Lana Del Rey Responds To People Who Criticized Her For Wearing A Mesh Face Covering During The Coronavirus Pandemic
People called out Lana Del Rey on the Internet for her apparent mesh mask at a spontaneous book signing last month. The comments said Del Rey’s choice of mask during the pandemic was very irresponsible since it provides little to no protection. Considering that the nature of the event required a lot of one-on-one interaction, the photos and videos of the singer posing with fans only made things worse.
Eventually, it got so bad, Lana decided to respond to the controversy herself.
In October, Lana uploaded some content on her social media accounts at a book signing event in LA to celebrate the release of her poetry collection Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
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California has been hit really hard by the pandemic. The state has had over 1,053,290 confirmed cases with over 20,330 deaths. Its residents are required to wear face coverings in public spaces as well as indoors and in areas where social distancing is not possible.
Immediately, people started accusing the famous singer of not taking the coronavirus pandemic seriously
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Lana appeared with a very similar mask on the cover of Interview magazine
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General practitioner, medical researcher, and founder of PrimeHealth Clinical Research, Iris Gorfinkel, M.D., told Bored Panda that mesh face coverings aren’t effective — respiratory droplets are tiny and can easily travel through such material.
Gorfinkel said that generally, the higher the thread count (and amount of layers), the better the mask. “Three layers are best. Basically, the rule is to do the best you can with the thickest material you can get. Masks with valves allow droplets through, so those are not recommended. Neck gators are also not quite good. You basically want to have something that fits around the face so that it’s comfortable.”
However, the doctor noted that face masks are not recommended for children under two and people who have difficulties with breathing as well as for those with disabilities making it hard to put on a mask and take it off.
That being said, masks are hugely important in preventing future lockdowns, especially when they’re combined with social distancing, hand hygiene, and adequate ventilation. “While none of these individual parts are perfect, it is the sum of these pieces that keep our businesses running and moves us in the direction we once knew and enjoyed.”
The picture was captioned: “Please wear a mask. (Just not, you know, this one.)”
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Eventually, the controversy inspired Madeleine Virginia Gannon to write an article for the Michigan Daily that questioned the trend of cancel culture in relation to Lana
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Lana read it and decided to respond to the whole ordeal: “The mask had plastic on the inside. They’re commonly sewn in by stylists these days”
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People were wondering why it took her a month to do so
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So she explained that as well
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According to The Independent, the singer’s sister, Caroline “Chuck” Grant, also responded to these people, letting them know that Lana had “tested negative” and was standing “more than six feet away” from fans at the signing. While the first claim can be true, the photos from the event suggest the second one isn’t.
Here’s what people have been saying after her last tweet
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Even if this mask had plastic on the inside (which may also hamper its efficacy), it looks like a simple mesh. And the message this sends to some people is obvious: "if you are famous you are not bound to rules" and, particularly to children, "wearing a proper mask is not so important". Thereby, it was not a clever move.
There's no plastic - the closeup photos tell all, just look at the top of it that goes across her nose and you can clearly see just thin strands of fabric with nothing attached. As others have said, she would be struggling to breathe and you could not see her smile through all the condensation.
Load More Replies...Doubt it as well, you can see it wrinkled in a bunch of the photos, how is it wrinkled if sewn directly onto plastic?
Load More Replies...This must stop immediately. It seems that people who have certain fame, be it singers, influencers or politicians are exempt from laws that seem to apply to only us laymen. I've seen it happen too many times. Also, in Lana's case, if there was plastic inside, how could she breathe? People claim it's hard for them to breathe even with cloth or surgical masks, yet here she is breathing through plastic. (If I'm wrong sorry in advance)
Yes if there was plastic under the “mesh” she would DEFINITELY not be able to breathe. Plastic around your mouth... hummmm something smells fishy in Denmark!! 🤦🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️😑
Load More Replies...Is it possible to breathe through a layer of plastic? I've never heard of such masks.
Of course it's not. First it would get fogged and then, very fast, she would soffocate. Also, to "Edo", I live in Italy and I watch tv. Honestly, never saw anybody with those kind of masks. Or I missed it and they're probably among the 45000 dead
Load More Replies...Famous people don't breathe air. They live on fame alone.
