Things That Happened in 2022 That You Should Know About
Was this the longest year of my life? Maybe.
Happy New Year.
People said this couldn’t be done. That it shouldn’t be done. And now that it is done, I don’t think they were wrong. This list actually made me a worse person, gave me much to discuss with my therapist, and stunted my mental, physical and emotional growth. But here it is. An extensive list of (just about) every pop culture THING that happened in 2022 that you should know about.
It should come as no surprise that this post is far too long for an email. It’s also so long that I didn’t re-read it. Sorry. This is who I am.
december
new things:
I’m so glad I procrastinated waited to post this until the year was over otherwise, I might have missed Greta/Tate!
BREAKING: a man was arrested for the Idaho murders.
Tory Lanez was found guilty of shooting Meg Thee Stallion. I hope Meg has a happy holiday <3
I can’t even begin to describe the magic that is the Greta Thurnburg vs Andrew Tate
Is this Mad-Libs? Andrew Tate was let back on Twitter by Elon Musk so he tweeted at Greta Thurnburg who owned him in a viral tweet to which he responded w a video containing a pizza box confirming his whereabouts to Romanian police who arrested him on charges of sex trafficking.RE: SEND ANDREW TATE TO JAIL FOREVER. Greta made a small dick joke directed at Tate and people got mad. Because. Ya know. Think about the good people with small dicks. Why won’t you think about the good people with small dicks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RE: I actually do like the name Greta. I love when people act like they don’t know the difference between Greta Thurnburg and Gerta Gertwig.
Phoebe was on Chicken Shop Date. Vibes were interesting.
RE: Amelia. I’m dying to know who she drunk texted.
Barnes & Noble is on the UP!!! Let’s read more in 2023!!!! I’m looking at the children!!!
Elon said he will give up control of Twitter after he loses his own poll.
RE: Idiot Baby Man. An Elon fan who was tracking his private jet (using public information) on twitter was banned because “that’s doxxing.” Also referred to as “assassination coordinates.”
RE: His face is so punchable. He went to the World Cup with Karlie Kloss-Kushner’s brother-in-law.
RE: He’s about to be very poor. Tesla’s stock was in a free fall.
RE: My 13th Reason. Twitter has “views” now.
Nick Cannon had another baby. NUMBER 12. That’s 4 babies THIS YEAR.
The clam chowder that was served during filming of Titanic (2000) was spiked with PCP and this is a very good article about it.
Jamie Lee Curtis said annoying things about nepo babies.
RE: Discourse, Nepos. Allison Williams says she doesn’t care. Which is how all nepo babies should respond.
Lots of discourse about Glass Onion. It was stupid. Enjoy the movie <3
You couldn’t go anywhere without hearing about buccal fat.
Not news, but this is the most accurate tweet to ever be tweeted:
Not enough discourse about Babylon. Turns out I LOVE movies about movies!
Caroline Calloway is back to scamming (I bought a Caro Card, it was $15. I couldn’t not do it.)
Emily in Paris is back.
Barack Obama’s songs of 2022 list is also back. And the general consensus is that he did not write it.
Southwest’s entire system crashes leading to the biggest disruption of air travel ever? Get ‘em Mayor Pete!
As someone who is 5’1”, I’m sick over this.
THAT 90s SHOW IS COMING!!!!!!!! THAT 70s SHOW IS ON PEACOCK. REJOICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
old things:
Nepo baby discourse. So much nepo baby discourse.
Sarah coined “The Sally R-Universe” for whenever we’re talking about Normal People/Daisy/Phoebe/Paul/Joe/Taylor etc.
Steve Aoki is going to space, along with a few other celebrities on a SpaceX flight.
Lana Del Rey announced a new album and put a billboard up in the town (Tulsa) her ex lives.
Argentina won The World Cup.
Britney Griner was released from prison in Russia.
Lily Allen tried to stand up for all the nepo babies.
Henry Cavill quit The Witcher but then got fired from Super Man
Break-Ups & Divorces. Toni Collette & Dave Galafassi. Katie Holmes & Bobby Wooten III. Alix Earle & Baseball Player. Phoebe Bridgers & Paul Mescal (MAYBE).
Engagements. Becky G & Sebastian Lletget. Allison Williams & Alexander Dreymon.
