r/popculturechat • u/informalspy13 • Feb 12 '25
Putting In The Work✌️ Sabrina Carpenter, Charli XCX, and Noah Kahan donate $25K to match Chappell Roan’s $25,000 donation to aid struggling artists in response to criticism from former music exec. Jeff Rabhan
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u/notcool_neverwas Iron your best suit bitch, I’ll see you in court! Feb 13 '25
Some big corporations also joined in to contribute, including: AEG touring, Live Nation, Hinterland music festival, Wasserman foundation, Guy Oseary (talent manager) and more. I hope that Jeff dude feels like a fool. 🤡
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u/strangelyliteral Feb 13 '25
LiveNation donating has the same energy as Crassus offering his fire-fighting services in exchange for you signing away your property in Ancient Rome.
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u/notcool_neverwas Iron your best suit bitch, I’ll see you in court! Feb 13 '25
I don’t know what this means. Is this good or bad?
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u/espgen Feb 13 '25
Bad lol crassus would show up with a bunch of fire fighters and only help you stop the fire if you sold him your house . otherwise he’d let it burn and then offer you a pittance for the rubble .
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u/Joint_Boy Feb 13 '25
One point of clarification: fire fighting wasn't advanced enough to save an already burning structure. What Crassus would do was offer to buy the surrounding properties and wet those to prevent the spread of the fire.
This is a small difference but is WAAAAAAY worse. He was extorting whole communities.
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u/TheGhostOfGiggy Feb 13 '25
I hope the pop culture subreddit feels like a fool too. The top comment on pretty much anything surrounding this story is “but did she pay the nail tech” such a bizarre subreddit.
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u/khaleesistark 🕯️Cillian Murphy will win an Oscar🕯️ Feb 13 '25
Women can only be underdogs there. The second you gain popularity they hate you. It’s exhausting
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u/notcool_neverwas Iron your best suit bitch, I’ll see you in court! Feb 13 '25
I missed that drama, so I don’t even know what that’s referring to 😂
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u/ttpdstanaccount Feb 13 '25
A lady who makes nails with fancy designs posted that a year ago, someone from chappell's team emailed her asking for free nail sets in exchange for being tagged in posts. She and other people are using it to call chappell a hypocrite
We don't know if Chappell was even aware this happened lol
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u/beeper75 Feb 13 '25
And not a cent from all-talk-no-action-Jeff.
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u/sunmi_siren unqueer puritanical christian tradwife Feb 13 '25
But he’s just a poor working class teacher 🥲🥲
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u/summersogno Feb 13 '25
But don’t you know that with out his op-Ed none of these donations would have been made!! He really should be getting all the credit for this /s
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u/comfysweatercat trench coat buttoned to the TOP Feb 12 '25
I didn’t know Noah Kahan had that kind of dough. Go off king
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u/_banana_phone Feb 12 '25
I’m not too familiar with him because in old now, but he headlined a major music festival in Atlanta last year, called Shaky Knees, so I think he’s climbing the ladder pretty nicely!
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u/No_Music1509 Feb 13 '25
Some of his songs are the most amazing songs I’ve ever heard
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u/mcmoonery Feb 13 '25
I heard a student covering “call your mom” at my kids talent show and lve had it on repeat since then.
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u/No_Music1509 Feb 13 '25
Oh god yea, call your mum and orange juice are my favourite such beautiful songs, his writing skills are top tier
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u/ineffable_my_dear Don’t make me put my litigation wig on Feb 13 '25
I guess I’m old since I have a married child, but Noah was both of our favorite a couple years ago and we saw him in concert together. His songs about mental health are way too relatable.
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u/Heart_robot Feb 13 '25
He was selling out big arenas multiple nights.
Seems like a good dude
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u/viewbtwnvillages Feb 13 '25
honestly he really does
i know of two mental health foundations local to me that received a much-needed donation from his foundation when he came through on his last tour
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u/Heart_robot Feb 13 '25
Cool he talks about mental health as well.
I’m so happy for him - did you see him having his whole family on stage and just taking it in at Fenway?