Load More Replies...Gee, I wish I knew there was a kind of clear plastic film that not only allows one to breathe but also doesn't fog up with every breath. I call BS.
Calling BS on "Plastic on the inside". Well, then, you just suffocated and died. Congrats! Oh, you didn't? Then it has no decent "seal" against your skin, and you're exposing yoruself, if not everyone else. Soooo.... Stop screwing around, wear a mask, and worry about health over appearance. Signed, everyone at the hospital where I volunteer, b/c we're tired of this pandemic like you can't believe....
it just highlights the insane levels of narcissism some celebrities have
Load More Replies...In a nutshell: "Yeah, I don't care what you think or what message I'm sending out. I'm too busy making more money to explain this, so why don't you all just get lost."
Even if the mask had plastic on the inside, people should still maintain social distancing. Why are these people going no feet instead of 6 feet?
Yeah we all weren’t born yesterday- we all know that she’s trying to BACK PADDLE after getting flake for wearing a mesh mask. She’s an asshat of the highest caliber. 🤦🏻♀️
Load More Replies...Wouldn’t plastic mean that any air that comes in or out has to come through the sides though? Meaning it’s useless?
Hard to see any plastic in there, but anyway, given how many posts there were here on BP of selfish dingbats grinning smugly through their fish net or one layer of stocking masks about how clever they were getting one over on shops with their knowingly useless face coverings, it's not surprising that people thought this mesh was yet another one of those.
But why not just wear a regular mask, though? Even if it can somehow protect her, it looks dangerous. And without any explanation, someone might misunderstand and follow suit. At a time like this, who wouldn't be sensitive. As a public figure, she should have been more careful.
This article has done a massive 180. It was originally about her as the victim and how rude and awful people were for criticising her mesh mask, and now it's about how beneficial masks are and how useless mesh masks are. Whoever originally wrote this rubbish article clearly saw the negative responses in the comments and realised no one was buying their crap.
Do you mean this particular article that’s on BP? Is that why it currently has only 6 UPVOTES... (as of 11/21/20)
Load More Replies...So in all those gangster movies where they put a plastic bag over someones head they werent trying to kill - but simply wanted to force a mask on them? I feel so much better knowing that :P
A plastic mask would not work. If you can breathe with a plastic mask like that over your face then it means the air is going around the mask. The point of a mask is to filter the air and catch particles. A full face plastic shield or mask only works if you have a proper mask under it or fabric around the sides.
I wish so many asshats would understand that SIMPLE ASPECT!!! Well said.
Load More Replies...Another classic case of wealthy thinking things don't apply to them. I'm not sure why she'd be so stupid as to want to draw attention to A "MASK" vs. her talent. Because all anyone is paying attention to now is her mask.
Even if it had plastic, there's no evidence to show that would make it an effective mask -- cloth absorbs micro droplets, plastic would just deflect them out the sides of the mask. Face shields have been shown to be ineffective at blocking covid for the same reason -- the aerosols just come out from behind the shield. (face shields with masks, however are a different story since they'll keep the larger droplets out of your eyes)
No it wouldn’t be an effective mask bc she WON’T BE ABLE TO BREATH AT ALL.
Load More Replies...Just shut up already. If such mask was medically approved, everyone will want one. Such BS.
Plastic would immediately cling to your mouth and you'd suffocate. This is obviously just mesh.
Thing is, people believe what they want to. They ignore evidence that disputes them and cling on to the tiniest morsel that supports what they want to believe. Tell people what they want to believe and they will. Lying has been shown to be the best way to deal with the masses.
I mean that's cool and all if it's true. But HOW do you breathe with plastic over your mouth and nose?!
Can I ask: If there were to be plastic on the inside, how would you breath? Wouldn't the plastic get all wet and would you not have trouble breathing under plastic. Seems like a pretty exhausting way to spend the day ?! Or am I missing something...
You can’t breath if plastic were on the inside of a mask (like she STATED). She just wanted to em wear a sparkly mask to an event she was promoting, that’s all.
Load More Replies...ngl, had to look her up. Couldn't remember what she was supposed to be famous for.