Weddings. JENNA MARBLES! <3 <3
People Who Had Babies. Nick Cannon (#12).
In Memoriam. Kirstie Alley. Vivienne Westwood.
november
A Philadelphia man ate a rotisserie chicken every day for 40 days.
Goncharov (fake unreleased Scorsese film) swept tumblr and it was SO fun.
Todd and Julie Chrisley were sentenced to 12 (Julie was sentenced to 7) years in prison for bank fraud and tax evasion.
Elizabeth Holmes was also convicted and is going to prison.
Wednesday came out and broke every single record. It was an AMAZING tv show.
Twitter impersonations cause multiple stocks to plummet.
Selena Gomez’s documentary came out, and her kidney donor/friend got mad because Selena said Taylor was her only friend in the (music) industry. The kidney donor/friend is not in the music industry, and her most notable role is playing Adrian in Secret Life of the American Teenager with Shailene.
RE: Selena’s Friends. If you’re a fan of Selena + Chef you already knew that Raquel was toxic, but the documentary definitely confirms it.
Two GMA co-anchors got caught having an affair and the internet thought they were cute. They were put on “hiatus” by the network but turns out they’re STILL together.
It is easier to get into Harvard than get Taylor Swift tickets. 💅🏼
RE: Tayla. Drake started a feud with her because he flopped.
Lily-Rose Depp started the nepo baby discourse by rejecting the term.
Matty Healy did everything he possibly could (eating raw meat, kissing everyone, etc) to not sing during any The 1975 concerts. Iconic behavior.
Nessa Barrett got a new boyfriend that looks a lot like her old boyfriends.
Keke Palmer announced her pregnancy on SNL!
Anya Taylor-Joy can’t drive.
We thought Louis CK and Dasha were dating for like five minutes.
Robert Pattinson & Suki Waterhouse double dated with Taylor & Joe. A very gangly foursome.
Taylor Lautner got married to a girl named Taylor. Making them the Taylor Lautners.
We had a lot of elections happen. But most importantly, we got Steve Kornacki and his big board back on primetime.
RE: Politics. Nancy Pelosi eats a hot dog every day for lunch.
Break-Ups. Harry Styles & Olivia Wilde. Noah Beck & Dixie D’Amelio. LUCA & GEMMA!!!!!!!! Ansel Elgort & Violetta Komyshan. C.T. Tamburello & Lilianet Solares.
Engagements. Rebel Wilson & Ramona Agruma. Ben Platt & Noah Galvin. Phoebe & Paul???????
Weddings. Taylor Lautner & Taylor Dome. Naomi Biden. Tiffany Trump. Porsha Williams.
People Who Had Babies. Nick Cannon (#11).
In Memoriam. Aaron Carter. Christine McVie.
october
Midnights was released. Taylor occupied every spot on the Hot 10. The world changed.
Carly Rae Jepsen released an album the same night because her management hates her.
Giselle filed for divorce from Tom.
The Salad Dressing Saga. Jason Sudeikis laid (layed?) in front of Olivia Wilde’s car to try to prevent her from leaving him. Then he cried to their nanny about how Olivia made her special salad dressing (Nora Ephron Heartburn dressing, google it) for Harry Styles.
Selena and Hailey took a picture together. World peace is imminent.
Brie Larson got stuck in an elevator.
Julia Fox used her Birkin as a shield against a machete attack.
The adderall shortage took another victim (me).
Prince Harry announced that his memoir is titled “Spare.”
Shonda Rhimes shit on Jane Austen and I still haven’t forgotten.
James Corden was banned from Balthazar. But then unbanned. And then re-banned.
Nessa and Josh unfollowed each other.
We were watching Do Revenge on loop. (Well I was.)
Kanye is canceled. For real (hopefully).
We saw the first M3GAN trailer :)
Lots of Lesbian Bird Flu TikTok drama.
The UK Prime Minister Liz steps down, and things were weird.
Lena Dunham gay parade casket thing.
Nancy Pelosi’s house was broken into and her husband was attacked with a hammer.
Elon officially takes over Twitter. Fires everyone.
We ordered Negroni Sbagliatos everywhere we could. Stunnin!
