Jennifer Aniston’s hot take on influencer culture getting right royal roasting

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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.‘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,.