It probably started off as a good idea. Most cringe things do. Someone – and in this case, that someone is Gal Gadot – thought it would be a nice idea to get a bunch of celebrities to sing a line each of John Lennon‘s Imagine while staring straight down the barrel of their phone.

Watch it, if you can – PEDESTRIAN.TV’s News Editor David Adams could only watch it in “half-second slices”, which is why I am writing this story instead of him. (Sorry, everyone, I’m sorry.)

Gal Gadot, Kristen Wiig (why), Jamie Dornan, Mark Ruffalo (WHYYY), Natalie Portman (lol), Jimmy Fallon, Will Ferrell (oh come on dude), Zoe Kravitz, Sia, Amy Adams (oh mate), James Marsden, Chris O’Dowd and more all got involved in this ham-fisted and awkward attempt at good will.

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There’s something off about the whole endeavour. Is it the huge gaping divide between how the rich and famous (particularly in the United States) will survive the COVID-19 pandemic versus the poor? Is it that their combined net worths would buy a whole lot of coronavirus testing kits if they so chose? Is it just that Imagine isn’t good?

Some viewers, especially those located in the US, reckon it’s all of the above.

Now it needs to be said there are some people who enjoyed the video. Yes, they exist too! They! Are! Valid!

But it also needs to be said that Piers Morgan – yes, that narcissistic fartbag – seems to be on the right side of things here. And that’s a darker timeline than I ever wanted to imagine.

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