What do Sydney Sweeney, the Kardashians and Tyler, The Creator have in common?
... they all made headlines this week, and Commotion 's Group Chat panellists have *thoughts*.
Today on the show, culture critics Pablo The Don, Bee Quammie and senior CBC Entertainment writer Jackson Weaver join host Elamin Abdelmahmoud to talk about the backlash that American Eagle is getting for an ad they released recently featuring Sydney Sweeney that had more political undertones than you might expect from a denim commercial.
They also unpack some of the think pieces that have been circulating this week regarding celebrities who have been more transparent recently about their plastic surgery and photoshopped images. Finally, the panellists share their thoughts on Don't Tap the Glass, the latest album from Tyler, The Creator.
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