Why the celebrity couples ruling summer have been just the escape we needed - 9Honey Celebrity

Along with much-pictured pairs like Olivia Wilde and Harry Styles and Tom Holland and Zendaya, Ben and Jen 2.0 are the celebrity story of the summer, making the pages of People and the popping into the Instagram stories of beloved gossip account Deux Moi — it's worth noting that none of the aforementioned duos have made official comments on their status.

"I think a lot of it is people are so desperate to feel like everything's back to normal and what's more back to normal than caring about celebrity," said Cooper Lawrence, host of pop culture podcast the 'Cooper And Anthony Show' and author of The Cult of Celebrity.

It felt really indulgent — and almost irresponsible on some level — to focus on celebrities and who they're dating.".

Now, Lawrence said, "I think for the first time, a lot of us are vaccinated, people are getting out, it's the summer and people are ready to move on, on many levels.".

we now really have a more pronounced relationship with celebrity couples," Lawrence said!

She added: "I think that's the important thing and the most important message here — that it's not about celebrities, it's about us."

In other words, it's perfect, it's passion, it's setting us free