Lana del Rey is currently promoting a book of poetry and a new album. She made a surprise (ish) appearance over the weekend at a Barnes & Noble at the Grove in LA to promote the book of poetry. The appearance was set up as a book signing, and California is obviously a mask-mandate state. Meaning, Lana was INSIDE, she was preparing to have close contact with fans, she was posing for photos and signing books and… look at her mask. It’s a MESH mask. For the love of God.
Lana was posting videos to IG Live-ing to hype the appearance. Judging from the fan photos, she wore the mesh mask throughout and she didn’t social distance at all.
If you need me to say it, I will. Don’t wear MESH MASKS. They are not a fashion statement. They are not cute. They’re dangerous. Wear a real mask. After Lana got some sh-t online (SOME sh-t, but not nearly enough for how reckless she was), she posted this video where she’s sitting inside a car (??) wearing a real mask and reading a poem. Lana… doesn’t get it??
Lana Del Rey wearing a face mask // a random Karen wearing a face mask pic.twitter.com/2qNeoPbBSw
— LG⁹¹¹ 〄 (@EnigmaticGaga) October 2, 2020
im loving lana del rey's mask pic.twitter.com/5QKqfOw0Us
— habibi ➰ (@popst4n) October 3, 2020
Pics courtesy of Lana’s IG.
She’s an idiotic privileged, white woman. Not surprised that she won’t even wear a proper mask in public.
Completely in agreement that she’s an idiot for wearing a mesh mask, but what does being white have to do with it? If she wasn’t white, would her race be mentioned? I’m not trying to start an argument, but I don’t understand the relevance of that detail to describe her idiocy.
Yes. Idiots come in all ethnicities. What makes her stupid is not the colour of her skin.
Less to do with the specific idiocy and more as a source of her entitlement. The front runner for most of that is probably her wealth and fame, but her whiteness and youth would certainly be contributing factors to the arrogance here in a pandemic that has primarily done its worst damage to elderly and minority communities.
In this conversation race is absolutely important. I have no idea where your from, but here in the states, we are extremely segregated. This disease is largely killing Black and Brown ppl. White ppl (like the Trump supporters) are not taking it as seriously bc they aren’t having their whole communities decimated. It’s a lot easier for them to believe is a hoax.
What Steph says. Part of the reason Trump supporters insist on spreading Covid is because they know it disproportionately kills people of color. Not wearing a mask is an act motivated by racism.
Unfortunately, Lana has said some racist stuff in the recent past. When she was called out, she doubled down and refused to understand she was exploiting her white fragility and femininity. It was a gross episode and I’ve never been able to see or hear about her since without remembering that was what she wanted to emphasize, in this day and age.
She is acting the way she always has.
Lana has been behaving like a Karen for a while because she is white and gets passes because of that.
She might as well’ve not worn a mask at all.
Just put a plain REAL mask underneath, that’d be cute AND safe. Like a star that is also aware of reality.
A nude mask under this would have been perfect. Wtf was she thinking?!
Part of me thinks she did this because she knew she’d get major press for it, would she have gotten it otherwise for a reading?
I mean, it’s not like anyone is checking for her and her dreary ass music. She’s the musical equivalent of whining and moping.
To me this is Trump level.
This is the shit his anti maskers pull, wearing mesh masks.
This woman is infuriating.
I’m just not a fan of this woman. Less stories on her and more stories on interesting people. Write about the amazing advocacy work Eva Longoria is doing.
I second that! Eva is great, and does so much!
Thirding more coverage on Eva, she is just doing so much for our community!
Lana really makes it hard to enjoy her music which I actually like.
Dumb. I hope she gets fined.
The more I learn about Lana, the less I like her. It’s unfortunate because I do like her music.
Me too!!! I guess I imagined someone completely different based on her music and persona. The real Lana is kind of awful.
Yeah, she’s a “cool girl” (“I don’t get along with women, all my friendships are with men!”) with a chip on her shoulder because at some point some music critics analyzed her lyrics and had the AUDACITY to suggest that some of her songs seem to glamorize abuse. So now Lana considers “feminism” her mortal enemy.
I don’t begrudge anyone for having a thin skin or whatever, because taking criticism can be hard, but this child-woman is entitled and vindictive with a weird martyr complex. She’s maybe a year away from asking Trump if she can sing a song at one of his rallies.
I’ve heard of this happening in FL and just attributed that to FloridaMan but didn’t think this actually happened in civilized parts of the country. I hope people were disgusted and didn’t buy her book.
So I guess now that Taylor swift has been more clear , vocal and political, this one is going after her former racist, alt right fanbase?
No-one stopped her?
I mean, her responsibility not to be a morin but if she’s going to ignore that I would have told her she can’t be in the store without a mask. This is a global pandemic killing people.
We’ve known she’s suspect—is she still dating that cop?
they broke up a few months ago. She’s been teasing a song called Tulsa Jesus Freak that I’m pretty sure is about him. But Lana has always had a broken picker when it comes to men (see also: G-Eazy).
So totally irresponsible. I also blame the store for allowing the event to continue. Unfortunately, she has fans who are stupid who will say, “Hey, if she’s wearing a mesh mask, I can too!” Covidiots. 🙄
why did Barnes & Noble allow it?
Hilarious to think Edgar Allen Poe wrote “The Red Masque” less as a horror story and more likely an observation of how stupidly arrogant and negligent people, especially the wealthy, were in the face of death. God, it really boils down to like…20% of us who aren’t total idiots to survive the rest that are, doesn’t it?
Lunacy! Why did they even let her in there? From what I’ve read, some folks use those kinds of masks, or similar ones, to flout the mask requirements. This pandemic is really showing some folks’ true colors!
Are we sure it isn’t lined? I’m anyways surprised about how dumb ppl are. Like did the designer really think this was an ok to make without being lined? Did she really miss the point this hard?
These type of masks are meant to be worn OVER a normal mask to make them more fashionable.
Yeah, wishful thinking on my part hoping my fellow humans weren’t this dumb. I was thinking along the lines of what they put in mesh dresses but I can’t see how you can make something as sheer as this and it be functional.
*epic facepalm*
I think it says it ALL that my 8 year-old just saw the thumbnail intro pic on my computer and said, “mama, that mask has HOLES in it. It needs to be :::motions around mouth and nose::: FULL to work.” Yeah, she’s smart, but she’s 8. SMDH.
She posed for the cover of Interview magazine wearing a similar mask, I thought it was just for the pictures but… yes, what an idiot!
Isn’t she the one always going on and on about how much she wants to die young and got checked on twitter by Frances Bean Cobain about how that shit is not ok? And now here she is trying to make the die young thing happen for herself and her fans. SMH
Don’t want her poetry, don’t want her music. What a terrible human being.
She really has been showing her a$$ over the last year and revealing herself to be a true Karen.