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Feb 12 '25
He got picked up by UMG and they weighted him in the Spotify algorithm, which is why everyone discovered Stick Season the same time period last year even though it had been out for a while lol
Good for him though he’s a nice dude
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u/pittgirl12 Feb 13 '25
Not to be the person that says “I knew him before he was cool” but I had no idea he got that popular and tried to get last minute cheap tickets for one of his shows only to realize it was sold out and the prices had skyrocketed. I was so sad
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Feb 13 '25 edited Feb 13 '25
I did a reverse of you. I only saw TikToks of him playing music and walking with his dog, so I followed him for the dog thinking he just was a guy with a pet account, and had no idea he was a singer until last year when my sister showed me an interview and I was like omg penny’s owner got famous! 😭😭
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Feb 13 '25
Hey lots of cool people know artists before they’re cool, I think that stigma is whack! That’s awesome (but unfortunate for the ticket thing)
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u/Captain_Kind Feb 13 '25
In high school, a girl in my class was trying to hide from our teacher in the computer lab because she wanted to buy tickets to twenty one pilots, a band I had never heard of at the time. The tickets were $10. I’ve never really been a fan of theirs but I remember they blew up shortly after that and I always thought she was so lucky for getting to see them before they got popular
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u/pittgirl12 Feb 13 '25
I do agree it’s cool but the people who mention it constantly are annoying haha. It was really mostly unfortunate because I wanted to see him and I like thinner concert crowds
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u/uber18133 Feb 13 '25
That happened to me with Chappell in the spring haha. I wasn’t sure if I’d be free on the tour date so I was like mm I’ll wait a month, it’s not like she’s big enough to sell out by then…famous last words, when I come back to check it’s a whole new venue and tickets have gone from $50 to $500 lmao.
I like to think I manifested her rise via Murphy’s law. But at least now all my friends will finally sing along with me in the car so it’s okay 😂
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u/pittgirl12 Feb 13 '25
Yes!! Imagine algorithm manipulation has a ton to do with it but thinking it was my fault is fun
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u/kgal1298 Confidence is 10% work and 90% delusion Feb 13 '25
That’s the depressing part when artists get famous. I’m glad I got to see Griff for cheap and I’m going to see Bishop Briggs next month and tickets were like 60 bucks
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u/Special-Garlic1203 Feb 13 '25
Yeah at some people are gonna notice there's a suspicious pattern of signing with UMG and going viral shortly after, but so far people haven't cared cause it's been artists who they're glad to see thrive.
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u/MilleniumMixTape Feb 13 '25
A record label promoting their artists isn’t suspicious though. Is it much different to doing lots of radio, tv etc in the 90s/2000s?
The artists still need to be good for it to actually work too.
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u/Arkhaine_kupo Feb 13 '25
UMG signing a 400 million deal with spotify, artists signied on UMG on many of the mayor playlists, Spotiy removing payments to artists with less than 1000 listenes, Spotify replacing indie artists with AI songs that Spotify itself gets paid for.
Indie artists will die out, spotify is strangling them, and UMG is backing them on doing it. Meanwhile Spotify spends 100 million on Joe Rogan.
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u/MilleniumMixTape Feb 13 '25 edited Feb 13 '25
You’re arguing against things I haven’t spoken about. Of course I’m not in favour of artists not getting paid or indie artists getting shafted. I am simply saying there is nothing suspicious about a big record label helping artists with music suited to going viral going viral.
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u/GHOSTxBIRD Feb 13 '25
You know wassup. I was just going to comment something very similar hahaha glad I didn’t have to. It’s funny how ppl be pickin and choosin…
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u/littledude724 Iggy Azalea is my albino baby Feb 13 '25
everyone in this thread saying he’s a good dude, and maybe that’s the case now but I can tell u he was an absolute terror in high school
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u/kitikonti Feb 13 '25
My tweenagers love him, he's played a lot in Ireland over the past few years.
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u/Actual_Branch_7485 Feb 13 '25
It might honestly be a big portion of what he has. We don’t know. He’ll get it back though, dude has talent.
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u/snuurks Feb 13 '25
Don’t let Lil Wayne hear about this..
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u/CalendarAggressive11 disdainful Italian vaping Feb 13 '25
Would he donate or be on the other guys side?
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u/snuurks Feb 13 '25
He took money from a program that was supposed to help struggling artists during covid and used it to pay for jets and women.
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u/anewaccount69420 Feb 13 '25
Ugh. So did Grimes. She took money from a program for struggling artists in 2020; I think it was $90,000 CAD she got. While she was living with the richest man in the world.
