Celebrity Social Media, September 23, 2024

Olivia Munn and John Mulaney have welcomed a daughter named Méi via surrogate, very happy news after her cancer treatment. There’s loads of congratulations (Piers Morgan, what are you doing in Olivia’s comments) and of course his stalker fans are being bonkers. 

It’s few and far between but my goodness, the vitriol you must have to type out some of these comments. And they always have some version of a bible verse or “be kind” in their bio.  

TikTok sleuths are on Dave Grohl’s case and a new theory has emerged that his affair partner might be Australian, based on tour dates. I don’t think that is the case – I think she is someone much closer to his life, not a random woman he met on tour. But my guess is about as good as anyone else’s. And it got me thinking about why we are guessing. What will we do if she is uncovered? Show up on her lawn with pitchforks? Or show up in her comments calling her a homewrecker? That’s the kind of moral finger-waving social media loves, but to what end? It was his home to wreck. If there was ever a memory that desperately needed an update, it’s this one.

But should Dave Grohl be exempt from the Big Question when Mindy Kaling, January Jones and Padma Lakshmi have faced the paternity snoops for years on end? People just… really want to know.

Drew Barrymore’s relationship with Walmart goes pretty deep, between her beauty line, home accessories (did you know she has an air fryer?) and now frozen meals. 

She is actually not the first celebrity to do this – Gwyneth Paltrow and Serena Williams were early investors in Daily Harvest, a plant-based frozen meal delivery line. But what Drew does a little differently from her contemporaries is she has a very consistent product stream at one big box store. Martha Stewart had this with Macy’s and Jessica Simpson had it with Dillard’s – that kind of predictability can be very good in creating a sustained and loyal customer base. 

Lily Collins and Ashley Park were on WWHL and of course, all roads lead back to Bravo. Lily said she visited There’s Something About Her and the line was down the block so she couldn’t get a sandwich. That speaks to the shop’s popularity and also Lily’s manners – she didn’t budge to the front, though she probably could and celebs do it all the time. It also proves that There’s Something About Her has done something really meaningful: creating a safe space for people in LA to eat bread again.