Then, the week’s celebrity juice well and truly frothed over, as Kim and Kanye West divorce rumours started to circulate Twitter. I have never watched an episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians and can only name one of West’s songs. So why did I feel shocked? Why the hell did I even care?

I’ve seen the horrors that are happening in America. I’m up to date with the latest coronavirus death toll (the second-highest on record). And I know how helpful any article on looking after mental health is right now. But as soon as I absorb the absolute minimum amount of new information I need on these subjects, I turn away.

All I really want to read or talk about is the unexpected celebrity gossip 2021 has already delivered, but I do feel pretty dirty and guilty admitting that.

Celebrity gossip: what the reaction to this week’s celebrity news really says about us