Psychology Today released a study this week championing celebrity obsession by saying it reduces a person’s fear of death! Hey, don’t mess with science and read up on your gossip blogs—It’s good for you.

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The study measured people’s reactions to death with celebrities in mind. Surprisingly, people were less likely to think a plane would crash if a celebrity was onboard, another study imagines a meeting with Oprah Winfrey. If the subjects had death on the mind, this imaginary meeting with Oprah was more pleasant.

Psychologists theorize that celebrities help all us normal folk deal with becoming nothing by proving one can become immortal. Huh. Who would’ve thunk.

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