It seems like mostly everyone is trapped inside. As more grocery stores and restaurants receive orders to halve their staffs during the coronavirus outbreak, I’m sure the number of people stuck at home will only increase.
Celebrities, however, often have an intense need to be seen, paid attention to, photographed. Being permanently mired indoors means no paparazzi to take pictures of them, fewer fawning Just Jared blurbs about what they wore to the grocery store. It also means people like me, employed to keep the Eye of Sauron trained upon them, have nothing to do. And while celebrities tend to be some of the more narcissistic people around, they’re not heartless! They know we have blogs to write, and shit to talk.
Still, the recommendation from just about everywhere has been—if you do not need to absolutely leave the house, please, don’t! It’s an edict that has made the last few days on Backgrid, where I source most of the paparazzi photos you see on Jezebel, massively entertaining. Instead of sitting at home in their massive backyards, enjoying pools or home saunas or all those flatscreen TVs they definitely have, celebrities have been spotted surfing, shopping, kissing in public, going for jogs in crowded parks. Some are riding bikes, others are pushing themselves through massive crowds at Beverly Hills staple Gelson’s, hoping the last loaf of gluten-free cinnamon bread hasn’t been nabbed by a fellow shopper.
Below, I have collected a few of my personal favorites from these various outings. My intention is to not pass judgment on them, for I obviously cannot verify each and every one of the decisions that motivated these outdoor excursions. But that doesn’t mean we can’t gawk at them, and maybe even laugh!
Jonah Hill went surfing. Looks fun, dude!
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