
In 2020, when society was at its most divisive due to measures taken to minimize the spread of the coronavirus, Lana Del Rey chose to wear a seemingly ineffectual but highly decorative mesh face covering to a public appearance, greeting fans at a book signing in Los Angeles (via Billboard). In this instance, at least, the controversy may have been overstated, as Del Rey later explained (per Today), "The mask had plastic on the inside. They're commonly sewn in by stylists these days."
Nevertheless, her fans were not pleased with her behavior, as one of her followers made plain on Instagram: "YOU MAKE IT SO HARD TO STAN PLEASEE [sic] WEAR A PROPER MASK (emphasis their's)." For all the reasons mentioned and more, Lan Del Rey remains a divisive and controversial public figure. Maybe she put it best when she denied being "a controversial or polarizing person," but added somewhat paradoxically (via Gigwise), "What people have to say about me, the really amazing things and the really terrible things, none of them are true."
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