EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | Contact
Known for her usual sunny disposition and at times, nauseatingly positive outlook on life, local woman Nina Wilson has reportedly left friends concerned for her mental health after posting an influx of motivational quotes to her Instagram stories, it’s reported.
Speaking exclusively to The Advocate, Nina’s friend Steph says she’d first attributed the change in personality to the increasingly bad year everyone has had but says that the sudden appearance of wildly specific personal quotes plastered on photos of mountains caught her attention. When the barrage of posts continued to increase and the memes ‘bordered on concerning, Steph says she thought it’d be best to reach out.
“I mean, it’s been fucked hasn’t it, this year?” says Steph, shaking her head in disbelief, “if 2022 was a movie, it’d be directed by Michael Bay.”
“Viruses, floods. Add to that the usual personal problems of trying to navigate your way through job insecurity, the housing crisis, and an ever-increasing dating pool that offers too many options.”
“Can’t breathe, can’t work, can’t get a bloody root. Jesus Christ.”
Steph says after doing some digging, which mainly meant having a squiz at what pages her friend was following, she discovered something that made her realise her friend was in far more trouble than she thought.
“Oh fuck, she’s following Russell Brand”, says Steph showing her phone to our reporter, “oh dear god.”
“That says it all, really.”
Russell Brand, known in the early 2000s for his rockstar behaviour and penchant for drugs, serial dating and debauchery, has allegedly taken the Jim Carrey route and rebranded himself as a spiritual bloke, complete with swapping his former famous birds nest hairdo with a salt and pepper Jesus beard.
Though often laced with needlessly obscure vocabulary, his vague spiritual musings and personal life lessons have been embraced by hundreds of thousands of people who look to Brand as somewhat of a modern day guru.
Steph tells our reporter that she might just give her friend a call now, before the situation gets any more dire and her mate discovers Tony Robbins or god forbid, Jordan Peterson.
More to come.