If it’s plastic wouldn’t she have suffocated? People are pretty clear about how putting plastic on your mouth and nose may kill you. Also eff off at the “I’m making two albums and donating money to charity” it takes all of 20 seconds to explain that your mask had plastic in it, surely you aren’t working and donating 24/7 without even a minute to post about this stuff. Also eff off “It’s none of your business” you could’ve killed someone, Lana.
Yeah the “it’s none of your business” statement should get her slapped for saying that. When people don’t wear the correct mask correctly on their face, it’s a problem that everyone has to deal with. People die bc of things like what this ditz did! And her fan base will follow what she does and that’s sad!!! 😢😞😷
Load More Replies...I see no plastic, and even if there was I don't think a plastic mask is recommended at all. Still, no reason to be cancelled but let's not glamorise something that is a mefical requirement.
Me neither and I don't think I'm interested enough to Google it.
Load More Replies...Lets stop discriminating Lana. Anyone who hates Lana is a fat whore and not in a hot way. Lana > anyone.
How can they be haters when they didn't know the mask had a plastic covering. All people want to express is that she should be wearing a masks that helps protect others. If Lana would have been smart she would have put a note next to the pic that it has plastic in the mask
But she's obviously lying. That's why she never put any notes next to the picture or told anybody who might ask, because she thought she could get away with it. If there were really plastic under the mask it wouldn't move the way it does, and it never fogged up when she breathed. Just lies.
Load More Replies...Things I never ever want to have a discussion on again: All of this.
i love lana but this is dumb, so many ppl look up to her, she should be smarter
through her a**e, since that's what she's using to talk through
Load More Replies...I know that there are clear masks made for lip readers. If everyone is saying that plastic is not possible, then what are those made of? (Ps I don't think she has anything under the mesh, but hey.)
I hear you and I had to look it. It looks like they were more of a pet invention. They have a sort of cloth gasket and they come away from the face so people can still break and talk. Nothing like what she is wearing.
Load More Replies...It shouldn't be foggy if it had plastic? Also as a public figure she must be smarter and wear a proper mask because, as we have discovered during this pandemic, there is A LOT of stupid people out there who use any reason not to wear a proper mask. And unfortunately those stupid people use influencers, singers, etc as their role models. With or without plastic sadly for her she has to be an example for those idiots out there.
Other things more important than covid: the actual flu, cancer, aids/hiv, heart disease, brain disease, mental health, infertility, dementia, alzheimer's, addiction But just downvote in your denial 👍
RIGHT NOW COVID-19 HAS KILL MORE PEOPLE IN A SPAN OF LESS TIME THEN MOST DIVESTING PANDEMIC HAVE IN THE PAST IN OVER 100 YEARS!!! (in less than 1 year/12 months/52 weeks/365 days)
Load More Replies...There is a study from 2015 showing that wearing a cotton mask long term is ineffective. Use disposable ones, if you feel the need to wear one. Replace it systematically over the course of the day for effective use. If you must use a reusable mask, clean it daily using high heat. Your best defense for a virus is uv light, so get outside as much as you can.
I have no idea eho this is, but she's a twat in any case. Show my clear plastic that doesn't fog over from breathing and I might believe this. She should get a real mask and stop bullshiting.
So easy to go to Google type in anti fog clear face mask and many from many different companies come up. Some of them aren't stiff. Easy to use that sew mesh over it and leave the mesh overlapping for style 🙄
Buddy, we are in a pandemic, people died and you are telling them not to get upset when a celebrity is basically setting an example for improper protection? Whether or not that plastic works won't change the fact that it misled people.
Load More Replies...Even if this mask had plastic on the inside (which may also hamper its efficacy), it looks like a simple mesh. And the message this sends to some people is obvious: "if you are famous you are not bound to rules" and, particularly to children, "wearing a proper mask is not so important". Thereby, it was not a clever move.
There's no plastic - the closeup photos tell all, just look at the top of it that goes across her nose and you can clearly see just thin strands of fabric with nothing attached. As others have said, she would be struggling to breathe and you could not see her smile through all the condensation.
Load More Replies...Doubt it as well, you can see it wrinkled in a bunch of the photos, how is it wrinkled if sewn directly onto plastic?
