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Covid-Denying Celebrities We Are Very Disappointed With
Please do not listen to the medical advice of Doja Cat
This morning I received some crushing news: Van Morrison, the 75-year-old singer behind such classics as “Brown Eyed Girl” and “Moondance,” is an anti-lockdown idiot.
Morrison announced three new songs on Friday — “Born to Be Free,” “As I Walked Out,” and (in case you weren’t getting the message) “No More Lockdowns.” In an accompanying press release, Morrison snarkily said he was “not telling people what to do or think. The government is doing a great job of that already.”
But Van isn’t the only one. Here’s an arbitrary ranking of five celebrities who have let me down during the pandemic.
1. Usain Bolt
The fastest human on Earth didn’t let a global pandemic slow down his plans for an epic birthday celebration. Bolt threw a huge house party in August where — spoiler! — there was no evidence of social distancing. A few days later he tested positive for the virus.
2. Novak Djokovic
The world’s top-ranked tennis player said in April that he was skeptical about a Covid vaccine and that he “wouldn’t want to be forced by someone to take a vaccine in order to be able to travel.” Two months later…
