Here’s an important question I’ve wanted to discuss here for a while: who is your imaginary celebrity BFF? Do you enjoy him or her for their style sense, their wit, their activism? Do you look to them for imaginary guidance (what would J.Law wear to this event?) or do you just have a funny sense that if you were to somehow meet in real life you’d just get along smashingly? Who was your imaginary celebrity BFF at various points in your life — let’s say at 15, 25, and your current age?
For my own $.02: at 15 my imaginary celebrity BFF was probably Sandra Bullock — she seemed smart and funny in Speed, one of my favorite movies around then (although that probably had more to do with my imaginary celebrity boyfriend, Keanu, ha.) I also really liked Drew Barrymore, although she seemed a little crazy but in a good way.
At 25, I was in law school and binge-watched a lot of silly reality TV shows between classes so I’m going to go with either Tyra Banks or Tim Gunn. Ah, Genevieve Gorder from Trading Spaces also seemed very cool. I also remember being ridiculously happy when Queer Eye came on, probably with Ted Allen as my favorite.
These days my imaginary celebrity BFF is probably back to Drew Barrymore — love Santa Clarita Diet — or possibly Cate Blanchett or (wow do I feel lame saying this) Meghan Markle, who I’ve been a fan of ever since I read this piece in Elle about her college admission essay (also, Go Cats!).
OK ladies, over to you — who’s your imaginary celebrity BFF now? Who was it at ages 15 and 25? Have you ever broken up with an imaginary celebrity BFF?
Looking for other fun, lightweight fantasy open threads? Here’s our last discussion on celebrity crushes, what we’d do if we won the lottery, as well as (on CorporetteMoms) our last discussion of what we’d do if we had a weekend all to ourselves.
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inAustin
06/28/2018 at 12:18 pmMindy Kaling!!
AIMS
06/28/2018 at 12:49 pmYES! My rule for these things is “who would I want to be stuck in the elevator with” and it’s definitely Mindy.
Potentially also Amy Poehler or Chrissy Tiegen. I basically just want to be surrounded by funny women in any broken elevator situation.
Anonymous
06/28/2018 at 1:46 pm+1. My second is Shonda Rhimes
Marillenbaum
06/28/2018 at 12:20 pmNow: Gina Rodriguez! I love her character on Jane the Virgin, and she seems so bubbly and smart in her interviews, I totally imagine that we would meet while volunteering somewhere and then become pedicure buddies.
Age 15: Anne Hathaway–I found her hair aspirational, and I LOVED the Princess Diaries.
Age 25: it was only two years ago, but probably Christine Baranski: I was obsessed with her character on The Good Wife, and I loved how her outfits were both undeniably feminine and powerful (also, all those chunky chain necklaces!)
Anonymous
06/28/2018 at 1:47 pmI loved Christine Baranski’s character in Sybil. It was like an American Patsy Stone.
In-House in Houston
06/28/2018 at 12:30 pmMine has always been, and still is, Jennifer Anniston. As a huge Friends fan, I probably watch at least 1 episode every single day because it’s on so many channels, I’ve always loved her. She loves her friends and seems like she’d just be so fun to grab a drink or get our nails done. And the fact that her love-life has been so public, I just want to give her a hug and tell her that her prince is still out there….
Anonymous
06/28/2018 at 12:49 pmNatalie Portman. Shes such a smart well rounded individual.
Violette
06/30/2018 at 12:50 pmMine as well! I’ve been convinced we’d be BFFs since I saw her play Queen Amidala when I was in my young teens, and nothing I’ve read/heard about her since then has shaken that belief.
Pretty Primadonna
06/28/2018 at 12:51 pmKerry Washington. We have similar styles (feminine and “girly” but still sophisticated), and she’s classy, chic, and politically engaged.
S in Chicago
06/28/2018 at 12:56 pmKelly Clarkson. I don’t listen to her music or anything like that–it’s not my style. And I don’t even have much in common (I’m older, no kids, fan of city life.) But somehow every time I see her interviewed I’m always struck by just how nice she seems.
Never too many shoes...
06/28/2018 at 1:43 pmShe really does seem lovely. The bit where she gets day drunk with Seth Myers is hilarious.
anon
06/28/2018 at 1:10 pmSandra Oh
Marillenbaum
06/28/2018 at 1:13 pmLove her! I’ve been so in love with her performance in Killing Eve!
