This statistic presents the share of adults in the United States whose opinion of a celebrity would change if a social media post from 5 years ago resurfaced and was out-of-character or offensive as of December 2018. As of December 2018, ten percent of respondents stated that if they found five year old social media post by a celebrity that seemed out-of-character or offensive that their opinion towards them would completely change, while in comparison 41 percent stated the opposite.
Share of adults in the United States whose opinion of a celebrity would change if a social media post from 5 years ago resurfaced and was out-of-character or offensive as of December 2018
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Share of adults in the United States whose opinion of a celebrity would change if a social media post from 5 years ago resurfaced and was out-of-character or offensive as of December 2018
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Question: "Thinking about old social media posts from celebrities that resurface and appear out-of-character or offensive, how would your opinion change of that person if the post was 5 years old."
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Morning Consult, & The Hollywood Reporter. (December 10, 2018). Share of adults in the United States whose opinion of a celebrity would change if a social media post from 5 years ago resurfaced and was out-of-character or offensive as of December 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 09, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/958698/adults-opinions-celebrities-social-media-posts-five-year-old-offensive-out-of-character/
Morning Consult, und The Hollywood Reporter. "Share of adults in the United States whose opinion of a celebrity would change if a social media post from 5 years ago resurfaced and was out-of-character or offensive as of December 2018." Chart. December 10, 2018. Statista. Accessed May 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/958698/adults-opinions-celebrities-social-media-posts-five-year-old-offensive-out-of-character/
Morning Consult, The Hollywood Reporter. (2018). Share of adults in the United States whose opinion of a celebrity would change if a social media post from 5 years ago resurfaced and was out-of-character or offensive as of December 2018. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/958698/adults-opinions-celebrities-social-media-posts-five-year-old-offensive-out-of-character/
Morning Consult, and The Hollywood Reporter. "Share of Adults in The United States Whose Opinion of a Celebrity Would Change If a Social Media Post from 5 Years Ago Resurfaced and Was Out-of-character or Offensive as of December 2018." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Dec 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/958698/adults-opinions-celebrities-social-media-posts-five-year-old-offensive-out-of-character/
Morning Consult & The Hollywood Reporter, Share of adults in the United States whose opinion of a celebrity would change if a social media post from 5 years ago resurfaced and was out-of-character or offensive as of December 2018 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/958698/adults-opinions-celebrities-social-media-posts-five-year-old-offensive-out-of-character/ (last visited May 09, 2025)
Share of adults in the United States whose opinion of a celebrity would change if a social media post from 5 years ago resurfaced and was out-of-character or offensive as of December 2018 [Graph], Morning Consult, & The Hollywood Reporter, December 10, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/958698/adults-opinions-celebrities-social-media-posts-five-year-old-offensive-out-of-character/
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