Despite mask mandate for the Super Bowl, numerous celebrities caught maskless at SoFi Stadium



In order to attend Super Bowl LVI, attendees need to wear a face mask at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, California. However, photos and videos show numerous celebrities blatantly not wearing masks while enjoying the Super Bowl.

The official NFL website states:

Fans will be required to comply with all LA County COVID-19 health and safety protocols to enter the Super Bowl LVI campus at SoFi Stadium. Updated protocols include, but are not limited to, a mandatory mask requirement INSIDE THE STADIUM for EVERYONE over 2 years of age regardless of vaccination status.

The Los Angeles County Public Health website states:

Mega Events are higher risk for COVID-19 transmission because the attendees are spending long periods of time physically close to large numbers of people they don't usually interact with, thereby increasing the risk that respiratory particles will be transmitted between attendees and participants if someone present is infected. Places that serve food and beverages indoors are also higher risk because persons are indoors for an extended period of time and may remove their masks when they eat or drink. It is strongly recommended that event operators serve food and beverages only in designated dining areas.

The site adds:

All persons attending indoor and outdoor Mega Events are required to wear masks, regardless of vaccination status, at the event, except while actively eating and drinking in designated areas. Attendees must also wear masks at outdoor events when they enter indoor areas, such as restrooms, restaurants, retail shops, concourses, or concession stands, even if the event is not large enough to be considered a Mega Event. Masks must be worn except when customers are actively eating and drinking. When actively eating and drinking indoors or at outdoor Mega Events, customers must be seated or positioned at a table, counter, or other stationary location. “Actively eating or drinking” refers to the limited time during which the mask can be briefly removed to eat or drink, after which it must be immediately put back on. The customer must wear a mask whenever they are not actively eating or drinking, such as when they are waiting to be served, between courses or drinks, or while seated after finishing the food or drink.

Despite the mask mandate, there is no shortage of photos of celebrities not wearing masks while not appearing to be eating or drinking.

The NBC broadcast highlighted celebrities attending the 2022 Super Bowl, which exposed several celebrities not wearing face masks including NBA star LeBron James, basketball legend Earvin "Magic" Johnson, actress Charlize Theron, actor Mark Wahlberg, actor Sean Penn, and actor Matt Damon.

LeBron James, Magic Johnson, Charlize Theron, Mark Wahlberg, Sean Penn and Matt Damon at #SuperBowl LVI in Los Angeles.pic.twitter.com/1GHWppulRQ
— The Recount (@The Recount) 1644793014

Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres shared a photo of her maskless at the Super Bowl.


Democratic Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti – who previously said he held his breath to avoid catching COVID-19 while breaking mask mandates – was reportedly unmasked at the Super Bowl.

Here\u2019s LA\u2019s lying mayor @ericgarcetti not wearing a mask. Again. Will he claim he was holding his breath again?pic.twitter.com/qwjgHNlvrA
— Clay Travis (@Clay Travis) 1644800659

Cincinnati Mayor ⁦Aftab Pureval⁩ was allegedly in SoFi Stadium without a mask.

Cincinnati Mayor \u2066@AftabPureval\u2069 in the house \u2066@SoFiStadium\u2069. He\u2019s sporting a custom \u2066@ImBlaCkOWned\u2069 jacket. He\u2019s Cincinnati\u2019s 70th mayor. #superbowl2022 #bengals \u2066@Enquirer\u2069pic.twitter.com/3wRz75oDre
— Sharon Coolidge (@Sharon Coolidge) 1644794749

Other celebrities seen violating the mask mandate include Kanye West, Drake, The Weekend, Martha Stewart, Tracy Morgan, Justin Bieber, Hailey Baldwin, Draymond Green, Kevin Hart, Adam DeVine, Devin Booker, Issa Rae, and Chris Tucker.












Washington governor brags ‘we won the Super Bowl of the COVID pandemic’ after shutting down economy for more than a year



Washington Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee recently boasted that his administration "won the Super Bowl of the COVID pandemic" despite its decision to shutter the state's economy for more than a year and consequently upend the livelihood of tens of thousands of residents.