Load More Replies...This must stop immediately. It seems that people who have certain fame, be it singers, influencers or politicians are exempt from laws that seem to apply to only us laymen. I've seen it happen too many times. Also, in Lana's case, if there was plastic inside, how could she breathe? People claim it's hard for them to breathe even with cloth or surgical masks, yet here she is breathing through plastic. (If I'm wrong sorry in advance)
Yes if there was plastic under the “mesh” she would DEFINITELY not be able to breathe. Plastic around your mouth... hummmm something smells fishy in Denmark!! 🤦🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️😑
Load More Replies...Is it possible to breathe through a layer of plastic? I've never heard of such masks.
Of course it's not. First it would get fogged and then, very fast, she would soffocate. Also, to "Edo", I live in Italy and I watch tv. Honestly, never saw anybody with those kind of masks. Or I missed it and they're probably among the 45000 dead
Load More Replies...Famous people don't breathe air. They live on fame alone.
Load More Replies...Gee, I wish I knew there was a kind of clear plastic film that not only allows one to breathe but also doesn't fog up with every breath. I call BS.
Calling BS on "Plastic on the inside". Well, then, you just suffocated and died. Congrats! Oh, you didn't? Then it has no decent "seal" against your skin, and you're exposing yoruself, if not everyone else. Soooo.... Stop screwing around, wear a mask, and worry about health over appearance. Signed, everyone at the hospital where I volunteer, b/c we're tired of this pandemic like you can't believe....
it just highlights the insane levels of narcissism some celebrities have
Load More Replies...In a nutshell: "Yeah, I don't care what you think or what message I'm sending out. I'm too busy making more money to explain this, so why don't you all just get lost."
Even if the mask had plastic on the inside, people should still maintain social distancing. Why are these people going no feet instead of 6 feet?
Yeah we all weren’t born yesterday- we all know that she’s trying to BACK PADDLE after getting flake for wearing a mesh mask. She’s an asshat of the highest caliber. 🤦🏻♀️
Load More Replies...Wouldn’t plastic mean that any air that comes in or out has to come through the sides though? Meaning it’s useless?
Hard to see any plastic in there, but anyway, given how many posts there were here on BP of selfish dingbats grinning smugly through their fish net or one layer of stocking masks about how clever they were getting one over on shops with their knowingly useless face coverings, it's not surprising that people thought this mesh was yet another one of those.
But why not just wear a regular mask, though? Even if it can somehow protect her, it looks dangerous. And without any explanation, someone might misunderstand and follow suit. At a time like this, who wouldn't be sensitive. As a public figure, she should have been more careful.
This article has done a massive 180. It was originally about her as the victim and how rude and awful people were for criticising her mesh mask, and now it's about how beneficial masks are and how useless mesh masks are. Whoever originally wrote this rubbish article clearly saw the negative responses in the comments and realised no one was buying their crap.
Do you mean this particular article that’s on BP? Is that why it currently has only 6 UPVOTES... (as of 11/21/20)
Load More Replies...So in all those gangster movies where they put a plastic bag over someones head they werent trying to kill - but simply wanted to force a mask on them? I feel so much better knowing that :P
A plastic mask would not work. If you can breathe with a plastic mask like that over your face then it means the air is going around the mask. The point of a mask is to filter the air and catch particles. A full face plastic shield or mask only works if you have a proper mask under it or fabric around the sides.
I wish so many asshats would understand that SIMPLE ASPECT!!! Well said.
Load More Replies...Another classic case of wealthy thinking things don't apply to them. I'm not sure why she'd be so stupid as to want to draw attention to A "MASK" vs. her talent. Because all anyone is paying attention to now is her mask.
Even if it had plastic, there's no evidence to show that would make it an effective mask -- cloth absorbs micro droplets, plastic would just deflect them out the sides of the mask. Face shields have been shown to be ineffective at blocking covid for the same reason -- the aerosols just come out from behind the shield. (face shields with masks, however are a different story since they'll keep the larger droplets out of your eyes)
No it wouldn’t be an effective mask bc she WON’T BE ABLE TO BREATH AT ALL.
Load More Replies...Just shut up already. If such mask was medically approved, everyone will want one. Such BS.
Plastic would immediately cling to your mouth and you'd suffocate. This is obviously just mesh.
Thing is, people believe what they want to. They ignore evidence that disputes them and cling on to the tiniest morsel that supports what they want to believe. Tell people what they want to believe and they will. Lying has been shown to be the best way to deal with the masses.