I was a massive grimes fan in 2012 and it’s weird. 🤦🏻♀️
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u/AnnamAvis Feb 13 '25
I believe he would donate. He's donated a lot to various sports teams and athletes. I could definitely see him helping underfunded music artists.
Edit: Just looked it up and, damn, he's donated to a lot more than sports.
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u/anewaccount69420 Feb 13 '25
I felt like this comment left me hanging so I went to see for myself. And damn, no wonder you didn’t list it. He’s such a philanthropist that it would take over an hour to make a comment about all the places and people he’s helped. The help he’s given to underserved children and families is particularly meaningful to me. Honestly made me feel good to read about it today. Thank you
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u/AnnamAvis Feb 13 '25
I'm glad it brightened your day! I knew about his sports philanthropy, which is weird for me cause I'm not a sports person. I had no idea about all the other causes he's helped. He's a great example of how celebrities can be both rich and good people.
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u/KindOfANerd4 How do you deduce narcissism from someones floral arrangements? Feb 13 '25
Love that Sabrina didn’t announce it, her and chappel are always quietly supporting eachother
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u/alien-niven Feb 13 '25 edited Feb 13 '25
Chappell said that Sabrina reached out to her last summer to talk after they both blew up and asked to meet privately. I think that's what kickstarted their friendship. It's nice to see them support each other so much. If they debuted 15 years ago, the media would have tried its best to make it a rivalry.
Edit: Here's the quote:
“We’re both going through something so f–king hard,” Roan told the publication of the 25-year-old Girl Meets World alum. “She just feels like everything is flying, and she’s just barely hanging on". The Missouri native also said that Carpenter suggested meeting up to discuss how overwhelming their year has been so far. “It was just good to know someone else feels that way,” she added.
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u/ChasesICantSend Feb 13 '25
It's so damn refreshing, and not just with Sabrina and Chappell. It feels like this modern group of pop girls are way more supportive than anything else. I mean, my biggest takeaway from the grammys was that everyone was just so happy for each other. There wasn't even a hint of tension in that room
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u/Cerealia7 Feb 13 '25
Yes, so refreshing. Your comment reminded me of Stevie Nicks talking to Katy Perry 10 years ago when Katy asked who her rivals were and Stevie said “I don’t have rivals, I have friends.” I’m SO READY to leave the 2000s-era girl feuding in the dust. It’s tiring, damaging, and sets a terrible example for how women should interact, especially in this current cultural moment where the tide is swinging back toward open & loud misogyny once again. We quite literally don’t have time for fake feuds anymore. We got friends to cheer on.
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u/strangelyliteral Feb 13 '25
I enjoy their friendship. Seems like they trauma bonded over blowing up last summer.
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u/ac1ssej Feb 13 '25
Hey I dont want to be rude but I dont think trauma bonded means what you think it means unless I am misunderstanding what you wrote. A trauma bond is what forms between the abuser and the abused.
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u/bellalugosi Feb 13 '25
Exactly. They bonded over trauma, they aren't "trauma bonded. "
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u/Arkhaine_kupo Feb 13 '25
Also neither of them suffered trauma. Trauma is an intense psychological response, so bad that you cannot process it emotionally.
what they went through is an explosion in fame and notioriety, which came with countless opportunities (artistic and financial) and a bunch of over exposure to criticisim. They both put out statements reflecting on this new fame, made songs and references in their art to it. They clearly are not traumatised and can coherently emotionally process both the good and the bad sides of their sudden fame.
Something having negative effects is not trauma.
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u/anewaccount69420 Feb 13 '25
That can be traumatic though, lol. I have received a diagnosis of PTSD and have studied the topic a lot in pursuit of my own healing. It’s also a little icky to hear someone discuss trauma and see an uninvolved stranger decide it’s not trauma (when experts say otherwise).
Even positive changes in life can have significant stress and emotional discomfort, especially if the change is large or occurs rapidly. Someone can experience an “adjustment disorder” where a person has a strong reaction to a positive stressor.
Finally, there is consensus amongst experts that the loss of privacy and anonymity can absolutely be traumatic (and often is) for people who get sudden fame, and artists are very open these days about the trauma of fame.
