AN adult man has realised that his idea of an A-list celebrity shares absolutely no names with his teenage son’s.
Tom Booker, aged 44, thought that the stars of his youth were universally well-known, but was thrown into existential crisis when his son Oliver drew a blank on every single one.
Tom said: “We were talking about the kind of top celebrities you’d never see on Strictly. I started reeling off names like Julia Roberts, Bono, and Robbie Williams. He looked up from scrolling as if I was insane.
“He’s heard of none. Not even Eminem, and I think of him as recent. He’s never even heard of the Spice Girls! He asked if that was what they called British colonisers. He’s so out of touch! Right?”
Oliver, aged 14, said: “No offence, but I don’t know what a ‘Noel Gallagher’ is and I’m not planning on taking GCSE History to find out.”
“Meanwhile, he’s never heard of major TikTok stars with names that are some variation of Lil Gronk, Pump Drip and Baby XxX. Like, how? How can you walk the streets and be unaware of these people?
“Oh, and George W. Bush. You know, the guy from the whispering meme.”
