Hello, hello. I'm Brittany Luce and you're listening to It's Been a Minute from NPR, a show about what's going on in culture and why it doesn't happen by accident.

When I think about what I want from a celebrity right now, it's like I want them to be spending their social capital, like getting arrested, protesting for palace.

I want that type of celebrity, or I want somebody who is like an absolute monster, like insane person.

And if the people who are behaving that way, like, also want to try to sell me $28.

You know, handsome, I'm like, then give me something to, like,

wash my hands about, you know?

Oh, I like that.

I like that.

I like that.

If you ask me, I think celebrity and celebrity culture are in a really precarious place.

For example, we've talked about the oversaturation of celebrities at the Super Bowl.

This year alone, Martha Stewart and Matthew McConaughey did an Uber Eats commercial.

Issa Ray pretended to file her taxes with turbotax.

Ben Affleck continued his Dunkin' Donuts partnership, and Harrison Ford got in on the action, too.

My work make me happy. This Jeep makes me happy, even though my name is Ford.

And listen, it's already enough that Ryan Reynolds is constantly trying to sell us a budget sell service.

But now Harrison Ford is selling me an all-terrain vehicle.

That's just a bridge too far for me personally.

But what really shocked me was the reaction to Beyonce's Cowboy Carter tour, ticket prices.

This is why Bell Hooks called Beyonce a terrorist.

These ticket prices are inactive terrorism.

The very first thing I should have seen come from Beyonce after this ticket debacle is a lawsuit against ticket master.

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