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Lindsey Weber and Bobby Finger are the co-hosts of a podcast calledWho?
Weekly,a guide to everything you gotta know about the celebrities you dont.
The average celebrity-gossip connoisseur might have a difficult time matching a Wholebritys name to a face.
These people, the sorta famous, have always been with us.
They used to be known as C-through-Z-list celebrities.
But today, everything has changed.
For example, there are Explainers takeUs Weeklys Who Is Becca Kufrin?
But dont confuse Whodom with obscurity or viral fame.
It takes hard work and an unslakable thirst to become a Who.
And we sat there, on our phones, waiting to click through.
Kim Kardashian, the patron saint of Whos striving for more, though, is actually a Them.
And over the past few years, Thems have become more elusive, because inaccessibility connotes power.
Loving Wholebrities is like being part of an exclusive club.
Whos have found ways to monetize the intimacy they share with their followers.
But not everybody can ink a high-end deal, so Wholebrities have to be scrappy.
Whos also have stamina.
After all these years, now celebs really are just like us.
Thats the beauty and the terrifying part about it.
The Ten Whos to Know
The hard-to-place names youll hear most often.
Rita Ora:British singer-actress.
Colton Haynes:Teen Wolfalum and BFF to the more famous.
Julianne Hough:Lifestyle influencer fromDancing With the Stars.
Henry Cavill: He plays Superman.
Blac Chyna:Instagram model turned Kardashian-family infiltrator.
Kaley Cuoco:The Big Bang Theorys happy-go-lucky Everywoman.
Emily Ratajkowski:Model from the Blurred Lines video.
Jonathan Cheban:Entrepreneur, Kim Kardashian friend, and Instagram foodie.
Bella Thorne:Wild-child former Disney Channel star.
Zendaya:Mononymous actress, activist, and fashion favorite.
TheKardashianAdjacents
If this is our royal family, here are some of the members of their court.
Jordyn Woods: A social-media star-slash-model, a body-positivity crusader, and Kylies best friend.
Also friends with Willow and Jaden Smith.
Corey Gamble: Kriss much-younger boyfriend; the two met when he was Justin Biebers tour manager.
Younes Bendjima: Boyfriend of Kourtney, who finally swapped Scott Disick for a younger model.
(Bendjima is also a model.)
FamilialWhos
Theres no easier way into showbiz than through good old-fashioned nepotism.
Kaia and Presley Gerber: Cindy Crawfords kids have parlayed looking like their mother into modeling careers.
Sofia Richie: Lionels daughter dates Kourtney Kardashians ex Scott Disick.
Reality-ShowWhos
The form makes it easy for a Who to rise quickly and fall quicker.
Nick Viall(The Bachelor): A two-timeBacheloretterunner-up who became the Bachelor of season 21.
He and his winner, Vanessa, split; he was recently rumored to be dating January Jones.
Jon and Drew Scott(The Property Brothers): Tabloids love these home-rehabbing twins squeaky-clean image.
(She lost that battle.)
Shell soon have her own show,Joseline Takes Miami.
Professional hangers-on youll know from their appearances on Instagram and Snapchat.
Sure, his only clients seem to be the Kardashians, but isnt that enough?
you’re able to also take his and Kims makeup master class tickets start at $500.
Emma Watson and Chord Overstreet: When they got together, headlines wondered: Who Is Chord Overstreet?
(He was onGlee.)
YoungWhos
These ingenues are charting their own course to grown-up stardom via social media.
Ariel Winter, 20, grew up on ABCsModern Family.
Shes a tabloid favorite for her tiny shorts, outspoken quotes, and complicated relationship with her estranged mother.
Yara Shahidi, 18, shot to Whodom as the eldest daughter on ABCsBlack-ish.
Now she plays the same character on its Freeform spinoffGrown-ish.
She was recently accepted into Harvard with help from Michelle Obama, who wrote her a letter of recommendation.
(Didnt you hear?
Archie got hot.)
They once covered A Whole New World fromAladdin.
They made headlines for repeatedly breaking and making up.
Ant and Dec: These comedians hostPop Idoland the Brit Awards.
Chloe Green: The Topshop heiress is expectingher first child with Jeremy Hot Felon Meeks.
WhoVs.Them
Some celebrities are on the bubble between Whodom and Themdom.
Julianne Hough is a prime example: She dances with stars on ABC but is she one herself?
The case can be made either way.
Shes a Them: She starred in a Nicholas Sparks movie,Safe Haven.
Shes a Who: She judges an ABC reality show.
Shes a Them: Her wedding received extensive coverage (and a cover!)
Shes a Who: Shes released two full-length country albums that no one has ever heard.
Shes a Them: She won an Emmy …
Shes a Who: …
It was a Creative Arts Emmy.
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