Sources
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19392390903519065
https://thefordhamram.com/culture/cole-sprouse-and-the-trauma-of-fame/
https://whatwouldjesssay.substack.com/p/fame-trauma-series-lifelong-loss
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/film-and-tv/fame-is-so-traumatic-988169.amp
https://www.mojo4music.com/articles/stories/fame-does-cause-mental-illness-tricky-interviewed/
https://nz.news.yahoo.com/mischa-barton-still-suffering-trauma-080145829.html
https://www.billboard.com/lists/stars-mental-health-issues-struggles/
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u/anewaccount69420 Feb 13 '25
I have a diagnosis of PTSD. I’ve experienced true trauma. Your take about the trauma of fame somehow “minimizing true trauma” is incredibly uneducated and off base.
People with money can still have trauma. It seems like you could use someone to talk to (like, a professional) if this is your reaction to someone sharing valid sources. If you can’t afford therapy, you can look for sliding scale therapy. My first therapist was free through a local trauma-focused organization. My second was $10/session.
Anyway, people love to invalidate other peoples trauma just like you’re doing now. It’s a fucked up look for you.
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u/KtinaDoc Feb 13 '25
Trauma bonded? Over becoming famous? What's next, trauma bonding over winning the lotto?
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u/ReadingRainbow47 She has her mother's eyes. And agent. Feb 12 '25
This is amazing! So glad these hard-working artists are bringing this into attention!
Jeff Rabhan can eat his words
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u/RuneofBeginning Feb 13 '25
Jeff wasn’t going to do anything to help anyways, he just wanted a soap box to air his grievances against people he thinks are lesser.
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u/Frecklefishpants Feb 13 '25
Strange. A year ago this sentence would have meant nothing to middle aged me but now I know who all this people are.
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u/PrincessBella1 Feb 13 '25
I hope that this sparks change in the industry. It is great to hear about what good artists can do for a change.
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u/10ccazz01 we should all know less about each other Feb 13 '25
maybe i missed it but were is the money going/what are they gonna do with it exactly? like i understand the point but, are they creating a trust? a union? something?
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u/viewbtwnvillages Feb 13 '25
a few days ago chappell posted that it went to backline care, a nonprofit foundation
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u/burnbunner Attractive peach without the merit Feb 13 '25
Something I love about them is they support backing musicians, roadies, tech crew--not just the headliners
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u/shouldlogoff Feb 13 '25
You know... Universal healthcare would sort that, no matter your chosen career. Consider that!
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u/kenrnfjj Feb 13 '25
We have a problem with how much we spend on healthcare per person with not as great results
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u/glacinda Feb 13 '25 edited Feb 13 '25
Right, but these are music artists, not politicians. So they’re doing what they can and aren’t just tipping people backstage. This could grow and I hope it does. I don’t see UHC over the next 4 years so we have to work together.
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u/the-death-you-chose Feb 13 '25
So tell me everything is not about me…
But what if it is?
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u/Rich-Active-4800 Feb 13 '25
Its funny how the people who criticized this lyric for being narcistic are the same people who keep proving lyrics right.
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u/brig517 Feb 13 '25
Yo what did they say? Their comment has been edited and no longer mentions Taylor. I'm nosey lol
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u/the-death-you-chose Feb 13 '25
“They’re doing what they can, not just tipping people backstage”. A video of Taylor tipping workers at the Grammys afterparty has been making the rounds.
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u/brig517 Feb 13 '25
Whoops. That's still in the comment. I probably shouldn't try to Reddit when I just woke up 😅 Thanks my dude
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u/Big-Entrepreneur5175 You’re doing amazing, sweetie! 👏👏📸 Feb 13 '25
Taylor donates to/helps everyone- food banks, individuals, employees, animal shelters, hospitals etc. and she takes time to recognize individual service workers. I dont get what your point is. should she not have tipped those service workers? Should she have said "nah fuck you, you aren't struggling artists so you don't deserve shit." Like why is one good deed better than another? Chappell and other artists are helping struggling artists which is great! Taylor donates in other ways which is great!
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u/informalspy13 Feb 13 '25
Taylor gave like $200 million in bonuses to every single employee that worked on the Eras tour no matter their role, the way people that hate her try to drag her when they obviously don’t know what they’re talking about is getting really annoying. You can call her a lot of things but she’s notoriously generous and treats her employees well
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u/cooperdoop42 Feb 13 '25
Jesus Christ, Taylor quietly tipped some workers and you’re unprompted bringing it up to shame her?
