24 times celebrities have been completely unrelatable during quarantine

@bradfalchuk and I were grateful to learn our local farmers market was open this morning; we walked there (keeping lots of distance) and donned masks and gloves once we got nearer to the market, only taking them off when we were almost home and there were no other pedestrians in close proximity. Yesterday I heard tales of crowded hiking trails and parks. Although we are all on a learning curve and aren’t always perfect as we figure out this temporary new normal, we must take the orders seriously and not abuse the freedoms we still have; grocery store and essential errand runs, bike rides or walks (being disciplined about correct protocol). It’s not the time for denial. We must take this seriously and shelter in place. It’s time for nesting, reading, cleaning out closets, doing something you’ve always wanted to do (write a book, learn an instrument or a language or learn to code online, draw or paint) going through photos, cooking, and reconnecting on a deeper level with the people you love. I find hope in the generosity, love, protection and care I see and feel through out our country everyday and my heart goes out to everyone directly affected or simply in fear. We will get through and I bet you our humanity will shine like never before ❤️

A post shared by Gwyneth Paltrow (@gwynethpaltrow) on Mar 22, 2020 at 4:44pm PDTMar 22, 2020 at 4:44pm PDT

The actress and luxury wellness brand owner was forced to delete a selfie from Goop's corporate Instagram after telling followers to "swipe up!" to purchase two spendy items amid the pandemic. 

"Most days you'll find GP wearing G.Label with a pair of sneakers—which is one reason we make it an annual tradition to put together a fresh sneaker guide each year," the post's caption read, according to Page Six. "Get ready to cover some serious ground (run, don't walk)."

Paltrow's ensemble consisted of a $450 khaki "trouser skirt" from her clothing line, G.Label, and a $425 pair of white Alexandre Birman sneakers, both of which can be bought from the Goop online store.

"I think it's irresponsible to post this as a world-wide pandemic is going on," one commenter wrote in response to Paltrow's post. "You have a great platform around health. Now would be the time to expand on it."

Meanwhile, another wondered, "Who would buy any clothing items now? Only making the rich richer."

HWD face masks are now Sold Out! Thanks everyone for their orders. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now advising Americans to voluntarily wear a basic cloth or fabric face mask when they go out to help curb the spread of the coronavirus. Businesses will also be authorized to deny entry to customers who aren't wearing face coverings. The CDC advises that due to the shortage of medical masks that the N95 masks should be reserved for hospitals. HWD will be donating proceeds to @localheartsfoundation to help with workers on the front lines of this pandemic and provide free masks to the less fortunate. We hope everyone is Staying home and staying safe. If you step out please wear a face covering.

A post shared by HALFWAYDEAD (@halfwaydead) on Apr 7, 2020 at 8:24pm PDTApr 7, 2020 at 8:24pm PDT

The rarely seen Kardashian sibling rushed to make a $30 face mask available for purchase from his skate brand, "Halfway Dead." After debuting the pricey mask on Instagram, commenters slammed Kardashian for embroidering an inappropriate logo on the masks and trying to "cash in" on the pandemic.  

In spite of the controversy, the masks are now sold out. And according to the post's caption, Halfway Dead is planning to donate "proceeds to @localheartsfoundation to help with workers on the front lines of this pandemic and provide free masks to the less fortunate."

Let’s all come together in a Global Meditation tonight, April 4th, to send the energies of love, peace, harmony, freedom and healing to all beings on Earth. It’s only 20 minutes. Let’s join our hearts and minds in sending this positive energy out into the world. We are stronger when we come together TIME: 7:45 pm PST 10:45 pm EST 11:45 pm São Paulo, Brazil ❤✨ Vamos nos reunir em uma meditação Global hoje, 4 de abril, para enviar energias de amor, paz, harmonia, liberdade e cura para todos os seres na Terra. São apenas 20 minutos. Vamos juntar nossos corações e mentes ao enviar essa energia positiva para o mundo. Somos mais fortes quando nos unimos. Horário: 23h45 São Paulo, Brasil

A post shared by Gisele Bündchen (@gisele) on Apr 4, 2020 at 4:48pm PDTApr 4, 2020 at 4:48pm PDT

Model and meditation evangelist Gisele Bundchen invited her followers to "come together in a Global Meditation" earlier this month "to send the energies of love, peace, harmony, freedom and healing to all beings on Earth." In the accompanying pic, which was potentially taken before the onset of stay-at-home orders, Bunchen is seen blissed out in nature, sitting in the lotus position beside a waterfall. 

