Emily Blunt was asked to give career advice in a new interview, but her candid opinion appeared to backfire, with fans vehemently disagreeing with her opinion.
The 43-year-old British actress addressed “women who hate their jobs right now”, suggesting they “stop” and find something they really want to do.
THE The devil wears Prada The star laughed and told these people, “Just find something you deeply want to do. Even if you don’t make money, as long as you love it, you’ll be happy,” during her conversation on Paris.
While the Oppenheimer The actress might have given this advice with good intentions, fans flocked to social media and criticized the take, calling it “out of touch” and “tone deaf.”
“This can only be said by an (over)privileged person,” one social media user wrote, noting that Blunt’s estimated worth is over $80 million.
Another wrote, “entitled,” while another added: “Emily Blunt should really know better than to be so tone deaf. Can rich celebrities who make millions stop preaching to the rest of us about how unimportant money is. It’s insulting.”
A third added: “Really terrible advice on today’s job market, but I would love to be that delusional and out of touch.” »
Other fans added that the opinion was “really in bad taste” and that “not everyone has the luxury of going for the job they want and abandoning the job they have now, even if it sucks.”
The backlash comes amid great enthusiasm for the expected outcome. The devil wears Prada 2 release, which will be released on Friday, May 1st.
