We’re recapping some of the most canonically queer moments to have graced the paparazzo’s lens: from Nicole Kidman’s post-divorce glow to a sapphic sex bench. HELLO!, eat your heart out.
Julia Fox has single-handedly salvaged the remains of paparazzi culture: after all, any time the actress-model-author-muse steps outside, she’s serving. The streets of NYC, filled with a chorus of snap-happy paparazzi, have proved to be the perfect arena for the star’s deadpan humour and fierce garb, turning her into a contemporary pop culture icon.
With our cover star’s famed snaps in mind (remember the time she went grocery shopping in her undies?), we’re looking back at some of the most legendary paparazzi shots of the 21st century that feature queer stars and queer sensibilities.
Nicole Kidman’s post-divorce paparazzi pics are universal. Taken in 2001, the photos show the Oscar winner and LGBTQIA+ favourite in complete euphoria after signing the papers to legally separate from the man who would go on to bounce on Oprah Winfrey’s sofa. With her eyes closed, hands in the air and a beaming grin of absolute triumph plastered across her mug, the whole thing is simply camp as tits and widely used as a meme by the LGBTQIA+s (I used it yesterday), so its placement here feels correct.
Lindsay Lohan provided pop culture with the unofficial “you can’t sit with us!” sequel when the Holy Trinity – also consisting of Britney Spears and Paris Hilton – were papped in a car leaving a shindig at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Famous white women only! Fun fact: Hilton revealed in a 2021 podcast that she and Lohan came into conflict prior to this because she was “sick” of Lohan (*allegedly*) starting rumours, including that Hilton had hit and thrown a drink at her, Eastenders-style. Gag.
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