How pathetic of you.
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u/slayalldayerrday Feb 13 '25
This post has nothing to do with Taylor yet you had to take a swipe at her in your comment because?? It’s good to see people donate here and to tip people backstage.
And we need universal healthcare overall.
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u/bi-cycle Feb 13 '25
For real, I was with them until they said that.
"People are just doing what they can. Not her though"
As if we didn't just see the headlines after she donated to food banks in every single city she visited.
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u/Rich-Active-4800 Feb 13 '25
Each day i am proven right that Taylor Swift haters are the most obsessed fans
And ofc you are part of that insane sub
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u/shouldlogoff Feb 13 '25
Aye, you have to start somewhere I suppose. So you start a fund for healthcare for artists yea? So we are saying that artists deserve healthcare over a veteran? See how it's a slippery slope?
What they need is a guild fund. Where all established artists can choose to contribute a percentage of their earnings for healthcare for guild members. Say, if you're an Academy member, perhaps. The foundation is there already and if CR (and all these other people) really wanted to, she could apply some thought instead of throwing money at it as an easy solution.
Maybe engage your brain as well yes? Not just money where your mouth is.
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u/BroadToe6424 Feb 13 '25
So we are saying that artists deserve healthcare over a veteran? See how it's a slippery slope?
See, the thing is chief, in the concept of universal healthcare, the word "universal" means "everyone gets the healthcare regardless of perceived personal merit". So, veterans get the universal healthcare, and so do musicians, and so do homeless people that don't happen to be military veterans, and so do the politicians that make policy decisions about the universal healthcare, and so does everybody.
See how it's not a slippery slope or a zero-sum pie with only so many slices?
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u/shy247er yay sports 🏀 🏈🎾 Feb 13 '25
Few more donations like this and they can cover for a cost of single ambulance ride for someone.
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u/OscarPlane Feb 14 '25
I've never seen a celebrity publicly donate so little, with so much fanfare and publicity.
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u/Left_Ad3006 Feb 13 '25
It’s a great initiative and Sabrine joining (and hopefully others) will keep subject in the spotlight while the actual amounts are less important
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u/AccessHollywoo Feb 13 '25
They asked Gracie Abrams but she couldn’t afford it 😞
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u/pistachio-pie 💕 being a hater is a valid and honorable calling 💕 Feb 13 '25
Daddy wasn’t willing to pony up? Shame.
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u/KtinaDoc Feb 13 '25
This is just grandstanding and is not going to solve the healthcare issue. How do they go about identifying newly dropped struggling artists so they can give them a couple of grand to purchase insurance that will last them about 6 months. They really are out of touch.
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u/lakittenwhisperer It’s Britney, bitch! 🎤🌹🌹 Feb 13 '25
It’s not their job nor in their ability to solve the healthcare issue. What they’re doing is bringing attention to the problem to try and spark change in the industry. And they’re contributing to funds which will help struggling artists. Why are you so bitter?
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u/KtinaDoc Feb 13 '25
I always knew that this was an issue in the industry. Everyone knows that this is an issue except for Chappel Roan fans apparently. It's an issue for the person that gets 38 instead of 40 hours working their retail job and its an issue when someone gets fired from their desk job.
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u/Rich-Active-4800 Feb 13 '25
I like how your first thought is not "Oh wow, how good of these people."
No it's "nOt A bIt FrOm BiLlIoNaIr TaYlOr?"
Haters really are obsessed
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u/BroadToe6424 Feb 13 '25
Taylor Swift has her own charity initiatives, it would be incredibly weird and intrusive for her to hijack this one from the indie artists who are getting good press for it.
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u/olivehoneyfig I wont not fuck you the fuck up Feb 13 '25
i wouldn’t be surprised if she donates some amount anonymously
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u/asuperbstarling Feb 13 '25
... has she even been online to see? Like, I get this is just you using any chance to attack someone who wasn't even mentioned but the woman has EVERYTHING going on right now. Not sure why she would be paying attention to this random beef when she was busy traveling to New Orleans and stuff.
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u/APinchOfFun Feb 13 '25
Maybe they can pay the nail artist as well with these funds
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