There are few things fans love more than celebrity friendships. Knowing that beloved cultural icons have authentic relationships that transcend the screen or recording studio — that they truly adore each other as we adore them — activates our most primal fangirl and fanboy urges, as the robust state of the Amy Poehler-Tina Fey Friendship Industrial Complex proves.
But in recent months, at least for me, the glimmer of seeing celebs karaoke-ing together and boating together and mugging together on Instagram has started to dull. I blame this largely on Taylor Swift, an all-consuming pop cultural vortex who, no longer content merely to consume the stars of her own generation, has now reached back into the ‘90s to engulf the idols of generations past. (Et tu, Alanis!?) But as annoying as Swift’s rapidly expanding #girlposse may be, it’s the overnight friendship of Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Schumer that has convinced me that celebrity BFFdom as public spectacle has finally jumped the shark.