What are the details?

Inslee made the remarks while facing questions over the extent of his emergency powers in the state. Even as most of the country had lifted the bulk of their coronavirus-related restrictions by earlier this year, Inslee's unchecked authority allowed him to extend strict lockdown restrictions up until last week — more than a year since the pandemic took hold in America and well after vaccines had been made available.

Even now, unvaccinated residents are supposed to wear masks at indoor workplaces and everyone, regardless of vaccination status, is required to wear masks inside places like schools and healthcare facilities.

Yet when asked by KCPQ-TV reporter Brandi Kruse on Sunday whether or not he should reform his emergency powers, Inslee responded, "We have had such tremendous success in our state relative to other states. I don't see a reason for that."

Asked whether it's time to reform his emergency powers, @GovInslee says of his pandemic performance: "I'm not sure… https://t.co/U0t9YzwPy8

— Brandi Kruse (@BrandiKruse) 1625417645.0

"The calls we have made have been very difficult but they have succeeded," the governor continued. "I'm not sure you want to go back and reform when you've won the Super Bowl. And we've won the Super Bowl of the COVID pandemic.

"The reason is: We have saved tens of thousands of lives," he added. "I'm not sure I want to reform a system that won the Super Bowl."

What else?

Aside from the obvious unfeelingness of Inslee's celebratory demeanor, there are several reasons to conclude that his administration's performance was less than victorious — especially for business owners who lost their businesses due to the state's harsh lockdown orders.

According to data collected by the Washington Hospitality Association, at least 2,500 restaurants in the state permanently closed its doors during the first six months of the pandemic. The organization noted in December that the actual number was likely much, much higher. Tack on several more months of limited capacity measures and it likely only increased.

The coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdown measures also reportedly took an immense mental and emotional toll on Washingtonians. The United Health Foundation reported that suicides in the state greatly increased over the past year. Just as well, the state experienced a dramatic surge in mental health cases involving anxiety and depression.

CDC lists guidelines for Super Bowl parties: No cheering, host your party outside and start a group text



Are you doing your last-minute preparations for your Super Bowl party? You're likely making sure you have enough chicken wings, plenty of nachos, and an abundance of adult beverages. But the CDC is here to give you another checklist for your 2021 Super Bowl party: What you should be doing to prevent a "superspreader" event.

Ahead of the big game, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released guidelines on "safer ways to enjoy the Super Bowl." The CDC starts begins their Super Bowl party guidance by recommending that you shouldn't have a Super Bowl party. The health agency instead recommends that you have a "virtual Super Bowl watch party."

"Gathering virtually or with the people you live with is the safest way to celebrate the Super Bowl this year," the CDC states. "Wear clothing or decorate your home with your favorite team's logo or colors."

The CDC recommends starting a "text group with other fans to chat about the game while watching" instead of having an actual Super Bowl party. As everyone knows, group texts are always so enjoyable.

The CDC acknowledges that if you must have an in-person Super Bowl party that it should be held outside. Probably not exactly ideal for most of the country that is frozen on Feb. 7 with kickoff at 6:30 p.m.

The CDC proposes that you set up a projector outside so that everyone can sit six feet apart.

Whether you're rooting for Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs or Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the CDC says you shouldn't be cheering on your favorite NFL team.

"Avoid shouting, cheering loudly, or singing," the CDC states, instead the agency endorses fans to "Clap, stomp your feet, or bring (or provide) hand-held noisemakers instead."

In the CDC's "Small Gatherings" advisory, it recommends people "wear a mask with two or more layers to stop the spread of COVID-19 to protect yourself and others."
Dr. Anthony Fauci also instructed Americans to skip the Super Bowl party.

"You don't want parties with people that you haven't had much contact with, you just don't know if they're infected," the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases told "Good Morning America." "So as difficult as that is, at least this time around, just lay low and cool it."

"Every time we do have something like this, there always is a spike," Fauci said.

Full Dr. Fauci interview: https://t.co/8XiKNnGOWl
— Good Morning America (@Good Morning America)1612355030.0