying their salaries. They want to be nice to you!” Mike told Bored Panda earlier that there’s a practical aspect to being nice to everyone as well. Though most stars are truly genuine.
Khloe Kardashian Murdered After Posting Advertisement
Love Jameela but she forgot to mention that the Kardashians employ photoshop artists to achieve their slimline figures.
Extremely True
Not to mention that they make it tax deductible so whatever they donate they can claim back.
Capitalist Scumbag Thinks He's A Socialist
“In my experience, the one constant I’ve noticed is the bigger the star, the nicer the celebrity. The established stars have it down and understand the importance of the celebrity/fan relationship,” the expert explained.
Usually, the biggest troublemakers and mavericks are those who are new to the scene and to their popularity. “You usually only have a problem with the newer, up-and-coming stars. They at times don’t get it and may think they’re too good to interact with you. This attitude often backfires, and they realize if they want longevity, it’s actually not that hard to be nice.”
Bezos Received A Small Loan Of 300,000 From Parents And A Million Dollars From Relatives In 1995
It's always amusing how poor people keep defending the ultra rich who would kick them from their driveway if they laid there dying.
The Media Makes It To Be A Feel Good Story Over A Dystopian Nightmare
Just Pulled The Lever To The Verbal Guillotine
Hollywood’s Ultimate Insider Mike added that celebrities always have to be aware of how they act. They’re _always_ in the public eye, even when they think they’re not. Because nearly everyone has a smartphone in their pocket, stars need to be more aware of the fact that they’re always ‘on display’ than ever.
“It does take some conscious effort on the celebrity’s part to be nice, just knowing every interaction, and everything they’re doing in public can be recorded. For some celebrities, in fact, I’d say most celebrities, being nice comes naturally. It doesn’t take any special effort, because it’s who they are as a person,” Mike said.
Thanks, Ben
Republican Logic
Right wingers don't want us to be an actual strong country. They want us to be a global bully. What makes a population strong is education and access to healthcare - things they fully oppose.
Irs: The Final Frontier
Quarantine
Half Truths Are All Lies
This Chick Spews The Most Outrageous Stuff
Ooh, I can answer that one - it’s because the elites didn’t lock the US down properly to begin with. May 2020 was when New Zealand went into restricted reopening because we had almost no covid left.
On That Day, The Burger King Pr Team Learned A Valuable Lesson About Twitter
America, F Yeah!
American Not Realizing Crime Is Already Illegal
surely he could have gathered his last remaining brain cells to figure that one out?
Really Oprah?
Lease Your Very Own Human!
This is very sad because giving prisoners the option of having paid jobs and learn new trades could be a great way of rehabilitating people and avoid that they become poor and resort to crime again after prison. But of course instead it just became a way of exploiting people for profit
That Generation Just Doesn't Have Their Priorities Straight
'murica, F Yeah!
Now *that* Is Bravery
STOP GIVING THESE PEOPLE ATTENTION AND RESPECT THEY DON'T DESERVE! They literally do NOTHING other than laugh with all the money their fans are giving them.
Public Relations
I mean, why do a nice thing if you can't brag about it.. That just makes no sense /s
Good Old Meghan Mccain. I Assume She’s A Staple On This Sub
*are Stealing From Us
Get Wrecked...
Fox News Everybody
And why are people committing fraud with food stamps? Because they are desperate
A Better Headline
Seize Their Assets
"feel normal" I mean who doesn't have access to a private island these days?
Rich Kid Profiting Off Humiliating The Unemployed
Have U Tried This?
Thank You Mr. President!
The tangerine turd lies on average every five minutes when he speaks and even more when he whistles.
Nope, Too Expensive
You will never get me into an uproar about my taxes being used to feed people or get medical attention to people. You want an uproar? Let's talk about my tax dollars funding politician's luxury purchases.
Fix The Problem, Not The Symptoms
Oh, No! Anything But That!
She was being sarcastic, but there are a lot of Americans who actually prefer their private insurance over a general insurance for all because "they ain't paying their good money so that one homeless f*cker can get medical care for free."
Broke Willy Wonka Musk
Broke ass W***y wonka. Just writing it out a) because it’s funny and b) to see how much will be censored by BoredPanda.
Ellen Thegenerous
How are these ‘perks’? 5 days off is appalling (and I’m guessing your birthday counts as one of the 5). That Ellen, so generous, such a nice lady. 🤔🙄
Five paid days off is supposed to be a perk? I have 28 paid days off and I barely make it through the year with that.
and yes here in EU we're all damned Socialists. The country I live in has by law : 26+ days a year paid holidays, paid sick leave, social healthcare, 20 weeks paid maternity leave, two times 4-6 months paid parental leave, 2 years paid unemployment (85% last salary with social healthcare and all benefits), and let's not forget incl. retirement plan. Oh yes we are damned Socialists...
Ellen degenerate. She can fake empathy but in reality she's a heartless monster.
This "perks" would be a violation of labour laws in nearly all civilised countries.
Love that she threw in “birthdays off” to distract from the fact that she’s only giving them 6 days off.
So basically she proved she is as awful as everyone said she was. Good to know.
FIVE days off?! A YEAR? That's insane. Is any paid leave mandated in the US?
No, they are below human rights. 5 holidays is ridiculous. And what about sick leave and parental leave?
Load More Replies... Film and television crews don't typically get any of these "perks." (Until COVID hit, they didn't even get paid sick days.). But in all fairness, most of these big network shows are unionized, and the production crews do get decent pay, plus health insurance and pension benefits. The crew members on that show weren't complaining because they didn't get enough time off; they complained because people were being verbally and psychologically abused, and the behind-the-scenes politics were very stressful.
