The Gallant Pig Man wrote:
The thing about choosing to make your personal life a big part of your "brand" as an influencer/entrepreneur is that when you inevitably encounter difficult situations or changes that most people would want to keep private, you have more pressure to address them publicly. Otherwise, people will ask questions or jump to conclusions. You want to get out in front of the comments sections and create your own narrative, preferably one that maintains the integrity of your Brand. And so we see a standard, sh*tty divorce portrayed as an "evolution" of a romantic relationship into something much higher and healthier than most normies could conceive of.
We all know the truth. They are going through a very bad time and they are dealing with it in an unfortunately cringe way. No need to speculate further.
Agree with all of this.
I wish them all the best. I thought Dean's comment was weird, gross and uncalled for. Dean himself is an influencer and has been caught in one too many lies (coyote attack, magic genes) to be taken seriously.
I just....wasn't a huge fan of the post. It had very "Conscious uncoupling" vibes. It's fine if that's how they want to reflect on things, but it actually had a lot of toxic positivity. If that's how they are approaching their divorce then, great! Who said it had to be miserable? But all of instagram has to do with how they wish to portray their lives to the world. So even in a divorce, they are doing a "look at me! Look how perfect I am!" dance.
Not sure if this makes sense, it's just the whole social media fakery that gets to me.