Celebrities Are Just Like Us
by Sarah Ilston | Red Online | April 13, 2020
Coronavirus-related anxiety is something that is currently plaguing most of us, if not all of the time, then some of the time; usually creeping up when we least expect it. A feeling Peaky Blinders star Helen McCrory is all too familiar with.
Even if you’re not a key worker, or have had loved ones directly affected by virus, you’re still probably experiencing high levels of anxiety, stress and fear at home, usually when you’re just meandering the house doing mundane tasks. In fact, leading anxiety charity Anxiety UK has recently reported a 364% increase in calls to it’s helpline over the past two weeks, proving that the coronavirus crisis is having a serious effect on our mental health.
We tend to think of celebrities as having a golden, protective shield around them, that protects them from experiencing the same everyday stresses as us, but if the current pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that vulnerability and fear can strike anyone during these uncertain times, and that those in the public eye are most definitely not immune.
Appearing on the BBC’s Coronavirus Newscast, alongside husband Damian Lewis, McCrory admitted to feeling ‘overwhelmed’ at various points over the recent ‘very surreal’ couple of weeks.
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