Halloween: Heidi dressed up as the worm of our nightmares. Tara Reid dressed up as the Queen of Diamonds but called herself the Queen of Hearts. And a lot of celebrities went to parties.
RE: Celebrity Halloween. We’re also over the photoshoots of costumes before Halloween. It’s weird and unnecessary.
Break-Ups & Divorces. Tom Brady & Gisele Bündchen. Rosie O’Donnell & Aimee Hauer. Cynthia Bailey & Mike Hill. David Guetta & Jessica Ledon. Paige & Adam (Love Island).
Engagements. Chase Chrisley & Emmy Medders. Mel B & Rory McPhee.
People Who Had Babies. Nick Cannon (#10).
In Memoriam. Leslie Jordan. Loretta Lynn. Angela Lansbury.
september (the biggest month for pop culture in the past decade)
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The Don’t Worry Darling press tour fried our brains. Olivia’s unhinged Variety interview.
Can’t wait for the video of Florence Pugh arriving late to the Venice Film Festival holding an Aperol spritz to win Best Picture over Don’t Worry Darling at the Oscars next yearShia released videos of Olivia speaking to camera, begging Shia to come back, and calling Florence “Miss Flo.” There were rumors that Florence made a third of what Harry did. Florence showed up in Venice in the purple ensemble with an aperol spritz. Spitgate.
Chris Pine disassociated as Harry described “real movies.” Florence ignored Olivia at every possible moment. Nick Kroll kissed Harry Styles. A never-ending drama that was far more entertaining than the movie itself.
The Queen died…for “real” this time.
Millions QUEUED to see the Queen’s casket.
Sorry but this is just everything https://t.co/0ONelRsdBzTHE QUEUE HAS COLLAPSED, THE NEW ILLEGAL INFORMAL QUEUE FORMED, AS PROPHESIED https://t.co/1lCNR8jKT3Natalia Jagielska 🦤 @WryCriticHe liked the Queen She liked the Queen Could it be any more obvious? HE WAS A QUEING BOY SHE SAID 'WATCHA DOING BOY?' AND THEN THEY QUEUED ENOUGH FOR HER THEY DID A SOLEMN GRIEVE AFTER A SHORT REPRIEVE THEY'LL WATCH THAT QUEEN PUT IN THE EARTH"We met at 10:30pm last night and we've been together throughout the whole thing." Jack and Zoe, two strangers who met in the queue to see the Queen lying in state, tell @MinnieStephC4 they're now planning to watch the Queen's funeral together on Monday. https://t.co/APdGwRm6WLChannel 4 News @Channel4NewsRumors were started that Trisha Paytas’ baby would be the Queen reincarnated.
We had to see *shudder* King Charles’ fingers :(
I spent hours learning about a group of men who used to work at Buzzfeed called, The Try Guys. And honestly, things got out of hand.
MOLLY MAE ANNOUNCED HER PREGNANCY AND MY LIFE WAS CHANGED FOR FOREVER.
Jameela defended Lea Michele’s illiteracy :/
Someone played chess with their butthole and everyone got upset.
So much happened this month that there’s not even time to digest that Ezra Miller might be starting a cult and thinks he’s the Messiah.
Rihanna announced that she’s would perform at the Super Bowl Halftime show.
Adam Levine’s mistress posted some TikToks and released some ~sexy~ IG DMs.
Break-Ups. Paul Wesley & Ines de Ramon. Robin Wright & Clément Giraudet. Tia Mowry & Cory Hardrict.
People Who Had Babies. Trisha Paytas (Malibu Barbie could be Queen Liz reincarnated). Nick Cannon (#9). Barron Hilton. Nicolas Cage.
In Memoriam. Queen Elizabeth II. Coolio. Jean-Luc Godard.
august
Serena Williams retired.
Lots of weird and dangerous things are still happening with Ezra Miller. He’s in Vermont this time.
Alex Jones’ lawyer accidentally sent the entire contents of Alex’s phone to the Sandy Hook parent’s attorneys. Cue laughter.
Mar-a-lago was raided, and Trump may have committed espionage
Six weeks of pure chaos on twitter begins with a resurgence of memes about how Lea Michele can’t read.
Lots of lesbian drama. And we were given THE chart.
Diana Jenkins terrorized bravo podcast hosts.
