Christina Aguilera, 41, singer, has declared war on false ideals of beauty on social media: “Today it is more difficult than ever to hear our own voice when so many others invade our feeds and minds with their ambiguous messages,” she wrote on Instagram . Exactly 20 years ago, Aguilera created an anthem of self-love with her song “Beautiful”. Now she’s released a new clip, albeit no longer with desperate teenagers, but with children who first stare at their smartphones and later wipe the plastic surgery marks off their faces and then play together again. At the end of the video, a bleeding smartphone lies on the ground, and it says: “Social media has changed the relationship with our bodies.” That has to change.
Edward Balagon, 39, pastor in Cologne, has nothing against Helene Fischer’s music at baptisms and weddings. The Rhinelander with Filipino parents told the Catholic News Agency that Fischer’s hit “Error Free” conveys the message that strengths and weaknesses make people different. Her song “The First of Your Kind” can be interpreted in such a way that every person is unique and wanted and loved by God. “The most beautiful journey” is suitable for baptisms. In it, a parent promises their child to always be there for them. The theologian explained that he wouldn’t describe Fischer as a “pop goddess”, but her music is “for me personally a break from everyday life, which for others might be the music of Bach”.
Matthew Perry, 53, actor, nearly died from drug use. the magazine People he said that four years ago he was still consuming so many opioids that he ended up in the hospital with a ruptured intestine. Doctors gave him a mere two percent chance of survival. He was in a coma for two weeks and spent five months in the hospital. Today Perry, who claims to have been in rehab a total of 15 times in the course of his life and has now written an autobiography, is doing better again. “I’m pretty healthy now,” he said. Perry didn’t want to tell the magazine how long he’s been sober.
Frank Nopper, 61, mayor of Stuttgart, is annoyed about the new tampon dispenser on a men’s toilet in the town hall. The initiative for this goes back to the Greens faction in the municipal council – the aim is equal rights for trans people. Nopper explained that he had been against tampon dispensers in the town hall from the outset because, in his view, it was not the task of the city administration to provide citizens with free menstrual articles with tax money. You are now making fun of yourself nationwide. The politician wrote on Instagram: “The current debate in the media shows how far parts of local politics have moved away from the real concerns and needs of the vast majority of people.”