Normally, the public probably wouldn't bat an eye at this kind of thing. But, understandably, most people aren't feeling very zen these days. 

While hosting the first "at-home edition" of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" from her airy living room, DeGeneres made a joke that she'd later have to remove from the broadcast. 

"One thing that I've learned from being in quarantine is that people — this is like being in jail, is what it is," DeGeneres said while opening the show. "It's mostly because I've been wearing the same clothes for 10 days and everyone in here is gay."

"I feel bad for the kids at home, all the college students, all the parents," DeGeneres went on. "I feel bad for a lot of people. But I think that a lot of people out there need words of encouragement, and that's what I want to do."

As a flood of viewers noted in the comments section and on Twitter, DeGeneres shares a luxe multi-million dollar mansion with wife Portia de Rossi. Furthermore, people who are incarcerated cannot practice social distancing, heightening the risk of infection for this already vulnerable population.

The episode was briefly made "unavailable" on YouTube, before reappearing without the joke in it. The comments have been turned off. 

. 

For the most part, Arnold Schwarzenegger has been an utter delight on social media during the pandemic, using his donkeys Whiskey and Lulu to spread the gospel of social distancing. 

But his most recent public service announcement, which was delivered while the former governor of California was submerged in a hot tub, came off wrong for some.

"Here I am at home, taking a jacuzzi, smoking a little stogie," Schwarzenegger said in the upload. 

"I just finished a bike ride and a little bit of workout and I just keep staying at home, away from the crowds and away from outside," he continued.

"The reason why I'm saying that is because I still see photographs and videos of people sitting outside in cafes all over the world and having a good time and hanging out in crowds. That is not wise, because that's how you can get the virus. That's how you get it."

Schwarzenegger's message is right on, but the delivery left some feeling a bit envious. 

Behold, this vaguely aspirational graphic Sia tweeted last month, which turns the word "virus" into the word "us." Without a doubt, the sentiment was sincere. Don't ask us what she meant, though.

Typically unproblematic Pharrell Williams tweeted in earnest asking his followers to give money to hospitals in need of supplies. But the well-meaning call for donations didn't go over so well with some on Twitter, who told the artist and producer to "read the room" and donate some of the $150 million he is reportedly worth. 

Williams eventually clarified to a fan that he made a donation of his own, too. 

After tweeting a video of her 12-year-old son Max delivering a can of Perrier to partner Alex Rodriguez atop a hoverboard, while the family relaxed in the stunning green backyard of the former shortstop's Miami estate, Jennifer Lopez became one of the latest victims of anti-celebrity sentiment. Almost immediately, the internet noticed the modernist mansion's resemblance to the house featured in the 2020 Oscar-winning thriller Parasite: "a modern tale of greed, privilege, and the class divide," as Insider reporter Kat Tenbarge recently put it.

In response to Lopez, one user simply quipped, "We all hate you." 

British rapper M.I.A. disappointed a number of fans upon revealing that she would "choose death" over a coronavirus vaccine (which doesn't exist yet). She ended the short tweet with a reference to her song Y.A.L.A, which stands for "You Always Live Again." 

"This tweet has disappointed me more than your last 2 albums," said one follower, in a response to the tweet. 

Bette Midler, whose Twitter bio is now "stuck at home just like everyone else," offered up this self-deprecating tribute to housekeepers, which somehow managed to double as Maytag #sponcon. 

"I never knew my appliances as well as I'm starting to know them," Midler tweeted. "So grateful to #Kenmore and #Maytag. This is no joke. I salute housekeepers around the globe, doing your best to keep your families well, safe and alive."

But, as one mother replied, most people never had the luxury of outsourcing menial tasks like cooking and cleaning to a housekeeper in the first place. 

#morningtea ☕️ Just dropped my kids off at gymnastics camp. They all washed their hands before going in. They are playing and laughing. #businessasusual

A post shared by Evangeline Lilly (@evangelinelillyofficial) on Mar 16, 2020 at 9:45am PDTMar 16, 2020 at 9:45am PDT

"Lost" series regular Evangeline Lilly was shamed for taking her children to gymnastics class just as the outbreak began to crest in the U.S. As negative responses to the post began to pour in,  she defended her decision to "value freedom" over safety in the comments. 

"There's 'something' every election year," the actress replied in a comment.  "Where we are right now feels a lot too close to Marshall Law for my comfort already, all in the name of a respiratory flu."