I mean that's cool and all if it's true. But HOW do you breathe with plastic over your mouth and nose?!
Can I ask: If there were to be plastic on the inside, how would you breath? Wouldn't the plastic get all wet and would you not have trouble breathing under plastic. Seems like a pretty exhausting way to spend the day ?! Or am I missing something...
You can’t breath if plastic were on the inside of a mask (like she STATED). She just wanted to em wear a sparkly mask to an event she was promoting, that’s all.
Load More Replies...ngl, had to look her up. Couldn't remember what she was supposed to be famous for.
If it’s plastic wouldn’t she have suffocated? People are pretty clear about how putting plastic on your mouth and nose may kill you. Also eff off at the “I’m making two albums and donating money to charity” it takes all of 20 seconds to explain that your mask had plastic in it, surely you aren’t working and donating 24/7 without even a minute to post about this stuff. Also eff off “It’s none of your business” you could’ve killed someone, Lana.
Yeah the “it’s none of your business” statement should get her slapped for saying that. When people don’t wear the correct mask correctly on their face, it’s a problem that everyone has to deal with. People die bc of things like what this ditz did! And her fan base will follow what she does and that’s sad!!! 😢😞😷
Load More Replies...I see no plastic, and even if there was I don't think a plastic mask is recommended at all. Still, no reason to be cancelled but let's not glamorise something that is a mefical requirement.
Me neither and I don't think I'm interested enough to Google it.
Load More Replies...Lets stop discriminating Lana. Anyone who hates Lana is a fat whore and not in a hot way. Lana > anyone.
How can they be haters when they didn't know the mask had a plastic covering. All people want to express is that she should be wearing a masks that helps protect others. If Lana would have been smart she would have put a note next to the pic that it has plastic in the mask
But she's obviously lying. That's why she never put any notes next to the picture or told anybody who might ask, because she thought she could get away with it. If there were really plastic under the mask it wouldn't move the way it does, and it never fogged up when she breathed. Just lies.
Load More Replies...Things I never ever want to have a discussion on again: All of this.
i love lana but this is dumb, so many ppl look up to her, she should be smarter
through her a**e, since that's what she's using to talk through
Load More Replies...I know that there are clear masks made for lip readers. If everyone is saying that plastic is not possible, then what are those made of? (Ps I don't think she has anything under the mesh, but hey.)
I hear you and I had to look it. It looks like they were more of a pet invention. They have a sort of cloth gasket and they come away from the face so people can still break and talk. Nothing like what she is wearing.
Load More Replies...It shouldn't be foggy if it had plastic? Also as a public figure she must be smarter and wear a proper mask because, as we have discovered during this pandemic, there is A LOT of stupid people out there who use any reason not to wear a proper mask. And unfortunately those stupid people use influencers, singers, etc as their role models. With or without plastic sadly for her she has to be an example for those idiots out there.
Other things more important than covid: the actual flu, cancer, aids/hiv, heart disease, brain disease, mental health, infertility, dementia, alzheimer's, addiction But just downvote in your denial 👍
RIGHT NOW COVID-19 HAS KILL MORE PEOPLE IN A SPAN OF LESS TIME THEN MOST DIVESTING PANDEMIC HAVE IN THE PAST IN OVER 100 YEARS!!! (in less than 1 year/12 months/52 weeks/365 days)
Load More Replies...There is a study from 2015 showing that wearing a cotton mask long term is ineffective. Use disposable ones, if you feel the need to wear one. Replace it systematically over the course of the day for effective use. If you must use a reusable mask, clean it daily using high heat. Your best defense for a virus is uv light, so get outside as much as you can.
I have no idea eho this is, but she's a twat in any case. Show my clear plastic that doesn't fog over from breathing and I might believe this. She should get a real mask and stop bullshiting.
So easy to go to Google type in anti fog clear face mask and many from many different companies come up. Some of them aren't stiff. Easy to use that sew mesh over it and leave the mesh overlapping for style 🙄
Buddy, we are in a pandemic, people died and you are telling them not to get upset when a celebrity is basically setting an example for improper protection? Whether or not that plastic works won't change the fact that it misled people.
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