Internet Is Not Having Justin Timberlake's Complaint That 24/7 Parenting Is "Not Human"
Just days after Ellen Degeneres received criticism for comparing her quarantine-life to prison, yet another celebrity has joined the parade of famous people offering opinions about the difficulties of social distancing nobody wants to hear.
This time, the offending celebrity is yesteryear's prince of pop Justin Timberlake, who last week told Sirius XM's "The Morning Mashup" that he and wife Jessica Biel were spending their quarantine "mostly commiserating over the fact that…24-hour parenting is not human." The couple has a 5-year old son, Silas.
While there's certainly no doubt that times are particularly hard for parents who either have to juggle working from home with raising their children or parent while not knowing where their next paycheck is coming from, the internet was not sympathetic to the mutli-millionaire couple being forced to spend time with their child in their remote Montana second home.
To be fair, Timberlake did say he felt extremely lucky to be able to bring his family to a remote location and parenting is a difficult job, no matter how much money one has, and some were sympathetic to his statement.
While it seems there's some split on whether Timberlake's comment was actually problematic or not, it remains an awful time for celebrities to be making what looks like petty complaints in the face of a global crisis.
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Peanut970
I'm not defending what he's saying, but you have to remember how radically different life is for rich, famous people. They practically live on another planet. They are used to constantly travelling, spending a lot of time away from family, and so on and so on.
Is it dumb? Absolutely. Should they complain about it? Probably not, but they probably will.
googolplexbyte
It takes a village to raise a child, and now we're trying manage with just one or two parents.
SteelShroom
Nerves are getting to everyone worldwide, it seems.
ninjaq
The people carrying on are most likely the type who always carry on about some damned thing.
xoxin
I mean, you have people who have lost their jobs and stuff. It's not too surprising when people get upset about celebrities saying stuff that sounds pretty out of touch with normal people's' lives.