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The people are divided.
Jennifer Aniston’s comments on influencer culture have…created a reaction (Picture: Eric Charbonneau/REX/Shutterstock)
Jennifer Aniston has well and truly divided the punters after making comments on influencer culture and how young stars find fame these days.
According to the Friends star, the vast number of people finding fame on social media is ‘sort of almost diluting our actor’s job’.
And, whether it’s being dissected in the context in which Jennifer intended it, this comment has not gone down well online with many.
The actress was chatting with Sebastian Stan for the Variety series Actors on Actors when talk turned to his role of Tommy Lee in Pam & Tommy, which told the story of the theft of the Motley Crue drummer’s sex tape with then-wife Pamela Anderson.
Jennifer said: ‘And it was right at the time when the internet really shaped a new culture about people becoming famous. This thing of people becoming famous for basically doing nothing. I mean — Paris Hilton, Monica Lewinsky, all those.’
Sebastian replied: ‘Yeah. When you look back at the ’90s, you do see how many things have happened in that decade. Even the O.J. Simpson thing was actually the beginning of 24-hour news.’
‘I always say I feel lucky that we got a little taste of the industry before it became what it is today, which is just different — more streaming services, more people,’ Jen went on, before adding: ‘You’re famous from TikTok. You’re famous from YouTube. You’re famous from Instagram. It’s sort of almost like it’s diluting our actor’s job.’
It was this comment that seemed to rile people up online, with many suggesting Jennifer benefited from nepotism, with her dad a famous soapie star, John Aniston.
Jen’s famous dad is John Aniston (Picture: Stephen Shugerman/Getty Images)
The star found fame on Friends in the 90s (Picture: Alice S. Hall/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images)
‘Both her parents were experienced actors…’ one wrote in response on Twitter. ‘If someone has talent and the only thing keeping them from success is the NEPOTISM ahem, discrimination, scarcity of opportunity in general, etc etc, why shouldn’t they use these networks to build a platform for themselves?’
Another wrote in response: ‘Celebrities really hate the idea that the average person can now be famous and have platforms where we’re on a more equal playing field 😭 Jennifer Aniston, I love you but bad take.’
Pointing out the lack of diversity in the industry, and the efforts being made to change that, one put forward: ‘People are so angry that the industry is more diverse, more inclusive of people from all backgrounds who had nothing but a phone to prop up to showcase their dream when their communities were probably underfunded and overlooked. let’s keep making em mad.’
Still, many felt Jennifer was instead trying to make a point that was not disparaging of influencers and social media culture, but more suggesting with so many people finding fame online it makes it harder to stick out as an actor.
‘I get what Jennifer Aniston is saying here,’ one Twitter user wrote alongside an article on the comment. ‘She’s not disparaging people who become famous from TikTok or YouTube. With so many options, it’s becoming harder for anyone to really stand out. People aren’t so willing to take a chance on someone when there are so many options.’
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‘This can be such a really interesting convo if we give it the space it deserves. bc on one hand she has a point? like millions of actors go to acting school and study for years to be f***ed by a rapidly changing industry,’ another noted.
‘But on the other hand, tiktok and many other internet services give people who don’t have money to go to acting school the opportunity to be creative and express interest in film and acting…’
Metro.co.uk contacted Jennifer’s reps for comment.
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