At the Venice Film Festival, Timothee Chalamet said, “I think it’s hard to be alive now. I think societal collapse is in the air.”
We found out that Sydney Sweeney’s family is MAGA.
Addison Rae’s mom and dad publicly feuded on TikTok. She unfollowed both of them across platforms. Addison’s mom goes to the VMAs with Yung Gravy. As Dave said, “they’re losers.” (Not Addison. We’re Team Addison.)
Break-Ups & Divorces. Kim Kardashian & Pete Davidson. Florence Pugh & Zach Braff. Leonardo DiCaprio & Camila Morrone (she turned 25). Liam Hemsworth & Gabriella Brooks. Olivia Rodrigo & Zach Bia. Tyler Cameron & Paige Lorenze. Michelle Branch & Patrick Carney. Alexis Bledel & Vincent Kartheiser. Sylvester Stallone & Jennifer Flavin. Kelsea Ballerini & Morgan Evans. Alison Roman & Boyfriend (not confirmed but working theory, aka saw him on r*ya). Jojo Siwa (watch the chart video).
Engagements. Abbi Jacobson & Jodi Balfour. Zac Posen & Harrison Ball. Tommy Dorfman & We Don’t Know.
Weddings. JLO & Ben Affleck get married in Georgia (down the street from where I was born) for wedding #2. Rita Ora & Taika Waititi. Lance Armstrong.
People Who Had Babies. Khloé Kardashian & Tristan Thompson. Kellan Lutz. Adrienne Bailon. Michael Bublé. Colin Kaepernick. Adriana Lima.
In Memoriam. Anne Heche. Olivia Newton-John
july
Beyonce released Renaissance.
Everyone wore suits to The Rise of Gru.
Lea Michele replaced Beanie in Funny Girl.
We got new space pictures.
Julia Garner (not Jennifer Garner) wins pop star bootcamp to play Madonna in her bipoic.
Remember the viral pink sauce?
Thanks to the private jet tracker twitter accounts (will eventually be referred to as assassination coordinates) we see that Kylie Jenner took a 6-minute flight from somewhere in Southern California to somewhere else in Southern California. And the internet got pissed because we have Kardashian fatigue.
So. Kris Jenner says, “not today bitch.” And had someone release data that proves pop star Taylor Swift actually releases the most carbon emissions into the air with her private jet. And for some reason, no one actually gets mad at Taylor. It just sparks a TON of memes. Even now, I can’t see a plane in the sky and not go “oh look there’s Taylor.”
Dorit changed our lives forever on RHOBH when she called the merch from Jamie Lee Curtis’s charity “chic.”
Shakira could go to jail for tax evasion in Spain :(
Break-Ups & Divorces. Millie & Liam. Grimes & Chelsea Manning. Chelsea Handler & Jo Koy. Braunwyn Windham-Burke & Victoria Brito.
Engagements. A million people in bachelor nation that I don’t know and I don’t care to list.
Weddings. JLO & Ben Affleck get married in Las Vegas for wedding #1. Kirsten Dunst & Jesse Plemmons. Anya-Taylor Joy. Jillian Michaels.
People Who Had Babies. Joe Jonas & Sophie Turner. Quentin Tarantino. Nick Cannon (#8). Nicky Hilton & James Rothschild. Maria Sharapova. Leona Lewis. Jack Osbourne. Sarah Levy. Pippa Middleton. Jill Duggar. Nash Grier.
june
Amber Heard & J*hnny D*pp trial happens. Proves that the human race shouldn’t have access to the internet.
The rumors about the Queen being dead continue!!!
Morbius is re-released in theaters because it created so many viral memes, but it bombs again. Lots of chatter about how memes does not equal popularity. Cultural moments do not lead to capitalism.
Ezra Miller goes international, gets into a fist fight with Austin Butler at a bar in Tokyo.
Daily Harvest poisoned a bunch of people.
The first public hearing regarding the January 6 Insurrection happened.
An elephant sought vengeance on a woman who poached her family by tracking her down, trampling her, knocking down her house, then stealing her body off the funeral pyre to stomp on it again. (TYSM to Stevie for this succinct summary)
Dall-E AI generator madness began.
Lots of restraining orders are filed against Ezra Miller.
Roe v Wade is overturned.