Lilly, who lives with her father and two young children, went on to imply, in a separate comment, that what the public has been told about the virus does not "add up to the all-out, global lockdown, control, pandemonia, and insanity we are experiencing."

Lilly later apologized for her conspiratorial remarks in a lengthy Instagram post. 

Hello everyone. I am writing you from my home where I have been social distancing since Mar 18th – when social distancing was instituted in the small community where I am currently living. At the time of my Mar 16th post, the directives from the authorities here were that we not congregate in groups of more than 250ppl and that we wash our hands regularly, which we were doing. Two days later, those directives changed and, despite my intense trepidation over the socioeconomic and political repercussions of this course of action, PLEASE KNOW I AM DOING MY PART TO FLATTEN THE CURVE, PRACTICING SOCIAL DISTANCING AND STAYING HOME WITH MY FAMILY. I want to offer my sincere and heartfelt apology for the insensitivity I showed in my previous post to the very real suffering and fear that has gripped the world through COVID19. Grandparents, parents, children, sisters and brothers are dying, the world is rallying to find a way to stop this very real threat, and my ensuing silence has sent a dismissive, arrogant and cryptic message. My direct and special apologies to those most affected by this pandemic. I never meant to hurt you. When I wrote that post 10 days ago, I thought I was infusing calm into the hysteria. I can see now that I was projecting my own fears into an already fearful and traumatic situation. I am grieved by the ongoing loss of life, and the impossible decisions medical workers around the world must make as they treat those affected. I am concerned for our communities – small businesses and families living paycheck-to-paycheck – and I am trying to follow responsible recommendations for how to help. Like many of you, I fear for the political aftermath of this pandemic, and I am praying for us all. At the same time, I am heartened by the beauty and humanity I see so many people demonstrating toward one another in this vulnerable time. When I was grappling with my own fears over social distancing, one kind, wise and gracious person said to me “do it out of love, not fear” and it helped me to realize my place in all of this. Sending love to all of you, even if you can’t return it right now. EL

A post shared by Evangeline Lilly (@evangelinelillyofficial) on Mar 26, 2020 at 1:29pm PDTMar 26, 2020 at 1:29pm PDT

Social distancing has, overnight, turned Madonna into America's hardest-working content creator. The pop legend has been filming an artful series of "quarantine diaries" during her time in isolation. In the latest installment, she sits in a bathtub sprinkled with flower petals wearing nothing but jewelry and waxes poetic about coronavirus, "the great equalizer."

"That's the thing about COVID-19. It doesn't care about how rich you are, how famous you are, how funny you are, how smart you are, where you live, how old you are, what amazing stories you can tell," Madonna said in the upload.  

"It's the great equalizer and what's terrible about it is what's great about it. What's terrible about it is that it's made us all equal in many ways, and what's wonderful about is, is that it's made us all equal in many ways."

She ended the dramatic missive by quoting her own song, "Human Nature," a 1995 classic that she recently reprised during her 2019 Madame X tour. 

 "Like I used to say at the end of 'Human Nature' every night, if the ship goes down, we're all going down together," she said. 

As Business Insider previously reported, billionaires have been chartering superyachts in the hope of riding out the pandemic in style. And that appears to be precisely what entertainment mogul David Geffen, whose net worth clocks in at a cool $7.7 billion, is doing aboard his $590 million superyacht, Rising Sun, in the Grenadines. But after sharing a photo of the boat beneath a setting sun, Geffen faced almost immediate backlash on Twitter, where people called his post "shameful" and out of touch.

Geffen subsequently made his Instagram account private. 

In a since-deleted Instagram post, King shared a questionable poem recitation by writer and performer Riya Sokol. In the poem, titled "Thank You, Coronavirus," Sokol expresses gratitude for all of the ways COVID-19 has forced society to slow down, reassess, and adapt. 

"Thank you for shaking us and showing us we are dependent on something much bigger than we think," Sokol reads in the clip. "Thank you for making us appreciate the luxury we lived in, the abundance of product, freedom, health, and realizing we were taking it for granted. Thank you for stopping us, to make us see how lost we were in the 'busy-ness,' not having time for the most basic things."

Vanessa Hudgens brushed off the severity of the pandemic before taking to Instagram for a recent livestream.

"'Til July sounds like a bunch of bullsh-t," the actress said in reference to predictions that social distancing measures will be needed well into the summer to flatten the coronavirus curve. "I'm sorry, but like, it's a virus, I get it. I respect it. But at the same time, like, even if everybody gets it, like, yeah, people are gonna die. Which is terrible, but like, inevitable? I don't know. Maybe I shouldn't be doing this right now."

