Minnie Driver tells celebrities not to broadcast their luxurious self-isolation

Minnie Driver has admitted she’s been keeping quiet amid the coronavirus lockdown as she thinks no one wants to see celebrities broadcasting from their luxurious homes.

The actress, 50, who joked she has been passing the time by getting drunk in her underwear, said she has been watching certain celebrities on social media during the pandemic and thinks they shouldn’t ‘say anything about what [they’re] doing’.

Speaking to Vulture, she said: ‘Celebrities have been really coming in for it. I’ve been keeping really f*****g quiet, but I’ve been watching [other celebrities] like, just put up another awesome video of, you know, somebody doing something funny that will make people smile. 

‘That’s the extent of our duties right now. Don’t say anything about what you’re doing, because, oh my God. It’s bad right now.’

Minnie recently shared an Instagram that featured a Finnish term called ‘Pantsdrunk’ that refers to people getting drunk at home while sitting in their underwear.

The Will and Grace star joked that’s what she has been up to during lockdown as she gave further advice to celebrities, saying: ‘Anything that’s like, “You know, I’m just doing laps in my pool” — nobody wants to hear that!’

Minnie suggested they open a bottle of wine and drink in their underwear like everyone else instead. 

The actress is self-isolating in Los Angeles with her fiancé Addison O’Dea and her son Henry, 11, who she shares with her ex Timothy J Lea.

Minnie said that whenever she feels stressed during lockdown, she FaceTimes her mother or her friends, saying its comforting knowing everyone is going through the same thing. 

During the interview, the film star also reminisced on her early days of fame after she became widely known from starring in Good Will Hunting opposite Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. 

The actress said she knew no one wanted to hear about the difficulties of being famous considering all of the perks that come along with it but she did find the experience ‘overwhelming’.

Minnie’s comments come after actress Gal Gadot received criticism from social media users for uploading a video featuring several celebrities singing John Lennon’s Imagine.

While the video was intended to lift people’s spirits during lockdown, many thought the video was out of touch, saying they didn’t want to see stars like Will Ferrell, Jamie Dornan, Natalie Portman and Mark Ruffalo isolating in luxury.  

The Israeli starlet said she was inspired by a viral video of an Italian man playing trumpet for his neighborhood as the country continues its lockdown.

‘There was something so powerful and pure about this video,’ Gal said before kicking off the song.

Things persists with a new celebrity delivering each line including Eddie Benjamin, Jimmy Fallon, and Sia.

Gal even enlisted the original Wonder Woman herself, Lynda Carter, along with Leslie Odom Jr., Pedro Pascal, Chris O’Dowd and Dawn O’Porter.    

Although he has not seen any of the online criticism himself, Jamie Dornan admitted he could understand why some people were unimpressed with the video.

Speaking on the Tea With Me podcast, he said: ‘I’ll tell you what the problem was. I literally did mine in the toilet of my house. Quite clearly, some people had escaped to their second home.

‘There’s too much acreage in the background, too many beautiful trees swaying in the background, clearly in front of an ocean, that sort of craic. I was quite aware of that whenever I was doing it, to make it normal.’