First stills of the Barbie movie are leaked.
Britney has everyone who’s anyone at her wedding.
Break-Ups & Divorces. Shakira & Gerard Piqué. Bella Thorne & Benjamin Mascolo. Michael B. Jordan & Lori Harvey. K*nye & Chaney Jones. Jason Momoa & Eiza González. Michelle Young & Nayte Olukoya. Katie Thurston & John Hersey. Rob & Eryn Marciano.
Engagements. Post Malone & We Don’t Know. Perrie Edwards & Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. Beanie Feldstein & Bonnie-Chance Roberts.
Weddings. Britney Spears & Sam Asghari. Sophia Bush. Aziz Ansari. Alex Pettyfer. Adrian Grenier. Alexandra Daddario.
People Who Had Babies. Nick Cannon (#8). Post Malone. Shay Mitchell. Lilly Ghalichi. Sam Hunt. Luke Combs.
may
The Met Gala happens. The theme sucked.
RE: Ozempic Journeys. Kim Kardashian showed up late 40lbs lighter and wearing Marilyn Monroe’s dress.
RE: Big Slay. We’re in the same boat tonight mama.
RE: Not slay. We also got the ick from Jack Harlow for the first (but not the last) time.
In yet another unprecedented move, there’s a leak from The Supreme Court that Roe v. Wade would be overturned.
Rumors (not started by me) about The Queen being dead persist.
Jason Sudeikis serves Olivia Wilde on stage at CinemaCon.
Mormon Mom Tok blows up with divorces, allegations of open relationships, “soft swinging”, and sex parties.
Cara Delevingne was really fucking weird to Megan Thee Stallion on the red carpet at the BBMAs. Cara said it was because she was “living her best life.”
Climate protestors start to “vandalize” famous works of art, starting with the Mona Lisa. “A man dressed as an old lady jumps out of a wheelchair and attempted to smash the bulletproof glass of the Mona Lisa. Then proceeds to smear cake on the glass, and throws roses everywhere all before being tackled by security.”
Taylor gets an honorary doctorate from NYU.
Twitter went nuts when we found out that Swedish people don’t feed their guests.
Break-Ups & Divorces. Trevor Noah & Minka Kelly. Lisa & Lenny Hochstein. Valerie Bertinelli & Tom Vitale. Candice Accola & Joe King. Billie Eilish & Matthew Tyler Vorce.
Engagements. Margaret Qualley & Jack Antonoff. Kat Graham & Darren Genet. Marc Anthony & Nadia Ferreira. Jessica Szohr & Brad Richardson.
Weddings. Chloë Sevigny & Siniša Mačković. Kourtney Kardashian & Travis Barker. Joey Lawrence. Ross Matthews. Frankie Grande. Stassi Schroeder. Hannah Berner. JoJo Fletcher & Jordan Rodgers. Bill Nye.
People Who Had Babies. Chris Pratt & Katherine Schwarzenegger. Ed Sheeran & Cherry Seaborn.
In Memoriam. Ray Liotta.
april (a very needed slow month)
Lorde shushed people at her concert.
Funny Girl is revived starring Beanie Feldstein.
El*n offers to buy twitter. Twitter says yes pls.
April was kinda a slow month. Something about snickers’ dick veins happened.
Creative Circus announces it is closing (niche advertising news).
Ezra Miller gets arrested in Hawaii again.
Break-Ups & Divorces. Tish & Billy Ray Cyrus. Ali Wong & Justin Hakuta. Andrew Garfield & Alyssa Miller. Kenan Thompson & Christina Evangeline. Ashely & Michael Darby. Madonna & Ahlamalik Williams.
Engagements. Jennifer Lopez & Ben Affleck. Avril Lavigne & Mod Sun. Sofia Richie & Elliot Grainge. Jesse James & Bonnie Rotten.
Weddings. Brooklyn Beckham & Nicola Peltz. Ryan Cabrera & Alexa Bliss. Dustin Johnson & Paulina Gretzky. Ewan McGregor & Mary Elizabeth Winstead.
People Who Had Babies. Andy Cohen. Darren Criss. Cristiano Ronaldo. Aaron Paul. Allison Williams & Alexander Dreymon. Misty Copeland.