Anon
06/28/2018 at 1:10 pmMindy Kaling or Seth Meyers.
Dwayne Johnson if it was a ‘friend with benefits’ situation.
Anonymous
06/28/2018 at 1:19 pmWanda Sykes would be such a hoot. Also really like Ellen Degeneres – I must really like friends who are super funny.
Ellen
06/28/2018 at 1:22 pmMy BFF has got to be Gwenneth Paltrow. In school, so many people thought I looked just like her, and then I did b/c I did not yet have the tuchus I have now. If people look at me now, Dad says they will say that I still look like Gwenneth Paltow, but now, AFTER the bakery truck came by! Dad is such a nice guy, at least for acknowedging that I am still cute.
Anon
06/28/2018 at 1:22 pmKristen Bell, Reese Witherspoon or Sandra Bullock
Brass rat
06/28/2018 at 1:47 pmDef Kristen Bell. Her Instagram rocks and she sounds politically savvy in a way I agree with.
Anonymous
06/28/2018 at 1:57 pmOh yes Kristen Bell. I forgot about her, love her!
Anonymous
06/28/2018 at 1:28 pmMila Kunis.
Never too many shoes...
06/28/2018 at 1:43 pmKat, I second your choice of Drew Barrymore. She seems hilarious.
Anon
06/28/2018 at 1:52 pmTracy Ellis Ross !
Pretty Primadonna
06/28/2018 at 1:58 pmShe was a very close second for me! Spunky, fun, stylish, and so, so goofy.
Cookbooks
06/28/2018 at 2:00 pmMartha Plimpton. or Catherine Tate.
Leah
06/28/2018 at 2:05 pmDave Grohl.
Most of my closest friend are the way he seems–their minds never stop moving and creating, and they have an unstoppable energy for experiencing life.
Leah
06/28/2018 at 2:06 pm*friends
Kate
06/28/2018 at 2:15 pmI always think that Jennifer Garner seems so down-to-earth for a celebrity (but who knows).
Lobbyist
06/28/2018 at 2:30 pmAnna Kendrick. Her tweets are awesome.
Senior Attorney
06/28/2018 at 2:30 pmI was watching 2 Dope Queens on a plane yesterday and now I totally want to hang out with Phoebe Robinson and Jessica Williams. Even though I am not in any way cool enough to do so.
jumpingjack
06/28/2018 at 3:08 pmCo-signing for myself on all points.
If you haven’t yet listened to Phoebe’s Sooo Many White Guys podcast, it’s fantastic.
Anonymous
06/28/2018 at 2:37 pmMichelle Obama. No one else comes close for me.
jumpingjack
06/28/2018 at 3:06 pmSigh, yes. I’m so in awe of her I don’t think I’d be able to formulate a full coherent sentence. But she seems like she’d be really good at drawing out people are who totally starstruck.
Anon
06/28/2018 at 4:39 pmI was totally fangirling at her interview with Carla Hayden last Friday at the opening session for the American Library Association conference. She was so down to earth and she talked about parenting and her career before the White House and struggles with childcare. She also talked about being overwhelmed by all of the seemingly once in a lifetime opportunities she had as First Lady. It was amazing!
jumpingjack
06/28/2018 at 3:05 pmKristen Bell, Tracy Ellis Ross, and Tiffany Haddish.
lsw
06/28/2018 at 3:35 pmKaty Perry and Kristen Bell.
Anonymous
06/28/2018 at 4:04 pmHelen Hunt
CountC
06/28/2018 at 5:02 pmFemale: Tina Fey and Taraji P. Jensen
Male: Jimmy Fallon
Housecounsel
06/28/2018 at 6:10 pmRoxane Gay. We’d watch bad reality TV together, without shame, and compose Twitter clapbacks (not that she needs my help).
Anonymous
06/28/2018 at 6:23 pmNow: Samira Wiley, Kristen Bell, Rashida Jones
At 25: Leighton Meester, Anna Kendrick, Felicia Day
At 15: Natalie Portman, Alexis Bledel, Avril Lavigne
S
06/29/2018 at 8:13 amReese Witherspoon or Kirsten Bell.
Ameline
06/29/2018 at 11:37 amReese Witherspoon because we have similar taste in clothing and we’re both kind of awful.