Celebrity Obsession

Top of Mind with Julie Rose • Season 1, Episode 1690, Segment 6

Sep 20, 2021 • 13m

We are a celebrity-obsessed culture. Did you click through the Met Gala red carpet pics? Have you been rooting for Britney Spears to escape her conservatorship? Were you just a little happy to see that J-Lo and Ben Affleck are back together? The pandemic may have deepened our celebrity obsessions. Cooper Lawrence is an expert on this phenomenon. She co-hosts a pop culture podcast and has written a bunch of books on celebrity culture. (Segment produced by Sydney Jezik)

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