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Celebrities Look Like Aliens Now
from #187 - Waffle Sundaes and Puppet Shows | The Tim Dillon Show · #187
3 min
Tim riffs on how celebrities like Timothy Chalamet look increasingly strange and unrelatable, citing Andrew Schulz's theory about publicists and social media isolation making them seem alien.
- Tim on modern celebrities looking progressively weirder and less human—Timothy Chalamet as a floating feather cast in amber.
- These celebrities have stopped being on planet Earth; they speak in odd patterns and communicate like aliens discussing what humans should do.
- Growing up people cared about the Academy Awards and Emmys, but something shifted and they became creepy and strange instead.
- Andrew Schulz's point: celebrities without social media and living in castles, controlled entirely by publicists, now seem completely unrelateable.
- Late-night talk show interviews are completely staged—hosts ask celebrities about being in Italy together as if that's genuine banter.
- News cycle juxtaposition: major stories like mass shootings and bribes lead into Jimmy Fallon asking someone about their Italy vacation.
celebritiesTimothée ChalametJimmy FallonSeth MeyersAndrew Schulz