5 days off ????? Are you freaking kidding me . What kinda slavery country do you live in. Holy s**t
Quebec, Canada. You know, where universal health care system actually works? What I have: Paid summer vacations (Starts at 4% and up to 8%). Paid christmas vacations. Paid hollydays and civic days. 40 hours of paid sick leave, also known as personnal time. Paid over time ($1.5X) after 40 hours, ($2X) after 20 hours of over time. Paid $2X if I have to work on holly days or civic days (Not every where but still...). One month paid leave for men and up to a year for women when they give birth. Coverage if we're wounded at work. My boss can't fire me without cause, and even then, he will have to justify his decision. Minimum wages are way above what they pay in the USA. Education will not bankrupt you. Getting sick will not bankrupt you. Having children will not *wait for it...* bankrupt you! And if I ever get offended by a rude comment from an American, I can have my feelings checked for free. America have a lot of work to get to the world's level... Edit: And I'm not even unionized!
Sometimes I really think that celebrities (yes even the bogus ones like kardashians) feel like we peons want to be next to them so, so much that we would pay them for the honor of being theri gophers. And they are so entitled to have everything handed to them. For free. All the time.
God, conditions before she was publicly shamed must have been horrific.
5 days off?? Wow…. I get 28 that’s average for someone working 32h a week.
The minimum paid time off a year in my country is 4 weeks. 4 full weeks. And you have a right to have at least 2 (often 3) consecutive weeks. And many employers give an extra day for each year that you've worked there, building up to 6 paid weeks off a year for most people, sometimes even more. Also (paid!) sick leave doesn't come out of your vacation time. If you're ill for 4 weeks you still get to have your 4 weeks holidays. Edit because I forgot to mention the national holidays you get off in addition to that. Minimum for maternity leave is 16 weeks, usually starting 6 weeks BEFORE the due date, so the expectant mother can get some rest in preperation of the birth. The partner gets up to 6 weeks of paid leave after the birth of their child. And I'm sure I forgot to mention many other perks we have here, but you get the point. Damned Europeans with all their perks, yes, America is number 1 /s
Five ad days off, per what? Month, year, decade? It means NOTHING!
Is Ellen the one responsible for the rules or the people who actually produce and pay for the show? I mean she can be cancelled any time by the network or the money people behind the show. How much power does she really have? Just asking.
Land Of The Free
Oh Just Imagine
I’ve read that article and “it’s f****d up that you have to wait for your parents to die” is THE ENTIRE POINT.
I Didnt See This On This Page Yet And It Belongs
Mmm Gold Food
Is that healthy? Well, when you're rich you don't have to worry about your hospital bills
This Can Only Go Well
I'm kinda split on this one. True, the world should be concerned about these rainforests and contribute to their upkeeps but not by taxing people. I vote that countries with the highest Co2 emission levels should be responsible for that.
They Fix It So You're Only Able To Lease The Things You Enjoy
Forbes Getting Called Out For Calling Kylie Jenner A Self-Made Billionaire
It almost seems like most "self-made" billionaires aren't actually self-made. As if the American dream is a big lie and there are no equal opportunities at all
"I Have A Dream"
It's strange how rich people shamelessly ask poor people for money and it seems to be acceptable for a lot of people.
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Years after the release of both the paradise and panama papers and what has been done to stop it? Absolutely nothing.
Never forget that some of these people aquired their wealth through us, the fans/consumers.
Exactly. The types of billionaires in the world often reflect the values of the general population.
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One thing I always find irritating is when big named products do that thing where they "will donate $X for every product sold". I always thought that this felt like extortion.
And after they make a huge marketing campaigne to say how much *they* have been donated.
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Stop supporting companies that do not support their employees. Starbucks, Amazon, and others, will suffer if we do not support them. I understand that for some people, financial difficulties mean they have to shop from Amazon because it's cheaper, but wherever possible, please think twice about supporting them with your hard earned cash.
I stopped using Amazon over a year ago. There are plenty of independent sellers on the web.
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Doesn't bother me much. Half the celebrities I don't recognize and the other half I don't pay much attention to except when Panda gives them a free venue.
If people are going to be keyboard warriors and fight for the left (free education, raise minimum wage, affordable healthcare, etc ), then it's EXTREMELY important to be thorough in responses and reading the initial post or tweet. When someone takes an Onion headline seriously and goes off on a rant about satire, it really makes our liberal side look bad, as if typed in red.
Another pile of class warfare whining and weeping. Nothing to see here...
Years after the release of both the paradise and panama papers and what has been done to stop it? Absolutely nothing.
Never forget that some of these people aquired their wealth through us, the fans/consumers.
Exactly. The types of billionaires in the world often reflect the values of the general population.
Load More Replies... One thing I always find irritating is when big named products do that thing where they "will donate $X for every product sold". I always thought that this felt like extortion.
And after they make a huge marketing campaigne to say how much *they* have been donated.
Load More Replies... Stop supporting companies that do not support their employees. Starbucks, Amazon, and others, will suffer if we do not support them. I understand that for some people, financial difficulties mean they have to shop from Amazon because it's cheaper, but wherever possible, please think twice about supporting them with your hard earned cash.
I stopped using Amazon over a year ago. There are plenty of independent sellers on the web.
Load More Replies... Doesn't bother me much. Half the celebrities I don't recognize and the other half I don't pay much attention to except when Panda gives them a free venue.
If people are going to be keyboard warriors and fight for the left (free education, raise minimum wage, affordable healthcare, etc ), then it's EXTREMELY important to be thorough in responses and reading the initial post or tweet. When someone takes an Onion headline seriously and goes off on a rant about satire, it really makes our liberal side look bad, as if typed in red.
Another pile of class warfare whining and weeping. Nothing to see here...
