As of yet, four days after news broke about another round of accusations against Jared Leto, Annabelle and Sebastians teams have done a frankly slap dash attempt at diverting attention away from Annabelles long standing and highly publicised friendship with Leto during the years the accused events took place.
I spoke about their relationship Here (its age gated, thanks Tumblr).
Annabelle has released no statement, despite fans calling her out on social media, including in her own comment sections.
Some people defended her (Bold choice):
Instead she initially dropped some promo for Unibomber.
The Purist (a niche wellness blog) dropped a rushed interview: Annabelle Wallis Is A Force To Behold
Sebastian too is being dragged. To the point that people who claim to be his fans are literally making accusations about him being as (if not more) problematic than her. Imagine defending your faves girlfriend so hard you throw your fave under the bus 🤦♀️
El Pais (a Spanish language newspaper/ news blog) published an article that also feels rushed: Sebastian Stan and the mystery of the ubiquitous actor who flies under the radar
Both articles feel rushed not because of the websites publishing them, but because they are a rush job by Team Stallis to distract. Like I said Yesterday, thats the reason Annabelle specifically spoke about the baby. Distract, Deflect. They found two websites that were willing to push publish fluff pieces, and got it done to try and shift the direction of conversation.
I think The Purist itself was a calculated choice, choosing an alternative, luxury wellness publication fits with the image Annabelle has been trying to curate for a long time: Paltrow 2.0. And now Paltrow is under fire for working with Israeli developers, it probably felt like a good time to launch a more wellness focused direction for her personal brand. Men find Jesus during controversy, women go either to wellness or trad wife content. Which, much like finding Jesus for problematic men, is part of the alt right pipeline. But thats a much bigger discussion.
No matter what, this is sloppy PR.
I had a thought last night: Expect a picture of a pair of tiny feet held in parental hands any day now. Like this:
Update/ Correction: The El Pais article was originally released on the 26th in Spanish, and was conveniently dropped in English as noted in this post.
Update on 3rd August: Not the baby feet I predicted but still a baby announcement as a PR distraction.
