This aligns with what I've settled on: that celebrities are walking billboards. Their business is selling things (products, services, lifestyles, 'ideal' body shapes/sizes, etc) to us.
Nina MetzWrote this in November. Sadly, feels as relevant as ever The bodies we probably most obsess about — other than our own — are those we see on screen. It’s hard not to respond this way. A fundamental nature of TV and film is that it asks, no demands, that you look.