What do you say to ppl who think bearding doesn't happen and that celebs don't need to fake relationships and anyone who thinks that is crazy
I'd say they're naïve and probably think talent gets you famous. That's a cute, idealized thought, but not at all reality.
I'd also point them to people like Cara Delevingne and Kristen Stewart for modern context, and Elton John for historical, in terms of "bearding".
As for PRships in general, I'd point out people like Pete Davidson, whom no one cared about before dating Ariana, and Hailey Baldwin, who was a nobody with a famous name before she started hooking up with Justin Bieber.
A range of other examples of showmances, and all of these are well-known to be fake, or one or more parties have even admitted to it being fake:
MJ and Lisa Marie Presley;
Blake Lively and Penn Badgley;
Steve-O and Nicole Richie;
Kaley Cuoco and Henry Cavill;
Lil Xan and Noah Cyrus:
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes (but for $cio's own version of PR).
Pioneers: Rock Hudson and Doris Day