In Memoriam. Gilbert Gottfried. Naomi Judd.
march
The only thing of note that happened was Will Smith slapping Chris Rock. We haven’t known peace since.
Amelia and Aitch had their PR relationship, and it changed my life.
Lots of Kanye and Pete drama.
Ezra Miller begins his reign of terror in Hawaii.
As war breaks out in Ukraine, the internet thirsts over President Zelensky.
Potential leads in Madonna’s bipoic were put through a “grueling” pop star bootcamp.
Tom Brady comes out of retirement.
The Queen got COVID and her aliveness is questioned by some (me).
Break-Ups & Divorces. Katie Maloney & Tom Schwartz. Chris Pine & Annabelle Wallis. Jake Paul & Julia Rose. Josh Flagg & Bobby Boyd.
Engagements. Tom Hiddleston & Zawe Ashton.
Weddings. Billie Lourd. Bonnie Wright.
People Who Had Babies. Rihanna and A$AP Rocky. Michael Cera.
february
Rihanna announces pregnancy. The world stops.
Peyton Manning was in every ad for the Super Bowl, and every other ad was a crypto ad.
Tom Brady announced his “retirement.”
Julia Fox & K*nye break up. But before that, she gives this interview. And before that they celebrate her birthday at Lucien where K*nye gave all her friends baby Birkins.
I’m sorry…we had an Olympics this year??
Whoopie was suspended from The View.
Rudy Giuliani was on The Masked Singer.
Anna Delvey TV Show on Netflix. Everyone was doing the accent.
Russia invaded Ukraine.
Break-Ups & Divorces. Shailene Woodley & Aaron Rodgers. Rosario Dawson & Cory Booker. Olivia Rodrigo & Adam Faze. Sam Hunt & Hannah Lee Fowler (but then they got back together and had a baby). Alex Guarnaschelli & Michael Castellon. Morgan Wallen & Paige Lorenze.
Engagements. Simone Biles & Jonathan Owens. Abigail Breslin & Ira Kunyansky. Colton Underwood & Jordan C. Brown. Joey King & Steven Piet. Sydney Sweeney & Jonathan Davino.
Marriages. James McAvoy & M. Night Shyamalan's personal assistant.
People Who Had Babies. Kylie Jenner & Travis Scott. Jennifer Lawrence & Cooke Maroney. Michelle Branch & Patrick Carney. Rosie Huntington-Whiteley & Jason Statham. Anderson Cooper & Benjamin Maisani.
In Memoriam. Monica Vitti.
january (I also can’t believe these things didn’t happen a decade ago)
We started the year with a viral tweet, by me.
Elmo’s feud with Rocco shook the world.
NYT bought wordle. So many people were mad.
West Elm Caleb happened.
Julia Fox and Kanye started dating.
Ray J called Kim a liar publicly for the first time about their sex tapes.
No one asked Pamela Anderson if it was cool to make a movie about her and Tommy Lee’s toxic relationship.
They took away the Green M&M’s heels.
Neil Young pulled his music off Spotify because Spotify made a deal with Joe Rogan.
I need to see Euphoria nominated for more awards this season based on this scene alone.
Some NFT apes go missing.
Break-Ups & Divorces. Jason Momoa & Lisa Bonet. Delilah Belle Hamlin & Eyal Booker. Emma Roberts & Garrett Hedlund. Hoda Kotb & Joel Schiffman.
New Relationships. Anna Kendrick & Bill Hader.
Engagements. Megan Fox & Machine Gun Kelly (ew remember the ring that Megan physically can’t take off??) Brenda Song & Macaulay Culkin. Lana Condor & D-List Actor. Josh Duhamel & Audra Mari. Simon Cowell & Lauren Silverman.
Weddings. Jenny Slate & Art Guy. Adam Rippon & Tall Guy.
People Who Had Babies. Priyanka & Nick Jonas. Julia Stiles & Preston J. Cook. Michelle Kwan. Ashley Graham. Iliza Shlesinger & Noah Galuten. Chris Brown.
In Memoriam. Andre Leon Talley. Bob Saget. Sidney Poitier. Meat Loaf. Louie Anderson.
What a year it’s been. Happy 2023. Can’t wait to see what chaos is in store for us.
Let me know what I missed in the comments <3 I gotta go get my laptop fixed.