The Absurd History of Celebrity Culture
Sep 22, 2026 · 7 min · 8 segments
Michael Jackson built one of celebrity culture’s strangest worlds. Then there was Bubbles, the chimpanzee who accidentally became one of celebrity culture’s most unusual eyewitnesses. Discover the…
Why did the humans like you?
I was small.
Humans enjoy small things.
They photograph them.
They dress them.
They call this love.
Michael dressed me in small versions of his clothes.
I accepted this without question.
I assumed this was how humans identified important individuals.
[camera shutters clicking] Cameras followed us constantly.
At some stage, I realized they were not watching Michael.
They were watching both of us.
Were they hunting you?
No.
They were fans.
Which is worse.
Why did the humans like you?
I was small.
Humans enjoy small things.
They photograph them.
They dress them.
They call this love.
Michael dressed me in small versions of his clothes.
I accepted this without question.
I assumed this was how humans identified important individuals.
[camera shutters clicking] Cameras followed us constantly.
At some stage, I realized they were not watching Michael.
They were watching both of us.
Were they hunting you?
No.
They were fans.
Which is worse.
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