A day later, Hudgens issued a half-apology for her remarks.

"Hey guys," she said. "So yesterday I did an Instagram Live and I realized today that some of my comments are being taken out of context. It's a crazy time. It's a crazy crazy time, and I am at home and I am in lockdown, and that's what I hope you guys are doing too in full quarantine and staying safe and sane. Yeah, I don't take this situation lightly by any means. I am home. So stay inside y'all."

From their respective mansions, Justin and Hailey Bieber went live with Kendall Jenner on Instagram earlier this month. For the most part, the show was just a catch-up between friends. But the internet collectively rolled its eyes when Justin reflected on how lucky he is to be self-isolating in his Epcot-esque, glass-and-steel Beverly Hills compound.

"How blessed are we to be able to like — a lot of people obviously in this time have a crappy situation," he said. "You know, they look at us. And obviously, we've worked hard for where we're at, so it's like, you can't feel bad for the things we have."

"I think about it all the time," Jenner responded, to which Justin added, "But I think, just us taking that time to acknowledge that there are people who are really crippling is important."

Drake recently gave Architectural Digest a tour of his extravagantly decorated $100 million Toronto manor home, which includes "an NBA regulation-size indoor basketball court crowned by a 21-square-foot pyramidal skylight" among other amenities. In a recent Instagram story, the rapper gave his fans a closer look at the hardwood court's detailing in a poorly received Instagram flex, with the caption: "My life for the next however long."

Elon Musk is a polarizing personality on Twitter, where the Tesla and SpaceX CEO frequently shares his late-night musings. In this wacky Twitter thread, he called the "panic" around coronavirus "dumb" and noted his belief that the fatality rate of COVID-19 had been "overstated." He was subsequently dragged for his dismissive attitude toward the severity of the crisis. 

The following week, Musk took a more cryptic approach to the issue, tweeting "Fear is the mind-killer."

Last month, the English pop star shared a controversial series of photos taken on their doorstep to Instagram with the caption "stages of a quarantine meltdown." In one image, they seemed bored, and in another, they appeared to be weeping. But as many online were quick to point out, Smith is hardly suffocating in his five-bedroom, $12 million home in London.

Smith has since acknowledged that the post was poorly timed, and clarified that the snapshots were meant to be "human" and humorous, not "malicious or nasty." But, juxtaposed with the heroism of 99-year-old World War II veteran Captain Tom Moor, who raised almost $30 million for the NHS by walking 100 laps in his garden unaided, Smith's tears came of as self-indulgent to some. 

Don't get us wrong — it's important to show appreciation for the first responders who are working tirelessly to beat COVID-19, but the shot of Chopra looking away from the camera into what would appear to be vast open space made for perfect meme fodder.

We are in this together, we will get through it together. Let’s imagine together. Sing with us ❤ All love to you, from me and my dear friends. #WeAreOne ....... #KristenWiig #JamieDornan @labrinth @james_marsden @sarahkatesilverman @eddiebenjamin @jimmyfallon @natalieportman @zoeisabellakravitz @siamusic @reallyndacarter @amyadams @leslieodomjr @pascalispunk @chrisodowd @hotpatooties #WillFerrell @markruffalo @norahjones @ashleybenson @kaiagerber @caradelevingne @anniemumolo @princesstagramslam

A post shared by Gal Gadot (@gal_gadot) on Mar 18, 2020 at 4:49pm PDTMar 18, 2020 at 4:49pm PDT

In an attempt to lift spirits and show solidarity with the general public, a cadre of 21 high-profile celebrities joined forces to sing "Imagine" by John Lennon. Featured in the montage, which was shared widely across social media, were the likes of Gal Gadot, Will Ferrell, Jimmy Fallon, Mark Ruffalo, Natalie Portman, Amy Adams, Kaia Gerber, Kristin Wiig, and Zoë Kravitz. 

In Gadot's post about the project, the actress called the song "powerful and pure."

"You know, this virus has affected the entire world. Everyone. Doesn't matter who you are, where you're from — we're all in this together," she wrote. 

But the video was promptly slammed online for being tone-deaf and ineffectual. For many Americans facing long-term unemployment, it's not difficult to "imagine no possessions."

In the aftermath, actor Jaime Dornan blamed Wiig for dragging him into the cursed project.